Reviews

Anime Review

Canaan

As I got to the third episode of Canaan, I was wondering what this show wanted to be. Was this an action thriller anime with some small light-hearted moments or was it the opposite: a light-hearted…

• 5th February 2013
Anime Review

Tiger & Bunny Volume 1

Hero TV Live is the must-watch show in Sternbild City. Producer Agnes Joubert and her indomitable team follow the crime-fighting exploits of the city’s superheroes as they compete to …

• 4th February 2013
Anime Review

Dragon Ball Z Volume 5

Dragon Ball Z – Season 5 covers the Imperfect Cell and Perfect Cell sagas. It starts at episode 140 and ends at episode 165.

The Season 5 box-set comes with English 5.1 surround audio, U.S.…

• 29th January 2013
Anime Review

Needless Volume 1

“The clergy of England have no more influence over the people at large than the cheesemongers of England.” – Sydney Smith.

This series will make you go through a range of feelings.…

• 21st January 2013
Anime Review

Bleach: Arrancar vs. Shinigami

Season 10: The Arrancar 3: Arrancar vs Shinigami arc (2008-2009)

Ichigo has met his match in Espada #5, the redoutable Nnoitra (Nobutoshi Canna/Michael Sinterniklaas.) The substitute Soul…

• 13th January 2013
Manga Review

Ninth Life Love

Make the most of this title, fujoshi and fudanshi, while you can – because if, like me, you still prefer your BL manga to come in good old-fashioned paper book form, this is the last title (apart…

• 5th January 2013
Manga Review

Vampire Knight Volume 15

With Kaname nowhere to be found and his murderous actions unexplained, Yuki is taken into custody by the Vampire Hunter Society and questioned by her former guardian Kaiden Cross. Yuki herself…

• 5th January 2013
Anime Review

Anime Mirai 2012: Anime Mirai

Anime Mirai literally means “Future Anime”. The idea of this project is simple: to offer the opportunity to train new talent on the job, as they work on one of four short films that …

• 3rd January 2013
Anime Review

Naruto: Shippuuden Volume 11

Last volume, I talked about how everything was being set up for two really important arcs. Well, that has certainly proved true; there is even one that has even been built up since the first season…

• 2nd January 2013
Anime Review

Shiki Volume 2

‘Who is safe when the urge to kill in order to survive blurs the line between man and monster?’

As the mysterious ‘epidemic’ claims more and more lives in the secluded…

• 26th December 2012
Anime Review

Freezing

“You know ‘that look’ women get when they want sex? Me neither.” – Steve Martin.

Looking at the front cover on the DVD for Freezing, I can tell you that the amount of fan…

• 24th December 2012
Manga Review

Cyborg 009 Volume 1

“Our bombs are smarter than the average high school student. At least they can find Kuwait.” – A. Whitney Brown.

If you have been following the news recently you may be aware that Digital…

• 7th December 2012