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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Roundup

Summer Overview New Series 2021 – What We’ve Been Watching

The Summer Season 2021 is over – but how did the new series turn out? Did they live up to their initial promise – or disappoint? The writers at Anime UK News look back at their favourites from the Summer Preview…

AUKN Staff • 5th October 2021

Roundup

Summer Overview: Returning/Continuing Series 2021 – What We’ve Been Watching

The Summer Season 2021 is over so the writers at Anime UK News are here to share their thoughts about some of the returning/continuing series. But... have we picked the ‘right’ ones?

AUKN Staff • 4th October 2021

Anime Review

Fruits Basket Season 2 Part 2 Review

More engrossing episodes to watch in the latest collection of Fruits Basket from Funimation as Tohru Honda is drawn deeper into uncovering the dark secrets of the Soma clan.

Sarah • 26th September 2021

Manga Review

Double Volume 1 Review

When a talent agent scouts aspiring actor Takara, she discovers that the potential star can’t function effectively without his friend and fellow actor, Yuujin. A must-read for manga fans who love theatrical behind-the-scenes stories!

Sarah • 25th September 2021

Manga Review

Blue Period Volume 4 Review

The day of the first university examination approaches. Will Yatora and his fellow art students be ready in time?

Sarah • 11th September 2021

Manga Review

Our Not-So-Lonely Planet Travel Guide Volume 1 Review

Mitsuki and Asahi are off on a round-the-world journey of a lifetime together – but how far will they get when Mitsuki admits on the plane that he’s scared of flying? Find out in the first volume of this unusual and involving travel manga with a difference!

Sarah • 28th August 2021

Manga Review

The Witch and the Beast Volume 6 Review

Ashaf and Guideau go in search of the witch Angela to Orlencia Sett, the land of the vampires.

Sarah • 17th August 2021

Manga Review

The Witch and the Beast Volume 5 Review

How did Ashaf the Mage and Guideau, the witch-cursed young woman first meet? The fifth volume of The Witch and the Beast has some intriguing answers…

Sarah • 16th August 2021

Manga Review

Sasaki and Miyano Volume 03 Review

Three volumes in to Sasaki and Miyano and there’s a confession – but where will things go from here?

Sarah • 15th August 2021

Roundup

Summer Season 2021 Preview – Competing with Olympics 2020?

It’s Summer 2021, the 2020 Olympics are on – but are any of the new season’s anime titles worth watching? The writers at Anime UK News are here with some suggestions…

AUKN Staff • 30th July 2021

Manga Review

Blue Period Volume 3 Review

Yatora stubbornly pursues his dream to study art at university - but it's an uphill struggle. Has he the skill and determination to keep going?

Sarah • 27th July 2021

Manga Review

Like Two Peas in a Pod Review

Tanaka and Nakata discover that they have so much in common when they start high school (not just their names!) that they’re just like ‘two peas in a pod’. But what happens to their friendship when one of them starts dating?

Sarah • 26th July 2021

Manga Review

The Summer of You (Volume 1 of My Summer of You) Review

The blue summer sky promises fine weather as high-schoolers Saeki and Wataru set out to visit the locations used in a favourite film. But do these places hold a greater significance for Saeki - and will their friendship ever be the same again?

Sarah • 13th July 2021

Manga Review

I Cannot Reach You Volume 2 Review

What happens when feelings of friendship begin to deepen into something stronger? Is this the end of a friendship that's endured since childhood for Kakeru and Yamato?

Sarah • 12th July 2021

Roundup

Back For More – Spring Overview 2021 Part 2: Returning Series

What have been the stand-out returning/ongoing series in 2021's Spring Season? There's been something for everyone: shonen, shojo and kaiju versus mecha! Read more about our writers' favourites...

AUKN Staff • 7th July 2021

Roundup

Still Shiny by the Final Episode? Spring Overview 2021 Part 1: New Series

Spring Season 2021 is over! Some new shows were great, others not so much - but it's the titles that really resonated with our writers that they're here to tell you about today!

AUKN Staff • 6th July 2021

Manga Review

Hard-Boiled Stories from the Cat Bar Review

Hitmen, cats and ex-yakuza meet up in Kitty and Me, a bar dedicated to cat lovers - but can they work together to unravel an unsolved mystery and find Dandy's missing master?

Sarah • 22nd June 2021

Manga Review

Heaven’s Design Team Volume 3 Review

The designers of Heaven's Design Team are ready to take on some new challenges - including one from Hell!

Sarah • 14th June 2021

Manga Review

I Think Our Son Is Gay Volume 1 Review

An affectionate and humorous portrayal of an ordinary family of four in which the elder son keeps involuntarily dropping hints that he might be gay.

Sarah • 27th May 2021

Manga Review

Sasaki and Miyano Volumes 01 & 02 Review

Miyano (first year) likes BL – and Sasaki (second year) likes Miyano. Will real life mirror Miyano’s reading material? No way! (according to Miyano). But Sasaki is smitten. Where will all these feelings go?

Sarah • 15th May 2021