Anime Review

Riding Bean

Before Kenichi Sonoda made his name with Gunsmith Cats, Yasuo Hasegawa directed the first episode of his story of a tough-as-nails Chicago courier named Bean Bandit. Sadly the series was never…

• 22nd July 2006
Anime Review

R.O.D.: the TV Volume 6

After the events of the previous volume the Paper Sisters and their companions are separated as the British Library’s plan, headed by Mr Carpenter, enters its next phase. There are only…

• 2nd July 2006
Anime Review

Heat Guy J Volume 2

Heat Guy J delivers another impressively varied array of missions in which Daisuke Aurora and his philosophical android partner J fight crime on the streets of Judoh. The unstable Clair Leonelli,…

• 22nd June 2006
Anime Review

Robotech: The Masters Volume 2

The battle between humanity and the Robotech Masters reaches its dramatic conclusion as the final battle that decides the war begins in earnest. The Fifteenth Squadron risk capture and death…

• 7th June 2006
Anime Review

Wolf’s Rain Volume 6

The wolves complete the final leg of their journey as they brave a perilous ice floe and reach the city surrounding Jagala’s keep. Splitting up to look for Cheza, Hige enters a state of painful…

• 6th June 2006
Anime Review

Tenjho Tenge Volume 1

Souichiro Nagi and his sidekick Bob Makihara are two teenage street fighters who travel from school to school, beating their rivals as they go. When they take on the students of Todo Academy and…

• 1st June 2006
Anime Review

Robotech: The Masters Volume 1

Fifteen years after the first Robotech war the people of Earth are rebuilding their shattered civilisation. The planet is thrown into conflict once more when the Robotech Masters arrive to reclaim…

• 20th May 2006
Anime Review

Mezzo DSA Volume 3

A mission to transport a priceless and allegedly cursed mummy kicks off the final part of the series as the DSA, now with a fourth member in the form of schoolgirl Asami, are faced with their biggest…

• 14th May 2006
Anime Review

Wolf’s Rain Volume 5

At the end of volume 4 we were in the midst of an unnecessary recap section which derailed the storytelling of the series. The first two episodes of this volume do nothing to rectify the situation…

• 8th May 2006
Anime Review

Chobits Volume 6

The series reaches its conclusion as Hideki discovers the truth concerning Chi’s origins. Is she really one of the “Chobits’ series? Meanwhile Chi realises that she must…

• 21st April 2006
Anime Review

Chobits Volume 5

Chobits reaches its penultimate instalment as Chi is kidnapped by person or persons unknown. Could this be somehow connected to the speculation that she may be a member of the Chobits series? …

• 14th April 2006
Anime Review

R.O.D.: the TV Volume 5

On the run from the British Library with Yomiko and Nancy in tow, the Paper Sisters seek refuge in Yomiko’s parents’ house in the mountains. Secluded, deserted and with a healthy …

• 27th March 2006
Anime Review

Heat Guy J Volume 1

In the city of Judoh, the Special Services Division of the Bureau of Urban Safety has created a new weapon to combat crime: a mechanical enforcement officer codenamed “J’. Alongside…

• 22nd March 2006
Anime Review

Tsukihime Lunar Legend Volume 3

The final showdown with Roa nears as Shiki discovers the secret that surrounds his family. After recovering from his ordeal in the second volume and with Arcueid determined to defeat Roa once …

• 13th March 2006
Anime Review

Mezzo DSA Volume 2

There are more thrills, spills and dangerous missions for the three members of the DSA as they run into old flames, thuggish squatters, virtual reality nightmares and serial killers. Asami is…

• 10th March 2006