Doctorkev
@doctorkev.bsky.social
Writes about anime/manga/visual novels at AniTAY.org, freelance writer for animenewsnetwork.com. Physician. Husband. Father. Christian. A bit odd.
It's a long wait between episode batches for Yamato fans, but I still love this series. Here's my review of the latest episodes for Anime News Network.
[Review] This season of Space Battleship Yamato is one of the timeliest sci-fi anime I’ve ever seen.
Be Forever Yamato: Star Blazers: Rebel 3199 Episodes 11-14 Anime Review
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December 4, 2025 at 5:36 PM
It's a long wait between episode batches for Yamato fans, but I still love this series. Here's my review of the latest episodes for Anime News Network.
I watched the vast majority of the films at Scotland Loves Anime 2025, and have spent a month reviewing them all! Here's my retrospective looking at everything I saw at the festival!
Scotland Loves Anime 2025 Film Festival — A Retrospective
Every year, anime fans from across the UK (and from farther afield) flock to the Scottish central belt for what has become a fixture of…
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December 2, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I watched the vast majority of the films at Scotland Loves Anime 2025, and have spent a month reviewing them all! Here's my retrospective looking at everything I saw at the festival!
Project A-ko has remained one of my favourite anime movies of all time. I loved it when I watched it on VHS in the 90s, I love it even more on sparkly, shiny blu-ray. I finally got around to reviewing it for AniTAY!
Project A-ko (1986) Perfect Edition Random Anime Blu-ray Review
As much as I want to support local UK companies who release physical anime discs here in these sceptered isles, sometimes I’m unable to…
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November 29, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Project A-ko has remained one of my favourite anime movies of all time. I loved it when I watched it on VHS in the 90s, I love it even more on sparkly, shiny blu-ray. I finally got around to reviewing it for AniTAY!
Here's my review of entertainingly insane stop-motion animation JUNK WORLD for ANN. I hope more people get the opportunity to see this soon, it's absolutely wild. Thank you Scotland Loves Anime 2025 for showing this!
[Review] Certifiably bonkers stop-motion work of cinematic madness.
JUNK WORLD Stop-Motion Movie Review
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November 29, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Here's my review of entertainingly insane stop-motion animation JUNK WORLD for ANN. I hope more people get the opportunity to see this soon, it's absolutely wild. Thank you Scotland Loves Anime 2025 for showing this!
17-26 is a great adaptation of Tatsuki Fujimoto's Before Chainsaw Man 17-21 and 22-26 short story anthologies. I think this is probably the best way to experience these stories now, they're really elevated by the shift to an animated medium. Here's my review for AniTAY!
Tatsuki Fujimoto 17–26 Episodes 1–8 Anime Review
Although mangaka Tatsuki Fujimoto is best known for his most recent breakthrough hit Chainsaw Man (with its recent theatrical movie release…
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November 28, 2025 at 6:30 PM
17-26 is a great adaptation of Tatsuki Fujimoto's Before Chainsaw Man 17-21 and 22-26 short story anthologies. I think this is probably the best way to experience these stories now, they're really elevated by the shift to an animated medium. Here's my review for AniTAY!
Kawajiri's made some great anime movies, but Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust is up there with his best. Glad I finally got around to seeing this spectacular, gorgeously-animated film.
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust 4K Restoration Movie Review — Scotland Loves Anime 2025
Watching a Yoshiaki Kawajiri movie is like stepping back in time to an era of animation long past. His films are dark, gritty, violent…
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November 27, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Kawajiri's made some great anime movies, but Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust is up there with his best. Glad I finally got around to seeing this spectacular, gorgeously-animated film.
Viva la enshittification! Crunchyroll's been really screwing up their subtitles for a while, and this short video from @mothersbasement.bsky.social offers a great, brief overview of why this is a problem.
Crunchyroll is about to make #anime worse for EVERYONE
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November 27, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Viva la enshittification! Crunchyroll's been really screwing up their subtitles for a while, and this short video from @mothersbasement.bsky.social offers a great, brief overview of why this is a problem.
