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

Death Note Volume 3

“Human beings are truly disgusting creatures.” Rem (shinigami)

Top student Light Yagami has given up the Death Note and, as a consequence, he no longer remembers that he was Kira, the ‘righteous’…

• 27th March 2009
Anime Review

Gravitation: A Troubled Past

Love – the one force that simply won’t be denied.

Young singer Shuichi Shindou’s hopes and dreams//aspirations are constantly being raised higher – only to be cruelly dashed. Just as his group…

• 19th February 2009
Manga Review

My Heavenly Hockey Club Volume 7

A new volume of Ai Morinaga’s wickedly funny manga is always something to look forward to and this one is no exception. High-school girl Hana has only two main loves in life: sleeping and eating.…

• 19th February 2009
Manga Review

07-Ghost Volume 1

Every once in a while, a new manga series comes along which stands out from the crowd. ‘07-Ghost’ by Yuki Amemiya and Yukino Ichihara is one of those rare beasts that grabs the heart and mind from …

• 14th February 2009
Anime Review

Gravitation: A Million Copies!?

Love – the one force that simply won’t be denied.

Shuichi Shindo, the pink-haired vocalist of the up-and-coming band Bad Luck, has fallen in love with Eiri Yuki, the charismatic but cold-hearted…

• 1st February 2009
Anime Review

Death Note Volume 2

When Light Yagami wins a place at a top university, he is surprised to find that the fellow top-scoring student chosen to give the opening address is the same shambling, unkempt young man he noticed…

• 25th January 2009
Anime Review

School Rumble Volume 3

It’s summer break – and time to hit the beach!

Well, I realize that it’s winter over here in the UK and, as I write this review, it’s cold, dreary and grey… but at Yagami High, school’s out and the guys…

• 18th January 2009
Anime Review

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

At one time or another in their lives, everyone has probably made the fervent wish, ‘If only I could turn the clock back and do things differently…’ Makoto Konno – an ordinary high school girl – finds…

• 1st December 2008
Anime Review

Mushishi Volume 4

Feeling tired, jaded, stressed-out by the noise and pressures of modern life? Then try watching ‘Mushi-shi’. Just a single episode will spirit you away into a very different world. Here, the …

• 4th November 2008
Manga Review

Papillon Volume 1

“I’m tired of living like this. I wish I could escape…and just fly off to a better place.”

Twins – especially identical twins – have been a favourite subject for authors…

• 17th October 2008
Anime Review

Saiyuki: Reload Volume 7

“There isn’t any way that we can win.”

The Sanzo party have fought ‘god’ – and lost. Badly injured, they have just only escaped his castle with their lives. Worst of all, ‘god’ has taken the precious…

• 28th September 2008
Anime Review

Saiyuki: Reload Volume 6

The unlikely quartet of warriors for the forces of good, the Sanzo party (gun-toting priest Genjyo Sanzo, irrepressible monkey boy Son Goku, chain-smoking, womanizing kappa Sha Gojyo, and…

• 21st September 2008
Anime Review

School Rumble Volume 2

It’s a high school story of unrequited love as old as time: tough guy Harima has a crush on the charming yet utterly air-headed Tenma, but she has a crush on the distant Karasuma and he only seems to…

• 24th August 2008
Features

Del Rey Manga: Summer 2008

Out of a strong Del Rey summer list, I’ve selected a few of the titles that appealed to me, hoping that there’s something here to please most tastes!

xxxHOLIC # 12 by CLAMP 13+

“There are two kinds …

• 17th August 2008
Anime Review

Death Note Volume 1

“Humans are so much fun!” gleefully observes Ryuk, the shinigami, or God of Death, who has oh-so-carelessly dropped his Death Note, the notebook in which he inscribes the names of those…

• 31st July 2008
Anime Review

Ah! My Goddess: Season 1 Box Set

The course of true love never runs smoothly in Anime Land. Even when you’re a good-natured but shy, nerdy guy like Keiichi, whose wish to get a girlfriend is granted in the most surprising and delightful…

• 17th July 2008