Ao Fukai (thirteen) is about to start middle school. But this is 2025 and his island home off Okinawa is caught up in a strange and devastating conflict between alien life forms: the Scub Coral, …
“Of the myriad of monsters I have seen, none have been as beautiful as this one.”
The capital of the Kingdom of Alsvieth is under attack by demons, so young Prince Valdrigr of Alsvieth, desperate…
As 2013 draws – all too swiftly – to a close, it’s time again for the writers at Anime UK News to choose their favourite shows, Has it been a bumper year in the UK for anime and manga?…
Steampunk rules in this alternative future where vast fleets of ships sail through the clouds and the Sky Pirates make a living by capturing them. Fearless fifteen-year-old Fam Fan Fan (Aki Toyosaki)…
‘In this world, ‘Game Over’ is equivalent to death in the real world.’
Thousands of keen players – including young Kirito – who have logged into Sword Art Online, the world’s first VRMMORPG,…
“Look at her! You’d think it’s the end of the world!”
Shuichi ‘Nitorin’ Nitori (a boy who would rather have been born a girl) and his friend Yoshino Takatsuki (a girl who would rather have been born…
Life in Japan has been irrevocably changed since the day of the Lost Christmas in 2029 when a meteorite crashed onto the earth, releasing the deadly Apocalypse Virus. A few years later, all is …
In the little community living under the bridge beside the River Arakawa, even an ordinary game of baseball can turn into something distinctly out of the ordinary. When Kou Ichinomiya, the fine,…
Bleach Season 12 Part 1 Episodes 230 -241 (2009–2010)
A sinister stranger appears without warning in the Soul Society. His name is Muramasa and he has come to separate the Zanpakutō from their …
‘Never be indebted to anyone.’ (The Ichinomiya family motto.)
Kou Ichinomiya knows that he is perfect; intelligent, handsome and he’s already running his own companies while still …
“You don’t stand out much, do you?” Hiro to Narumi.
Narumi Fujishima, transfer student, believes that he’s just one of the crowd, no one special. Adopted by Ayaka, a cheerful classmate, he is coerced…
“El Psy Congroo.”
Rintarou Okabe, self-styled ‘mad scientist,’ has been playing with fire – and now he’s faced with the consequences of his actions. Having time-travelled or, more accurately,…
Episodes 20-25
‘Wild Tiger’ Kotetsu is on the run – from everyone, even his fellow Heroes. Framed for the murder of his partner Bunny’s Aunt Samantha, with his face plastered on ‘wanted’ posters…
The first box-set of One Piece left viewers halfway through the Baratie arc, with Luffy aboard the floating restaurant and under attack from the villainous and self-styled indestructible…
Kenichi Shirahama has been training hard – really hard – to learn all the different martial arts styles of his exceptional (and eccentric) six masters at Ryozanpaku Dojo. But the threat posed …
In the quiet little provincial backwater of Inaba, it seems that the murderer may still be still at large. And even as Yu and his Scooby Gang friends experience the rites of passage that every manga/anime…
“My text travelled backward in time!”
Rintaro ‘Okarin’ Okabe enjoys role-playing the mad scientist Kyouma Hououin (wearing a white lab coat, pretend-talking via…
Plot Summary: In a distant future, Japan is divided into feudal territories, which have been conquered and are ruled by outside countries. The flying city-ship Musashi, which holds the remnants…
Episodes 14-19
“You made two mistakes unfortunately. First: I’m not a Hero. Second: this is my idea of justice.” Lunatic
After the tense and spectacular showdown between…
“You want my treasure? You can have it. I left it everything I gathered together in one place. Now you just have to find it!” The last words of Gold Roger, the King of the Pirates.
Monkey…
