Sarah

Sarah's been writing about her love of manga and anime since Whenever - and first started watching via Le Club Dorothée in France...

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Opinion

Our Favourite CLAMP Series: Manga and Anime

Inspired by the release of the Collectors Edition of Cardcaptor Sakura from Anime Limited, the writers at Anime UK News reflect on what the manga and anime of CLAMP mean to them.

AUKN Staff • 26th July 2022

Roundup

Summer 2022 Preview – the Rise of HIDIVE

Now the Summer 2022 Season is well underway, what series have caught the attention of the Anime UK News writers? Is this season as strong as Spring 2022?

AUKN Staff • 25th July 2022

Manga Review

I Think Our Son Is Gay Volume 3 Review

Caring mother, Tomoko, continues to watch anxiously over her elder son Hiroki as he joins the school choir alongside his secret crush Daigo and childhood friend Asumi – Hiroki is keen but can he sing in-tune?

Sarah • 24th July 2022

Manga Review

Shadows House Volume 1 Review

Enter the strange and sooty world of Shadows House in which the enigmatic aristocrats are served by living dolls who must act as their 'faces' in Volume 1 of the atmospheric manga by Somato.

Sarah • 22nd July 2022

Film Review

Fruits Basket – prelude – Review

If you’re a Fruits Basket fan, you’ll want to watch this film that tells the story of heroine Tohru Honda’s parents and how they first met.

Sarah • 18th July 2022

Manga Review

The Witch and the Beast Volume 8 Review

Dunward, onetime vampire king, confronts the formidable Queen of the Night who has taken Guideau hostage. Matters finally come to a head in a magical showdown ‘Four Levels Below.’

Sarah • 15th July 2022

Manga Review

A Man & His Cat Volume 6 Review

Poor Yoshiharu Moriyama – there he is, on-stage, ready to give his first concert – but where are the other members of his band? As the audience grows increasingly restless, is there anything Mr. Kanda and his friends can do to help their young colleague?

Sarah • 13th July 2022

Manga Review

Blue Period Volume 7 Review

Yatora starts his first year studying oil painting at Tokyo University of Arts - but nothing turns out the way he expected!

Sarah • 8th July 2022

Roundup

Spring Overview 2022 – Mostly on Crunchyroll

Has this been the strongest season for new anime in a long time? The Anime UK News writers look back at their favourite Spring 2022 series and recommend their favourites!

AUKN Staff • 6th July 2022

Manhwa/Manhua Review

Hyperventilation Review

Nine years after they left high school, Myeong Lee and Seonho Han meet again at a class reunion. But have the feelings they once had for each other faded with the passing of time?

Sarah • 23rd June 2022

Manga Review

Lost Lad London Volume 1 Review

Student Al Adley finds his quiet life turned upside-down when he’s interviewed by the police searching for the murderer of the mayor of London. A taut and twisty murder mystery manga set in our very own capital city!

Sarah • 21st June 2022

Manga Review

Our Colors Review

A sensitive and convincing exploration of one young man’s struggle to come to terms with his realization that he’s gay.

Sarah • 15th June 2022

Opinion

My First BL/Yuri Anime and Manga – the Anime UK News writers indulge in some LGBT+ nostalgia to celebrate Pride Month 2022

It's Pride Month - and the writers at Anime UK News have been looking back at their first discoveries in LGBT+ manga and anime...

AUKN Staff • 12th June 2022

Manga Review

Let’s Go Karaoke! Review

How has the head of the middle school choir ended up in a karaoke booth, teaching a distinctly shady yakuza how to improve his singing?

Sarah • 1st June 2022

Manga Review

My Boy Volume 9 Review

My Boy reaches its ninth and final volume as Mashuu and his ‘Miss Satoko’ reach a new understanding of their friendship and life goes on…

Sarah • 26th May 2022

Manga Review

I Cannot Reach You Volume 4 Review

Can things ever be the same again after Yamato kisses his childhood friend Takeru? Especially as he seems to have no memory whatsoever of having done so! Find out what happens next in Volume 4 of I Cannot Reach You…

Sarah • 23rd May 2022

Manga Review

Sensei’s Pious Lie Volume 1 Review

Prim and proper Misuzu Hara is working as a high school teacher – but hides a terrible trauma from the world and her best friend.

Sarah • 19th May 2022

Manga Review

Blue Period Volume 6 Review

The first day of the vital second examination arrives - but Yatora feels like death warmed up! With so much riding on the results, will he be able to rise above his physical problems and attempt to create a painting to impress the examiners?

Sarah • 2nd May 2022

Manga Review

Sasaki and Miyano Volume 05 Review

The latest instalment of this accessible and convincing Boys’ Love manga highlights the insecurities felt by both Sasaki and Miyano as they try to understand how they feel about each other.

Sarah • 27th April 2022

Manga Review

Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?! Volume 4 Review

Work colleagues – and now boyfriends? Salarymen Adachi and Kurosawa go on a first date together – but will Adachi’s secret ability to read other people’s thoughts help or hinder their special day?

Sarah • 25th April 2022