Servamp Volume 1
“I’m just your… friendly neighbourhood vampire.”
High-schooler Shirota Mahiru – a kind-hearted young man – finds a stray black kitty, calls it ‘Kuro’ and takes it home with him. Imagine…
Familiar of Zero 2: Knight of the Twin Moons
Saito Hiraga – once an ordinary high schooler in Japan – has been spirited away by magic to the country of Tristain and is now the familiar of Louise Françoise Le Blanc de La Vallière. This spirited…
One Piece: Film Z
Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirates are enjoying a little down time on their ship, the Sunny, when they encounter a formidable foe. The embittered Z, once the honoured Marine Admiral Zephyr, has decided…
Bleach: The Invading Army Part 1
Episodes 317-329
There’s never a dull moment for the Soul Society for substitute Soul Reaper Ichigo Kurosaki and his friends. No sooner have they defeated Aizen than a strange green-haired girl…
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…
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 –…
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 …
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 …
Naruto Shippūden Movie 5: Blood Prison
“You no longer matter to anyone.” Mui, warden of Hozuki Castle to Naruto Uzumaki
A murderous attack is launched on the Raikage at his stronghold – and the attacker is identified as none other than…
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 …
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…