Anime Review

Anime Review

Fruits Basket Volume 3

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…

• 23rd August 2004
Anime Review

Slayers Great

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, …

• 19th August 2004
Anime Review

Full Metal Panic Volume 6

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.…

• 18th August 2004
Anime Review

Pretear Volume 4

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…

• 13th August 2004
Anime Review

Pretear Volume 3

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…

• 11th August 2004
Anime Review

Azumanga Daioh Volume 1

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…

• 4th August 2004
Anime Review

Tenchi Muyo! OVAs 2

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…

• 2nd August 2004
Anime Review

Kiddy Grade Volume 1

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…

• 29th July 2004
Anime Review

Psycho Diver Soul Siren

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…

• 27th July 2004
Anime Review

Ninja Scroll TV Volume 2

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 …

• 24th July 2004
Anime Review

Rune Soldier Volume 1

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…

• 24th July 2004
Anime Review

Queen Emeraldas

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 …

• 22nd July 2004
Anime Review

Serial Experiments Lain Volume 4

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…

• 22nd July 2004
Anime Review

Tenchi Muyo! OVAs 1

‘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”…

• 21st July 2004
Anime Review

Cowboy Bebop: The Movie

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…

• 14th July 2004
Anime Review

Fruits Basket Volume 2

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,…

• 3rd July 2004
Anime Review

Bio Hunter

Kamagaya and Komada are Bio Hunters; scientists that bravely fight a ‘demon virus’ that is affecting people all over Japan. When people catch this vicious virus, they become hideous…

• 24th June 2004
Anime Review

Memories

Katsuhiro Otomo’s Memories consists of three stand alone stories, each with their own different styles and messages.

We have ‘Magnetic Rose’, a story based on a manga short…
• 23rd June 2004