Rin and Yukio Okumura, twin student exorcists at the True Cross Academy, are on a mission to exorcise a Phantom Train that takes the souls of the dead beneath the city to oblivion in Gehenna. At the…
“Why have I fought so hard? What the hell was everything for?” Toshizo Hijikata
Japan is in the middle of a civil war. It’s 1868 and matters go from bad to worse for the few remaining members of the …
Salmon-and-burdock seasoned mixed rice…eggplants and tomatoes with Chinese-style spicy pork…chestnut rice…
Forty-something good-looking lawyer Shiro Kakei loves…
Thirteen-year-old Rikuo Nura is one quarter yōkai which means that he can only assume his powerful yōkai form, Nurarihyon, during the hours of darkness. Following in the footsteps of his grandfather,…
At the heart of Eureka Seven AO is the story of a half-alien boy, Ao Fukai, abandoned at the age of two, trying to find and save his mother. Ao, at thirteen, is now flying his mother’s mecha (or IFO) …
“The only reason I have to fight is because I have to win!” Ichigo to Ulquiorra
Series 13 Episodes 266-278
Things don’t look too good for Orihime. Left a prisoner in Las Noches in the care of Ulquiorra…
‘England at War’ proclaims the blurb beneath a border of Viking runes. ‘The foolish King Ethelred has fled, and Askeladd’s band is one of hundreds plundering the English countryside. Yet victory…
Alibaba’s dream is to capture a Dungeon. These mysterious structures appeared fourteen years ago across the whole world and are said to contain treasures beyond imagination, not to mention…
“Poor Shu. One day you’ll be all hairy and your voice will change.” Maho Nitori to her younger brother Shuichi.
Summer Vacation It’s Summer Vacation for Shuichi ‘Nitorin’ Nitori, the boy who wishes…
Series 12 Part 3
Even after 250 episodes, Bleach can still surprise us. The climax of the Muramasa arc is notable for a protracted confrontation between Muramasa and Ichigo in which we get to see…
Series 12 Part 2 Episodes 242-253
Muramasa, a vengeful Zanpakutō, has wreaked havoc in the Soul Society by using his exceptional powers to causing the Soul Reapers’ Zanpakutō to manifest themselves…
“Good tailwinds to you all!”
So now we know: Luscinia Hafez, onetime faithful bodyguard to the peace-loving Augusta, and now Premier of the Ades Federation, is hellbent on achieving…
“Even the greatest splendour will fall to ruin.”
1864, Japan – a time of great change. When Chizuru Yukimura’s father, a doctor practising Western medicine, leaves home for Kyoto, he promises…
Young Aladdin is searching for treasure. There are plenty of unscrupulous people in the desert, only too ready to take advantage of the cheerful, unworldly boy – but Aladdin has an ally: concealed…
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,…
