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Geek It! Anime Film Review: Ride Your Wave (2019)

April 8, 2020 // 0 Comments

From the director behind The Tatami Galaxy, Ping Pong: The Animation, and Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!, Masaaki Yuasa has blessed us with a masterpiece that joins the high-ranks of romantic animated films — RIDE YOUR WAVE. Straying far from his usual style and portfolio of works, Ride Your [...]

Geek It! Anime Review: Naruto Musical: Song of the Akatsuki

April 2, 2020 // 0 Comments

Live-action cinematic remakes are rarely successful — but what about live-action stage adaptations? Following the success of the first play adaptation in 2015, the Naruto Live Spectacle is back with the sequel ‘NARUTO MUSICAL: SONG OF THE AKATSUKI’ (2017). Luckily for Australian [...]

Geek It! Anime Festival Sydney 2020 Spotlight: Shingo Adachi’s Live Drawing Panel with VA Bryce Papenbrook (Kirito)

March 19, 2020 // 1 Comment

Since 2012, SWORD ART ONLINE has been making huge waves in the world of anime. With worldwide success, this is a feat that not many light-novel series can achieve. Anime Festival is best known for bringing Sword Art Online goodness to Australia, and they have once again brought back SAO Character [...]

Geek It! Anime Spotlight: Anime Festival Sydney 2020 Recap

March 16, 2020 // 0 Comments

We previously attended Anime Festival back in 2016 — Madman’s inaugural convention in its hometown of Melbourne. Once known as Madman Anime Festival and now rebranded as Anime Festival, did the Anime Festival Sydney 2020 event (March 7-8) live up to its reputation and fans’ [...]

Geek It! Anime Festival Sydney 2020: VA Panel with Bryce Papenbrook, David Matranga and Ricco Fajardo

March 14, 2020 // 2 Comments

Some of the hottest dub voice actors of the anime industry made appearances at this year’s Anime Festival Sydney 2020. We’re talking about dubbed voice actors David Matranga (aka Shoto Todoroki from My Hero Academia), Bryce Papenbrook (aka Kirito from Sword Art Online, Eren Jaeger from [...]

Geek It! Spotlight: Cosplay at Madman Anime Festival 2020

March 9, 2020 // 1 Comment

Cosplay is a huge aspect of every pop-culture convention, and it was no different for Anime Festival Sydney 2020. For many fans, it was a chance to make new friends; showcase their cosplay talent; and demonstrate their passion for Japanese manga and anime. For the first time in years, we did not [...]

Geek It! Spotlight: FIVE reasons why you should attend Anime Festival Sydney 2020

March 5, 2020 // 0 Comments

It’s time to get your otaku mania on! Kicking off the pop-culture convention scene for 2020, Anime Festival Sydney is back this weekend (March 7 and 8) at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre. While there are a gazillion reasons as to why you should attend the event, we have narrowed [...]

Geek It! Anime Spotlight: Voice Actor Yuki Kaji

February 15, 2020 // 0 Comments

He can be the best boy of your dreams. He can also save humanity from the threat of destruction. He can also be your sly, slippery villain. He is none other than … YUKI KAJI. Yūki Kaji is one of Japan’s well-renowned voice actors in the business who has voiced many iconic roles over [...]

Geek It! Madman Anime Festival 2020 Spotlight: Cosplayer Mon

February 11, 2020 // 0 Comments

Over the last few years, we’ve seen the cosplay scene expanding rapidly within Australia and beyond. Leading the way is an international band of talented cosplayers, and Taiwanese cosplayer MON is undoubtedly one of them. Cosplay isn’t just about finding materials and making cosplay [...]

[DVD] Anime Review: Sky Wizards Academy

February 2, 2017 // 0 Comments

Welcome to a world where Humanity has been driven off the land by the threat of magical insects called ‘Devil Beetles’. Adjusting to the invasion, humans are now living in floating cities with sky-wizards being tasked to fend off enemies with magic. With a history of zero wins and [...]