Anime Review

Anime Review

Get Backers Volume 2

Is it enough to say I simply enjoyed Get Backers #2?While I have found nothing particularly inspiring or different about this show, it remains good, solid fun thanks to a quirky sense of humour,…

• 11th April 2005
Anime Review

Gunbuster: Aim for the Top

The story of “Gunbuster’ follows the career of Noriko Takaya, the daughter of a legendary International Space Force pilot. Following his death in battle, she enrols at a training…

• 6th April 2005
Anime Review

Cowboy Bebop Volume 2

As much as I love to eulogise about Cowboy Bebop, there really isn’t much I can comment on from volume to volume without running the risk of repeating myself. By now, you should know that this…

• 2nd April 2005
Anime Review

Gungrave Volume 1

Being a low-key spin-off from a cult action video game, Gungrave was largely expected (like the majority of video game adaptations) to be all gun-toting style over substance. But of course, assumptions…

• 28th March 2005
Anime Review

Slayers Excellent

Slayers Excellent is the 6th of ADV’s Slayer OVA releases, and consists of three half-hour episodes dealing with the time when Lina Inverse and Naga the Serpent first met.  In the first…

• 26th March 2005
Anime Review

Slayers Gorgeous

Slayers is firmly set in a world of swords and sorcery replete with castles, dragons and magic.

In Slayers our two heroines are the sorceresses Lina Inverse and Naga the Serpent, and Slayers Gorgeous…

• 26th March 2005
Anime Review

Yu Yu Hakusho Volume 1

I’ll admit I take a guilty pleasure from watching long-running action anime series and Yu Yu Hakusho appears to fit the bill perfectly; sporting 112 episodes, I can already taste the bitter…

• 23rd March 2005
Anime Review

Trigun Volume 2

With the first volume’s collision of zany humour and gun-slinging antics proving popular with this reviewer, Trigun #2 received a typically warm reception on its arrival. Yet upon viewing,…

• 21st March 2005
Anime Review

Kiddy Grade Volume 7

Despite there being an intangibly inspirational quality to the look and feel of Kiddy Grade, I still find myself struggling to be seriously interested by this show. And while the slew of gratuitous…

• 14th March 2005
Anime Review

Love Hina Volume 6

With my levels of expectation at an all time high for this show, I approached this concluding (sixth) volume of Love Hina full of enthusiasm. I was looking for closure; a satisfying end to the on/off…

• 11th March 2005
Anime Review

Dragon Half

Dragon Half comes in the sub-category of crazy – the type of show that (much like Excel Saga) seems particularly Japanese in its “out-there’ humour. The exaggerated cartoon…

• 9th March 2005
Anime Review

Blood – The Last Vampire

Set on a Japanese military air base at the beginning of the Vietnam War, a dangerous new type of monster is discovered: shapeshifting creatures known as teropterids, which feed on human blood.…

• 7th March 2005
Anime Review

RahXephon: The Motion Picture

Having been a massive fan of the RahXephon series for a long time now, this movie flew into my DVD player faster than you can say “Mu”.

The Story

High school kids Ayato and Haruka are …

• 3rd March 2005
Anime Review

Last Exile Volume 2

There’s not much out there like Last Exile. Almost everything about this show- from the carefully modelled character designs to the innovative, lush setting- is original and interesting.…

• 1st March 2005
Anime Review

Mahoromatic Volume 3

As both Mahoro’s showdown with long-standing rival Ryuga and the end of the season 1 draw near, this enjoyable little series becomes even more of a bittersweet romance and less of the fan…

• 28th February 2005
Anime Review

Tokyo Godfathers: Gift Set

Tokyo Godfathers is a heart-warming tale, very much in the tradition of Western Christmas movies.

Set in the Shinjuku district of Tokyo on Christmas Eve, we follow the story of three homeless …

• 25th February 2005