Anime Review

Anime Review

One Piece Volume 3

“The captain has said too much or he has said too little, and I’m bound to say that I require an explanation of his words.” – Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island

The…

• 23rd September 2013
Anime Review

Tiger & Bunny Volume 4

 Episodes 20-25

‘Wild Tiger’ Kotetsu is on the run – from everyone, even his fellow Heroes. Framed for the murder of his partner Bunny’s Aunt Samantha, with his face plastered on ‘wanted’ posters…

• 14th September 2013
Anime Review

One Piece Volume 2

The first box-set of One Piece left viewers halfway through the Baratie arc, with Luffy aboard the floating restaurant and under attack from the villainous and self-styled indestructible…

• 8th September 2013
Anime Review

Deadman Wonderland

“I’m a student of violence because I’m a student of the human heart.” – Sam Peckinpah

As the title of the series suggests, this is a series which is pretty heavy on the …

• 7th September 2013
Anime Review

Black★Rock Shooter

In the real world the hero Mato is being force-fed macarons by the creepy villain Kagari and generally trying to save all her classmates from their traumatic personal problems. Meanwhile,…

• 31st August 2013
Manga Review

The Twin Knights

“The main difference between men and women is that men are lunatics and women are idiots.” – Rebecca West.

One of Osamu Tezuka’s most famous creations is Princess Knight,…

• 23rd August 2013
Anime Review

Daphne in the Brilliant Blue

“The sea pronounces something, over and over, in a hoarse whisper. I cannot quite make it out.” – Annie Dillard.

Global warming is a big threat to the world; however after watching…

• 21st August 2013
Anime Review

Persona 4: The Animation Volume 3

In the quiet little provincial backwater of Inaba, it seems that the murderer may still be still at large. And even as Yu and his Scooby Gang friends experience the rites of passage that every manga/anime…

• 16th August 2013
Anime Review

Inu x Boku SS

Ayakashikan appears to be a high security apartment building for the rich and gifted but in fact it’s the home of demon descendants: normal-looking humans with supernatural abilities.…

• 12th August 2013
Manga Review

Hide and Seek Volume 1

“First the doctor told me the good news: I was going to have a disease named after me.” – Steve Martin.

SuBLime has recently been releasing the work of yaoi mangaka Yaya Sakuragi.…

• 11th August 2013
Anime Review

Steins;Gate Volume 1

“My text travelled backward in time!”

Rintaro ‘Okarin’ Okabe enjoys role-playing the mad scientist Kyouma Hououin (wearing a white lab coat, pretend-talking via…

• 8th August 2013
Anime Review

Horizon on the Middle of Nowhere

Plot Summary: In a distant future, Japan is divided into feudal territories, which have been conquered and are ruled by outside countries. The flying city-ship Musashi, which holds the remnants…

• 5th August 2013