REDLINE is an amazing anime movie, I've never seen anything else quite like it. Every anime fan should see this film at least once. You can seen the love that took 7 years and over 100,000 frames to commit to the screen.
REDLINE (2009) Movie Review — Scotland Loves Anime 2025
This year’s Scotland Loves Anime film festival in Glasgow and Edinburgh had more than a dash of Takeshi Koike flavour. Not only was the…
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November 26, 2025 at 6:59 PM
REDLINE is an amazing anime movie, I've never seen anything else quite like it. Every anime fan should see this film at least once. You can seen the love that took 7 years and over 100,000 frames to commit to the screen.
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This was difficult to write; if I had my druthers, it would've come out last year, but I struggled with revisiting this period of my life that intently, or with organizing things in a way that didn't feel navel-gazey or self-pitying.
But I do hope this reaches folks and helps them on their way.
But I do hope this reaches folks and helps them on their way.
When faced with a life-changing accident, Jean-Karlo turned to Hiroshi Fujioka's performance as Kamen Rider and the series' enduring story of hope.
How Kamen Rider Helped Me Recover from Trauma
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November 24, 2025 at 4:26 PM
This was difficult to write; if I had my druthers, it would've come out last year, but I struggled with revisiting this period of my life that intently, or with organizing things in a way that didn't feel navel-gazey or self-pitying.
But I do hope this reaches folks and helps them on their way.
But I do hope this reaches folks and helps them on their way.
Zenigata and the Two Lupins is the best of Koike's Lupin III OVAs. Shame it's not available to stream or buy anywhere outside of Japan yet. I was very fortunate to catch the surprise screening at Scotland Loves Anime 2025 in Edinburgh!
Lupin the IIIrd: Zenigata and the Two Lupins Review — Scotland Loves Anime 2025
I never thought I’d get the chance to see this OVA any time soon, as when I booked my tickets for Takeshi Koike’s Lupin III OVA “trilogy”…
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November 26, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Zenigata and the Two Lupins is the best of Koike's Lupin III OVAs. Shame it's not available to stream or buy anywhere outside of Japan yet. I was very fortunate to catch the surprise screening at Scotland Loves Anime 2025 in Edinburgh!
Here's my review of Fujiko's Lie for AniTAY. Only one more Koike Lupin III OVA to go after this!
Lupin the IIIrd: Fujiko’s Lie Review — Scotland Loves Anime 2025
Fujiko’s Lie is the third Takeshi Koike-directed Lupin III OVA that follows 2012 TV series The Woman Called Fujiko Mine, and whose…
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November 24, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Here's my review of Fujiko's Lie for AniTAY. Only one more Koike Lupin III OVA to go after this!
This is the second of four Takeshi Koike-directed Lupin III OVAs that screened together as a marathon at Scotland Loves Anime 2025 in Edinburgh. Just as well I took copious notes, so I could remember what happened in each one!
Lupin the IIIrd: Goemon’s Blood Spray Review — Scotland Loves Anime 2025
The second of four Takeshi Koike-directed Lupin III OVAs shown back-to-back at the Cameo Theatre in Edinburgh for Scotland Loves Anime…
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November 23, 2025 at 6:38 PM
This is the second of four Takeshi Koike-directed Lupin III OVAs that screened together as a marathon at Scotland Loves Anime 2025 in Edinburgh. Just as well I took copious notes, so I could remember what happened in each one!
Watching all four Takeshi Koike Lupin III OVAs in one sitting was quite an undertaking. Here's my review of the first one, Jigen's Gravestone, from its showing at Scotland Loves Anime 2025 in Edinburgh.
Lupin the IIIrd: Jigen’s Gravestone Review — Scotland Loves Anime 2025
This year’s Scotland Loves Anime film festival in Glasgow and Edinburgh featured no less than six films by acclaimed director Takeshi…
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November 22, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Watching all four Takeshi Koike Lupin III OVAs in one sitting was quite an undertaking. Here's my review of the first one, Jigen's Gravestone, from its showing at Scotland Loves Anime 2025 in Edinburgh.
