As a child, Murao Junpei is captivated when a male ballet soloist takes to the stage at his sister’s ballet recital. A passion awakened in him, Junpei asks his parents if he can start doing ballet. His father – a stunt coordinator for films – suggests he tries something “manlier”…
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Sports anime and manga are not uncommon in Japan. Football, basketball, volleyball, baseball, figure skating and even badminton have popular stories that aim to make the sport, as well as the characters and their narrative arcs, interesting to both fans of the sport and complete newcomers. Related reading: If you…
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Slow Loop, an adaptation by Connect of the manga by Uchino Maiko, aired as part of the Winter 2022 anime season. Ostensibly, Slow Loop is the archetypal cute show about cute girls doing cute things – in this case fishing. Soft character designs, rounded linework, gentle but vibrant colours, the…
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Netflix has shared the debut teaser and key image for the forthcoming Cyberpunk: Edgerunners anime, and announced that it will premiere in September 2022. The Netflix original series is a partnership between CD Projekt Red and Trigger, an animation company. It takes place in the same interpretation of Cyberpunk as…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. This week in the week in review! Please Note: THERE ARE SOME MINOR SOUND/VOLUME ISSUES THIS WEEK. I’m using a new microphone, which will result in better sound in the future, but it’s a learning curve. It should still be very listenable, though. Apologies for the…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. This week in the week in review! 1) E3 is a digital-only event in 2021. What to expect! https://www.gematsu.com/2021/04/digital-only-e3-2021-set-for-june-12-to-15 2) Should Sony, Microsoft and Valve refuse to release that Fallujah game on their platforms? https://twitter.com/eurogamer/status/1380111828034945024 3) The Blue Reflection anime is here! What joy! https://myanimelist.net/anime/47639/Blue_Reflection_Ray 4)…
Read MoreNews by Matt S.I’m very sorry about the all-caps yelling there in the headline. Except that I am absolutely not. There’s a Blue Reflection anime happening and I am over the moon. Blue Reflection is my favourite JRPG for the past decade. It’s not necessarily the best game of all,…
Read MoreRetro by Matt S. For such a massive media property, Sailor Moon has always been a little quiet on the video game front. I’m not even entirely sure why, since anime and video games tend to go together very well. Perhaps it’s something as silly as Sailor Moon being a…
Read MoreNews by Lindsay M., News Editor Welcome to Digitally Downloaded’s regular catch-up news feature. With each issue we will bring you the best news that you may have missed. Grab the biggest mug you’ve got, fill it with your favourite brew, and catch up with us (and our favourite news…
Read MoreNews by Lindsay M., News Editor Welcome to Digitally Downloaded’s regular catch-up news feature. With each issue we will bring you the best news that you may have missed. Grab the biggest mug you’ve got, fill it with your favourite brew, and catch up with us (and our favourite news…
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