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SADO Tempest UK Screening At Sci-Fi London Festival 2013
A haunting Japanese cinematic rendition of the Shakespeare play “The Tempest”!
Date: 6 May 2013
Time: 16.15
Venue: Stratford East Picturehouse, Salway Road, E15 1BX London
Includes a Q&A with Producer Paul Smith after screening. Read more…
Music Review: Raychell “L>R”
The eagerly anticipated debut album from Japan’s hottest new singing sensation!
Release date: 24 April 2013
This dazzling assortment of songs which consists of a mixture of styles from rock to dance confirms that Raychell is a singer – songwriter of immense talent who is equally comfortable performing ballads as she is up-tempo songs. Her vocal skills are outstanding. She can make a simple tune sound full of meaning and an intricate melody sound easy on the Read more…
Koichi Sakamoto Directs Nao Nagasawa And Ayumi Kinoshita In Travelers: Dimension Police
Sexy Nagasawa and Kinoshita kick ass in new action-packed sci-fi drama!
You may recall in February 2012 when Diverse Japan interviewed Nao Nagasawa (Ninpuu Sentai Hurricaneger, GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka, Playgirls 2012) that she mentioned she was going to Taiwan the following month to begin shooting her next action movie. DJ can now reveal that the film she spoke of is a sci-fi action adventure called Travelers: Dimension Police directed by Read more…
DVD Review: Needless Part 1 Episodes 1-12
An anime series about a group of post-holocaust survivors with extraordinary powers!
It is the year 2130, 50 years after the catastrophic events of World War III. Where Tokyo once stood, there is now a nuclear contaminated hole full of rubble and destruction, known as ‘The Black Spot’. Now populated by refugees and outcasts, many of The Black Spot’s inhabitants have developed special powers ranging from telekinesis to super strength, speed and even transmutation. These powers are known as ‘fragments’ and the people who wield them known as the ‘Needless’. Read more…
DVD Review: Chaos; Head Collection
From the mind that brought you Death Note comes a schizophrenic anime experience!
Based on a virtual novel developed for the PC (and later Playstation and XBox systems) by 5pb and Nitroplus and consequent Manga adaptation, Chaos Head (also known as the stylised ChäoS;HEAd) is a psychological thriller with sci-fi and fantasy elements.
The story follows Takumi Nishijō, an otaku with a love of action figures and dolls, specifically of his favourite anime heroine, Orgel Seira. He is reclusive and a self confessed ‘hermit’ with most of his social integration taking place Read more…
DVD Review: Persona 4 The Animation Volume 1
An adaptation of the hugely popular Persona 4 videogame!
High school dramas form a large majority of anime series, and can be set in many genres. Persona 4 contains fantasy situations that happen to the students outside of school and one student in particular, Yu has moved into the area, experiencing some strange phenomena from a TV left on overnight. As he is new he has to make sure that he keeps up a good profile if he wants to make friends, but once he does, his life will change forever.
Chie and Yukiko want to welcome Yu as he is the new guy, but he’s finding it difficult settling into the school routine even if Read more…
DVD Review: Towanoquon Complete Series Collection
A wild dance of chaos!
In a dark and distant future children have awoken to the power within, a strange phenomenon that turns them into superhuman entities. Each one has a trigger, but not all know they have this power. These people are known as Attractors, and have two separate factions interested in capturing them. Only one can benefit them, the other only wants to use them for their own selfish needs. Quon is the good guy, an Attractor himself a faction called Custos, or the Order has given the name Read more…
MCM London Comic Con October 2012 Line-Up
Games, sci-fi, comics, anime and cosplay!
26-28 October 2012
ExCel London
MCM Expo London Comic Con returns to ExCel London on 26-28 October and there’s a brilliant line-up of special guests, games, sci-fi, comics, anime and cosplay content to entertain the Read more…
DVD Review: PlanZet – A CG Sci-Fi Thriller By Jun Awazu
Humanity fights back from an alien invasion!
Another month and another mecha anime, this time a CGI animated movie from CoMix Wave and Media Factory. It is the year 2047 and some aliens known as the FOS have invaded Earth and destroyed all the major cities in one fell swoop. The Earth manages to build a Diffuser shield over the next 3 years to protect the planet from further attacks. Three more years on, in 2053, the FOS are about to attack one final time, and so a plan is put into effect that could just save the world, but it requires the Diffuser to be shut down and a last-ditch effort by some Read more…
DVD Review: Squid Girl Complete Series One Collection
Behold the terror from the depths, the tentacled conqueror of humanity!
Comedy anime series are a staple of any anime lover’s daily diet of Japanese influenced animation, and Squid Girl takes a comical look at what a sci-fi style invasion would be like, complete with tentacles and attitude. Believe me, Squid Girl has both.
