Anime Review

It's time for some self-deprecation as Ooarai take on a school inspired by the Japanese army.

The girls of the Ooarai tankery team find themselves taking on some pirate-like classmates to find a new tank and then taking on some French-inspired foes.

In this dumb-but-fun harem rom-com, Yoto Yokodera and Tsukiko Tsutsukakushi both make wishes on a stone cat statue, but when they are fulfilled, they realise they’ve swapped personality traits with someone else! The two resolve to track these people down and work out how to swap back. However a mischievous cat god and the feelings of the other girls that gather around Yoto are set to get in the way!

While it can seem a little unfocused and slow to get going, Golden Kamuy is a gritty and thrilling Japanese-styled Western adventure that pits the various factions of its eccentric cast against each other in the hunt for a hidden stash of Ainu gold, where the treasure map is tattooed on prison escapees of all things!

Yoshitoshi ABe's Haibane Renmei finally comes to Blu-ray in the UK, but is it worth upgrading your DVD release for?

Disgustingly sexy and brilliantly grotesque, Kakegurui takes a silly and over-the-top premise and just rolls with it, producing a show that you can giggle at like a lunatic as the cast really get their gambling freak on.

Can a new retelling of Osamu Tezuka's classic manga work for today's modern anime audience? Let's dive into this 24-episode series on Blu-ray and find out.

Featuring brilliant writing and a wonderful, heart-warming cast of characters, Nichijou: My Ordinary Life is a beautifully animated, laugh-out-loud slice-of-life comedy that is arguably one of Kyoto Animation’s best.

The adaptations of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure have returned to our screen via a Netflix 12-episode drop. Beginning the anime version of Part 6: Stone Ocean, these episodes feature a female lead character and female-heavy cast along with a prison setting, so do these departures work in the long-running series’ favour?

One of the greatest anime of all time finally comes out on Blu-ray.

Hayato Mikogami returns to his hometown to figure out the mystery of a murderer who goes around wearing a skull mask in this series from Studio BONES.

Aria The Animation delivers a relaxing experience and a likeable cast of characters with gradual world-building which I’d happily see more of in the succeeding seasons.

While starting off as a formulaic and poorly executed ecchi monster-of-the-week show, Rosario + Vampire slowly evolves into an enjoyable but average harem romantic comedy as it moves into its second season.

Robotech means a lot to American fans of a certain age, while Macross means a lot to Japanese fans of many ages. Here in the UK, however, neither hold massive sway, least of all Robotech, which was barely featured on TV here. So how does a Blu-ray release containing just the original 80s dubbed Robotech series fare? What is the needlessly complicated history of this show to begin with? Well, it’s funny you should ask…

In the second series, the girls of Rabbit House get drunk on chocolate, take up ballet, and get a visit from Cocoa's big sister.

Yusuke and his friends continue to progress through the Dark Tournament.