Anime Review

Anime Review

Shiki Volume 2

‘Who is safe when the urge to kill in order to survive blurs the line between man and monster?’

As the mysterious ‘epidemic’ claims more and more lives in the secluded…

• 26th December 2012
Anime Review

Freezing

“You know ‘that look’ women get when they want sex? Me neither.” – Steve Martin.

Looking at the front cover on the DVD for Freezing, I can tell you that the amount of fan…

• 24th December 2012
Anime Review

Naruto: Shippuuden Volume 10

With the Guren arc finished, we return to Orochimaru who is now bedridden and severely weakened. His plan to transfer himself to Sasuke’s body after his three year wait is almost at hand. However…

• 25th November 2012
Anime Review

Berserk: The Golden Age Arc

Let’s be honest, by now some of you may at least have heard the name “Berserk” thrown out there in some way, shape or form, and considering the series is nearing 23 years old (15…

• 21st November 2012
Anime Review

Rozen Maiden: Ouverture

Rozen Maiden Ouverture is a 2-part OVA that seemingly takes place during Rozen Maiden Träumend.

When Jun comes home with a new brooch, Shinku seems hostile towards his kind gesture. So Souseiseki…

• 11th November 2012
Anime Review

Towa no Quon

“Fear cannot be without hope, nor hope without fear.” – Baruch Spinoza.

A series of six 45 minute films, Towa no Quon is about a race of beings called “Attracters” (or…

• 11th November 2012
Anime Review

Dragon Ball Z Volume 4

If you’re still reading the reviews of Dragon Ball and got yourself the first three volumes, I’m sad to inform you that you are hooked, especially as it only gets better from this season…

• 5th November 2012
Anime Review

Chaos;Head: Complete

Chaos;Head centres on 17 year-old Takeru, a massive anime otaku who lives in a storage container. So all-consuming is his obsession that he completely rejects “three-dimensional girls”…

• 29th October 2012
Anime Review

Ninja Scroll: Ninja Scroll HD

“There was a shortage of directors; I was pretty fast in finishing my work and the producer thought: ‘He’ll be able to finish the storyboards in a jiffy’. I was pushed…

• 26th October 2012
Anime Review

Strike Witches Volume 2

“War is not nice.” – Barbara Bush.

Somewhere in an alternative version of the Earth, war is still raging between humans and aliens, war is still being led by young girls with magical…

• 22nd October 2012
Anime Review

Blue Exorcist Volume 2

Episodes 14-25

It starts out as a normal training exercise for the young Ex-Wires from True Cross Academy – and then Amaimon, demon lord of the earth, appears. Driven beyond his limits as…

• 21st October 2012
Anime Review

Shiki Volume 1

“Everybody has got to die, but I’ve always believed an exception would be made in my case.” – William Nabokov

If you move to a small rural village miles from anywhere, then the…

• 11th October 2012