Recent content by Ian Wolf

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdjn0nmnjmwo

No anime in this year's Oscars.

The adventures of Veltol Velvet Velsvalt now arrive in manga form, adapting the first novel in the series. Continue reading...

A Guardian review of Cosmic Princess Kaguya. https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jan/20/cosmic-princess-kaguya-review-trippy-anime-adapted-from-japanese-folk-dives-into-virtual-reality-popworld

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle has made the BAFTA longlist for Best Animated Film. The shortlist is announced on 27th January. https://www.bafta.org/stories/longlists-2026-ee-bafta-film-awards/

Big news: Toho has bought Anime Ltd. https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2025-12-19/toho-acquires-uk-anime-limited-establishes-european-hq-in-london/.232269

An everyday story of a teenage boy and girl in love - albeit the girl is a stalker still lusting after the boy's older brother. Continue reading...

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba Infinity Castle has been nominated for a Golden Globe. It is up against Arco, Elio, KPop Demon Hunters, Little Amelie or the Character of Rain, and Zootopia 2.

I guess therefore it will also be available on things like NOW TV.

Given that HBO Max is where the new Harry Potter is going to, I suspect that many people will be boycotting the streamer when it does arrive.

Publishing can be confusing, as evidenced by these two books covering the same group of artists being released by two different publishers at the same time. Continue reading...

A piece in the Radio Times about anime and environmentalism. https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/fantasy/anime/anime-way-climate-change-comment/

Even when depicting the almost total eradication of humankind, this manga still feels dull at times. Continue reading...

A new xxxHOLiC anime has just been posted on the CLAMP YouTube channel (Japanese language only). ETA: This is actually an old video from 2010 that released with a xxxHOLiC manga volume back in the day, but I don't think it has ever been released in the UK before. It is also only up until 9th...

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