Anime Review

Non Non Biyori – Season 1 Review

Relaxing and heartfelt, Non Non Biyori depicts the lives of a group of young girls who live in a sleepy faming village as they learn, grow and embark on a range of fun adventures in the idyllic Japanese countryside.

Onosume • 29th May 2023

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Zombie Land Saga Revenge Review

After bombing hard at their big live concert at the Ekimae Fudōsan Stadium, Franchouchou find themselves deep in debt while their manager is drowning himself in a mixture of alcohol and depression. With the end of Saga prefecture nigh, can the group pull each other up out the doldrums and save their fans, the townsfolk and each other from certain doom?

Onosume • 17th April 2023

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Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club Season 1 Collector’s Edition Review

After being thrilled by Setsuna Yuki’s electrifying performance, Ayumu Uehara and Yu Takasaki attempt to join their school’s School Idol Club only to find it has suddenly disbanded! Focusing on Yu and the club’s 9 idols, the series follows them as they try to overcome their differences and reform the club, making both friends and rivals along the way.

Onosume • 28th March 2023

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ARIA The Origination Blu-ray Review

Aria The Origination provides a great finale for this unique, relaxing and heart-warming series that I didn’t want to see finish - Aria is a one-of-a-kind series that I can’t recommend highly enough.

HWR • 13th March 2023

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Witchblade Collection – Collector’s Edition Review

Based on Top Cow’s comic book series, Witchblade sees Masane Amaha grapple with her darker side as the host of the titular sentient superweapon, battling mechanical bioweapons and other scantily clad buxom blade wielders in order to protect her young daughter.

Onosume • 6th March 2023

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ARIA The Natural Parts 1 and 2 Blu-ray Review

ARIA the Natural continues to deliver a wonderful series overall that builds upon its characters, settings, and thematic qualities. The longer season provides some real highlights that enhance the quiet yet endearing and unique atmosphere.

HWR • 19th January 2023

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Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid S (Season 2) 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!

Onosume • 24th December 2022

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Trinity Blood Collector’s Edition Review

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?

Sarah • 18th December 2022

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Romantic Killer Episodes 1–12 (Streaming) Review

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!

darkstorm • 11th December 2022

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Burst Angel + OVA Collection Blu-Ray 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!

darkstorm • 5th December 2022

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Samurai 7 – Complete Series Review

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?

Cold Cobra • 29th November 2022

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Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Season 3 Collector’s Edition Review

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.

Demelza • 29th October 2022

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Girls und Panzer das Finale: Part 3 Review

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

Ian Wolf • 8th October 2022

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Is This a Zombie? + Is This a Zombie? Of the Dead Collection Blu-ray Review

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.

HWR • 8th September 2022

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Vinland Saga – Collector’s Edition Review

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…

Cold Cobra • 29th August 2022

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Kakegurui Twin Episodes 1 – 6 Review (Streaming)

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

darkstorm • 13th August 2022

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Cardcaptor Sakura: Collector’s Edition Review

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

Ian Wolf • 9th August 2022

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Release the Spyce Review

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.

Onosume • 23rd July 2022

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In/Spectre Season 1 Collector’s Edition Review

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.

Demelza • 14th July 2022

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Alice in Borderland Collection Review

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.

Demelza • 5th July 2022