Anime Review
Absolute Duo Review
Welcome to Koryo Academy, a high school where students are trained to be future peace keepers by utilizing the power of Blaze; the ability to manifest one’s soul into the shape of a weapon, like…
Nisekoi Season 2 Review
Raku Ichijo, only son of the leader of the Shue-Gumi yakuza gang, and golden-haired Chitoge, only heir to the rival gang, have been made – unwillingly – to enter into an ‘engagement’ to bring an …
Fairy Tail Collection 13 Review
Warning: Review contains episode spoilers
“Hans [Christian] Andersen slept in this room for five weeks – which seemed to the family AGES!” – A note in Charles Dickens’s house.
Last time the Fairy…
Busou Shinki Complete Collection Review
There is a saying that goes around about slice-of-life anime and how it’s often ‘cute girls doing cute things’. For this review of Busou Shinki I’ve decided to repurpose that saying to ‘cute robot…
Archive: Review of Gurren Lagann Ultimate Collection
On 1st April 2007, Gurren Lagann debuted. To mark its 10th anniversary, we have republished our review of All the Anime’s Ultimate Edition boxset which was first put on sale in 2014. The series …
Mobile Suit Gundam Movie Trilogy Review
“The condition of man… is a condition of war of everyone against everyone.” – Thomas Hobbes.
The original Mobile Suit Gundam series that ended in 1980 was not a success. In fact, the series got axed.…
One Piece, Collection 16 Review
Episodes 373-396, may contain spoilers.
“A man’s face is his autobiography. A woman’s face is her work of fiction.” – Oscar Wilde.
This collection marks several landmarks in One Piece: it sees…
Snow White with the Red Hair Part 1 Review
If you’re someone who’s read many of my Anime UK News reviews, you’ll know that I’m a real fan of any work adapted or created by Studio BONES. Lately there was one notable series of theirs that I didn’t…
KonoSuba: God’s Blessing on this Wonderful World Season 2 Review
This time last year I sat down to review the first season of KonoSuba (a review you can read here) and at the end of the article I mentioned how excited I was for the second season. Fast forward a year…
Review of Re-Kan!
“I see dead people – behind my girlfriend’s back.” – Matt Kirshen
Hibiki Amami is a very friendly girl who is about start her first year at Hanazuka Public High School. On the way to her first day at…
Review of Brothers Conflict
World-famous adventurer Hinata Rintaro is newly engaged to successful fashion designer Miwa Asahina, so to give them some privacy, Rintaro’s daughter, Ema Hinata, decides to move in with her…
Yona of the Dawn Part 2 Review
Some spoilers ensue…
Crimson-haired Princess Yona, the only child of murdered King Il of the kingdom of Kouka, is on the run from the forces of her cousin Su-Won, who has killed her father…
Review of Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions – Heart Throb
“Paging Mr. Delusional. You’re wanted at the front desk.” – ‘Johnny Delusional’ by F.F.S.
Things are going perfectly normally for Yuta Togashi. Well, as normal as they can be when his delusional…