Here's my interview with Takeshi Koike, director of REDLINE and the new Lupin III movie, which was definitely a highlight of Scotland Loves Anime 2025 for me!
Acclaimed director professes his love for Chainsaw Man, closing the door on Lupin.
REDLINE, Lupin the IIIrd: The Immortal Bloodline Director Takeshi Koike
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November 21, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Here's my interview with Takeshi Koike, director of REDLINE and the new Lupin III movie, which was definitely a highlight of Scotland Loves Anime 2025 for me!
Finally got my chance to see Angel's Egg at Scotland Loves Anime. Here are my somewhat confused thoughts for AniTAY. It looked pretty, had a fantastic soundtrack, but what on Earth does it all mean? I'm not convinced I've got any real answers...
Mamoru Oshii’s Angel’s Egg 4K Remaster Review — Scotland Loves Anime 2025
Angel’s Egg is a film that, among anime fans at least, approaches lengendary status, mainly because of the mystique that comes with…
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November 16, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Finally got my chance to see Angel's Egg at Scotland Loves Anime. Here are my somewhat confused thoughts for AniTAY. It looked pretty, had a fantastic soundtrack, but what on Earth does it all mean? I'm not convinced I've got any real answers...
This season has some pretty decent sequels. My Hero Academia's final season has been fire so far, and I continue to enjoy To Your Eternity. Here's my writeup on the season for AniTAY, where I also cover shows like Spy x Family and Gachiakuta!
Doctorkev’s Thoughts on the Autumn 2025 Anime Season Part 2
Time marches relentlessly on, so here’s the second part of my look at this season’s most notable anime series. Last time, we covered most…
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November 15, 2025 at 1:05 PM
This season has some pretty decent sequels. My Hero Academia's final season has been fire so far, and I continue to enjoy To Your Eternity. Here's my writeup on the season for AniTAY, where I also cover shows like Spy x Family and Gachiakuta!
There are several very entertaining new anime shows this season. I'm particularly taken with May I Ask For One Final Thing?, Sanda, and Yano-kun's Ordinary Days, while I also enjoy reviewing Touring After the Apocalypse and Mechanical Marie weekly on ANN. Here's my AniTAY roundup
Doctorkev’s Thoughts on the Autumn 2025 Anime Season Part 1
Somehow, we’re already halfway through 2025’s final anime season, and there’s a lot to cover! I’ve been really busy with attending Scotland…
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November 13, 2025 at 7:35 PM
There are several very entertaining new anime shows this season. I'm particularly taken with May I Ask For One Final Thing?, Sanda, and Yano-kun's Ordinary Days, while I also enjoy reviewing Touring After the Apocalypse and Mechanical Marie weekly on ANN. Here's my AniTAY roundup
All You Need is Kill the anime film is based on the same novel that Tom Cruise movie Edge of Tomorrow adapted. I've not seen that, but thought the anime version of the story was decent enough. medium.com/anitay-offic...
All You Need is Kill Movie Review — Scotland Loves Anime 2025
With this, we come to the last of the “new” films from Scotland Loves Anime 2025’s Glasgow leg. I’ve already reviewed Lupin the IIIrd: The…
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November 11, 2025 at 11:27 PM
All You Need is Kill the anime film is based on the same novel that Tom Cruise movie Edge of Tomorrow adapted. I've not seen that, but thought the anime version of the story was decent enough. medium.com/anitay-offic...
Here's my review of excellent sports anime film 100 Meters for Anime News Network, seen last weekend at Scotland Loves Anime 2025 in Glasgow. It's out on general release in UK cinemas next weekend! I definitely recommend it!
[Review] There’s a profound sense of weight, of sheer muscle-shredding, teeth-grinding effort during the running scenes.
