Whilst reading manga I’ve always been a bit cautious of reading ‘manga’ from outside of Japan. I have read a couple and the stories just didn’t seem to capture my imagination in the same way, therefore I’ve avoided them for many years, until now. Tower of God written and illustrated by S.I.U. originated as a
I think most of us will agree that 2020 has been a bit of a crazy year so far. With everything that’s been going on I expected to have more time to watch and read anime and manga, I was super wrong! Work at Turnip Starfish went a bit nuts and we’ve made loads of
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Stuck for something to do? Why not try reading a manga?!Reading manga takes a little bit of time to get used to. This is because you read it from the back of the book to the front and it is also read right to left. Once you get used to it, reading becomes quite natural,
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Some of us have unexpectedly found ourselves with some time off and house bound. There’s only so much daytime TV that I can handle and I guess many of you guys feel the same way too. So, here are my recommendations of anime to watch in your free time, whilst in lockdown. The following are
Published: 25/3/2020 First of all, we hope you are all safe and well. Today we have removed all of the workshops from our website. We do hope to get through this and run workshops again in the future, but obviously we have no idea when that will be at the moment.We will try to inform
On the 26th of February 2020 I finally got to see the My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising film and it was incredible. It is the second film based on the manga My Hero Academia by Kohei Horikoshi. The film was directed by Kenji Nagasaki, produced by Bones and was released in Japan on 20th December 2019. My Hero Academia: Heroes
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At the beginning of this month Netflix released it’s second, and for me the most exciting, collection of Studio Ghibli films. However, hidden amongst the vast amount of high-profile anime appearing on Netflix a ‘menacing’ presence was also felt as well as a strong sense of excitement. This could mean only one thing; JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure had
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Whilst watching anime a long time ago I came across a celebration day called ‘White Day’. Initially I thought it was the Japanese version of Valentine’s Day that is celebrated on a different day, but it is actually a bit more complex than that. Valentine’s Day as a tradition started in the 14th Century and
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Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! / Eizōken ni wa Te o Dasu na! is a Japanese manga series written and illustraterd by Sumito Ōwara since 2016 and it has now been adapted into an anime! From the 5th of January 2020 Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! has aired every week on the Crunchyroll streaming service and I’ve fallen in love!
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Many of you may have voted in the Crunchyroll Anime Awards this year and noticed that My Hero Academia wasn’t listed in every category (look at previous results and you’ll understand why). Please understand that I love MHA but sometimes it’s nice for the other anime shows to get some recognition. So as promised I will share my votes
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