Anime Review

Anime Review

Dusk Maiden of Amnesia

Teiichi Niiya is a first year middle school student at Seikyou Private Academy, a huge school that has a lot of ghost stories tied to it due to there being a mixture of ‘new’ and ‘old’ buildings …

• 25th February 2014
Anime Review

Fairy Tail Volume 6

“I want to destroy the passer-by. I want to be anarchy.” – Sex Pistols

This sixth collection of episodes in the fantasy shonen series concludes the Oracion Seis arc, as well…

• 23rd February 2014
Manga Review

Wandering Son Volume 6

“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…

• 22nd February 2014
Anime Review

One Piece Volume 5

“Don’t knock the weather; nine-tenths of the people couldn’t start a conversation if it didn’t change once in a while.” – Frank “Kin” Hubbard. …

• 16th February 2014
Anime Review

From Up On Poppy Hill

“Destroy the old and you destroy our memory of the past. There is no future for people who worship the future and forget the past.” – Shun Kazama, From Up on Poppy Hill  

It’s 1963, Umi Matsuzaki…

• 9th February 2014
Manga Review

Vinland Saga Volume 1

The historical manga is one genre that is traditionally not well represented in English translation. Sure, there’s plenty of manga set in the past (or in fictional worlds that resemble…

• 6th February 2014
Anime Review

Sword Art Online Volume 2

“Computers are stupid. They can only give you answers.” – Pablo Picasso

For many the first edition of Sword Art Online was rather slow. The episodes themselves were primarily…

• 25th January 2014
Anime Review

Cat Planet Cuties

When I go into these kind of shows, I expect fan service and a somewhat simple plot but Cat Planet Cuties attempts to add a bit more to the formula, injecting more action/sci-fi into the mix. While…

• 15th January 2014
Crimson Spell Volume 1
Manga Review

Crimson Spell Volume 1

Crimson Spell Volume 1

“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…

• 4th January 2014
Anime Review

Last Exile: Fam, The Silver Wing

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)…

• 29th December 2013
Anime Review

Wolf Children

Wolf Children follows the story of Hana, who at the start of the film is your typical 19-year-old college student who falls in love with a man, but not just any man, a Wolf Man. Born from a now extinct…

• 21st December 2013
Anime Review

Sword Art Online Volume 1

‘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,…

• 15th December 2013
Manga Review

Wandering Son Volume 5

“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…

• 13th December 2013
Anime Review

Guilty Crown Volume 1

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 …

• 10th December 2013