Hell has some bad news; some souls have escaped and wormed their way into the human world, hiding in the hearts of young girls. In a desperate attempt to reclaim them, they send the demon Elsie to …
“Interestingly, according to modern astronomers, space is finite. This is a very comforting thought – particularly for people who cannot remember where they left things.” – Woody…
Ayakashikan appears to be a high security apartment building for the rich and gifted but in fact it’s the home of demon descendants: normal-looking humans with supernatural abilities.…
“My text travelled backward in time!”
Rintaro ‘Okarin’ Okabe enjoys role-playing the mad scientist Kyouma Hououin (wearing a white lab coat, pretend-talking via…
Plot Summary: In a distant future, Japan is divided into feudal territories, which have been conquered and are ruled by outside countries. The flying city-ship Musashi, which holds the remnants…
Episodes 14-19
“You made two mistakes unfortunately. First: I’m not a Hero. Second: this is my idea of justice.” Lunatic
After the tense and spectacular showdown between…
If you go to your local DVD store and head to the anime section, it’s not uncommon to see anime versions of Western films, video games or comics, such as Batman: Gotham Knight, Dead Space: …
“Pop music is about stealing pocket money from children.” – Ian Anderson.
We are now moving into a closing movement in the life of Ho-kago Tea Time, the five-piece band unique…
“You want my treasure? You can have it. I left it everything I gathered together in one place. Now you just have to find it!” The last words of Gold Roger, the King of the Pirates.
Monkey…
It’s rare that you see a massive-selling title in the recent anime scene in Japan, unless it’s something like Haruhi or Gundam. However back in 2009, a little anime show called Bakemonogatari…
“Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you mad.” – Aldous Huxley
Un-Go has a vast mixture of elements to it. It is a detective show. It has both fantasy elements and…
“Apapapa!” (Apachai Hopachai)
‘Weak knees’ Kenichi Shirayama is a good-natured, book-loving student with a big problem: everyone keeps picking on him. But his …
Back in the early noughties, the original Hellsing was a big hit. The 2001 TV series was a lot of fun, and overcame the occasionally wonky animation (from the notoriously occasionally wonky Studio…
The setting is idyllic. The old temple overlooks a peaceful lake and the priest’s daughter and shrine maiden, Saya Kisaragi (Nana Mizuki/Alexis Tipton) sets out singing every day on her…
“Jazz is not dead … it just smells funny.” – Frank Zappa.
MVM clearly have high hopes with this series. For starters it was only released this year so it has been a quick turnaround…
Project A-Ko is a reviewer’s nightmare. After the end credits have rolled, initial impressions have coalesced, and the infectious ’80s guitar pop of ‘Follow Your Dreams’…
“Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.” – Pablo Picasso
As a lover of manga and anime I believe that Bakuman is a must-read manga because…
Highschooler Kaito Kirishima (Nobunaga Shimazaki) is out with his 8 mm camera one night when he spots a dazzlingly bright light descending rapidly through the darkness toward him. The next thing,…
To be fair, it would be hard to top the episodes that were contained in the last box set and sadly, this twelfth box set doesn’t continue the great quality of episodes and stumbles a lot of times,…
“Music is powerless to express anything.” – Igor Stravinsky.
Liverpool gave us the Fab Four called “The Beatles”, Rutland gave us the Pre-Fab Four called “The…
