| 11:21pm | Fast and Frightening - The Women of Gunsmith Cats & Black Lagoon | | | | When I began reading the Kenichi Sonoda’s Gunsmith Cats not long ago, I was almost immediately struck by the similarities between it and Rei Hiroe’s Black Lagoon. Both are action packed guns blazing stories but what I particularly noticed and enjoyed was the focus on the tough, independent... |
| 8:13pm | Satoshi Kon: mixing reality and fantasy. | | | | Before beginning this article for Nakama Britannica it is worth noting that this is the start of many new posts for this blog. Although inactive for sometime it is back and not with just the weird articles I post either! Other great posts are in the pipe line from veterans of this blog and also authors... |
| 6:31pm | Do Ghosts dream of non-electronic sheep? | | | | Nakama Britannia has been dormant for quite some time and I thought it was time to revive it from its slump into hibernation. What an interesting way to revitalise the blog than by awakening it from its electronic sleep than actually talking about electronic sheep. The inspiration behind this article... |
| 11:54pm | The Genshiken dilemma: Clothes or Manga? | | | | Even manga and anime fans get credit crunched. I learnt this the hard way. Anyone who has watched the anime classic, Genshiken, will know the dilemma faced by an otaku when he walkes into a clothes shop, reluctantly, being forced to buy new clothes. I mean, seriously, being an anime and manga fan costs... |
| 11:55pm | Samurais | | | | When people think of Japanese stereotypes, samurais and ninjas must be the most disseminated ones in pop culture. Ninjas were spies and assassins, warriors said to possess the powers of ninjutsu, the ninja techniques, and the image of the ninja dressed all in black is a powerful one.Samurais in their... |
| 2:28pm | Vacation away from anime | | | | Packing away the anime collection can be difficult Sometimes you can just watch too much anime even if you don’t watch that much. The amount of new series being released can be overwhelming to the point where you just have to step back for a while because you can’t tell if a series is good... |
| 12:56am | Will Hollywood ever do a decent adaptation? | | | | First off, apologies for the delay (and for the crooked images, wordpress is weird). I have exams this week and I was through in Glasgow watching The Kings of Leon rock the house at the S.E.C.C.Anyway, earlier on during the week I had to endure one of the worst films I’ve seen in the last year or so.... | | |
| 10:31pm | (Not enough) Quality anime and the industry | | | | [This article is my reply to Alex's excellent 'For the anime fan in 2008, is it essential to watch online anime?'] I came across this recent news article at ANN, ‘Dennou Coil Wins Award from Japanese Sci-Fi Writers‘ and more than anything else, it annoyed me. Here’s why. ‘Dennou... |
| 10:01pm | A Christmas Wish-list for Anime Santa | | | | As the year draws to a close, I’ve been scanning the lists of anime to be released in the UK on DVD at Christmas with a slightly jaundiced eye. Don’t get me wrong – I’m more than grateful for what we have available now on R2, especially when I think back to the turn of the century(!) when... | | |
| 12:29pm | For the anime fan in 2008, is it essential to watch online anime? | | | | I’ll say at the start of this blog that I’m not the most knowledgeable anime fan around. I like what I like, but I don’t have an exhaustive knowledge of series, directors, studios, voice actors, and the industry as a whole. Nor am I the sort of person who has to watch things as soon as they... | | |
| 10:38pm | On genre, gender and fan demographics | | | | One thing that’s caught my attention lately is how, in terms of genre and target audience, categorising an anime or manga series is surprisingly complicated. Many titles are marketed along the lines of age and gender of the target audience or readership: namely shounen (young, male), shoujo (young,... | | |
| 2:50am | ‘Ghost in the Shell’: What’s inside the Shell? Part 6. | | | | Welcome to final ‘Ghost in the Shell’: What’s inside the Shell? This time we skip three scenes which were not suitable for analysis, if you wish to though you could analyse these yourself and post them on here, and go stright to one of ‘Ghost in the Shell’s’ signature... | | |
| 12:38pm | Lasting Fandom | | | | Albeit that when I had the epiphany, I didn’t actually intend it to be in anyway sequential, I realise now that one of the notes I most wanted to convey in my last article (that anime characters are strangely diverse, likeable and unique), must inevitably occupy the same territory as those at... | | |
| 10:13pm | Great Shounen of the past | | | | Shounen is absurdly popular, period. And just like Naruto or Bleach, other shounen shows helped anime sneak into Western pop culture way before most would expect. The oldest anime I remember watching was Astro Boy. Astro is officially the first anime serialization of all times and it defined many... | | |
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