



Malnourished horse anime Walkure Romanze unusually blends cute schoolgirls with the art of medieval lancing for a rather bizarre but unique fusion of both animalistic action and high-school escapades.
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The inner workings (in the most literal sense, this being pro-wrestling) of wrestling are unveiled in Sekai de Ichiban Tsuyoku Naritai, an anime that is undaunted in displaying only the most respectable aspects of female wrestling – sports entertainment at its finest, to be sure.
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Kuroneko finds herself enlisted with her OreImo cohorts amidst Japanese baseball team the Chiba Lotte Marines, in this rather peculiar collaboration, providing a variety of merchandise for the natural overlap of baseball and anime fans to enjoy.
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The finale of Free! has been greeted warmly even by the unrotten contingent, the show by all accounts having proven a huge hit and having sold well – and fans will be overjoyed to learn that it will be returning next year, stealing another KyoAni production slot and giving them the twin delights of more Tamako Market and Free! to look forward to in 2014…
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The Japanese government has been expressing its outrage at mockery of its advanced “pump-it-into-the-sea” nuclear waste management strategy by a French paper.
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The Japanese media has been quick to note that Tokyo’s clinching of the 2020 Olympics was predicted by no less a classic Akira, with the 1988 movie’s 2019 Neo-Tokyo being in the run-up to a singularly ill-fated Olympics.
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Tokyo has been selected as the 2020 venue for the world’s foremost celebration of fast-food sponsorship and televised entertainment, much to the delight of the Japanese.
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Microsoft’s decision to market the Xbox One as a cable TV replacement for Dew swilling EA Sports fans is enjoying near universal ridicule online, as the response to their latest advertising masterpiece makes clear.
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Free!’s obligatory summer festival episode has been attracting attention even amongst non-rotten circles with its munificent token inclusion of cute girls alongside the usual roster of lithe young men…
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In celebration of the end of ultimate JS showdown, Ro-Kyu-Bu! SS features drunken JS sukumizu service as an odd conclusion to this basketball-packed story arc…
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Ro-Kyu-Bu! SS gets back on track with more basketaball action in the latest episode, as the rival French-led basketball team prepare with a musical training montage for the ultimate JS basketball showdown, along with the now inevitable trip to bathroom/changing room.
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Ultimate DK anime Free! has dashed the hopes of fujoshi with some truly rotten boy-on-boy kiss-of-life action, even as it cements KyoAni’s reputation for taste and discretion…
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