100 Meters Anime Film Review
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November 9, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Here's my review of excellent sports anime film 100 Meters for Anime News Network, seen last weekend at Scotland Loves Anime 2025 in Glasgow. It's out on general release in UK cinemas next weekend! I definitely recommend it!
I'm coming around to the idea that ChaO was probably my favourite film from Scotland Loves Anime 2025 in Glasgow. It's a very close race between it and 100 Meters and The Last Blossom, though. Anyway, here's my review for AniTAY. medium.com/anitay-offic...
ChaO Movie Review — Scotland Loves Anime 2025
Unlike Studio Ghibli, Studio 4°C isn’t a household name in the West, but they’ve been consistently making arty, yet accessible, anime…
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November 8, 2025 at 6:18 PM
I'm coming around to the idea that ChaO was probably my favourite film from Scotland Loves Anime 2025 in Glasgow. It's a very close race between it and 100 Meters and The Last Blossom, though. Anyway, here's my review for AniTAY. medium.com/anitay-offic...
The ODDTAXI writer/director duo's The Last Blossom was definitely one of the highlights of a very strong lineup at Glasgow's Scotland Loves Anime 2025 film festival. medium.com/anitay-offic...
The Last Blossom Movie Review — Scotland Loves Anime 2025
ODDTAXI was one of 2021’s very best TV anime, a surreal yet compelling puzzle box of a show that seemed to arise from nowhere, with an…
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November 7, 2025 at 3:26 PM
The ODDTAXI writer/director duo's The Last Blossom was definitely one of the highlights of a very strong lineup at Glasgow's Scotland Loves Anime 2025 film festival. medium.com/anitay-offic...
For my annual pilgrimage, I attended Scotland Loves Anime in Glasgow for its 2025 lineup. Here's my first SLA 2025 review for AniTAY, of the new Lupin III film. I'll be reviewing twelve films in total, including some exclusive to the upcoming Edinburgh leg. medium.com/anitay-offic...
Lupin the IIIrd the Movie: The Immortal Bloodline Anime Review — Scotland Loves Anime 2025
Monkey Punch’s world-famous manga Lupin III began its serialisation in Weekly Manga Action on 10th August 1967, almost sixty years ago…
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November 6, 2025 at 7:25 PM
For my annual pilgrimage, I attended Scotland Loves Anime in Glasgow for its 2025 lineup. Here's my first SLA 2025 review for AniTAY, of the new Lupin III film. I'll be reviewing twelve films in total, including some exclusive to the upcoming Edinburgh leg. medium.com/anitay-offic...
Here's my review for ANN of Shoji Kawamori's latest film. I saw it on Sunday night in Glasgow at Scotland Loves Anime 2025
[Review] At the end of the screening of Macross' Shoji Kawamori's latest film, with my head in my hands, I sighed to myself, “How in hell’s name am I supposed to review this?"
Labyrinth Anime Film Review
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November 6, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Here's my review for ANN of Shoji Kawamori's latest film. I saw it on Sunday night in Glasgow at Scotland Loves Anime 2025
Here's my most recent review for Anime News Network. Gunsmith Cats is still as good as when I first read it thirty years ago!
[Review] There are multiple reasons why Sonoda’s Gunsmith Cats keeps getting re-published, and why it remains one of my very favorite manga of all time.
Gunsmith Cats Omnibus Volumes 1 and 2 Manga Review
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November 5, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Here's my most recent review for Anime News Network. Gunsmith Cats is still as good as when I first read it thirty years ago!
Saw the new Chainsaw Man Reze Arc movie tonight, it was great, as expected! Here's my review for AniTAY medium.com/anitay-offic...
Chainsaw Man — The Movie: Reze Arc Anime Review
Chainsaw Man author Tatsuki Fujimoto reminds me a lot of Battle Angel Alita author Yukito Kishiro, at least in his writing for Alita’s…
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October 24, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Saw the new Chainsaw Man Reze Arc movie tonight, it was great, as expected! Here's my review for AniTAY medium.com/anitay-offic...