Ian Wolf

Ian works as an anime and manga critic for Anime UK News, and was also the manga critic for MyM Magazine. His debut book, CLAMPdown, about the manga collective CLAMP, is available now. Outside of anime, he is data specialist for the British Comedy Guide, is QI's most pedantic viewer, has written questions for both The Wall and Richard Osman's House of Games, and has been a contestant on Mastermind.

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Anime Review

Momotaro, Sacred Sailors Review

Britain gets a release of Japan's first anime feature film. Shame the film is wartime propaganda aimed at children.

Ian Wolf • 24th March 2018

Manga Review

Voices of a Distant Star Review

Think a long-distance relationship is hard? Try being eight light years away.

Ian Wolf • 12th March 2018

Anime Review

Chrono Crusade Review

A nun with a gun and her devilish friend fight the worst Hell can offer in 1920s America! First released in 2003-4, does Chrono Crusade stand the test of time?

Ian Wolf • 26th February 2018

Anime Review

Attack on Titan: Season 2 Review

The ever-popular and ever-gory horror series returns with the war between humans and Titans intensifying as shocking truths are revealed.

Ian Wolf • 23rd February 2018

News

MyM Magazine publishes its last print edition

MyM folds after publishing 71 issues since 2012.

Ian Wolf • 16th February 2018

News

Yuri!!! on Ice performed at the Winter Olympics

Miu Suzaki and Ryuichi Kihara performed to music from the figure skating anime.

Ian Wolf • 9th February 2018

Anime Review

Fairy Tail Collection 22 Review

We finally come to (not quite) the end of Fairy Tail.

Ian Wolf • 29th January 2018

Anime Review

Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ, Part 2 Review

Despite some exciting sequences, much of the second part of Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ drags as much as the first.

Ian Wolf • 8th January 2018

Features

Anime UK News Review of 2017 Part 2 (Manga and Light Novels)

Manga

Demelza:

Looking back on 2017 I realise that I haven’t been buying many new manga series, but despite that, the few I have picked up have proven well worthwhile. This year saw the release…

AUKN Staff • 22nd December 2017

Features

Anime UK News Review of 2017 Part 1

2017 has been the year that anime made a triumphant return to many local cinemas throughout the UK, continuing the trend set by Your Name in 2016. And as Amazon Prime and Netflix have gained exclusive…

AUKN Staff • 21st December 2017

Anime Review

Fairy Tail Collection 21 Review

This penultimate Fairy Tail collection is at times both overdramatic and anticlimactic.

Ian Wolf • 19th December 2017

Anime Review

Fairy Tail Part 20 Review

It's the beginning of the end as we enter Fairy Tail's final arc.

Ian Wolf • 6th December 2017

Anime Review

Girls und Panzer: This is the Real Anzio Battle! Review

A nice episode, but it should have been released with the other OVA rather than on its own.

Ian Wolf • 5th December 2017

Anime Review

Paprika Review

A rather complex film made watchable by its stunning animation.

Ian Wolf • 21st November 2017

Anime Review

Fairy Tail 19 Review

This collection is certainly not the best in Fairy Tail’s history, primarily because it’s mostly filler.

Ian Wolf • 1st November 2017

Film Review

A Silent Voice Review

A Silent Voice has one of the few English dubs that’s as good as the Japanese. Never thought I would write that.

Ian Wolf • 31st October 2017

Anime Review

Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ Part 1 Review

As with Zeta Gundam, you feel that the second half of Mobile Suit ZZ Gundam is going to be the more exciting one.

Ian Wolf • 21st October 2017

Anime Review

Girls und Panzer der Film Review

The girls of Ooarai Girl’s High School are back, and this time they are fighting to regain something they have lost.

Ian Wolf • 18th October 2017

Anime Review

Beyond the Boundary: I’ll Be There Review

Beyond the Boundary the TV series is already a mixed bag, but the films feel even less good than that.

Ian Wolf • 10th October 2017

Anime Review

Fairy Tail Collection 18 Review

New developments in Fairy Tail Collection 18 as Lucy's Zodiac spirits rebel against her, claiming that they have no memory of Lucy and want "total freedom" from humans.

Ian Wolf • 22nd September 2017