Crossover; it’s a word that gets any fan, regardless of franchise, excited. But such a word is best used on special occasions and what better occasion could it be used, but for Yu-Gi-Oh’s…
In seven short stories spanning just two volumes, Hiroki Endo’s Tanpenshu manages to weave a sprawling tapestry of human experience. After one story leaves us stewing in an emotional …
Unless you’re a newcomer to anime, you probably know the name Haruhi Suzumiya. The first series was widely recognized and soon became a cult classic in both eastern and western fandom.…
Continuing from where we last left off, we find out that the Grave Robbers are known as Furido’s 4-Man Team and are currently on a mission to destroy the Hidden Leaf Village to rebuild the…
Miyamoto Musashi, the peerless swordsman who famously turned up late for duels and invented the two-sword style Niten Ichi-ryu, has inspired much Japanese popular culture (see the Vagabond…
I warn now you that this review will contain some spoilers. I shall also warn you that this is the point in the series where it takes a sinister turn; with twisted relationships and shocking revelations…
(Warning: this review is not guaranteed spoiler-free!)
A rose that only blooms only once every ten years…
Kaname’s gift to Yuki stirs a forgotten memory and makes her more determined than ever…
There may be spoilers ahead. So while there’s moonlight and music and love and ro – Sorry. Got carried away there by the heady Gothic atmosphere of Vampire Knight Guilty. But there may indeed be…
The most important flashback in the series so far comes in the first episode of this box-set. In the city of Xerxes, we are introduced to the characters Slave 23 and a clouded Homunculus in a bottle.…
This is actually the second Birdy The Mighty anime, but you’d be forgiven for never having heard of it. Based on a short-lived 80s manga, the original OAV never made it to the UK, and was released…
The summer of 2010 will be etched in my memory as the time I discovered Eureka 7. Having bought the Anime Legends box sets comprising the complete 50 episode series, I devoured it over the space of…
Who is Astro Boy for? Osamu Tezuka, in his day, would have straightforwardly replied ‘for children’. But Dark Horse Comics’ edition, running to a monumental twenty-three…
“If they show even a glimmer of spiritual pressure, kill them!” Grimmjow Jeagerjaquez
At last.
The Bount filler is over and done with and Bleach picks up where it left off at the end…
At least the animation delivers splendid hyperrealist backgrounds we can gawp at. And I suppose we can happily nod along to the rousing main themes, Leah’s ‘Invisible’ and…
We begin directly where we left off with Sasuke attacking a weakened Team Kakashi with no remorse whatsoever towards his friends. He confirms that he has no desire to go back to the Hidden Leaf Village…
Everyone knows the basic ingredients to making a cake – flour, eggs, butter, sugar – but not everyone can make a decent cake. You can have the right ingredients but unless you know how to properly…
Way back in the 1980s no one in the UK knew what anime was, except for maybe a handful of hardcore fans (and Helen McCarthy). Yet long before the days of simulcasts and specialist anime labels, there…
My first experience with Gunslinger Girl was when someone at work imported the Japanese PS2 game developed by Marvelous Entertainment and played it over a few lunch times. It was an on-rails shooter,…
History was always a favourite subject of mine at school, and still is, as my part-time profession clearly shows. So I was really interested to review the second boxset of one of the series …
When Mai Tokiha and her sick brother Takumi are transferred to the boarding school Fuka Academy, she never expected her life to be turned upside down so suddenly. From the giant monsters known …
