Anime Review

Anime Review

Planetes Volume 2

Living the hectic life of a space debris collector can be a stressful business and so to get away from Half Section for a few weeks; Tanabe, Hachimaki and Fee take a well earned vacation to the moon.The…

• 16th December 2005
Anime Review

S-CRY-ED Volume 4

Ever since the Great Uprising 22 years ago, the people of the Lost Ground have struggled to rebuild in whatever way they can. Like a child demolishing a tower of building blocks, s-CRY-ed #4 changes…

• 16th December 2005
Anime Review

Robotech: Remastered Volume 2

After doing battle with the alien forces the SDF-1 finally makes it home but the Earth government have yet to break the news of the alien threat to the general public. As another wave of Zentraedi…

• 15th December 2005
Anime Review

RahXephon

To call Rahxephon a, summarily captivating mecha adventure, or an existential science fiction drama, would be to sell the series short, excruciatingly so. This is the kind of show that defies…

• 13th December 2005
Anime Review

S-CRY-ED Volume 3

I have to admit that s-CRY-ed isn’t a series that hooked me straightaway, but after thoroughly enjoying the closing episode of disc 2, I found myself looking forward to seeing what volume…

• 7th December 2005
Anime Review

Appleseed (1988)

Following a long and bitter worldwide war the city of Olympus is created as a Utopia: the prototype for a perfect society. Many of its citizens are “Biodroids’ (sic), clones who are…

• 5th December 2005
Anime Review

Casshan: Robot Hunter

It has been three years since the intelligent robot “Black King Boss” and his Andro Army came to power, taking over a significant portion of the world and enslaving much of humanity.…

• 30th November 2005
Anime Review

Wolf’s Rain Volume 1

In a bleak and harsh future world, wolves roam free among human beings who are struggling to survive. Few know they still exist; disguising their true appearance and living among ordinary members…

• 30th November 2005
Anime Review

Tenchi Muyo! Mihoshi Special

Galaxy Police Detective Mihoshi is well known for her tendency to eat and sleep all day, but in an attempt to show Tenchi and the girls that she actually does have some measure of competency, Mihoshi…

• 28th November 2005
Anime Review

Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam

2005 marks the year that I discovered Yoshiyuki Tomino’s fabled Mobile Suit Gundam; it is rare to find a space opera with a story as far reaching as this, with characters, cultures and technologies…

• 26th November 2005
Anime Review

.hack// Legend Of The Twilight

Four years have passed since the events of the .hack videogames, and the MMORPG “The World” has long since become a far more stable and peaceful place- not to mention the fact that it is now more popular…

• 24th November 2005
Anime Review

Gunsmith Cats: Bulletproof

Rally Vincent and Minnie May Hopkins are the Gunsmith Cats whose day job running a gun shop in Chicago acts as cover for their real roles, fearsome bounty hunters who will take on any job for the right…

• 23rd November 2005
Anime Review

Last Exile Volume 6

The last volume of Last Exile saw the Silvana and Urbanus about to successfully capture Exile, but the arrival of a Guild starfish on the deck of the Silvana indicated that things had not gone quite…

• 19th November 2005
Anime Review

Last Exile Volume 5

We’re well into the second half of Last Exile now, and it’s about time to start thinking of the series’ inevitable conclusion. To that end, the main objective of this instalment…

• 17th November 2005
Anime Review

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When fifteen year old Kamui Shiro returns to Tokyo after a six year absence, he has just one goal in mind- fulfilling a promise to protect his childhood friends Fuma and Kotori. Much as he would like…

• 17th November 2005