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

Mayo Chiki!

“I love those decadent wenches who do so trouble my dreams.” – Rembrandt.

There are plenty of fan-service filled anime out there, most of which vary in quality. If you are making an…

• 14th May 2013
Manga Review

Atomcat

“Do not meddle in the affairs of cats, for they are subtle and will piss on your computer.” – Bruce Graham.

Astro Boy is widely regarded as being one of the greatest, if not the greatest,…

• 11th May 2013
Manga Review

Unico

“With the white unicorn across her shoulder, makes you think that she might have been someone who’s older.” – ‘White Unicorn’, Wolfmother

Digital Manga Publishing…

• 30th April 2013
Anime Review

Ga-Rei Zero

“I do not believe in ghosts, astrology, palmistry, John Cage, love or God.” – Gore Vidal.

The supernatural anime series Ga-Rei Zero has a few problems facing it. For starters there…

• 25th April 2013
Manga Review

Egoistic Blue

Egoistic Blue © 2012 Mio Tennohji/Libre Publishing Co., Ltd.

“The best way of reproducing the ancient Greek temperament would be to cross the Scots with the Chinese.” – Hugh MacDiarmid…

• 23rd April 2013
Anime Review

King of Thorn

“Botany is a sequel of murder and a chronicle of the dead.” – Julian Hawthorne.

One keen aspect for British anime fans concerning this film is that it is mostly set in a castle in Scotland.…

• 22nd April 2013
Anime Review

Loups=Garous

Japan, mid-21st century. Following a deadly virus, most of humanity avoids physical contact, carries iPod-like “monitors” that control their lives and eats synthetic food provided…

• 18th April 2013