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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Anime Review

Durarara!!

Quiet, unassuming fifteen-year-old Mikado Ryugamine moves from his safe but boring countryside home to Ikebukuro, Tokyo to start high school with his old friend Masaomi Kida – and witnesses…

• 20th May 2015
News

Alice in Wonderland in Japan

2015 is the 150th anniversary of the publication of Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. This tale of the imagination has inspired many different versions –…

• 20th May 2015
Anime Review

Gatchaman Crowds

“Bird, go!”

Tachikawa City, 2015. A boy genius, Rui Ninomiya, has created GALAX, an altruistic interactive IT system with which he hopes to change the world – for the better. The CROWDS is the …

• 27th April 2015
Manga Review

Karneval Volume 1

“Whenever Circus does a big operation to catch some bad guys, they put on a show for the townspeople to apologize.”

A white-haired boy, Nai, is desperately searching for Karoku, the young man who…

• 19th April 2015
Anime Review

The Ambition of Oda Nobuna

Present-day high-school student (and keen gamer) Yoshiharu Sagara finds himself bang in the middle of a fierce Warring States battle. A dying warlord (none other than Hideyoshi Toyotomi) begs…

• 15th April 2015
Anime Review

Bleach: Fall of the Arrancar 2

Episodes 304-316

Spoilers! (Well, what did you expect…? It’s The Big Confrontation)

After two more filler episodes celebrating Bleach’s 10th Anniversary (which is, after all, something…

• 5th April 2015
Manga Review

07-Ghost Volume 14

“You need to remember, Teito. If you don’t remember what’s real, how can you live honestly?” Ouka, First Princess of the Barsburg Empire. 

Warning: Spoilers! Lots…

• 10th March 2015
Does the Flower Blossom? Volume 1
Manga Review

Does the Flower Blossom? Volume 1

Does the Flower Blossom? Volume 1

Workaholic ad-man Kazuaki Sakurai (37) is returning late – and weary – to his empty flat (his latest girlfriend has left him) after yet another long day at the office. But a chance encounter (a collision…

• 21st February 2015
Anime Review

Battle Girls: Time Paradox

Yoshino Hide, nicknamed Hideyoshi, would much rather be texting her friends than doing her history homework on the Warring States period. So as a big test looms, our young teenaged heroine calls…

• 15th February 2015
Anime Review

Naruto: Shippuuden Volume 20

Episodes 245-257

The Next Challenge! Naruto Vs The Nine Tails

At the Waterfall of Truth, Naruto has reached the moment when he is ready to unlock the seal on the phenomenally powerful beast he …

• 7th February 2015
Anime Review

Kabukimonogatari

Travelling back in time always has unforeseen consequences – as third-year high school student Koyomi Araragi (Hiroshi Kamiya) should realize. But when he asks vampire girl Shinobu Oshino …

• 10th January 2015
Features

2015 – What Next?

2015 – What Next? Hopes and fears as some of the writers at Anime UK News take stock and look to the future of anime (and manga) in the UK…

HdE says: 2014 was certainly an interesting year in anime…

• 29th December 2014
Anime Review

Bleach: Fall of the Arrancar

Bleach Season 14 Part 1 Episodes 292-303

“The truth is, Ichigo Kurosaki, all of the battles you’ve fought up till now were simply a part of my plan.” Sousuke Aizen

“I’m not done yet!” Ichigo Kurosaki.…

• 28th December 2014
Manga Review

Wolf Magic

“Honestly, I wish there was just one person who actually loved me…I’m so tired of being lonely.” Manabu Natsume

Zippo Natsuki is another new mangaka in June’s Boys’ Love list, gifted with…

• 13th December 2014
Anime Review

Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods

“This is what happens when mortals don’t share their pudding.” Lord Beerus, God of Destruction.

It’s Bulma’s birthday party (she’s not saying how old she is, though!) and she’s invited everyone,…

• 10th November 2014