Anime Review

Anime Review

Big O

The Big O has built up a frightening reputation since it’s inception in 1999, a quick glance at the staff list and it’s not hard to see why, the brainchild of Hajime Yatate, the creative…

• 21st August 2005
Anime Review

Cowboy Bebop Volume 6

We all knew it had to end this way, but that doesn’t make it any less tragic. It’s a testament to the superior writing of Cowboy Bebop that when the poetic conclusion of this fine series…

• 16th August 2005
Anime Review

Gungrave Volume 3

During its first volume, we made a pact with Gungrave; I was sceptical about the generic supernatural elements seen the in the first episode, but soon forgot my complaints as the story switched…

• 14th August 2005
Anime Review

Texhnolyze Volume 2

A bleak yet beautiful series, Texhnolyze is every bit as hard boiled and gritty as you should expect from glancing at the moody artwork and grotesque futuristic imagery.This is a wonderfully …

• 12th August 2005
Anime Review

Martian Successor Nadesico

The year is 2196. The Martian colonies have been destroyed, and Earth is under constant attack- all thanks to the attacking Jovian lizards. With the military unable to hold their own, Nergal Heavy…

• 4th August 2005
Anime Review

Orguss 02

When it comes to serving up nostalgia-tinged treats no other company’s back catalogue can come close to matching Manga Ent.’s unwavering slew of classic titles.Bolstering that…

• 4th August 2005
Anime Review

Adventures with Iczer-3

Following an epic battle that resulted in a draw, legendary space warrior Iczer-1 returns to her home planet to recuperate. Unfortunately, planet Earth is still under threat from invasion so…

• 1st August 2005
Anime Review

Gasaraki

With war brewing in the Middle East, the Gowa Corporation is quick to offer the UN the use of its new giant robot system, the Tactical Armour (TA). Upon deployment, however, the newly-created Tactical…

• 1st August 2005
Anime Review

Mezzo DSA Volume 1

Meet the Danger Service Agency. Consisting of gun-toting femme fatale Mikura, punky gadget expert Harada and pasta-obsessed ex-cop Kurokawa, they take on the jobs that many would consider …

• 28th July 2005
Anime Review

Sakura Diaries Collection

College student Touma is trying to get into one of the most prestigious universities in Japan, but fails the entrance exam. On the fateful results day he meets the beautiful Meiko and in an act of…

• 28th July 2005
Anime Review

Aquarian Age Volume 1

Kyouta is a pretty normal high school student. Apart from being a bit of a dreamer and not concentrating on his studies enough, he is in a band with two of his friends, Shingo and Junichi, helps his…

• 26th July 2005
Anime Review

Gravion Volume 1

Being a veteran of such enjoyably, blasé cheese-fests as Detonator Orgun and the US version of Robotech, I thought I was in a good position to salvage at least a few minutes worth of entertainment…

• 26th July 2005
Anime Review

Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Volume 2

If rip roaring space operas are your thing, you will love Gundam SEED.

As the Archangel spaceship continues to limp across space, hunted down by the ferocious ZAFT forces, tensions between its…

• 25th July 2005
Anime Review

Chobits Volume 3

It seems that things are finally looking up for hapless cram student Hideki. Financial problems aside, he has a part time job, his out-of-the-ordinary persocom Chi is becoming more independent…

• 25th July 2005
Anime Review

R.O.D.: the TV Volume 2

The second volume of the R.O.D. TV series begins with a nail-biting episode in which the Paper Sisters are sent on an assignment to retrieve a book from a remote castle in Romania, which tests the…

• 23rd July 2005