Anime Review

Anime Review

Saiyuki: Reload Volume 7

“There isn’t any way that we can win.”

The Sanzo party have fought ‘god’ – and lost. Badly injured, they have just only escaped his castle with their lives. Worst of all, ‘god’ has taken the precious…

• 28th September 2008
Anime Review

Saiyuki: Reload Volume 6

The unlikely quartet of warriors for the forces of good, the Sanzo party (gun-toting priest Genjyo Sanzo, irrepressible monkey boy Son Goku, chain-smoking, womanizing kappa Sha Gojyo, and…

• 21st September 2008
Manga Review

Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE Volume 10

On the back of this volume are written the words “Time Will Tell” and it is a very fitting phrase for this manga. Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE follows the adventures of four friends (Syaoran, Princess…

• 21st September 2008
Manga Review

Death Note Volume 13

‘Death Note’ reached its conclusion in volume twelve’s battle royale of wits. Concluding with the death of the Kira volume twelve after a fantastic final showdown and that…

• 18th September 2008
Anime Review

Fist of the North Star

Back in the 90’s Manga Entertainment had a knack for flooding the UK anime market with ultra violent, foul mouthed, sex fests and Fist of the North Star falls under at least one of those categories.…

• 18th September 2008
Anime Review

Black Cat Volume 2

I’m in two minds about the second instalment of Black Cat. This volume contains a drastic and jarring change in tone that results from a significant and quite shocking plot development:…

• 15th September 2008
Manga Review

Negima!: Magister Negi Magi

It’s that time of year again. Thousands of children graduating from school and moving on to see what life has in store. Although at this Welsh school, things are a bit different. With the ceremony…

• 13th September 2008
Manga Review

xxxHolic Volume 9

CLAMP’s xxxHolic continues here, with the ninth instalment of the popular supernatural fantasy tale.  Watanuki is now intrinsically linked to his perceived rival, Dômeki, via a shared right…

• 6th September 2008
Manga Review

Death Note Volume 12

‘Death Note’ enters its twelfth, and final, volume as if it were a chess game nearing its own conclusion with everything in the balance. This volume pits the two geniuses against …

• 4th September 2008
Manga Review

Death Note Volume 11

‘Death Note’ enters its eleventh, and penultimate, volume of the chess like game being played out between Light and Near. In the world of ‘Death Note’ society believes Light, now the new L, and …

• 31st August 2008
Anime Review

Witchblade Volume 3

In the last volume reporter-hopeful Tozawa discovered Masane’s secret, and forced her into a partnership, aiding his research into the X-con and Cloneblade (Neogene) murders throughout…

• 28th August 2008
Manga Review

Lupin III Volume 1

Lupin III is one of the longest running anime franchises in Japan. Spanning over forty years with three TV series, yearly television specials and a series of feature films with Studio Ghibli’s…

• 28th August 2008
Anime Review

Ergo Proxy Volume 6

Reviewing Ergo Proxy has actually been a pleasure, and, in the same sense, I imagine that most people making the informed decision of buying into the series are inevitably going to take something…

• 25th August 2008
Manga Review

Yotsuba&!: Volumes 1 – 5

Yotsuba&! chronicles the life of Yotsuba Koiwai, a five year old girl that has just moved to a new neighbourhood with her father, who is simply called Mr Koiwai. We follow Yotsuba as she meets…

• 24th August 2008
Anime Review

School Rumble Volume 2

It’s a high school story of unrequited love as old as time: tough guy Harima has a crush on the charming yet utterly air-headed Tenma, but she has a crush on the distant Karasuma and he only seems to…

• 24th August 2008
Anime Review

Lupin III: The Secret of Mamo

In the first feature length outing of the now forty year old master thief Lupin the Third we are introduced to the protagonist straight away but there’s only one problem, he’s been…

• 22nd August 2008
Anime Review

Berserk: White Hawk

Guts carries out the mission Griffith set for him but events take an unexpected and bloody turn. Unfortunately nobody has much time to dwell on the ramifications because the Band of the Hawk are…

• 19th August 2008
Anime Review

Black Lagoon Volume 3

Black Lagoon rounds off the First Barrage with rip-roaring conclusion to the Unstoppable Housemaid arc before following the crew as they embark on a mission set by the Triads that pits them against…

• 15th August 2008
Anime Review

Samurai 7 Volume 1

Based on the Japanese cinema classic by director Akira Kurosawa of the same name, Samurai Seven is a retelling of the famous story of a group of samurai hired to protect a poor village from the bandits…

• 12th August 2008