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Anime Review

Penguindrum Volume 1

“Listen, you lowlifes, who will never amount to anything…”

Penguindrum is directed and co-written by Kunihiko Ikuhara, who is best known for his work on Sailor Moon and creating…

• 12th May 2013
Manga Review

Atomcat

“Do not meddle in the affairs of cats, for they are subtle and will piss on your computer.” – Bruce Graham.

Astro Boy is widely regarded as being one of the greatest, if not the greatest,…

• 11th May 2013
Anime Review

Fractale

Clain (Yu Kobayashi/Brina Palencia), a young teenaged boy, lives in a cottage on the edge of the cliff overlooking the sea, with his dog, his mother and father. Correction: with the virtual doppels…

• 6th May 2013
Anime Review

Tiger & Bunny Volume 2

Tiger & Bunny Episodes 8 – 13

‘Do we really need heroes???’ (Newsfeed Stern Bild City)

As the sinister and grotesque Lunatic continues to pose a real threat to the Heroes,…

• 30th April 2013
Manga Review

Unico

“With the white unicorn across her shoulder, makes you think that she might have been someone who’s older.” – ‘White Unicorn’, Wolfmother

Digital Manga Publishing…

• 30th April 2013
Anime Review

Ga-Rei Zero

“I do not believe in ghosts, astrology, palmistry, John Cage, love or God.” – Gore Vidal.

The supernatural anime series Ga-Rei Zero has a few problems facing it. For starters there…

• 25th April 2013
Manga Review

Egoistic Blue

Egoistic Blue © 2012 Mio Tennohji/Libre Publishing Co., Ltd.

“The best way of reproducing the ancient Greek temperament would be to cross the Scots with the Chinese.” – Hugh MacDiarmid…

• 23rd April 2013
Anime Review

King of Thorn

“Botany is a sequel of murder and a chronicle of the dead.” – Julian Hawthorne.

One keen aspect for British anime fans concerning this film is that it is mostly set in a castle in Scotland.…

• 22nd April 2013
Anime Review

Vampire Princess Miyu

Princess Miyu is a vampire chosen to act as Guardian of the Eastern World with the task of tracking down shinma (demon gods) hiding in contemporary Japan to prey on mortals. Aided by Larva, her eternal…

• 19th April 2013
Anime Review

Loups=Garous

Japan, mid-21st century. Following a deadly virus, most of humanity avoids physical contact, carries iPod-like “monitors” that control their lives and eats synthetic food provided…

• 18th April 2013
Manga Review

Library Wars Volume 9

“The worst thing about new books is that they keep us from reading the old ones.” – Joseph Joubert.

In this ninth volume of the manga adaptation of Hiro Arikawa’s light novels,…

• 14th April 2013
Anime Review

Persona 4: The Animation Volume 2

Episodes 10-17

Can Yu and friends save teen idol Rise from herself as she is the next one to be pushed into the TV screen and appear on the sinister Midnight Channel? Naoto Shiragane (Romi Park/Mary…

• 28th March 2013
Anime Review

Dream Eater Merry

Dream Eater Merry has left me in the middle. I don’t know if I either liked or disliked it; it felt like one of those shows that has potential but loses it by the last episode. Its flaws range…

• 18th March 2013
Manga Review

Jiu Jiu Volume 3

“The family you come from isn’t as important as the family you’re going to have.” – Ring Lardner

While the second volume for this shojo manga was a bit quiet, the third…

• 17th March 2013