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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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
Manga Review

Toppu GP Chapters 1 & 2 Review

Review of Toppu GP, Chapters 1 & 2

Ian Wolf’s review

 “What I like about a bike is that if you get it wrong, you die. See what I mean? What’s good about that is that it sort of keeps me on my toes.” – Ross…

• 15th June 2016
Anime Review

Yu-Gi-Oh! Season 5 Review

Yu-Gi-Oh! 5 

Ian Wolf’s Review

Warning: may contain spoilers

“Well, as L. P. Hartley said: ‘The past is a foreign country. They do things differently there.’ That was the opening of The …

• 13th June 2016
Anime Review

Flowers Of Evil

“O douleur! O douleur! Le Temps mange la vie.” (Oh pain! Oh pain! Time eats life.) – Charles Baudelaire. 

Flowers of Evil was one of the more controversial anime of recent years,…

• 3rd November 2015