Reviews

Manga Review

Ayako

“No one who has not sat in prison knows what the State is like.” – Leo Tolstoy.

In terms of Osamu Tezuka’s work, Ayako certainly fits into his darker side. It is not as dark however …

• 27th February 2013
Anime Review

Needless Volume 2

“…and with the bowels of the last priest let us strangle the last king.” – Denis Diderot.

When I reviewed the first half of this series, I wrote that it provoked a range…

• 16th February 2013
Anime Review

Baka and Test: Summon the Beasts

You have to feel sorry for the students of Class 2-F at Fumizuki Academy. The losers in the educational experiment (or ESB) promoted by the principal, they have to put up with the worst educational…

• 11th February 2013
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