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

One Piece: Collection 17 Review

A collection that includes some of the best moments of the series - and some of the worst.

Ian Wolf • 23rd June 2018

Anime Review

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Review (Part 2)

Having covered the TV series, we now look at the three OVAs of the cypberpunk anime, and the accompanying guide to the entire collection.

Ian Wolf • 11th June 2018

Anime Review

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Complete Series Review (Part 1)

In the first of two reviews, we re-live the TV adaptation of the cyberpunk classic.

Ian Wolf • 5th June 2018

Anime Review

Sword Art Online The Movie: Ordinal Scale Review

Another new gaming technology comes along, and once again Kirito is there to sort out the terrible problems it causes him and Asuna.

Ian Wolf • 27th May 2018

Anime Review

Fairy Tail: Dragon Cry Review

Natsu and the gang attempt to stop a magical staff being used for destruction.

Ian Wolf • 25th May 2018

Manga Review

Moteki: Love Strikes Volume 1 Review

From the creator of Yuri!!! on Ice comes the story of a man unlucky in love who finds himself the centre of four women's affections.

Ian Wolf • 19th May 2018

Features

Our Favourite Classic Anime

Join the writers at Anime UK News as they look back to the classic titles that first inspired them to investigate anime and ask, ‘What makes an anime a classic? Does it have to have stood the test of time?’

AUKN Staff • 17th May 2018

Anime Review

Assassination Classroom: Season 2 – Part 2 Review

Class 3-E are about to graduate, but can they kill their teacher and save the world before that?

Ian Wolf • 16th April 2018

Manga Review

CITY, Volume 1 Review

From the creator of Nichijou comes more surreal comedy, featuring a student in debt, a really strong granny, and a woman worshipping a god she made yesterday.

Ian Wolf • 7th April 2018

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