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Anime Film Newsbyte: ONLY YESTERDAY returns to Australia and NZ for limited screening in May

April 16, 2016 // 0 Comments

From Academy Award-nominated director Isao Takahata (GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES, THE TALE OF PRINCESS KAGUYA) and general producer Hayao Miyazaki (SPIRITED AWAY, THE WIND RISES), [...]

Geek It! Anime Flashback: Five Reasons Why We Love Cardcaptor Sakura

March 31, 2016 // 6 Comments

Possibly THE cutest magical girl in shoujo history, Kinomoto Sakura brings joy and life to Cardcaptor Sakura every single time. After accidentally freeing a set of [...]

[DVD] Animation Review: Clarence – Dust Buddies

March 28, 2016 // 0 Comments

Welcome to Clarence’s world where everything brims with life, aberration and eccentricity. Focussing on the daily life of Clarence Wendell and his two best friends [...]

Anime Newsbyte: The 1st Madman Anime Festival to hit Australia!

March 24, 2016 // 0 Comments

Listen up Australian otakus! Madman Entertainment and AnimeLab have announced that the inaugural MADMAN ANIME FESTIVAL will be held on September 3rd and 4th at the [...]

Manga Review: Naruto – Shikamaru’s Story (A Cloud Drifting in the Silent Dark)

March 21, 2016 // 0 Comments

As Nara Shikamaru lies on the roof of the Hokage office, he wonders how his life went astray. Remembering back to the carefree days of silly antics, cloud watching and [...]

Geek It! Upcoming Animated Films of 2016 (Finding Dory, Kubo and the Two Strings, Sausage Party)

March 17, 2016 // 1 Comment

After the success of Disney’s Zootopia and Dreamworks Animation’s Kung Fu Panda 3, year 2016 is still looking strong for the animation industry. There may [...]

Manga Review: Naruto – The Seventh Hokage and the Scarlet Spring

March 9, 2016 // 0 Comments

As the genin graduation exam approaches, twelve-year-old Uchiha Sarada walks home alone, feeling jealous of her classmates for being able to train with their fathers for the [...]

Geek It! Anime Newsbyte: New Trailer for Makoto Shinkai’s ‘She and Her Cat’

March 4, 2016 // 0 Comments

“On the hottest day of the summer, this cat and I started living together. The times we spent together, just going through our morning routine or looking at the familiar [...]

[DVD] Anime Review: Samurai Flamenco (Pt 1)

March 3, 2016 // 1 Comment

Masayoshi Hazama was just an average model attempting to break into the Hollywood scene. But behind his noble composure lies a huge secret — Masayoshi is [...]

Film Review: The Good Dinosaur (2015)

February 29, 2016 // 0 Comments

It was 65 million years ago. A time when an asteroid was rocketing at high speed towards Earth… narrowly missing the Earth’s atmosphere. Since that insignificant [...]