Big Giant Robots

It is no exaggeration to say the film “Akira” changed me. It must have been about the end of 1993 and Nikobe brought it round my house on VHS tape (we really did have them). Now I was not totally new to Manga, I had seen some before but never really knew it was a [...]

I’ve been asked a couple of times for advice on visiting Japan and so I thought I’d just blog it and send everyone here. I’m no expert, I’ve twice visited Japan, the first time was a hectic 9 day self-tour of Tokyo, Hakone, Kyota & Osaka. The second, a more leisurely 9 days in Tokyo [...]

This evening the whole of BGR will be in London to see the renewed version of Ghost in the Shell. This is a very special film for all of us, and we are all hoping the renewed version will only make it much better. I posted a quick look at what is in this new [...]