Anime
Monaka wears her cyclops mask to work: Niccolò Rastrelli’s best photograph
‘Japan is the mecca of cosplay. Monaka runs a cafe in Tokyo called Monster Party, where people go dressed as characters from a subculture known as tanganmen. Her brother is holding a picture of their mum’
Interview by Chris Broughton
02, Apr, 2025 @2:09 PM
Star Wars: Visions – finally, a spin-off that lives up to the original
In a franchise filled with convoluted additions, this animated anthology feels closest to the pulpy wonder of George Lucas’s first films
Claire Cao
18, Mar, 2025 @2:00 PM
Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods review – classic anime has cosmic charm
An anniversary edition of the 2013 martial arts animation is light on bombast, funny and mischievous
Phil Hoad
26, Feb, 2025 @7:00 AM
The Colours Within review – enchanting synaesthesia anime
Japanese animator Naoko Yamada’s tale of teenage friendship shimmers with the hues her heroine experience of feeling colours
Wendy Ide
02, Feb, 2025 @3:00 PM
The Colors Within review – musical teen anime is a synaesthetic joy
Three adolescent misfits form a band in this luminous feature from Liz and the Blue Bird director Naoko Yamada
Phuong Le
27, Jan, 2025 @9:00 AM
Overlord: The Sacred Kingdom review - intriguing fantasy franchise is far from your average anime
Its Game of Thronesian intrigue, benevolent Skeletor protagonist and surprising lack of gratuitous violence sets this series apart
Phil Hoad
04, Nov, 2024 @1:00 PM
My Hero Academia: You’re Next review – old-style superhero battle anime with hint of the surreal
The fourth film spin-off from the daffy Japanese X-Men knock-off beams its dream-like action into a flying fortress where victims are turned into superfolk
Phil Hoad
15, Oct, 2024 @10:00 AM
Detective Conan: The Million-Dollar Pentagram review – cult anime goes on wild treasure hunt
The latest outing for the high school sleuth sees him join forces with his arch enemy, a master thief. Despite some flashes of brilliance, the script soon becomes convoluted
Phuong Le
24, Sep, 2024 @8:00 AM
Rachael Lillis, voice of Misty in Pokémon, dies aged 55
Friends and family pay tribute to actor, who was diagnosed with breast cancer in May
Sian Cain
13, Aug, 2024 @1:04 AM
‘Why are people always pointing the finger at furries?’: inside the wild world of the furry fandom
A joyful and inclusive subculture where people express their true selves or an example of unchecked wokery? The furry fandom has always been a polarising lightning rod for extreme opinions
Nicky Woolf
28, Jul, 2024 @8:00 AM
‘America was futuristic once. Now all the crazy things are from Asia’: why the British are going wild for kawaii culture
From bubble tea and corn dogs to K-pop and plushies, Korean, Japanese, Taiwanese and Chinese brands have captured the pocket-money market
Harry Wallop
27, Jul, 2024 @12:00 PM
Blue Lock the Movie: Episode Nagi review – football anime gets the battle royale treatment
From Terminator-eyed strikers to flame-wreathed shots on goal, no bombast is too much in this feature-length extrapolation of Muneyuki Kaneshiro’s popular series
Phil Hoad
01, Jul, 2024 @6:00 AM
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