When Bleach ended its TV run in March 2012, I was sad. When I found out that a cute chibi spin-off of Naruto was replacing it, I was annoyed and confused. Now several years later, that previously mentioned…

Leiji Matsumoto is one of those names that you hear all the time when you start getting into anime and manga, often in sentences that start with “classic authors like…” His most famous works include…

 “Black”

As the announcement of Bleach’s final chapter still rings across the manga and anime-related internet, Volume 67 is released here in the UK, still several volumes away …

The ever popular Naruto series continues its UK release with Box Set 25 of Naruto Shippuden, containing episodes 310 – 322. Unfortunately, though not surprisingly, most of this set contains …

Expelled From Paradise is an original feature film created by Gen Urobuchi (of Madoka Magica, Fate/Zero and Aldnoah.Zero fame) and directed by Seiji Mizushima (of Fullmetal Alchemist and Gundam…

Aldnoah.Zero is an original anime (as in not based on a manga, light novel or game, a rare thing really!) that was created by Gen Urobuchi of Madoka Magica, Fate/Zero and Psycho-Pass fame.

In 1969…

Naruto Shippuden once again resumes its British release with Box Set 24, containing episodes 297 – 308 of the series. This box set (of two discs not in a box… ahem) is exactly split between episodes…

“Sorry I am Strong”

Bleach’s final arc rolls on as Volume 66 begins with the rather random battle between the Shinigami (a.k.a. Soul Reapers, for those who didn’t watch the series…

Rule Number 10: Let’s all have fun and play together!

No Game No Life started off life as a light novel series, like a lot of anime in the past decade. Written by Yu Kamiya, the novels, and indeed…

This is (not) delayed any more!

So Evangelion 3.33: You Can (Not) Redo is finally hitting shops here in the UK, roughly four years since it appeared in Japanese cinemas and over two years after it…

The Naruto Shippuden anime continues its DVD release here in the UK with “Box Set” 23, containing episodes 284-296. Episodes 284 to 289 contain, unsurprisingly, filler set during the Fourth …

“The last story is a first love”

The Last – Naruto the Movie, is the tenth overall film based on the Naruto franchise, and is NOT the last one, though the last to feature Naruto as the lead character.…

“This Cannot Happen! … I am Perfection!”

Dragon Ball Z Kai comes to a (sort of) conclusion with Season 4, the last season in the original run, and given that the “Final Chapter” run of Kai covering…

“Marching out the Zombies”

As we’ve been told since Volume 55, the Bleach manga is in its final story arc… though to say the series is ending would be incorrect at this…

Naruto Shippuden continues its UK DVD release with Box Set 22, containing Episodes 271 to 283 (can I point out that it is a two disc, standard sized amary case, not a box set! I’m aware it’s…

The Naruto Shippuden anime continues to roll on in Box 21, containing episodes 258 – 270. The box begins with three episodes continuing to recap the events of the original Naruto series …