Imagine a world where all of our everyday tools and systems were integrated in one large online virtual world. Our bank accounts, social media, businesses and if you’re the president, even the nuclear launch codes. All stored and accessible in one place. Now imagine the potential armageddon that could ensue if your account, or thousands of accounts were hacked…Welcome to … Read More
Directed by now iconic director, Mamoru Hosoda and animaed by Madhouse, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time follows the life of Makoto Konno, a seemingly ordinary teenage highschool girl that enjoys playing baseball with her friends, lives at home with her parents and younger sister and runs into her own fair share of bad luck. During a day where it … Read More
Fireworks, the newest film animated by acclaimed studio SHAFT (Madoka Magica, Nisekoi) is definitely a mixed bag. It certainly won’t be recognised as an outstanding piece of art by everyone who watches it. There are some beautifully animated scenes and a very fitting soundtrack although the film is let down by an all-round lack of character development and some really … Read More
This Code Geass Akito The Exiled review covers all 5 OVA movies. It is not an individual review for each movie, but of the home complete release series set. Code Geass Akito The Exiled is a side story, made up of 5 OVA movies, each around an hour in length. The story is set during the 2 year period between … Read More
Warning! In Order to Properly Review This Title Some Plot Points from Early in the Season Will Be Discussed. If You Are Sensitive to Spoilers, You Have Been Warned. School Live! was a series I went into pretty much completely blind, not knowing much about it, just that it had some kind of unexpected twist. Even the packaging of the … Read More
Food Wars! also known as Shokugeki no Soma follows the life of Soma Yukihara as he works at his father’s restaurant with the ultimate goal of becoming a better chef and one day surpass his father’s cooking skills. But just as he thinks his skills are getting to where they need to be, his father, Joichiro throws a spanner in … Read More
Beware! this review does contain spoilers for both the Death Note anime and the two prior films. It’s been a strong time lately for fans of the Death Note franchise. The 2006 hit anime series seems just as popular as ever and shows that it still has a highly passionate fanbase every time a new piece of media in the … Read More
It’s Great To Be Back I grew up watching Dragon Ball Z before school, like many people my age did. It was part of the morning ritual. Since then I’ve picked up every DVD set available for Dragon Ball, Z and GT and watched them numerous times over. I never thought the day would come when we would get another … Read More
Madman have revealed today that Mary and the Witch’s Flower, the highly anticipated first feature from Studio Ponoc – A new studio founded by ex-Studio Ghibli talent, will receive its Australian premiere at Madman Anime Festival, Melbourne. Studio Ponoc, founded by former Studio Ghibli producer Yoshiaki Nishimura and director Hiromasa Yonebayashi, the filmmaking duo behind the 2015 Oscar®-nominated When Marnie … Read More
Today Madman have announced that wrestling, singing and performing superstar Ladybeard is coming to MadFest Melbourne! Ladybeard is the super cute force of Australian performance destruction who has taken Japan, and the world, by storm. Pro-wrestler (DDT Pro-wrestling), actor, voice actor, stuntman, heavy metal screamer, cuteseycute J-pop singer and speaker of 5 languages (English, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, Cantonese, German), Ladybeard is … Read More