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…
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…
Chagum, the young second prince of New Yogo, is in hiding, living with spear-wielding bodyguard, Balsa and learning from her and her friends about life as an ordinary boy in his father’s…
An imperial ox-cart is crossing a bridge when the ox begins to buck and shy; the cart crashes and its passenger, a young boy, is tossed into the fast-flowing river below. A young woman sees the accident…
Over the past two years or so, Watson-Guptill has been releasing ‘how to’ books to encourage would-be mangaka and instruct them in the art of drawing manga-style. So how helpful are these guides…
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 …
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…
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…
“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…
“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…
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…
“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. …
‘Is this truly a love that can never be?’
The aerial city of Neo Verona is governed by the harsh Lord Montague; his carabinieri bully and persecute the citizens, while the nobles enjoy a life of …
Two shadowy figures are engaged in a violent battle as an inferno rages through the centre of a city far below. A young boy wanders through rain-soaked devastation; the last thing he sees before…
Bleach Season 3 Part 02 Episodes 54-63
‘Taking On the Afterlife, One Soul At a Time’
As episode 54 begins, it looks as if all Ichigo’s efforts will have been for nothing. Rukia’s execution…
It will come as no surprise to anyone who has read some of my other reviews that I’m fan of CLAMP’s work (and have been ever since I first came across ‘Cardcaptor Sakura’ years ago on TV.) So …
“The future has not been determined yet…”
A young man in a long white coat is on a train journey. Alighting at a small country station, he walks past red-clad shrine statues. No one else is about. …
Spoiler Alert! Spoiler Alert!
I really should have taken detailed notes when watching these seven episodes. Because, having complained that the previous disc left viewers with too many unanswered…
An apocalyptic battle is fated to take place in contemporary Tokyo between the Dragons of Heaven (the Seven Seals who have been born to protect the Earth) and the Dragons of Earth (the Seven Angels…
‘Two Choices. Two Sides. One Future. X’
Kakyo is a dream seer. Too ill to leave his bed, the young man is forced to lie still, attached by tubes and wires to the machines that keep him alive. He lives…
