Yen Press’ New August Light Novel & Manga Debuts
With August rolling around Yen Press has a number of brand new titles releasing for the first time mid-way through and at the end of the month. These series range from standard light novels, omnibus’ of popular series, one-off manga, and more. Starting on August 18th the company is releasing Final Fantasy I, II, III: Memory of Heroes by Takashi Umemura that tells the story of three times the...
CC Review Roundup – September 22-October 5, 2013
The last couple of weeks have been packed with reviews! Everyone has been busy trying to get you the best review coverage we can! We’ve had a few notable titles to come out from September 22 – October 5, 2013. Grand Theft Auto V, FIFA 14, Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn, Rune Factory 4, and more were covered in the past couple weeks. Our anime personnel have also been working hard to cover a del...
Garden of Words Review
Garden of Words Studio: Comix Wave Publisher: Madman Format: Cinema Release Date: 26th September 2013 Overview The name ‘Makoto Shinkai‘ has become so thoroughly ingrained in the anime culture lexicon that it is almost impossible to separate the name from the work. The Garden of Words is a film that rather than being uplifted by the name of Shinkai is burdened with the expectations the...
Ghost In The Shell: Arise, The Garden of Words Confirmed For REEL ANIME 2013
Madman Entertainment have announced the addition of two more films in the REEL ANIME 2013 program, Ghost in the Shell: Arise and The Garden of Words. Ghost in the Shell: Arise is the first of four all-new prequel OVAs that follow a younger Motoko Kusanagi and her future Section 9 colleagues. First released in 1995, Mamoru Oshii and Production I.G.’s Ghost in the Shell made a huge impact in t...
The Garden of Words Review
The Garden of Words Studios: CoMix Wave Films Publisher: Sentai Filmworks Format: Blu-Ray Release Date: August 6th, 2013 Price: $34.98 – Available Here Overview Makoto Shinkai first appeared on the anime scene with the amazing Voices of a Distant Star and in the time since continued to wow viewers with his movies. From interesting settings, to unique situations, to characters that viewers ca...
The Garden of Words Announced For REEL Anime 2013
Makoto Shinkai’s latest film, The Garden of Words, has been announced for REEL Anime 2013 by Madman during the Supanova Perth pop culture expo. Shinkai is known for his other anime films such as The Place Promised in Our Early Days, 5cm Per Second and Children Who Chase Lost Voices. The Garden of Words, known as Kotonoha no Niwa in Japanese, is the filmmaker’s latest project in collabo...
First 5 Minutes of Makoto Shinkai’s ‘Garden of Words’ Streamed
The first 5 minutes of Makoto Shinkai’s highly anticipated The Garden of Words anime film has made its way online. The film recently saw its world premiere take place at the Gold Coast Film Festival, which Shinkai himself attended. The Garden of Words has also recently been licensed for distribution by Sentai Filmworks, who previously released Shinkai’s Children Who Chase Lost Voices f...
The Garden of Words Gets Licensed By Sentai Filmworks
Sentai Filmworks has picked up the license for Makoto Shinkai’s new artistic piece: The Garden of Words. This grab will definitely please the fans of Mr Shinkai’s work, Sentai Filmworks doesn’t usually slack too much with it’s licenses. For those of you who don’t know Makoto Shinkai he’s the man behind such films as; Children Who Chase Lost Voices, The Place Pro...
The Garden of Words To Premiere at Gold Coast Film Festival
World premiered! The Garden of Words is Makoto Shinkai’s latest work in collaboration with CoMix Wave films. This film is about “love” but not the love you and I believe in, it’s more of an out-dated and somewhat twisted love, based on the traditional Japanese word of “love” written as “Koi” which roughly translates to “lonely sadness”, k...