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

Bleach: The Hueco Mundo Arc

Episodes 132-141

Captain Hitsugaya is mistaken for a kid by Ichigo’s little sister (more shortie jibes here than in Fullmetal Alchemist) when she’s looking for someone to help her and her friends…

• 12th November 2011
Manga Review

xxxHolic Volume 17

The dimension witch Yūko has vanished, leaving her protégé Kimihiro Watanuki in charge of her magical shop – a shop he can now never leave. As the years pass, Watanuki carries on Yūko’s work of wish-granting,…

• 9th November 2011
Anime Review

Bleach: Arrancar: The Arrival Arc

Bleach Series 6 Part 2  Episodes 121-131

“This winter we shall fight!” Yamamoto, Captain General of the Thirteen Court Guard Squads.

The new story arc is well underway at the start of this box-set,…

• 22nd October 2011
Manga Review

I Give to You

“The world…is rejecting me.”

Ryoichi’s life has gone badly wrong. Betrayed by a lover who has run out on him, leaving him saddled with his enormous debt of thirteen million yen, he finds himself…

• 27th September 2011
Manga Review

Butterfly of the Distant Day

Saki, a gifted classical pianist and teacher, takes his younger cousin Riya, an aspiring violinist, to perform at a summer retreat in the Berkshires. But when they get there, Saki is taken aback…

• 5th September 2011
Anime Review

Vampire Knight Guilty Volume 2

(Warning: this review is not guaranteed spoiler-free!)

A rose that only blooms only once every ten years…

Kaname’s gift to Yuki stirs a forgotten memory and makes her more determined than ever…

• 10th July 2011
Anime Review

Vampire Knight Guilty Volume 1

There may be spoilers ahead. So while there’s moonlight and music and love and ro –  Sorry. Got carried away there by the heady Gothic atmosphere of Vampire Knight Guilty. But there may indeed be…

• 10th July 2011
Anime Review

Bleach Volume 11

It’s crunch-time for the Soul Society. Jin Kariya, the Bount, has come to wreak vengeance on those responsible for creating him. After centuries of persecution in the world of the living, Kariya…

• 21st February 2011
Anime Review

Bleach: The Assault

Season 5 Part 1 Episodes 92-99

And so the Bount Arc continues into Season 5 as the Bounts arrive in the world of the Soul Society hell-bent on revenge. Fast on their heels follow Ichigo and co. complete…

• 18th January 2011
News

Being Sasuke: Life in the Naruto Universe

AUKN tracked down Yuri Lowenthal at the recent London MCM Expo to find out about his role playing the moody ninja kid, Sasuke, from the hit anime show Naruto. Find out who Yuri thinks would win in …

• 9th June 2010
Anime Review

X TV Volume 5

Variations on the theme of the inevitability of destiny…

  It’s a little unfortunate that ‘Wish,’ the first episode on this disc, is basically a resume of what’s gone before, as first Kakyo…

• 27th April 2010
Anime Review

Romeo X Juliet Volume 2

As Prince Montague’s reign of terror intensifies, Juliet and Romeo find their paths constantly crossing. With his friend Benvolio gone, Romeo is becoming increasingly isolated at his father’s…

• 24th April 2010
Anime Review

Fate/stay night: The Night of Rider

“There must be something wrong with me – I’m giving advice to a person I want to kill.” Archer to Shirou Emiya

Beneath a moonlit sky, Saber confronts the swordsman guarding Ryudou Temple. He reveals…

• 13th April 2010
Anime Review

X TV Volume 4

“The truth is there’s no way for everyone to be…happy.” Subaru Sumeragi

The theme of the granting of wishes runs through CLAMP’s work like a recurrent melody (see Yuko’s shop in ‘xxxHolic’) and…

• 31st March 2010
Manga Review

Only One Wish

Make A Wish – If You Dare!

‘It’s easy,’ proclaims the blurb. ‘Just send a text to a certain address and a dark angel will appear and grant you a wish – but only one! You can wish for you crush to fall in…

• 24th March 2010
Anime Review

Fate/stay night Volume 2

“I’m just gonna check this out; it’s probably nothing…” Shirou Emiya

Relations between unwilling Master, Shirou Emiya, and his Servant, the warrior maiden Saber, are distinctly strained. …

• 17th March 2010