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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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

Manga Review

Witch Hat Atelier Volume 7 Review

The mood darkens in the seventh volume of Witch Hat Atelier as Coco learns a chilling secret about Qifrey's past. What will she do, armed with this new information? Will she abandon her quest to learn how to save her mother?

Sarah • 14th May 2021

Manga Review

Star-Crossed!! Volume 1 Review

Super-fan Azusa longs to get closer to her idol Chika-kun – but did she want to get this close? After an on-stage accident, the two find they've been body-swapped! Cue misunderstandings galore in Junko's latest romcom manga.

Sarah • 13th May 2021

Manga Review

The Witch and the Beast Volume 4 Review

The saga of the young witch Helga and the Demon Sword reaches a terrifying climax in the fourth volume of The Witch and the Beast.

Sarah • 4th May 2021

Manga Review

My Boy Volume 7 Review

My Boy continues to challenge accepted societal norms in exploring the friendship between two lonely people – one of whom is still a minor – who find pleasure in each other’s company and quietly asking: is this so very wrong?

Sarah • 3rd May 2021