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

Review of One Piece, Collection 15

Episodes 349-372, may contain spoilers.

“We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.” – Buddha.

We continue the “Thriller…

• 22nd January 2017
Anime Review

One Piece, Collection 14 Review

Episodes 325-348, may contain spoilers.

“On the day I was born, the nurses all gathered ’round; And they gazed in wide wonder at the joy they had found; The head nurse spoke up and she said …

• 10th January 2017
Opinion

Feature: A Guide to the Odagiri Effect

“If men knew all that women think, they would be twenty times more audacious.” – Alphonse Karr.

It is a question that many anime fans have asked themselves: what is it about high school male sports…

• 5th January 2017
Manga Review

Review of Scumbag Loser

SAITEIHEN NO OTOKO -Scumbag Loser- vols 1, 2, 3 © 2012, 2013 Mikoto Yamaguti / SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.

“Employee of the month is a good example of how somebody can be both a winner and a loser at the same…

• 23rd November 2016
Anime Review

Yurikuma Arashi Review

“Always respect Mother Nature. Especially when she weighs 400 pounds and is guarding her baby.” – James Rollins

It rather rare to see a yuri anime released in the UK. I, for one, don’t recall ever…

• 3rd November 2016
Anime Review

Review of Haibane Renmei

“When you were here before Couldn’t look you in the eye You’re just like an angel Your skin makes me cry

You float like a feather In a beautiful world I wish I was special You’re so very special”

– “Creep”…

• 1st November 2016
Manga Review

Platinum End Chapter 9 Review

Ian Wolf’s review

Platinum End © 2015 by Tsugumi Ohba, Takeshi Obata. SHUEISHA Inc.

“There’s an ‘A’ bomb in Wardour Street. They’ve called in the army, they’ve called in the police too.” – The Jam…

• 21st July 2016