Ten years before the events of Fate/Stay Night, Fate/Zero and the Fourth Holy Grail War happened in Fuyuki City, seven mages gathered together to fight in bloody combat, using their ‘Servants’…
Ken Kaneki is an ordinary college student living in Tokyo with an innocent crush on a girl he meets at his local café, Rize Kamishiro. After plucking up the courage to ask her out, he finds the date…
This review contains spoilers for the TV series and first two movies of Puella Magi Madoka Magica.
When heroes have played their part in saving the world, when they sacrifice everything to change…
Out of all the genres in anime, ‘Magical Girl’ is one of the hardest to crossover and comprehend for non-anime fans. The basic premise is relatively simple – an ordinary girl is granted a power to…
Amnesia may be a rare occurrence in the real world but in fiction it’s a common trope inflicted either on the main character or sometimes the love interest. It’s exploited to achieve several goals…
It’s been many months since Muneakira Yagyu and his Master Samurai girls defeated the great evil Gisen; now he’s back from his journey of training and longs to see how his dojo is doing. But in his…
If you’re a follower of modern Japanese culture you may have heard, or at least have seen an image of, Super Sonico. She’s a mascot for the visual novel company Nitroplus, first appearing in 2006…
‘Anime’ is a Western coined word used to define Japanese style of motion-picture animation. It sounds simple to identity, especially when key visual cues such as the big eyes, colourful hair …
Chihiro Furuya is a young man obsessed with horror, especially of the zombie variety. From films to manga, and even to the girls he finds attractive, all his interests are focussed on the brain-munching…
When Hayao Miyazaki announced his retirement from film making in 2013, it was assumed by many that Studio Ghibli was no more, or at least no longer in the same realm of untouchable quality as before.…
Ichiko Sakura is only 16 years old but already has everything going for her: she does very well at school, is admired by all the boys there, she’s very wealthy, and has the most magnificent boobs.…
This review contains spoilers for the Vampire Knight manga series.
Fleeting Dreams is a collection of short stories written by Ayuna Fujisaki based upon the shojo manga series, Vampire Knight.…
Kyohei looks like a normal college boy, but in fact he’s from a rich family and a long line of ‘Seki’ – humans with the power to control kakashi, ancient wooden God-like beings. But many years ago …
Drug & Drop is the long awaited continuation of Legal Drug, picking up with Kazahaya and Rikuo still working in the drugstore whilst picking up additional supernatural side jobs from owner…
Legal Drug, the latest CLAMP manga to get the omnibus re-release treatment from Dark Horse, follows a pair of boys working at a drugstore. Kazahaya Kudo is a naïve young man with a special gift to…
This review contains some spoilers for the manga version of Angelic Layer.
When Misaki Suzuhara first steps out of Tokyo train station, she comes across a large crowd staring at a screen. What …
Garden of Sinners was originally a light novel series released in Japan in the late 90s from Type Moon; it’s not only their earliest work but also considered the ‘prototype’ for their other more…
It’s now December, you can’t put off Christmas shopping any longer. You’ve probably been hearing the Christmas tracks in shops and seen the occasional Christmas tree in a neighbour’s window …
