Love Hina has made it over to the UK with a big reputation for tons of fan-service and many Tenchi Muyo!-like situations (the multiple girls swooning for just one guy scenario). So with this preconception…
Voices of a Distant Star follows the love (and tragedy) of two young people (Noboru and Mikako) who have just finished their final Junior High exams. They make plans to go to the same High School …
You’re Under Arrest!: The Motion Picture is a flawed but action packed ‘cop’ thriller, heavily influenced by the kind of high octane ‘car chase’ films often…
Reviewing an anime series like Fruits Basket is something of a daunting prospect for me; it’s just so damn perfect in nearly every way that I find it extremely hard to pin down exactly what…
While being a little uncertain of what to expect from Slayers Great, my fears were quickly settled within the first 5 minutes of this short movie. It quickly becomes apparent that this is a fun, …
With Full Metal Panic now nearing its climax, both the character development and action have been stepped up in this volume, resulting in a much more exciting and tension-filled few episodes.…
Prétear has been a fun, if slightly melodramatic series; bringing the kind of adult themes to a genre previously dominated by pretty dresses and funny hair-cuts.
Picking us up where the last…
Prétear is certainly a strange series, and one that I’ve come to really enjoy. Despite it’s appearance as a sappy ‘magical girl’ show, Prétear continues to surprise…
The prospect of reviewing Azumanga Daioh was always an interesting one for me. I don’t naturally gravitate to these types of ‘cute-comedy’ shows (I’m more of an action…
Neon Genesis Evangelion is a true landmark of anime; being one of the first series of it’s kind to mix epic science fiction with religious symbolism and strong personal angst. The names …
I’m finally able to respect all the fuss surrounding Tenchi Muyo! I’m not sure whether it’s because I’m finally getting used to the crazy cast of characters or if these…
Coming to the UK after receiving pretty mixed reactions from fans in both Japan and the U.S. is Kiddy Grade, yet another high-profile series from the ‘style over substance’ artists…
Bosujima is a psycho diver; someone with a rare talent for fixing broken souls and uncovering past traumas. Yuki is one his patients; haunted by past demons and torn between loyalties, not only…
After the frankly mediocre first volume of Ninja Scroll TV, I wasn’t harbouring too much hope for this. I couldn’t get behind any of the ‘heroes’ and found the story …
Rune Soldier is a fantasy based anime in the classic sense; big swords, big egos and a bunch of elves. However, instead of taking the ‘sweeping epic’ route perfected by the likes of…
I was pretty hyped up to see ‘Queen Emeraldas’ after discovering it had been formed in the brilliant mind of Leiji Matsumoto; a renowned anime director behind original projects …
And so we reach the climax of the mind bending epic; Serial Experiments Lain. It’s been an incredibly challenging and thought provoking series, and will no doubt split viewer opinion in…
‘Tenchi Muyo!’ is an anime series with a big reputation and hordes of devoted fans, and so naturally, I had pretty big expectations coming into this, being a “Tenchi-virgin”…
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie is based on the hit TV show and manages to capture all of the great humour, action, animation and sounds that made the original TV series such a landmark show.
The Story
Days…
Fruits Basket is one of those rare hidden gems of anime that somehow manages to garner a massive hidden appeal. It sounds and looks like a very ‘sickly-sweet’ anime for girls and hence,…
