Anime Review

Overall Sword of the Stranger is a bit of a mixed bag. The story, animation and cast are a strong point - if you can overlook the predictable path of the plot - but the music really lets things down. This isn’t a must-watch for anyone but could still be a hidden gem for BONES.

Ajin: Demi Human deals with many gruesome themes with excellently thought-out mythology and unique animation, but the largely dour and gloomy cast with little variety will be the deal breaker for most.

The first volume of Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card Arc is a delightful success; from the lovely art and the characters to the new story’s beginnings – all of it feels like a genuine continuation that CLAMP wanted and felt creatively compelled to do. If you’re a CLAMP fan, do not hesitate to pick up this volume.

“Remember Frieza? He was good, wasn’t he? Why don’t we do that again.” And so Dragon Ball Z Movies 5 and 6 were created! Let’s have a look if they were any good, shall we?

This penultimate Fairy Tail collection is at times both overdramatic and anticlimactic.

Digimon Tri Chapter 3: Confession is the best entry in the series so far, having a balance of a great story and character development, with a good dose of action.

The two Genius Party films are short story anthologies full of new short animations created and/or directed by some of the best and well regarded directors and visionaries in Japan. These shorts range from grand spectacle to the relatable and human to the completely bizarre. There is no linking narrative, no one single art style, it was literally all about giving these people a platform to show off. Does it work? Well...

Fate/Apocrypha is 12 episodes complete with grand battles, great animation and glorious Fate-fanservice magic in a new overblown but fun-filled story. If you have Netflix, then don’t hesitate to check it out.

Whilst there is a strong concept at the core of Castle Town Dandelion, there are so many issues that it makes it tough to recommend, despite the occasional glimpses of good

The “Tournament of Power” continues onwards as Dragon Ball Super shows more fights, transformations and magical girl parodies than you can shake a stick at… oh and technically Episode 118 might have the highest death counter in anime history! Read on to find out more!

It's the beginning of the end as we enter Fairy Tail's final arc.

A nice episode, but it should have been released with the other OVA rather than on its own.

Shin Godzilla is a spectacular film, modernising the historic franchise for a brand-new audience, and bringing Godzilla back with a bang.

Bleach is continuing its slowly released countdown to the finale in this country with, as the title suggests, Volume 71! Giant sentient hands, energy-created sniper rifles and a long awaited Bankai reveal await inside!

Ronja the Robber’s Daughter is not the brightest spark in Studio Ghibli's repertoire. Despite some good ideas and lovely animation, this is primarily aimed at very young kids and therefore anyone outside that demographic would most likely find this 26-episode venture hard to get through.

Following the rise of monster girl manga, it's a welcome surprise to find Interviews with Monster Girls - a series that revels not in sexual fetishism, but in treating its characters as girls first and monsters second. A delightful slice-of-life for any fan of monster girls, or just teen life in general.