@ Full Moon Volumes 1 & 2
David is a vampire; Marlo is half vampire, half werewolf. The young men have been close friends since childhood and in the two volumes of Sanami Matoh’s light-hearted…
When I think way back into the early days of my anime and manga fandom, I can remember a time when I couldn’t walk into a WHSmiths and easily find a manga section to pick from. I had to take trips to …
I’m in despair! I’m in despair over reading this entire volume!
Last year, someone at a convention talked to me about “Sayonora, Zetsubou-Sensei” after discussing popular worldwide political…
This review covers all eight volumes of Pluto.
I imagine Naoki Urasawa suffered butterflies the first time it truly dawned on him that he was about to adapt Osamu Tezuka’s flagship work,…
In reality, NHK is Japan’s equivalent of the BBC: their national licence-fee funded broadcaster. Much like our very own Beeb, they run several TV and radio stations – including …
I think every anime fan goes through a ‘Studio Ghibli’ phase at least once. After the major success of Spirited Away across the globe, the studio and its co-founder Hayao Miyazaki were officially…
Cutie Honey stars, well, Cutie Honey who lives a double life as an office worker and the super heroine with extraordinary powers given to her by her father one year ago after a car accident. When …
I know it’s too early to call it, but I’m willing to bank money and say that hands down Samurai Girls wins the best animated visuals for a UK anime release of 2012. From start till end you’re treated …
Starting from where we left off, Azusa – a first year student – wants to join the Light Music Club after watching their performance in front of the new pupils. As a guitarist herself,…
“If someone suddenly handed you ten billion yen and said, ‘Improve this country’ what would you do?”
It’s time for answers – and as Akira Takizawa (Ryohei Kimura/Jason Liebrecht) and Saki (Sakiko…
Presumably, Kyoto Animation had some spare change gathering fluff in their back pockets. It is the only possible explanation for this aimless bundle of whimsy. Only extremely dedicated fans…
Once upon a time, there was a princess named Courtney Love. Made famous by her marriage to a front man of a grunge band and her own controversial antics, she was known by many across the land. One day…
Episodes 142-151
Captain Yamamoto forbids the Soul Reapers to go to the rescue of Orihime Inoue for in his view, she must have gone to Aizen’s side of her own free will, making her – ergo –…
Some of you may already know that I love the works of mangaka Natsume Ono, especially her “not simple” manga which I reviewed earlier this year, so when Beez Entertainment announced that they…
My impressions of the first volume of K-ON! were positive in regard to its approach to providing an entertaining and light-hearted Slice-Of-Life show, yet I felt it had some flaws in the music…
When The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya begins on the 16th of December, it appears to be just another episode: Kyon bemoans Haruhi’s now-permanent intrusion into his life, Haruhi voraciously…
Through happy coincidence, I ended up watching Redline the same week as I did Disney’s The Princess and the Frog. Both are adamantly hand-drawn throwbacks defying the computer-oriented…
Episodes 132-141
Captain Hitsugaya is mistaken for a kid by Ichigo’s little sister (more shortie jibes here than in Fullmetal Alchemist) when she’s looking for someone to help her and her friends…
The dimension witch Yūko has vanished, leaving her protégé Kimihiro Watanuki in charge of her magical shop – a shop he can now never leave. As the years pass, Watanuki carries on Yūko’s work of wish-granting,…
The continuing fight between Asuma and the Akatsuki member Hidan looked to have been concluded after a well-placed fire jutsu was successfully landed on the antagonist. However, something …
