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For our May spotlight, we are staying in the 1980s with the Space Opera anime classic: Space Cobra.Set far in the future, Space Cobra follows the adventures of Cobra Johnson. Living a mundane life as a salaryman, Johnson visits Trip Movie Corporation where he experiences a virtual reality ...

This April we would like to draw your attention to one of the most popular and well-loved Mecha anime franchises of all time: Gundam.Gundam is a Japanese military fiction media franchise created by Yoshiyuki Tomino that features giant robots (mecha) in a science fiction universe. The franchise ...

March 7th of this year marks the 30th anniversary since the first episode of the Sailor Moon anime aired. The following day on March 8th is International Women's Day which makes this spotlight particularly appropriate when considering the notions of feminist empowerment that are packed into this anime. Also, the 3rd of March is Japan's Girls' Day (Hinamatsuri) which celebrates the health and happiness of female children and femininity in general. ...

On 27th February 1996, the first Pokémon media was released in the form of Pokémon Red and Green for the original Game Boy. On this day, 26 years later, fans from all over the globe plan to celebrate the incredible world of ‘Pocket Monsters' (Pokémon). In being the highest grossing media ...

With the release of part two of the final season of Attack on Titan fast approaching, we thought there could be no better choice of anime for our January spotlight. The second half of Attack on Titan Season 4 is set to debut on January 9th 2022. The series has come a long way since its humble ...

For November we celebrate an internationally known classic: Neon Genesis Evangelion, a mecha anime television series produced by Studio Gainax. The story takes place fifteen years after a worldwide cataclysm, where a teenage boy Shinji Ikari is recruited by his father to join an organization called ...

In recent years, anime has become a staple of the global pop culture. Whether it’s the long term arc-based storytelling, visually-spectacular fight scenes, frustratingly-adorable creatures, or the introduction of giant robots and magical girls, anime has certainly captured the world’s ...

One of the cornerstones of 1990s anime and responsible for bringing a new generation into the medium, Rurouni Kenshin is definitely a series worth talking about. It is legendary for appealing to audiences beyond the usual age and gender barriers, and is quite possibly the most famous historical ...

Shapeshifting magical animals are a staple of folklore of cultures around the world, and Japan is no different. As two of the most iconic and well-known yōkai, the kitsune and the tanuki hold an important place in Japanese culture, and today we’ll be taking a more in-depth look at these two ...

Anime. If you’re reading this then clearly you have some sort of interest in this wonderful medium. While you may have seen many different anime series, you might not be totally aware of how the industry works. In this two-part series we’ll talk about two major characteristics of the anime ...