NEO - 09.2018

The UK’s leading anime, manga and Japanese popular culture magazine, NEO is packed with features and also delivers the latest news and reviews of the latest DVD, book and games releases. NEO provides for a full spectrum of topics are every issue - from Hong Kong chop-socky movies to the latest from Japanese animation, from videogames to manga books, from the most mainstream to the most underground. The magazine’s team of professional full-time and freelance writers maintain excellent industry relations to bring readers the most up-to-date and cutting edge news, reviews, features and previews. Neo also features a regular column from Jonathan Clements, author of the Anime Encyclopaedia.

*** Yuri On Ice!!!, Korean skincare tips, Valkyria Chronicles 4, magical girls, MCM Comic Con Manchester cosplay - this issue of NEO is so full of goodies we don't even know where to start! Find out the origins of your favourite magical girl in David West's in depth feature on the genre, and check out our guide to Valkyria Chronicles before reading our interview with the producer of the fourth instalment. Discover what's hot right now in music, see what our resident J-idol Mahiru Kurumizawa has been up to, and find out what makes Deadlift Lolita's Ladybeard tick. Get our thoughts on two new controversial shows fresh from Japan - Banana Fish and Happy Sugar Life, and then get festive with our Man in Japan Mark Guthrie, and go to wizarding school with our resident manga artist, Ruth Keattch! All that and so much more in the latest issue of NEO - your essential guide to Asian entertainment every month. ***