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Hello dear readers and welcome back to Shoot the Rookie! Today on the site I am reviewing the Glasgow leg of the anime film festival Scotland Loves Anime which takes place in Glasgow and Edinburgh every year. There were a wide of variety of interesting films shown this year so why not join me to get some ideas on what to watch next!
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Hello dear readers and welcome to a special post here on Shoot the Rookie. Today I will be celebrating the best anime film festival in the world – Scotland Loves Anime! I’ll be giving you a rundown of every film I’ve seen at the event over the years, so come join me and see what gems you find to add to your watch list!
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Hello dear readers and welcome to the latest instalment of my Anime Jukebox series where I aim to spread some love for the amazing music found in anime. Let’s turn those speakers up to eleven and listen to some cracking tunes together!
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Hello dear readers and welcome to the second edition of my In Focus series where I take a deep dive into the careers of some awesome names from the worlds of anime and video games. This time I’m looking at the works of one of the most famous anime directors around – Makoto Shinkai.
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Hello dear readers and welcome to another instalment of my Shoot from the Hip series where I try to boil down all you need to know about an anime or game in just a couple of quick-fire paragraphs. Today I’m taking a look at the recently released anime film Josee, the Tiger and the Fish, so why not join me to find out what it’s all about and decide whether or not you want to see it.
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Hello dear readers and welcome to a long-overdue post here on Shoot the Rookie! As you may have noticed I have been quiet for a while so I thought I’d write a short post to update you all on what I’ve been up to!
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Good day dear readers and welcome back to another edition of Shoot the Rookie. Following last week’s riotously silly post about my top 5 anime boys, you will be glad to know that I’m back with more of the same but this time looking at my top 5 anime girls. Why not join me to find out who makes the cut and see if any of your favourites are in there!
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Hello dear readers and welcome to a fluff-filled edition of Shoot the Rookie! Today I’m going to be revealing my favourite 5 boys from anime, and whilst there is absolutely no good reason for this post to exist I had a whole ton of fun writing it so I hope you’ll join me to find out who made the cut!
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Hello dear readers and welcome back to Shoot the Rookie! Today’s post is the first in what will hopefully be a regular feature here on the blog. The idea of the In Focus series is to take an in-depth look at the career of some of the amazing people who work in video games and anime, and for the first one I’m going to be looking at the work of the incredibly talented composer Hiroyuki Sawano, so why not join me to find out more!
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Hello dear readers and welcome to part three of my Anime Jukebox series where I’ll be introducing you to another five of my favourite musical tracks used in anime. This month’s selections once again feature a wide range of musical genres, so get your headphones on and join me for a listen to some top tunage!
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