The second volume of the NGE Platinum Edition has now arrived at last, with an impressive total of five more complete episodes. Chances are that if you are reading this review you probably know …
Thanks to his excellent past work (including the illustrious Serial Experiments Lain); anything with the name Yoshitoshi ABe attached is well worth looking into. Haibane Renmei was his pet …
Based on the comic book characters created by Brian Pulido, “Lady Death: the Motion Picture’ is the feature-length animated adaptation produced by AD Vision. It tells the story…
Berserk is hands down my favourite manga release of recent years, an uncompromising blend of horror, action and war, this genre busting adventure has already taken Japan and the U.S by storm. …
We’re at the point now where Stand Alone Complex would have to do a hell of a lot wrong to destroy my devoted love for this show. And at the risk of sounding like a complete fanboy, this is a damn…
Based on the CLAMP manga of the same name, Chobits is set in a world in which computers take the form of human-like companions called “persocoms’ that have become a commonplace sight…
Having enjoyed this fourth and final volume, it was with great displeasure that I bade farewell to Kino’s Journey. Shows like this just don’t come around very often; philosophical,…
Based on the novel by Yoshikazu Takeuchi, “Perfect Blue’ follows the life of pop star Mima Kirigoe who decides to leave her singing career with J-pop group Cham behind and instead…
Is it enough to say I simply enjoyed Get Backers #2?While I have found nothing particularly inspiring or different about this show, it remains good, solid fun thanks to a quirky sense of humour,…
The story of “Gunbuster’ follows the career of Noriko Takaya, the daughter of a legendary International Space Force pilot. Following his death in battle, she enrols at a training…
As much as I love to eulogise about Cowboy Bebop, there really isn’t much I can comment on from volume to volume without running the risk of repeating myself. By now, you should know that this…
Being a low-key spin-off from a cult action video game, Gungrave was largely expected (like the majority of video game adaptations) to be all gun-toting style over substance. But of course, assumptions…
Death and Rebirth and End of Evangelion were both spawned after the success of Neon Genesis Evangelion TV series which lasted 26 captivating episodes. The main driving force behind these two …
Slayers Excellent is the 6th of ADV’s Slayer OVA releases, and consists of three half-hour episodes dealing with the time when Lina Inverse and Naga the Serpent first met. In the first…
Slayers is firmly set in a world of swords and sorcery replete with castles, dragons and magic.
In Slayers our two heroines are the sorceresses Lina Inverse and Naga the Serpent, and Slayers Gorgeous…
I’ll admit I take a guilty pleasure from watching long-running action anime series and Yu Yu Hakusho appears to fit the bill perfectly; sporting 112 episodes, I can already taste the bitter…
With the first volume’s collision of zany humour and gun-slinging antics proving popular with this reviewer, Trigun #2 received a typically warm reception on its arrival. Yet upon viewing,…
Despite there being an intangibly inspirational quality to the look and feel of Kiddy Grade, I still find myself struggling to be seriously interested by this show. And while the slew of gratuitous…
With my levels of expectation at an all time high for this show, I approached this concluding (sixth) volume of Love Hina full of enthusiasm. I was looking for closure; a satisfying end to the on/off…
Dragon Half comes in the sub-category of crazy – the type of show that (much like Excel Saga) seems particularly Japanese in its “out-there’ humour. The exaggerated cartoon…
