After a devastating global pandemic, humanity has fled into space and abandoned Earth. Nevertheless, dutifully crewed by its all-robot staff, one hotel in a small corner of Ginza, Tokyo continues to keep the establishment in tip-top shape, awaiting the day guests will return once more.
Years before Deku becomes a hero, Kouichi Haimawari is an unassuming college student with heroic aspirations but a power ill-suited for highflying crimefighting. He’s contented with acts of minor altruism ranging from taking out the trash to helping people find lost items. However a chance meeting with vigilante heroes Knuckleduster and Pop☆Step pull him into the world of vigilante heroics.
Young witch Nico was separated from her precious oni childhood friend Morihito when she went off to magic school. Now that they’re teens, they must live together as master and familiar and deal with wacky magic-based hijinks.
Taking place between the events of Guilty Gear Xrd and Guilty Gear Strive, Ky Kiske and Dizzy are soon to be married. But not all approve of the joining of human and Gear. Old wounds remain from the cataclysmic war between humanity and its creations that nearly ended the world. When a mysterious girl with a hatred for Gears declares war against the Gears and any who would aid them, Sin Kiske and Sol Badguy must go on an adventure to stop her.
In the year 2052 mankind has become reliant upon Hapuna, a wonder painkiller developed by famous scientist Dr. Skinner. Three years ago however Skinner disappeared, and as our story opens he returns with a dire warning: In the next 30 days everyone who has taken a dose of Hapuna will die.
Wealthy heiress Reiko Hosho secretly moonlights as a police detective (under the supervision of a totally different conglomerate heir who is also a cop), putting on a cool face whilst freaking out internally. Thankfully, her brand new butler and chauffeur is here to do the actual investigative work on the sly.
On her 17th birthday, Meg Raspberry is told that she only has a year left to live. The only way to prevent this is to collect 1000 tears of joy; crystallised emotions produced when people are at their most elated around her.
A collection of some of the most foul criminals known to mankind are imprisoned in an alternate dimension where they develop strange eldritch powers.
Mona Kawai is super popular with everyone that meets her, except for the new transfer student. Frustrated, she tries everything she can think of to get him to like her.
Natsuki Hirose is a young animator whose meteoric rise has placed her in the upper echelon of the animation industry. However her next project stalls out, struggling to connect to the material in addition to the newfound attention she’s received. After eating a rotten bento, she wakes up to discover she’s been transported to the world of A Tale of Perishing, the childhood anime that inspired her to become an animator.
Leticia Dorman has spent most of her young life engaged to be married to the prince of the kingdom, Clarke. To prepare for this she’s been separated from her parents and forced to undergo a gruelling education befitting a future queen. So when Clarke one day turns up with another woman on his arm, Leticia is thrilled to be freed from her loveless pairing and immediately sets about escaping from court.
Teruaki Nakamura has moved to Okinawa and is making friends at his new high school. However, the girl he likes speaks in a very thick Okinawan dialect, meaning he rarely understands what she’s saying.
A boy gets married to a girl he hates in his class.
In a post apocalyptic world emptied by monstrous robotic invaders, a group of five girls battles them with goofy norse-themed weapons. When shy loner Renge shows up, they take her under their wing and talk a lot about cooking.
Scotland Loves Animation returned this year, bringing a curated selection of movie premieres and classics to the big screen. Three of us attended the latest instalment, where we watched thirteen different films in the cosy Cameo cinema.
Much of Gundam RFV’s failures are at its core, failures of its creative team to adequately understand what Gundam represents, both as a mecha franchise and as a war story.
I had the opportunity to see the animated film adaptation of Tatsuki Fujimoto’s one shot manga. I was profoundly affected by the story when I first read it. The film hits just as hard. It’s beautiful, poignant, and deeply personal. It imbues the characters with animated humanity and warmth. To me, Look Back is about survivor’s guilt.
Eleven months into the One Year War, Red Wolf squadron is attacked by a mysterious white mobile suit. Can this zeon squad survive against the Gundam?
Ever since an encounter with a witch as a child, Kurumi Mirai has dreamed of attending the prestigious Redrun Magic School. Yet somehow, despite topping her junior high classes, she’s failed the admission test for the main course. Now she’ll have to adapt to life lower down on the academic scale, and deal with the quirky new teacher who’s been assigned to her.
In a world where “magical girl” is as common a profession as any, college graduate Kana Sakuragi is struggling to find a job. Yet when a monster disrupts her latest interview and Kana gets a taste of what working as a magical girl actually entails, she finally discovers a career opportunity that allows her to put her unique skills into practice.
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