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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

Towa no Quon

“Fear cannot be without hope, nor hope without fear.” – Baruch Spinoza.

A series of six 45 minute films, Towa no Quon is about a race of beings called “Attracters” (or…

• 11th November 2012
Anime Review

Strike Witches Volume 2

“War is not nice.” – Barbara Bush.

Somewhere in an alternative version of the Earth, war is still raging between humans and aliens, war is still being led by young girls with magical…

• 22nd October 2012
Anime Review

Shiki Volume 1

“Everybody has got to die, but I’ve always believed an exception would be made in my case.” – William Nabokov

If you move to a small rural village miles from anywhere, then the…

• 11th October 2012
Manga Review

Message to Adolf Volume 1

“What luck for rulers that men do not think.” – Adolf Hitler.

Osamu Tezuka may be better known for his children’s work, especially Astro Boy, but this thrilling historical…

• 23rd September 2012
Anime Review

Fairy Tail Volume 4

“I am a member of a magic circle – The Secret Six – which is so secret I don’t know the other five.” – Tommy Cooper.

This fourth collection of episodes is currently the last…

• 20th September 2012