Stand Alone Complex is a series that has always retained effortlessly high standards and this fourth volume, despite not being nearly as remarkable as the previous three, proves that this series…
No one knows where they came from, some sightings date as far back as 2017. But during the year 2031 mankind was all but extinguished by this savage new lifeform.Known simply as The Blue, these horrific,…
Country boy Hideki has a lot on his mind. Despite studying hard to get into college and working all hours at his part time job he is still worried about his upcoming exams and is desperately short …
For a genre as well represented in mainstream film as the “mafia & gangster epic”, it’s rare, despite it’s known diversity, to find anything in Japanese animation…
In a brooding, unsympathetic and bleak future, Texhnolyze documents humanity’s sheer visceral will to survive. Even as Mankind has hit an evolutionary grave-stone, there are people…
For the sake of simplicity, I’m going to refer to this series as simply R.O.D.: the TV. There is some confusion over the title, but suffice to say it isn’t even crystal clear in Japan…
Kiki’s Delivery Service is yet another title from the now legendary Studio Ghibli and Hayao Miyazaki. It is a tale of a young witch named Kiki who has to follow the tradition of leaving home…
Beez are a company worth keeping an eye on, keen to capitalise on the momentum gained through their much delayed release of Cowboy Bebop they are following up with another big hitting title, the…
After the mild disappointment of volume 2 this instalment in the Trigun series has a lot to live up to, will it up the ante and finally see the series kick into high gear or will it be another helping…
Stratos 4 follows the lives of four young “Meteor Sweepers’ pilots who defend the earth from an all too common asteroid problem. They are part of a defence force created solely with…
The mediocre first two volumes of Get Backers left little to no impression on me. As the comedy-filled action struggled to place any real importance on its inevitable outcome, I felt this was a …
Having enjoyed the slapstick romantic comedy of the Love Hina TV series, this “Spring Special” OVA was something of a fun curiosity for me.50 minutes later and I’m not surprised…
I was extremely pleased when Manga announced this release, I still have fond memories of those insomnia stricken nights when I’d wile away the hours watching Tank Police on the Sci-Fi channel. …
Boogiepop Phantom is a dark tale and perhaps one of the most unsettling anime series currently available in the UK market. The mix of supernatural horror, macabre visuals and a gritty portrayal…
For a number of reasons, I’ve found Cowboy Bebop #3 hard to review; mainly due to its episodic nature, I have to be weary not to repeat what I wrote before.By now, we should have established…
As Abenobashi flies madly into its third volume, it soon becomes clear that Arumi and Sasshi still haven’t made it home: trapped in yet another bizarre parallel universe, their weird and…
Set in a futuristic Tokyo rebuilt after a devastating earthquake, “Bubblegum Crisis: Tokyo 2040′ centres around the mysterious band of high-tech female vigilantes known as the…
The ongoing battle with the evil and undead continues for Sister Rosette, Chrono and the rest of the fearless warriors of the Order of Magdeleine. This time it appears that there is a more powerful…
Amon Saga is a sword and sorcery tale and one of the first of the Manga Collection releases; Manga Entertainment’s budget branding for some of its older titles, though Amon Saga had not previously…
Set in the distant past of feudal Japan, Princess Mononoke starts with a young tribal prince named Ashitaka who becomes cursed when he kills a demon in order to protect his village. Because of this…
