Anime Review

“Uh-oh, a fighting game adaptation!?” I hear you cry? Yep! It’s a valid worry, though this time you might get lost in the story rather than roll your eyes at the lack of one. Does this make BlazBlue: Alter Memory the first great fighting game adaptation? Well...

Escaflowne the Movie uses the same characters, mecha and world as the well-loved TV series – but to tell a more direct, fantasy-by-the-numbers story. Redeemed by a wonderful soundtrack and impressive visuals, it still manages to cast a distinctive spell of its own.

Ufotable brings more God Eater to our screens, adapted from the somewhat popular RPG game series. Characters wielding over-sized swords and guns fighting large CG monsters, plus an actual story and character development! But does it end on a good note? (well, as good of a note as a "most of the human race is dead" story can get...)

Charlotte, the 13-Episode show created by Angel Beats’ Jun Maeda, reaches its conclusion with this set, but boy it has a tough time getting there…

For Nadesico fans, this is a delightfully put-together box set that can provide a fun ride, but for everyone else it’s a risky investment of money and time that is not guaranteed to be worthwhile in the end.

We come to the conclusion of the Grand Magic Games arc, and it is a conclusion full of shocks and destruction.

As Dragon Ball Super reaches triple digits the “Universe Survival Arc” pushes forward into relentless action as the 80-person, 8-universe battle royal continues. One universe has already been completely erased from existence by virtue of their defeat, and the seven that remain are fully aware of what results in failure. It’s a very odd scenario, even for Dragon Ball, but amazingly it manages to get even weirder with some of the new characters…

Brash and brightly coloured, Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal – in spite of its Saturday morning kids’ show vibe in this 4Kids dubbed version – is decent entertainment and makes a good entry show into anime.

Tokyo Ghoul fans who have loved the world building and characters will have little reason not to pick this up; the stories are short but fun distractions that complement the series nicely.

A fun and fresh take on the shounen genre, Food Wars serves up one of the most entertaining and enjoyable anime experiences in recent memory.

Railgun's humour is still better that that of Index, but also there is some added drama to the mix.

Overall, the action in the second series of A Certain Magical Index is better than the first.

Having finished Snow White with the Red Hair, I still think it’s a very good shojo series. It doesn’t go out of its way to change what we’ve come to expect from shojo, but instead works to be one of the best shows in the genre.

Generic, lifeless and paint-by-numbers, Undefeated Bahamut Chronicle fails to stand out amongst the crowd.

ERASED is one of the big hits of 2016, blending multiple genres together to create a very satisfying whole. The series is finally seeing its release here in the UK, so let's take a look at Part 1 - Containing the first 6 episodes of the hit series...