Anime Review

Anime Review

Tenjho Tenge Volume 5

The fallout from Shin’s defeat marks the end for Team Katana but he is determined to form a new club and keep himself in the running for the competition that decides the new head of the Council. Back…

• 24th September 2007
Anime Review

Bubblegum Crisis Volume 3

The OAV of Bubblegum Crisis reaches its (albeit premature) conclusion with a reclusive pop star hell-bent on revenge and a young niece of the AD Police chief giving Nene a tough time. The self-contained…

• 29th August 2007
Anime Review

Divergence Eve Volume 2

“What more could you ask for than a bevy of beauties forced to put their lives on the line to answer the call of duty? Divergence Eve is a bold and imaginative voyage leading directly into the heart…

• 19th August 2007
Anime Review

Gun X Sword: Gun Sword

Van and Wendy continue in their quest for the Claw, whilst a rising sense of urgency takes them both early on in this second volume. Like the first, each episode is based on a different town or city,…

• 13th August 2007
Anime Review

Full Metal Alchemist Volume 9

Every once in a while an anime TV series comes along that manages to sustain and develop a terrific and involving story over many episodes; ‘Fullmetal’ Alchemist is one of those rare treats. Each…

• 5th August 2007
Anime Review

Eureka Seven Volume 5

Eureka Seven reaches something of a turning point at its halfway mark as Renton, shocked at the true nature of Gekkostate’s activities and guilt-ridden over Eureka’s condition, leaves the ship.…

• 1st August 2007
Anime Review

Tokko Volume 2

This one really surprised me. After giving the last volume a five, and almost foregoing description of the plot (because of how basic and conventional it was), the series has returned with many…

• 28th July 2007
Anime Review

IGPX: Immortal Grand Prix Volume 4

Following from the last season of the IGPX (international grand prix) racing circuit – in which two teams of three mechs race to the finish line, but can and inevitably do fall back on combat…

• 26th July 2007
Anime Review

Tenjho Tenge Volume 4

The flashback section of the story reaches its conclusion with Shin’s rage going out of control and threatening the safety of friends and enemies alike. This culminates in a dramatic showdown…

• 25th July 2007
Anime Review

Noein Volume 2

Why is it in anime that the future is always a bleak place? I’ve always wondered this… Following up on the first volume’s cliffhanger, Haruka finds herself in Karasu’s dimension, La ‘cryma,…

• 23rd July 2007
Anime Review

Bubblegum Crisis Volume 2

The second volume sees the Knight Sabres take on a runaway freeway vigilante, high-tech vampires and a GENOM splinter group led by the enigmatic Largo as Priss begins to question her future with…

• 13th July 2007
Anime Review

Trinity Blood Volume 1

Armageddon has arrived with a wave of atomic explosion’s spreading across the earth. Five hundred years later, the world is changed forever. The Methuselah, a race of vampires are waging a war…

• 6th July 2007
Anime Review

Basilisk Volume 1

‘Basilisk’ opens in the grounds of Sunpu Castle in 1614 A.D.. It is cherry blossom time. In the presence of the retiring shogun, Ieyasu Tokugawa, and his chief retainers, a bizarre duel is about…

• 1st July 2007
Anime Review

Le Portrait De Petite Cossette

Eiri, a young man who works in an antique shop is handsome with many admirers, but much to their dismay, it is the glassware in the store that wins his affections. One evening, he acquires a new item…

• 25th June 2007
Anime Review

Elemental Gelade Volume 1

Elemental Gelade is the story of Cou and Ren. Cou (full name Coud Van Giruet) is the laughing stock of his ship – that of the pirate gang, the Red Lynx. A hopeless pilot and pretty talentless…

• 22nd June 2007
Anime Review

Divergence Eve Volume 1

In the year 2317 humans can now travel across the universe at the speed of light by “tunneling” through different dimensions. Out in the depths of the universe is Watchers Nest, a space station …

• 17th June 2007