Otanashi is dead. Well, at least that’s what he’s told by the very brash female student Yuri upon waking up on the grounds of a school with no memories of how he got there or anything of his life previously.…
‘Fade to Black’ is the third feature film based on the Bleach franchise and like the previous movies, it feels like just a long episode of the series. Little is explained to the casual…
Where Masamune Shirow is concerned, there’s quite often a feeling among his fans that the man can do no wrong. Fabled for his super-detailed, highly individual manga works, and beloved of not …
As anyone into anime is aware, Bleach is a long-running shounen show, currently in its eighth year on air and it’s still strong with its fans. ‘Memories of Nobody’ is the first…
In the 21st century a growing number of anime have been adapted from not manga, but what are known as Light Novels. As the name suggests, these are short novella-style books that are aimed at the …
Way back in the dark and distant past (well 1994 to be exact) Roujin Z was an unusual release for (what was then) Manga Video. The smartly satirical sci-fi comedy sat oddly alongside their mostly…
The ‘visual novel’ is one of the most successful video games genres in Japan; mostly found on PCs, the genre often involves static anime graphics mixed with text and a multi-branch story to create…
A fierce battle between Guren, the Leaf Ninja, and the three-tailed beast ends with Yuukimaru failing to control the three-tailed monster and splitting up the opposing sides. Our heroes decide…
“He may look like an idiot, and talk like an idiot, but don’t let that fool you. He really is an idiot.” – Groucho Marx
Fumizuki Academy is unlike every other educational…
“Using words to describe magic is like using a screwdriver to cut roast beef.” – Tom Robbins.
This second DVD set covers episodes 13-24 of what has so far proved to be a rather…
I think it would be safe to say that, if a series deserved a re-release in the UK – especially on Blu-ray – it would have to be Ghost in the Shell. I finally got a chance to watch the 1st &…
Episodes 160-167
“In order to save Orihime,” as the long-suffering narrator tells us at the beginning of every episode, “who was kidnapped by Sosuke Aizen, Ichigo and his friends…
“That was a right-pretty speech, sir. But I ask you, what is a contract? Webster’s defines it as ‘an agreement under the law which is unbreakable.’ Which is unbreakable!”…
“Keep a diary and one day it’ll keep you.” – Mae West
Yet another of Anime on Demand’s acquisitions, Mirai Nikki (Future Diary) is thrilling, shocking, sometimes confusing…
“Where lipstick is concerned, the important thing is not the colour, but to accept God’s final decision on where your lips end.” – Jerry Seinfeld
The time: Somewhere…
The film opens up bluntly with the introduction of the new character Iceland, complaining about the lack of tourism in his country. But before we can get acquainted, the planet is attacked by aliens;…
“People from a planet without flowers would think we must be mad with joy the whole time to have the things about us.” – Iris Murdoch
Anime on Demand have not announced much in…
Jyu-Oh-Sei: Planet Of The Beast King, is something of an oddity. Produced by Studio Bones, better known for high-profile series such as Wolf’s Rain, Darker Than Black, and Eureka Seven, this …
‘”Blade Runner” meets “Ghost In The Shell” in the cyberpunk action-thriller Mardock Scramble: The First Compression’. That’s how Manga introduces…
It’s already a lottery within itself to have an anime series licensed for the UK, but to have multiple versions of the same story – especially one being a translation of the original book – is rarely…
