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)…
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…
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,…
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…
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 …
Arakawa Under the Bridge 2
In the little community living under the bridge beside the River Arakawa, even an ordinary game of baseball can turn into something distinctly out of the ordinary. When Kou Ichinomiya, the fine,…
Black Lagoon: Roberta`s Blood Trail
“The greatest crimes are caused by surfeit, not by want. Men do not become tyrants so as not to suffer cold.” – Aristotle.
The first two TV series of Black Lagoon are rather fun,…
Fairy Tail Volume 5
“The universe is full of magical things, patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.” – Eden Phillpotts
A new collection in the Fairy Tail series has been released, with …
Ghost In The Shell: Arise: SLA Screening Review
Ghost In The Shell: Arise ended up being the Mystery OVA at Scotland Loves Anime as the festival came to a close and it was always something of interest to me, as I’ve watched both Soild State…
Patlabor Mobile Police
“There’s only two people in your life you should lie to… the police and your girlfriend.” – Jack Nicholson.
Patlabor is one of the most successful anime franchises,…
Another
In 1972, a student named Misaki suddenly died halfway through the school year. With the class too devastated to handle it, they pretended that she was still alive and well all the way up till graduation,…
Hal: SLA Screening Review
Nearing the end of Scotland Loves Anime, we were treated to two 50 minute OVAs to finish this year’s festival. The first was Hal, a romance/drama that was created by one of the popular upcoming…
Bleach: Zanpakutō: The Alternate Tale
Bleach Season 12 Part 1 Episodes 230 -241 (2009–2010)
A sinister stranger appears without warning in the Soul Society. His name is Muramasa and he has come to separate the Zanpakutō from their …
Steins;Gate: Fuka Ryouiki no Deja vu: SLA Screening Review
*Spoiler warning: if you haven’t see the Steins;Gate TV series, then I recommended you watch that first before reading this review!*
Steins;Gate was one of the shows in 2011 that got plenty…
Arakawa Under the Bridge
‘Never be indebted to anyone.’ (The Ichinomiya family motto.)
Kou Ichinomiya knows that he is perfect; intelligent, handsome and he’s already running his own companies while still …
One Piece Volume 4
“My doctor gave me six months to live but when I couldn’t pay the bill, he gave me six months more.” – Walter Matthau.
The Baroque Works storyline continues in this collection…
Aura: Koga Maryuin’s Last War: SLA Screening Review
The promotional image for this film makes it look as if this would be your standard group magical adventure but little did I know that Aura: Koga Maryuin’s Last War is much more down to…
Sickness Unto Death Volume 1
Futaba Kazuma is an 18 year old college student, learning clinical psychology whilst living in a mansion which the neighbours claim is ‘haunted’. Apart from the butler, the only other person …
Love in Hell Volume 1
“I read about an Eskimo hunter who asked the local missionary priest, ‘If I did not know about God and sin, would I go to hell?’ ‘No,’ said the priest, ‘not…