A retired literature professor stumbles upon her police officer son’s case notes, notices a connection to an obscure Elizabethan play, and—despite her son’s insistence that she stay out of it—manages to solve a murder investigation. Harriet “Harry” Wild has a knack for detective work, it turns out, as well as …
It’s easy to get caught in the spectacle of The Floating Castle. This comedy-drama retelling of the 1590 Siege of Oshi—in which a small force of some 3,000 soldiers, mostly peasants, held off repeated attacks by an army numbering more than 20,000—has no shortage of action, excitement, and comical banter. …
As an epic poem with its roots in the stories told by travelling bards, telling the story of the Genpei War from a wide range of perspectives, The Tale of the Heike isn’t exactly an easy thing to adapt—into any medium, let alone an 11-part anime series. But by drawing …
The Woman Called Fujiko Mine is one of the most acclaimed series within the beloved Lupin III franchise, but at the moment, options for watching it are limited. That’s going to change soon, with a new partnership with TMS Entertainment (who owns the rights to Lupin III) bringing a whole …
The Tale of the Heike (Heike Monogatari), one of Japan’s most famous pieces of classical literature, has a new anime adaptation on the way, and it’s not far off: The Heike Story from studio Science Saru and director Naoko Yamada premieres on Funimation next week, on September 15. The Tale …
Good news for My Hero Academia fans! World Heroes Mission, the series’ third film, is getting a theatrical release this October, with both subbed and dubbed releases. And for Oceanic folks, the news gets even better: it’s coming to Australia and New Zealand a day ahead of everyone else. World …
The Neon Genesis Evangelion: Ultimate Edition Blu-ray set that GKids announced last week is coming to Australia and New Zealand courtesy of Madman Entertainment, but you’ll want to get in quick: it’s limited to just 500 copies in this corner of the world. (There’ll also be Collector’s Edition and Standard …
American live-action remakes of anime series’ always elicit a well-deserved side-eye from a lot of folks, not least of all for something as beloved as Shinichiro Watanabe’s Cowboy Bebop. When Netflix revealed the main cast for their adaptation—John Cho as Spike Spiegel, Danielle Pinada as Faye Valentine, and Mustafa Shakir …
The upcoming Yasuke anime series has a new trailer ahead of its debut on Netflix later this week, and it’s looking good. Created by LeSean Thomas and Studio Mappa in partnership with Netflix, Yasuke is based on the real-life African samurai Yasuke, who was brought to Japan to Jesuit missionaries …
The Clannad anime, based on Key’s acclaimed visual novel of the same name, is now available to stream on AnimeLab in Australia and New Zealand. Clannad tells the story of Tomoya Okazaki, a third-year high school student with a reputation for being a delinquent, stemming from his troubled life at …
