Regardless of how long you’ve been an anime fan I daresay you will have come across Mobile Suit Gundam in ones of its many incarnations at one time or another. Widely regarded as Japan’s…
If there is a volume that encapsulates everything that makes Gungrave such a fine series, it is this one. This is Brandon Heat’s tragic closing night, the promised implosion of friendship…
As part of a film studio’s seventieth anniversary, film maker Genya Tachibana travels to interview one of his idols: the retired actress Chiyoko Fujiwara, who has lived as a recluse since…
With the way the previous volume ended, I could hardly wait to catch up with these final three episodes of Stand Alone Complex. Emotions were frayed, metal was twisted and I was on the edge of my seat…
On the planet Sentinel III, Gene Starwind and his young partner Jim Hawking run the creatively titled “Starwind and Hawking Enterprises”, a small business that handles any job …
I think it would be fair to say that so far, Stand Alone Complex has been a great series; although on occasion it has dabbled in too much techno-babble for even my liking, the series has remained true…
So where to start with reviewing Paranoia Agent #2? This is not the kind of series that lends itself well to brief critical appraisal- to simply class this is a “mind bending” thriller…
Returning to the mecha fold with yet another five episodes of raucous mecha mayhem, Gundam SEED’s mix of glossy action and teenage drama chugs ever onward – we may have already reached…
The three Paper Sisters are sent out on another assignment by the Dokusensha to retrieve another lost book, then talk Nenene into taking them to a writers’ awards ceremony. Meanwhile, …
Now that more or less all of the films produced by members of Studio Ghibli have been picked up by Optimum Releasing, it’s no surprise that they have also bought the rights to Castle of Cagliostro,…
Set in a far-distant land in the North many centuries ago, a brave young boy by the name of Hols meets Mogue the rock giant while trying to escape from a pack of wolves. He removes a sharp object from…
For the past 1800 years legendary fighters have fought an ongoing battle for supremacy, their souls locked inside small pieces of jewellery that have been passed down the generations. Now, the…
Like cheese and jam sandwiches the very thought of Samurai mixed with Hip Hop is enough to turn one’s stomach. It’s only after you’ve taken your first bite that you realise …
A modern retelling of a classic tale, Gundam SEED brings the complex space opera of Mobile Suit Gundam to a whole new generation of robot hungry anime fans. So far the series has found favour with…
In past reviews, I have made no secret of my admiration for Texhnolyze. I realize this is hardly the most accessible (even likable) of series, but I love it irregardless. I assume Texhnolyze is …
Street Fighter was a massive gaming franchise in the early to mid 1990s, almost every arcade loving kid should have some recollection of Chung Li’s “Spinning Bird Kick” or…
As an important test date approaches for Hideki he is dismayed to see his results are disappointing and his best friend Shinbo is becoming more and more withdrawn. As if this wasn’t complicating…
After nearly losing one of his friends to a mysterious monster that has been claiming lives without warning, Shiki decides to help the beautiful female vampire Arcueid in tracking him down. Their…
Touching down on the weird and wonderful Planet Gunsmoke for the fifth time, we rejoin Trigun at the all-important half way mark. Whilst this disc may include another helping of woeful filler,…
GANTZ has arrived in the UK with a reputation for controversy; you may have heard it described as mindless violence or overly sexual- those comments are not wrong, but what separates this series…
