Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann and Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt are two of my favourite anime series, and both share a number of things in common. Not only are they both from Gainax, but are also both directed by Hiroyuki Imaishi . However Imaishi has now left the Gainax fold, starting up his own studio - Trigger , with other former Gainax employee Masahiko Ohtsuka. After wowing audiences with their debut short Little Witch Academia , Trigger reunited some of the staff behind Gurren Lagann (including writer Kazuki Nakshima) for their first full-length, two-cour series. The end result is Kill la Kill, and it was teased to do for high-school battle anime exactly what Gurren Lagann did for mecha. To say anticipation was high is an understatement.

Since the Pokémon anime first began life way back in 1997, there's always been one question burning on fans minds - will we ever see an anime series or special that follows the story of the games properly? Well, the wait is finally over with Pokémon: The Origin, which returns the franchise to its Game Boy roots to tell the story of the original games (that's Red/Green or Red/Blue outside of Japan) just before the worldwide release of Pokémon X and Y for the 3DS. It couldn't be a better time to be a fan. Red and Green start their journeys The four-part special follows original game protagonist Red on his quest to travel across Kanto and complete the Pokédex for Professor Oak. After leaving Pallet Town with his new Charmander partner, Red gets in a battle with his childhood rival Green and learns that in order to complete his journey, he'll need to take part in Pokémon battles and help his Pokémon grow stronger. Across the land he'll battle the eight gym ...