Anime Review

Anime Review

K-On! Volume 2

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…

• 22nd November 2011
Anime Review

Redline

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…

• 13th November 2011
Anime Review

Bleach: The Hueco Mundo Arc

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…

• 12th November 2011
Anime Review

Corpse Princess: Kuro

Six months have passed since Kaze’s death and the new dim outlook on life for both Makine and Ouri doesn’t seem to have faded over time. Ouri, now training to be Makina’s new contracted monk, takes…

• 7th November 2011
Anime Review

Freedom

So, here’s your dilemma:

The successful food company you work for has just celebrated a milestone in its already lengthy tenure as the nation’s premiere supplier of boil-in-the-box noodle snacks.…

• 31st October 2011
Anime Review

Dance In The Vampire Bund

I can’t imagine it must have been easy for Funimation or Manga to market this series to the masses.

Let’s first take away all the visual aids and just look purely at the concept and synopsis; Princess…

• 22nd October 2011
Anime Review

Bleach: Arrancar: The Arrival Arc

Bleach Series 6 Part 2  Episodes 121-131

“This winter we shall fight!” Yamamoto, Captain General of the Thirteen Court Guard Squads.

The new story arc is well underway at the start of this box-set,…

• 22nd October 2011
Anime Review

Black Butler Volume 2

No sooner than Ciel can sit down for tea and scones, another string of murders have occurred on the streets of London and this time it’s an Indian that’s suspected of the crimes, just as the Curry …

• 19th October 2011
Anime Review

Gantz (Live-Action)

So far Hollywood’s attempts to turn anime and manga into major live action movies have either resulted in commercial and critical flops (Speed Racer, Dragonball) or have languished in…

• 14th October 2011
Anime Review

Mobile Suit Gundam 00

In 2307 AD, the governments of Earth have conquered their need for fossil fuels. Drawing power instead from a huge solar power array suspended high above the planet, each of the world’s main superpowers…

• 12th October 2011
Anime Review

TO: 2001 Nights OVA

Space has become the new battlefield for old wars. This disappointing fact of the future underscores the two distinct episodes of TO: 2001 Nights. They posit that despite advancing technologically…

• 26th September 2011
Anime Review

Romeo X Juliet Volume 4

In the final act of the original Shakespeare play, a great misunderstanding and the rival families failing to make amends lead to the death of the star-crossed lovers: one taking a vial of poison…

• 3rd September 2011