Anime Review

ARIA The Natural Parts 1 and 2 Blu-ray Review
Anime Review

ARIA The Natural Parts 1 and 2 Blu-ray Review

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. 
• 19th January 2023
Samurai 7 – Complete Series Review
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Samurai 7 – Complete Series Review

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?
• 29th November 2022
Vinland Saga – Collector’s Edition Review
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Vinland Saga – Collector’s Edition Review

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…
• 29th August 2022
Release the Spyce Review
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Release the Spyce Review

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.
• 23rd July 2022
In/Spectre Season 1 Collector’s Edition Review
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In/Spectre Season 1 Collector’s Edition Review

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.
• 14th July 2022
Kanon Review
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Kanon Review

Kanon Review
Another excellent early Kyoto Animation adaptation of the Key visual novels, with tragedy, humour, and a girl with an angelic backpack.
• 14th June 2022
Venus Versus Virus Review
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Venus Versus Virus Review

Venus Versus Virus Review
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.
• 4th June 2022