Anime Review

Anime Review

Night Raid 1931

“Once is happenstance; twice is coincidence; three times is enemy action.” – Ian Fleming.

This is a TV series originating from Japan, set in 1931, which amongst other things…

• 9th April 2014
Anime Review

Bleach: Fall of the Arrancar Part 1

“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…

• 7th April 2014
Anime Review

Appleseed XIII: DVD review

Appleseed is a manga that ran back in the 80s which spawned an OVA and some feature films. Both films came out in the UK but the franchise never got its own full length series. In comes Appleseed XIII,…

• 5th April 2014
Anime Review

Sword Art Online Volume 4

“As the poet said, ‘Only God can make a tree’, probably because it’s so hard to figure out how to get the bark on.” – Woody Allen

The fourth and final release of SAO…

• 31st March 2014
Manga Review

Wolf Children: Ame & Yuki

“A gentleman is simply a patient wolf.” – Lana Turner.

Wolf Children is the third of Mamoru Hosoda’s feature films (if you ignore ones like One Piece which are based on already…

• 25th March 2014
Anime Review

Durarara!!

“The concepts most familiar to us are often the most mysterious.” – Etienne Klein

All the Anime’s new limited edition Blu-ray release of the popular series Durarara!!…

• 21st March 2014
Manga Review

Vinland Saga Volume 2

‘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…

• 21st March 2014
Manga Review

Ranma 1/2: Volume 1-2

“When Margaret Atwood asked women what they feared most from men, they said: ‘We’re afraid they’ll kill us.’ When men were asked the same question, they said:…

• 12th March 2014
Anime Review

Sword Art Online Volume 3

“You should treat a muse like a fairy.” – Paulo Coelho

At the end of Part 2 we witnessed the video game “Sword Art Online” being completed and coming to an end. Now…

• 26th February 2014
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