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

BTOOOM!

“Our bombs are smarter than the average high school student. At least they can find Kuwait.” – A. Whitney Brown

Manga Entertainment recently released Sword Art Online, an…

• 12th April 2014
Anime Review

Night Raid 1931

“Once is happenstance; twice is coincidence; three times is enemy action.” – Ian Fleming.

This is a TV series originating from Japan, set in 1931, which amongst other things…

• 9th April 2014
Anime Review

Sword Art Online Volume 4

“As the poet said, ‘Only God can make a tree’, probably because it’s so hard to figure out how to get the bark on.” – Woody Allen

The fourth and final release of SAO…

• 31st March 2014
Manga Review

Wolf Children: Ame & Yuki

“A gentleman is simply a patient wolf.” – Lana Turner.

Wolf Children is the third of Mamoru Hosoda’s feature films (if you ignore ones like One Piece which are based on already…

• 25th March 2014
Anime Review

Durarara!!

“The concepts most familiar to us are often the most mysterious.” – Etienne Klein

All the Anime’s new limited edition Blu-ray release of the popular series Durarara!!…

• 21st March 2014
Manga Review

Ranma 1/2: Volume 1-2

“When Margaret Atwood asked women what they feared most from men, they said: ‘We’re afraid they’ll kill us.’ When men were asked the same question, they said:…

• 12th March 2014