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Anime Review: Kimi ni Todoke Vs. Sukkite Ii Na Yo (Say I love you)

February 24, 2013 // 6 Comments

We all love our dose of slice-of-life anime but when it comes to awkward teen romances and finding your stance in the world, which anime would win: Kimi ni Todoke or Sukkite [...]

GeekIt! Top 5 Defining Kids’ Shows

January 24, 2013 // 2 Comments

It’s a lazy afternoon and you’re flicking through the TV before landing on the children programmes. All the 90s kids’ shows that were once animated in [...]

Anime Review: Sakamichi No Apollon

January 9, 2013 // 0 Comments

It’s not often that we come across musical anime series. No, not the bravado musicals or the ones about school idol wannabes. But what about an anime about jazz? Yes, [...]

Flashback: Meeting Shin-ichiro Miki

January 1, 2013 // 0 Comments

Shin-ichiro Miki is a Japanese voice actor (seiyuu) with over 230 voice credits to his name. Miki is best known for voicing cool, handsome characters and villains. Some of [...]

Film Review: Eight Rangers

December 30, 2012 // 0 Comments

If you have never seen a Japanese film before, Eight Rangers is the perfect starter for you! At first glance, the film looks like a generic comedy about Power Ranger [...]

Anime Review: Ano Natsu de Matteru

December 12, 2012 // 1 Comment

While testing his camera at night, Kaito Kirishima is caught amid a mysterious explosion in his small town. Strangely, Kaito wakes up the next day perfectly fine but with [...]

Anime Review: Sekai Ichi Hatsukoi (2011)

November 28, 2012 // 1 Comment

Due to his coworkers’ jealousy of his success, literary editor Onodera Ritsu resigns from his father’s publishing company, claiming that he is simply riding his [...]

Anime Review: Steins;Gate (2011)

November 21, 2012 // 0 Comments

Steins;Gate takes place in the Akihabara district of Tokyo. On July 28, 2010, Rintarō Okabe and his friend Mayuri Shīna was heading towards the Radio Kaikan building for [...]

Anime Review: Puella Magi Madoka Magica (2011)

November 21, 2012 // 1 Comment

In the city of Mitakihara, a schoolgirl named Madoka Kaname and her friend Sayaka Miki are approached by a ‘familiar’ named Kyubey, who offers to grant each of them [...]

Anime Review: Chihayafuru Season 1 (2011)

November 21, 2012 // 0 Comments

Chihaya Ayase is a girl who has spent most of her life simply supporting her sister in her model career. This changes when she meets a boy named Arata Wataya, a talented [...]