Anime Review

The second half of My Hero Academia’s second season is packed with examples as to why the show has gotten so popular around the world. Great characters, storytelling and animation make for a series, and indeed a release, that you won’t want to miss!

In the first of two reviews, we re-live the TV adaptation of the cyberpunk classic.

Dragon Ball Super finally reaches brand new material with “Part 3”, and with it some new characters and settings, but a familiar plot… That’s right: it’s tournament time! (well more “five on five elimination match time!” really…)

Tautly plotted and well animated - if you watched Volume 1 of Blue Exorcist Kyoto Saga, you won't want to miss Volume 2 to find out what happens next to the trainee exorcists of the True Cross Academy as they face the threat of the Impure King!

Another new gaming technology comes along, and once again Kirito is there to sort out the terrible problems it causes him and Asuna.

Batman and anime turns out to be a match made in heaven, making for a gleefully fun time for both Batman diehards and newcomers alike

Natsu and the gang attempt to stop a magical staff being used for destruction.

The prequel: a phrase that often causes more eye-rolling than excitement, followed by the sentence “that’s great and all, but does that story really need to be told?” Well, Gundam The Origin is a six-part OVA series set before, and leading straight into, the original Mobile Suit Gundam series. These first four focus on the backstory of one of the lead characters: Char Aznable, but does this need to be told, and more importantly, is it any good?

Naruto Shippuden’s 32nd release is almost entirely filler, despite what the front cover wants you to think. The “New Chunin Exams arc”, as it’s often called, concludes at Episode 413, giving a whole two canon episodes! Is this filler arc worth sticking with, or are you going to buy the set for two episodes' worth of content? Let’s find out if either are going to be true…

While still being within the period of ‘good’ Pokémon films, this set is worth every Pokémon fan having in their collections. Both new and old fans alike should find something to enjoy among the stories on offer. It’s just a shame that they’re all so similar overall.

After a promising setup with the first entry, Initial D Legend 2 Racer squanders the potential by being exceedingly average.

A high school descendant of a line of demon-fighting warriors ends up living with a succubus and a future demon lord in The Testament of Sister New Devil.

Digimon Tri Chapter 4: Loss has its moments, but ultimately undermines the consequences of its predecessor.

Masaaki Yuasa barfs rainbows straight into our eyes.

After a sadly long eight months wait, the second half of the 2016 hit ERASED finally makes it to disc here in the UK. After such a promising first half, does the series get the big pay-off it deserves? Read on to find out! (Although you’ve probably already watched the end on Crunchyroll or Netflix in the past 8 months due to understandably running out of patience, but hey-ho…)

Fate/Apocrypha overall is a fun romp of fantastical action, memorable side characters and inconsistent but mostly good animation, that any new or old Fate fans should find enjoyable.