Reviews

Kracie - NeruNeruNeruNe - Cola & Orange Soda - Simple Price: ± €3 Extra supplies: Water and Scissors. Kracie produces a lot of these NeruNeruNeruNe candy kits, which are focussed...

Although Japan has a long history of producing top-quality metal acts (think Loudness and E.Z.O.), the last decade has seen an explosion of groups which have placed that country at...

Kracie - Goldfish Scooping - Elaborate Price: ± €5 Extra supplies: Water and Scissors. This adorable little kit by Kracie allows you to play a game of goldfish (and turtle)...

Formed in Hakodate, Hokkaido in 2010, andO2’s relative isolation from Japan’s cultural centre of Tokyo has helped them shape a unique sound all their very own. Incorporating elements of emo,...

Meito - Let’s Make Hanakappa Sweet Potato Digging - Simple Price: ± €4 Extra supplies: Water, Scissors, Spoon and Bowl. Optional: Toothpick. Hanakappa is a PG anime which follows the...

Kracie - Milk Lab - Simple Price: ± €5 Extra supplies: Microwave, Milk, Scissors and Bowl. Optional: Ice cubes. This candy kit, or rather this experiment, from Kracie is very...

Formed in the midst of the global pandemic, it is perhaps no surprise that Minato’s BLOOD PICK ME opted for a distinctly shoegaze/alternative sound. Despite drawing influence from ‘90s icons...

Bandai - Colourful Disney Princess Gummies - Simple Price: ± €9 Extra supplies: Water Similar to the previous Disney Princess Dress-up Gummies, with this kit you can dress up a...

Formed on the bustling streets of Tokyo, Satsuriku Robot have come a long way since their inception in 2020. After releasing their first EP First Contact, the following year, the...

Heart - Crayon Shin-Chan Experimental Drink - Simple Price: ± €6 Extra supplies: Water and Spoon. Another Crayon Shin-Chan candy kit, this time one with a science twist. With this...

This year they are celebrating their 15th anniversary as an idol group: Momoiro Clover Z, commonly abbreviated as MCZ or Momoclo. That this fact will be celebrated in a big...

Heart – Kirby Chocolate - Simple Price: ± €7 Extra supplies: Microwave*, Mug, Spoon, Scissors and Plate. Optional: Toothpick. *Instead you could melt the chocolate au bain-marie. Kirby is a...

Kracie - Sea Creatures Gummies - Simple Price: ± €9 Extra supplies: Microwave, Water, Scissors and Plate. Optional: Toothpick. This educational candy kit by Kracie features a lot of sea...

Once the preserve of misanthropic and narcissistic Norwegians, black metal has since evolved to become a global phenomenon. It’s a strange anomaly that some of the genre's best music is...

Heart - Crayon Shin-Chan Face Chocolates - Simple Price: ± €7 Extra supplies: Microwave*, Mugs, Spoons, Scissors and Plate. Optional: Toothpick. *Instead you could melt the chocolate au bain-marie. Crayon...

Suzume is the latest film by Makoto Shinkai (Your Name, Weathering With You). Released in Japan on 11th November 2022, it was finally released in UK cinemas on 14th April...

I was raised and weaned on bands such as Dark Funeral and Napalm Death, so I’m no stranger to sonic extremes. However, the new album by harsh-noise artist Kurumi Kadoya...

Kracie - Popin Cookin: Chocolate Fondue Party - Elaborate Price: ± €9 Extra supplies: Microwave, Water, Scissors and Plate. Have you ever wanted to have a (mini) chocolate fondue party?...

Meigum - Experimental Colourful Gummy - Simple Price: ± €5 Extra supplies: Plate. Colourful gummy candies, and it’s up to you which colours they are, that’s what you can create...

The second film in the new Sword Art Online Progressive anime franchise, Scherzo of Deep Night adapts the fourth book in Reki Kawahara's spin-off series from the original Sword Art...

Kracie - Dinosaurs DIY Chocolate - Simple Price: ± €8 Extra supplies: Kettle, Cup, Scissors and Plate Tasty and educational: these chocolate dinosaurs are a fun snack for anyone who...

We here at AVO Magazine are always happy when BRIDEAR release a new album, but their latest offering has got us excited beyond belief. Recorded during last year’s European jaunt,...

Meigum - Jellyfish Aquarium - Simple Price: ± €5 Extra supplies: Plate, spoon and cocktail pick. With this candy kit you create edible jellyfish, with a yellow core. On the...

Drawing influence and inspiration from such metal greats as Yngwie Malmsteen, Marty Friedman and Stratovarius, MAJUSTICE are a Japanese/multinational band who are putting the ‘power’ into ‘power metal’. A septet...