Anime Review

Anime Review

One Piece Volume 2

The first box-set of One Piece left viewers halfway through the Baratie arc, with Luffy aboard the floating restaurant and under attack from the villainous and self-styled indestructible…

• 8th September 2013
Anime Review

Deadman Wonderland

“I’m a student of violence because I’m a student of the human heart.” – Sam Peckinpah

As the title of the series suggests, this is a series which is pretty heavy on the …

• 7th September 2013
Anime Review

Black★Rock Shooter

In the real world the hero Mato is being force-fed macarons by the creepy villain Kagari and generally trying to save all her classmates from their traumatic personal problems. Meanwhile,…

• 31st August 2013
Anime Review

Daphne in the Brilliant Blue

“The sea pronounces something, over and over, in a hoarse whisper. I cannot quite make it out.” – Annie Dillard.

Global warming is a big threat to the world; however after watching…

• 21st August 2013
Anime Review

Persona 4: The Animation Volume 3

In the quiet little provincial backwater of Inaba, it seems that the murderer may still be still at large. And even as Yu and his Scooby Gang friends experience the rites of passage that every manga/anime…

• 16th August 2013
Anime Review

Inu x Boku SS

Ayakashikan appears to be a high security apartment building for the rich and gifted but in fact it’s the home of demon descendants: normal-looking humans with supernatural abilities.…

• 12th August 2013
Anime Review

Steins;Gate Volume 1

“My text travelled backward in time!”

Rintaro ‘Okarin’ Okabe enjoys role-playing the mad scientist Kyouma Hououin (wearing a white lab coat, pretend-talking via…

• 8th August 2013
Anime Review

Horizon on the Middle of Nowhere

Plot Summary: In a distant future, Japan is divided into feudal territories, which have been conquered and are ruled by outside countries. The flying city-ship Musashi, which holds the remnants…

• 5th August 2013
Anime Review

Tiger & Bunny Volume 3

Episodes 14-19

“You made two mistakes unfortunately. First: I’m not a Hero. Second: this is my idea of justice.” Lunatic

After the tense and spectacular showdown between…

• 1st August 2013
Anime Review

K-On! Season 2 Volume 2

“Pop music is about stealing pocket money from children.” – Ian Anderson.

We are now moving into a closing movement in the life of Ho-kago Tea Time, the five-piece band unique…

• 22nd July 2013
Anime Review

One Piece Volume 1

“You want my treasure? You can have it. I left it everything I gathered together in one place. Now you just have to find it!” The last words of Gold Roger, the King of the Pirates.

Monkey…

• 19th July 2013
Anime Review

Bakemonogatari Volume 1

It’s rare that you see a massive-selling title in the recent anime scene in Japan, unless it’s something like Haruhi or Gundam. However back in 2009, a little anime show called Bakemonogatari…

• 17th July 2013
Anime Review

Un-Go

“Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you mad.” – Aldous Huxley

Un-Go has a vast mixture of elements to it. It is a detective show. It has both fantasy elements and…

• 4th July 2013