As we draw the last few drops of blood from Vampire Knight Guilty, we start with episode 11 that wraps up several minor plot points and prepares the audience for the final battle. This includes Kaien…
Crossover; it’s a word that gets any fan, regardless of franchise, excited. But such a word is best used on special occasions and what better occasion could it be used, but for Yu-Gi-Oh’s…
I warn now you that this review will contain some spoilers. I shall also warn you that this is the point in the series where it takes a sinister turn; with twisted relationships and shocking revelations…
Everyone knows the basic ingredients to making a cake – flour, eggs, butter, sugar – but not everyone can make a decent cake. You can have the right ingredients but unless you know how to properly…
Crossover; it’s a word that gets any fan, regardless of franchise, excited. But such a word is best used on special occasions, and what better occasion could it be used but for Yu-Gi-Oh!’s 10th …
When Mai Tokiha and her sick brother Takumi are transferred to the boarding school Fuka Academy, she never expected her life to be turned upside down so suddenly. From the giant monsters known …
“Ethnic jokes might be uncouth, but you laugh because they’re based on truth.” – ‘Everyone’s a Little Bit Racist’; Avenue Q
The time is World War I, and we join Germany discovering…
Cross Academy is attended by two groups of students. The Day Class is filled with blissfully ignorant humans, unaware of the evil lurking in their school with their biggest concern being the up-coming…
Before the well known anime hit Japanese TV’s in 2001, there was another adaptation of the boy’s love manga, Gravitation, in the form of an OVA in 1999. Animated by a completely different company…
Disc 3 takes a dive into Zero’s past whilst also introducing us to the first season’s main antagonist. Starting with episode 8; we’re given more flesh to the vampire folklore as Takuma’s grandfather…
Disc 2 of the Vampire Knight anime contains 3 episodes that mostly serve as flashbacks, padding out the back story to our 3 main characters and the origins of the school the story is set in.
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CLAMP is a very well known and respected manga group with many adored titles under their belts ever since their debut in 1987. Dating from 1996, Cardcaptor Sakura is arguably one of their most loved…
Not all is wonderful in Wonderland, but Alice Liddell is slowly growing used to the males having animal ears, falling in love with her, and the sudden changes between night and day. But there are…
Himeno is a typical 16 year old girl; apart from the fact that she now lives in a huge mansion with her new step mum and 2 step sisters after her father suddenly remarries. She’s an outcast in…
Since their debut into fiction in Bram Broker’s 1897 novel, Dracula; vampires have been envisioned and redesigned by multiple different writers, film makers, artists and imaginations across…
It’s not uncommon in the anime industry for popular franchises to have a movie release that tries to summarize the original manga or TV story into a 90 minute timeslot. It’s also not too rare of a …
If you were to discuss ‘Studio Ghibli films’ with any anime fan, several film titles are sure to come up. Examples include the worldwide success ‘Spirited Away’ and the critically acclaimed …
It’s very easy to disregard the Vampire Knight manga as nothing more than shojo fluff with some good-looking males – who just happen to be vampires – thrown in. It doesn’t help that…
A lot has changed since the end of the first season of Rozen Maiden; Jun has overcome his fear of leaving his home and is now studying hard to catch up to his classmates over the summer. In addition,…
Misao is an unlucky girl; ever since she was young she’s been able to see things that others can’t. Ghosts and demons haunt her everyday life, causing her misery. To make things worse, on her sixteenth…