Most of us have seen the Godzilla movies and certain anime that contain tentacle wielding monsters at one time or another, well this parodies them perfectly with Squid Girl as the all destructive and powerful Read more…
SFX Collection: The Ultimate Guide to Anime
On sale: 20th July
Cover price: £7.99
Popular UK magazine SFX is back with another fantastic special edition, this one revealing everything you need to know about the anime scene. Hot new shows detailed, DVDs reviewed, stars interviewed and more! With columns from some of the UK’s best-known commentators on the subject, tons of information on anime old and new, and a celebration of seminal series Dragon Ball Z, you won’t want to Read more…
DVD Review: Broken Blade Collection
Contains 6 feature length episodes!
Broken Blade sees us in the land of Krisna where the population is born with the ‘magic’ ability to manipulate quartz. Quartz is duly used in everything from vehicles to weapons. Krisna is on the brink of war with the Athens commonwealth and into this backdrop we have four old school friends all with their part to play, on both sides of the war.
The main characters are Rygart Arrow who was born without the ability to control Quartz, King Hodr and Queen Sigyn of Krisna and the Read more…
And The Winners Are…
Competition winners revealed!
Thanks to everyone who took part in Diverse Japan’s very first ever competition to win a copy of Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex-Solid State Society OVA on Blu0ray (Double Pack) - the response has been great! Sadly, there can only be two winners. They are: Read more…
Competition: WIN Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex-Solid State Society On Blu-Ray (Double Play Edition)
Competition now closed – winner will be announced shortly!
It’s competition time, folks, at Diverse Japan!
To celebrate 21st May UK Blu-Ray (Double Play) release of Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex-Solid State Society OVA (Manga Entertainment) we are offering you the chance to win a copy of Ghost In The Shell on Blu-Ray (Double Play edition).
The stunning Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex-Solid State Society OVA boasts an extraordinary storyline that will delight and astonish fans in equal measure. Written and directed by Read more…
Blu-ray Review: Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex – Solid State Society OVA
Deals with the underlying themes of reality vs. technology!
Since the release of The Matrix in 1999, the Masamune Shirow ‘Ghost In The Shell’ series has become iconic amongst Western anime and science fiction fans alike. Championed by the Wachowski brothers, this series of well crafted and inspirational sci-fi detective movies became better known among the mainstream Western audiences; whilst seasoned fans of Japanimation sat back with an air of smugness now that this gem of a franchise had finally started getting the Read more…
Best Battlers To Win Signed Copies Of ‘The Last Story’ At Midlands Comic Con
Midlands Comic Con – International Centre,Telford – 18 FEB.
Visitors to the Midlands Comic Con in Telford on 18 February will get the chance to win copies of Nintendo’s epic new Wii™ RPG The Last Story™ signed by its creator, legendary games director Hironobu Sakaguchi.
Nintendo will be holding player battles at its stand throughout the show – and the victor of each Read more…
DVD Review: Tekken – Blood Vengence
The animation style and fight scenes are reminiscent of the Tekken games!
Tekken – Blood Vengeance is a CGI animated Sci-Fi Martial Arts action movie based on the Tekken series of video games and features all of the main characters that fans of the franchise will instantly recognise.
Rival Corporations Mishima Zaibatsu and G Corporation employ sisters and deadly rival professional assassins Nina and Anna Williams in the search for the carrier of the mysterious Read more…
DVD Review: Ganz 2: Perfect Answer
Release date: 6th February 2012
Gantz is based on the hit manga series created by Hiroya Oku and here we have the second part of the film version. To recap, in the first film, we saw two former friends, Kurono and Kato, reunite and then they find themselves staring down an oncoming train. They wake up in an apartment with a mysterious, all knowing large black ball calling itself Gantz. Gantz informs them they can earn their life back by killing aliens in ‘games’. And accumulating the magic 100 points needed to either wipe their memory and be set free or resurrect a fellow alien killer. The film ended with the death of Kato Read more…
Press Release: “Yakuza Weapon” A Film By Yudai Yamaguchi And Tak Sakaguchi
Made in Japan, kicking ass worldwide!
Tough as nails, armed to the teeth, p*ssed-off and looking for a fight, Shozo the YAKUZA WEAPON is coming to kick your ass!
SYNOPSIS:
Working as a hard-to-kill mercenary in South America, ex-yakuza Shozo Iwaki (Tak Sakaguchi) is informed of the death of his gang boss father, Kenzo (Akaji Maro). Returning home after four years, Shozo discovers that his father’s number-one man, Kurawaki (Shingo Tsurumi), has Read more…
