And so we reach the end of the road for Renton, Eureka, the Gekkostate and the others as the final confrontation with the true nature of the Coralians looms: Dewey swings his plan into action while…
The end of the last volume saw Marl again attacking Cou – but with little time to respond, Viro (the newest member of the team, and a self-confessed fan of Cou’s) manages to React with…
The fourth volume of Elemental Gelade sees Cou and the others searching for Ren, who has been separated but continues alone in her search for the Edel Gardens, while her friends fight to be reconciled.…
“This is the day we send that ship to hell.” Neo Roanoake, preparing to destroy the Minerva.
Angry young ace Gundam pilot Shinn Asuka realizes that Stella, the girl he has fallen for, is not only …
The story of Ergo Proxy had always split its attention between the events within the domed city of Romdo, a cold, mechanical dystopia closed off from the world, and the bleak surroundings leading…
Having decided to continue her search for the truth with Vincent, Re-l prepares for the journey ahead, but her AutoReiv companion, Iggy, defies his orders to return home, as the suggestion in …
“Silver white hair, eyes of the deep young sea…’
The mystery underlying the true identities of the Children of Béfort is at last revealed in this volume. But before that, the action moves to explore…
After being confronted with women possessing similar powers and appearance as herself when transformed by the Witchblade, Masane returns to her partners in the Douji Group conglomerate to …
After hesitantly giving the last volume an eight to match the first, and indicate that the series was still largely on track, this volume has, unfortunately, made all too real some of my worst anxieties.…
The penultimate volume unsurprisingly ups the ante in terms of exposition and tension as Eureka, Renton and the kids are led by Norb to the inner sanctum of the Voderac and, following a meeting …
“I have a tendency to attract mushi…the wandering life suits me.” But how did Ginko become a Mushi-master? And is he happy to spend his life constantly on the road? This volume provides some answers…
Mysterious black-clad, white-haired children who have been sighted again and again over five hundred years; a lonely orphan girl who constantly draws the same picture of an unearthly landscape;…
Concluding the first series of one of the biggest anime in years, Bleach 1:2 runs right on from the precedent set in the first volume, seeing the resolution to Ichigo’s conflict with classmate…
Bleach is the latest in animes most prolific genre – the shonen – which typically means action and a touch of comedy to keep things light, but which, in the tradition of the Dragonball…
The relationship between Renton and Eureka runs into more problems while Norb, the Voderac priest, offers important insights into the Coralians and how their existence is tied to humans and …
When it comes to reviewing anime, one of the most frustrating tasks can be screen-capping. Sometimes you’ll remember the cool scenes, jump straight in and snap away. Job done. But with FLCL, it’s…
A run-in with an immortal demon-warrior named Zodd, an assault on a strategically significant fortress and underhand court politics present both problems and opportunities for Guts, Griffith…
A striking aspect of watching Eureka Seven is that you come to expect the unexpected. As enjoyable as I find the aerial combat and edge-of-the-seat tension to be, it has a complexity of writing …
A narrative prologue that plays before the opening theme in each episode does a pretty good job of summarising the essential story of Witchblade; an ancient weapon sought for all time, but capable…
Naruto: The Lost Story is an interesting case of anime coming out in the UK before it does anywhere else in America. Unfortunately, it isn’t an epic or even a great movie, let alone much to …
