Don’t mean to presume, but fairly certain most people are already experts in this field The University of Manchester has been criticised for allowing a student to pursue a PhD in masturbation, to the point that a Conservative MP is now trying to intervene. Postgraduate student Karl Andersson is in the process of getting his […]

3 years ago

The voiceover to so many people’s childhood Legendary voice actor and Dragon Ball Z narrator, Jôji Yanami, has sadly passed away aged 90. Yanami was perhaps best known for providing the Japanese voice-over on the original Dragon Ball Z as well as Dragon Ball Super – but he also voiced many characters within the show among […]

4 years ago

See you in the Other World, Chris Chris Ayres, the long-time voice actor behind beloved Dragon Ball Z character Frieza, has sadly passed away aged just 56. In a post from Ayres’ girlfriend Krystal LaPorte – a fellow actor and notable voice talent in the anime genre – she issued a full statement revealing his […]

4 years ago

They call David Beckham’s free-kick against Greece the ‘goal that shook the world’. It pales in comparison to this Let me be perfectly clear from the off: I have no idea what is going on in the following near-four-minute-long clip from the Japanese anime series Captain Tsubasa, based on the manga comics of the same name. […]

7 years ago

Prepare to have your mind absolutely f***ed You might not have heard of Neon Genesis Evangelion – but it is one of the most influential and important Japanese animated shows of all time. The series is a cult hit in the West, but for many years it remained unavailable in the English speaking world. The […]

7 years ago

The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade has been an American tradition for nearly a century The annual November tradition sees the streets of New York filled with ominous inflatable likeness of beloved kids characters, as well as perky pop performers playing popular hits. This year, however, the parade was infiltrated by an oversees menace: anime. Alongside […]

7 years ago