Anime Review

Anime Review

Orguss 02

When it comes to serving up nostalgia-tinged treats no other company’s back catalogue can come close to matching Manga Ent.’s unwavering slew of classic titles.Bolstering that…

• 4th August 2005
Anime Review

Adventures with Iczer-3

Following an epic battle that resulted in a draw, legendary space warrior Iczer-1 returns to her home planet to recuperate. Unfortunately, planet Earth is still under threat from invasion so…

• 1st August 2005
Anime Review

Gasaraki

With war brewing in the Middle East, the Gowa Corporation is quick to offer the UN the use of its new giant robot system, the Tactical Armour (TA). Upon deployment, however, the newly-created Tactical…

• 1st August 2005
Anime Review

Mezzo DSA Volume 1

Meet the Danger Service Agency. Consisting of gun-toting femme fatale Mikura, punky gadget expert Harada and pasta-obsessed ex-cop Kurokawa, they take on the jobs that many would consider …

• 28th July 2005
Anime Review

Sakura Diaries Collection

College student Touma is trying to get into one of the most prestigious universities in Japan, but fails the entrance exam. On the fateful results day he meets the beautiful Meiko and in an act of…

• 28th July 2005
Anime Review

Aquarian Age Volume 1

Kyouta is a pretty normal high school student. Apart from being a bit of a dreamer and not concentrating on his studies enough, he is in a band with two of his friends, Shingo and Junichi, helps his…

• 26th July 2005
Anime Review

Gravion Volume 1

Being a veteran of such enjoyably, blasé cheese-fests as Detonator Orgun and the US version of Robotech, I thought I was in a good position to salvage at least a few minutes worth of entertainment…

• 26th July 2005
Anime Review

Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Volume 2

If rip roaring space operas are your thing, you will love Gundam SEED.

As the Archangel spaceship continues to limp across space, hunted down by the ferocious ZAFT forces, tensions between its…

• 25th July 2005
Anime Review

Chobits Volume 3

It seems that things are finally looking up for hapless cram student Hideki. Financial problems aside, he has a part time job, his out-of-the-ordinary persocom Chi is becoming more independent…

• 25th July 2005
Anime Review

R.O.D.: the TV Volume 2

The second volume of the R.O.D. TV series begins with a nail-biting episode in which the Paper Sisters are sent on an assignment to retrieve a book from a remote castle in Romania, which tests the…

• 23rd July 2005
Anime Review

Yu Yu Hakusho Volume 3

In the time honoured tradition of Japanese fighting series, Yu Yu Hakusho #3 throws the viewer head first into a typical martial arts tournament; a perfect showcase for everything there is to …

• 21st July 2005
Anime Review

.hack// SIGN

Since its release in 2007, the CC Corporation’s MMORPG, “The World”, has attracted players in their thousands. For the player known as Tsukasa, though, “The World”…

• 19th July 2005
Anime Review

Chrono Crusade Volume 3

The third volume of Chrono Crusade begins with a dark and intriguing journey into the pasts of Rosette and Chrono, showing how their lives became intertwined and how the disappearance of Joshua…

• 19th July 2005
Anime Review

Trigun Volume 4

It is make or break for Trigun, as the show trudges ever closer to the halfway mark. Can the series leave behind the droll filler that plagued earlier instalments and at long last deliver the kind…

• 18th July 2005
Anime Review

Get Backers Volume 4

Since entering the Limitless Fortress, Get Backers has enjoyed an exciting new lease of life. The story is exploding with intrigue as our heroes make an unwelcome return to their past stomping…

• 17th July 2005
Anime Review

Read or Die

When priceless Beethoven manuscripts start disappearing around the world, Section A of the British Library Special Operations are assigned to retrieve them and track down those responsible.…

• 17th July 2005
Anime Review

Cowboy Bebop Volume 5

It’s a sobering thought to suddenly realize there is now only one volume left of Cowboy Bebop. Us long suffering UK fans had waited so long for this fated series, to see the timeless phrase…

• 14th July 2005
Anime Review

Stratos 4 Volume 2

Whilst I derided Stratos 4’s lack of excitement in my review of volume one, I still found the show to be a pleasant distraction. With the prior volume ending on something of a cliff hanger …

• 11th July 2005