Anime Review

Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid returns for its second season, pitting Tohru and Kobayashi against new dragon Ilulu, who seems bent on destroying humanity! Meanwhile we dig more into Tohru and Elma’s past, while Kanna makes a new friend in New York, much to the ire of Riko!

Vampires versus the Vatican! The baroque steampunk extravaganza that is Trinity Blood is revived in a new Blu-ray collector’s edition from MVM – has it stood the test of time?

If you already have Netflix and this series hasn’t come up on your recommendation feed yet, then give this love rom-com with a twist a go - here's our review!

Does this 2004 anime series deserve more love in the year 2022? Or is it only held up by nostalgia for the rootin’ tootin’ good times? Find out in our review for the new Blu-ray release!

Samurai 7 retells the extremely influential Akira Kurosawa film Seven Samurai but changes the setting from Japan’s past to a weird mix of science fiction, steampunk and Japanese culture to create something entirely different - well, apart from the 'small village hiring seven samurai to protect it from bandits' part anyway. Does it work, though?

Season 3 of DanMachi changes the story as we know it when Bell discovers an intelligent monster in the dungeon. Now unable to fight monsters the way he did before and having to protect his new friend from fellow adventurers, Bell is forced to search for answers to questions he'd never even considered before.

The third part sees Ooarai facing off against a school influenced by the Finns.

Both seasons in the Is This a Zombie? series provide a supernatural comedy series with decent action and, depending on your personal pretence, comedy that utilises the off-kilter premise and story.

Vinland Saga blends historical drama with bloody action and some shonen tropes to form a very satisfying whole, so it’s great to see the anime adaptation finally make it to physical media here in the UK in the form of this collector;s edition. Let’s take a deeper look into MVM’s latest release…

Kakegurui Twin is a fun, quick dive back to the school of gambling we know and love; check out our review!

The anime adaptation of CLAMP's most famous series finally gets a RELEASE!

Release the Spyce offers a highly enjoyable espionage romp with bombastic execution, focusing on a group of high school girls who operate as secret agents in the organisation Tsukikage, as they fight to protect the city of Sorasaki from the evil organisation Moryo and stop its attempts to take over the world.

In/Spectre follows the story of Kotoko Iwanaga, a girl who, in exchange for one of her eyes and a leg, gained supernatural powers and became the God of Wisdom to yokai around Japan. Now she spends her days solving their problems and exploring mysteries related to them, all to fulfil her duty as their God of Wisdom.

Alice in Borderland follows Ryohei Arisu and his two friends who find themselves in a post-apocalyptic parallel world where they must take part in death games to survive.

Another excellent early Kyoto Animation adaptation of the Key visual novels, with tragedy, humour, and a girl with an angelic backpack.

In this noughties-throwback and quirky action-focused thriller, we join Sumire Takahana as the new girl at Venus Vanguard, a secret organisation that fights and protects humans from demonic creatures known as Viruses that consume human souls. As she pairs up with Lucia and the rest of the gang, Sumire must learn to use her supernatural powers to fight off the Viruses and figure out why she and Lucia are their prime targets.