Looking at the cover of the second Naruto Shippuden movie “Bonds”, showing Naruto in the light and Sasuke in the dark, gave me the impression that the plot would focus on their broken bond and force…
“The factory of the future will have only two employees, a man and a dog. The man will be there to feed the dog. The dog will be there to stop the man touching the equipment.” – Warren…
Bleach Season 8 Part 1 The Arrancar 2: The Fierce Fight
Episodes 152-159
Ichigo and his companions were forced to split up as they fought their way into Las Noches to set Orihime free from Aizen’s…
Fairy Tail #1 Episodes 1-12
“In a land far, far away…”
Lucy Heartfilia is a young, pretty, and independent-minded Celestial Wizard who wants to join a guild so that she can earn her living by practising…
“One by one, the new generation will catch up to you, and in the end, they’ll surpass you,” says Kakashi to the defeated Akatsuki member Kakuzu.
Since Naruto tried out his new powerful jutsu “Rasen…
In 2004, all four single volumes of Fruit Baskets were reviewed very favourably on this site and as years went by, it became harder for me to find these single volumes that were rated so highly. Eight…
I have fond memories from way back in the heyday of the original Playstation. I remember popping the black-bottomed discs into Sony’s little grey box and waiting for the fun to start. The…
In reality, NHK is Japan’s equivalent of the BBC: their national licence-fee funded broadcaster. Much like our very own Beeb, they run several TV and radio stations – including …
I think every anime fan goes through a ‘Studio Ghibli’ phase at least once. After the major success of Spirited Away across the globe, the studio and its co-founder Hayao Miyazaki were officially…
Cutie Honey stars, well, Cutie Honey who lives a double life as an office worker and the super heroine with extraordinary powers given to her by her father one year ago after a car accident. When …
I know it’s too early to call it, but I’m willing to bank money and say that hands down Samurai Girls wins the best animated visuals for a UK anime release of 2012. From start till end you’re treated …
Starting from where we left off, Azusa – a first year student – wants to join the Light Music Club after watching their performance in front of the new pupils. As a guitarist herself,…
“If someone suddenly handed you ten billion yen and said, ‘Improve this country’ what would you do?”
It’s time for answers – and as Akira Takizawa (Ryohei Kimura/Jason Liebrecht) and Saki (Sakiko…
Presumably, Kyoto Animation had some spare change gathering fluff in their back pockets. It is the only possible explanation for this aimless bundle of whimsy. Only extremely dedicated fans…
Episodes 142-151
Captain Yamamoto forbids the Soul Reapers to go to the rescue of Orihime Inoue for in his view, she must have gone to Aizen’s side of her own free will, making her – ergo –…
Some of you may already know that I love the works of mangaka Natsume Ono, especially her “not simple” manga which I reviewed earlier this year, so when Beez Entertainment announced that they…
My impressions of the first volume of K-ON! were positive in regard to its approach to providing an entertaining and light-hearted Slice-Of-Life show, yet I felt it had some flaws in the music…
When The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya begins on the 16th of December, it appears to be just another episode: Kyon bemoans Haruhi’s now-permanent intrusion into his life, Haruhi voraciously…
Through happy coincidence, I ended up watching Redline the same week as I did Disney’s The Princess and the Frog. Both are adamantly hand-drawn throwbacks defying the computer-oriented…
Episodes 132-141
Captain Hitsugaya is mistaken for a kid by Ichigo’s little sister (more shortie jibes here than in Fullmetal Alchemist) when she’s looking for someone to help her and her friends…
