Reviews

Otanashi is dead. Well, at least that’s what he’s told by the very brash female student Yuri upon waking up on the grounds of a school with no memories of how he got there or anything of his life previously.…

‘Fade to Black’ is the third feature film based on the Bleach franchise and like the previous movies, it feels like just a long episode of the series. Little is explained to the casual…

Where Masamune Shirow is concerned, there’s quite often a feeling among his fans that the man can do no wrong. Fabled for his super-detailed, highly individual manga works, and beloved of not …

“Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and we cannot live in.” – James Baldwin

So, all good things must come to an end and this is no exception.

There are several problems…

As anyone into anime is aware, Bleach is a long-running shounen show, currently in its eighth year on air and it’s still strong with its fans. ‘Memories of Nobody’ is the first…

In the 21st century a growing number of anime have been adapted from not manga, but what are known as Light Novels. As the name suggests, these are short novella-style books that are aimed at the …

Way back in the dark and distant past (well 1994 to be exact) Roujin Z was an unusual release for (what was then) Manga Video. The smartly satirical sci-fi comedy sat oddly alongside their mostly…

This review will contain spoilers for the first omnibus.

Hikaru, Fuu and Umi have never been the same since their trip to Tokyo Tower. To their friends and family the girls have suddenly become …

The ‘visual novel’ is one of the most successful video games genres in Japan; mostly found on PCs, the genre often involves static anime graphics mixed with text and a multi-branch story to create…

A fierce battle between Guren, the Leaf Ninja, and the three-tailed beast ends with Yuukimaru failing to control the three-tailed monster and splitting up the opposing sides. Our heroes decide…

“Though a good deal is too strange to be believed, nothing is too strange to have happened.” – Thomas Hardy.

If you are into your anime and manga then you will no doubt have come across…

“He may look like an idiot, and talk like an idiot, but don’t let that fool you. He really is an idiot.” – Groucho Marx

Fumizuki Academy is unlike every other educational…

“Using words to describe magic is like using a screwdriver to cut roast beef.” – Tom Robbins.

This second DVD set covers episodes 13-24 of what has so far proved to be a rather…

I think it would be safe to say that, if a series deserved a re-release in the UK – especially on Blu-ray – it would have to be Ghost in the Shell. I finally got a chance to watch the 1st &…

Episodes 160-167  

“In order to save Orihime,” as the long-suffering narrator tells us at the beginning of every episode, “who was kidnapped by Sosuke Aizen, Ichigo and his friends…

“That was a right-pretty speech, sir. But I ask you, what is a contract? Webster’s defines it as ‘an agreement under the law which is unbreakable.’ Which is unbreakable!”…