Anime Review

High school student Erika lies about having a boyfriend to fit in with her new friends. Kyoya is the school prince who comes to her rescue but who turns out to be a villain instead... Will Erika be able to find love?

When a mandatory request arrives, the members of Hestia Familia must head for the deep floors of the dungeon. With a powerful party beside him, Bell isn't too worried - at least not until they encounter the strange monster that's stronger than anything should be down here...

Despite a few bumps in the pacing and plot, Rozé of the Recapture is a worthy sequel to one of the biggest anime series of the 2000s. Streaming now on Disney+!

DAN DA DAN: First Encounter treats us to the first three episodes of this up-coming TV series on the big screen. Prepare yourself for a whacky adventure as we encounter not only ghosts, but aliens as well?!

The end of Sailor Moon?! The Cosmos Movies are streaming on Netflix, read our review now!

When anime first became a thing here in English-speaking countries there were three films that everyone, and I mean everyone, watched: Akira, Ghost in the Shell and Ninja Scroll, and while the latter may not have had the far and wide impact the first two had, it was still a big deal within anime fandom. So how come the Ninja Scroll TV series has made so little impact that most people will see this review and go “there was a Ninja Scroll TV series?”

Summer 2024 is arguably the season of the romcom anime, but what has made "Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines" such a stand-out that it's reportedly attracted the attention of Makoto Shinkai? Let's find out...

After Kazuya gets dumped by his first girlfriend, he turns to a rental girlfriend service and hires out first-rate beauty Chizuru Mizuhara. However, after a run-in with both their grandmothers they now have to pretend they are actually dating! Discover an unapologetic look at messy relationships in this cheesy rom-com!

Minato and his fellow members of the kyudo club at Kazemai High have won a place to compete at the nationals. It should be plain sailing from here - except now there’s competition from a new unknown team to contend with – as well as their old rivals at Kirisaki High.

Half-vampire assassin Kufa Vampir is tasked with investigating Melida Angel, a noble girl who is thought to be the product of an affair as she has not inherited her father’s magic. While he is meant to kill her, he instead bestows upon her his own mana, meaning that he must now protect Melida’s school life or risk them both being executed.

After the success of the first School Idol Festival, the girls of Nijigasaki High quickly move to put on its second iteration, but the sudden appearance of Zhong Lanzhu throws everything up in the air. Faced with an upstart rival who denies everything their club stands for, the girls are going to have to take their battle to the stage if they want to get Lanzhu to join them!

Following the success of Maquia, the acclaimed anime writer and director Mari Okada teams up with Studio MAPPA for a story about a town trapped in time. "Maboroshi" is a teen love story as beautiful as it is transgressive, and unflinchingly Okada - but is it good?

Crunchyroll premieres the first two episodes of the long-awaited Solo Leveling anime in the UK.

The first post-Ash Ketchum series makes its UK debut in the BBC's first anime premiere in 20 years.

Minato used to love kyudo – the Japanese art of archery – until he developed target panic in middle school. Now he’s starting high school and there’s a struggling kyudo club that’s desperate for new members; can he be persuaded to put his fears aside and try again?

If you like your supernatural shows to be filled with whimsy but less action and drama, then you’ll find a lot to like in Flying Witch.