After the frankly mediocre first volume of Ninja Scroll TV, I wasn’t harbouring too much hope for this. I couldn’t get behind any of the ‘heroes’ and found the story …
Rune Soldier is a fantasy based anime in the classic sense; big swords, big egos and a bunch of elves. However, instead of taking the ‘sweeping epic’ route perfected by the likes of…
I was pretty hyped up to see ‘Queen Emeraldas’ after discovering it had been formed in the brilliant mind of Leiji Matsumoto; a renowned anime director behind original projects …
And so we reach the climax of the mind bending epic; Serial Experiments Lain. It’s been an incredibly challenging and thought provoking series, and will no doubt split viewer opinion in…
‘Tenchi Muyo!’ is an anime series with a big reputation and hordes of devoted fans, and so naturally, I had pretty big expectations coming into this, being a “Tenchi-virgin”…
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie is based on the hit TV show and manages to capture all of the great humour, action, animation and sounds that made the original TV series such a landmark show.
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Fruits Basket is one of those rare hidden gems of anime that somehow manages to garner a massive hidden appeal. It sounds and looks like a very ‘sickly-sweet’ anime for girls and hence,…
Kamagaya and Komada are Bio Hunters; scientists that bravely fight a ‘demon virus’ that is affecting people all over Japan. When people catch this vicious virus, they become hideous…
Katsuhiro Otomo’s Memories consists of three stand alone stories, each with their own different styles and messages.
We have ‘Magnetic Rose’, a story based on a manga short…Another short horror OVA churned out by famous animation studio “Madhouse”, “Twilight of the Dark Master” is an enjoyable if forgettable slice of gothic horror that…
Vampire Hunter D (VHD) is an atmospheric if overrated slice of vintage anime that set rental stores alight upon its original release. Now available on DVD courtesy of Manga Ent. with a digitally…
Fruit’s Basket is the tale of Tohru Honda and the many different (and frankly strange!) personalities she meets during this small period of her life.
Since losing her beloved mother (and…
Conjuring up similarities to both Blade Runner and The Matrix, ‘Armitage III: Polymatrix’ is a futuristic tale that questions the importance of life; human or robotic, what’s…
Expectations are always hard to live up to, and Ninja Scroll TV had it especially hard. Tasked with following up one of the most successful anime ever, the pressure was on to try and adapt the enthralling…
Hellsing is a gutsy, stylish re-interpretation of the vampire myth, taking place in modern day England it centres on a clandestine organization of Vampire hunters called Hellsing. Head of the…
FLCL bears all the hallmarks of a post Eva anime, there’s the pre-requisite fighting robots and angst ridden teenagers all thrown headlong into a melting-pot of emotion and intrigue, …
Riding on the very crest of the mid-90’s anime ‘ultra-violence’ invasion was Ninja Scroll, a title from Manga Entertainment that was being announced to the British public…
Samurai X: Trust & Betrayal are the highly acclaimed prequels to the wandering samurai anime series ‘Rurouni Kenshin’.
Of course, anyone that has seen the series will have …
