Himeno is a typical 16 year old girl; apart from the fact that she now lives in a huge mansion with her new step mum and 2 step sisters after her father suddenly remarries. She’s an outcast in…
Blade of the Immortal may be a recent series but it arrives with considerable pedigree. Hiroaki Samura’s manga has been running since 1994, and has been being published in English by Dark…
Chagum, the young second prince of New Yogo, is in hiding, living with spear-wielding bodyguard, Balsa and learning from her and her friends about life as an ordinary boy in his father’s…
Although I am still a newcomer to the UK anime market, I’m pretty sure that we haven’t been graced with an anime based on a sport before; the genre might have been evident in some parts…
Since their debut into fiction in Bram Broker’s 1897 novel, Dracula; vampires have been envisioned and redesigned by multiple different writers, film makers, artists and imaginations across…
Back in the 90s Manga Video (as this was the dark ages of VHS) made their name by selling 15 and 18 rated anime full of sex and violence. Memorably they used to add extra swearing to their dubs to obtain…
In New Port city everything, it seems, is connected. Information, like consumer technology, is everywhere. Almost everybody enjoys a certain level of cybernetic enhancement. Citizens sport…
Moyasimon is the tale of Tadayasu Sawaki, a new student at Agricultural University and a boy with a special talent. He can see microorganisms, interact with them, and get completely disgusted…
As the fifth volume of this series left a great impression on me, I was excited to watch the last episodes of Desert Punk and to see how everything unfolds leading up to the finale. In the end it left…
It’s not uncommon in the anime industry for popular franchises to have a movie release that tries to summarize the original manga or TV story into a 90 minute timeslot. It’s also not too rare of a …
An imperial ox-cart is crossing a bridge when the ox begins to buck and shy; the cart crashes and its passenger, a young boy, is tossed into the fast-flowing river below. A young woman sees the accident…
How a series ends is important. Perhaps more important even than how it begins. The final moments of a show are key to how it will be remembered. It’s impossible to please all of the people …
In an urgent attempt to rescue Gaara, Team Guy and Team Kakashi rush towards the Akatsuki hideout, only to be delayed by Akatsuki members Kisame Hoshigaki and Sasuke’s older brother, Itachi…
If you were to discuss ‘Studio Ghibli films’ with any anime fan, several film titles are sure to come up. Examples include the worldwide success ‘Spirited Away’ and the critically acclaimed …
“Whoops, I kinda went over budget” – Enta
Whilst video games have a low batting average when it comes to being adapted into other media (what with Sonic SatAM, Gungrave and the manga adaptation…
Allow me for a minute to give you an insight into the world of the humble reviewer. It can be a tricky prospect reviewing the later volumes in a series. As this is the second volume (of the second series,…
In an alternate history, in 1945, strange alien creatures known as the Genjyu appear in the skies above Earth. Leaving a trail of poison and destruction wherever they roam, these creatures decimate…
Bakuman is a shonen manga written by Tsugumi Ohba (Death Note) focusing on the story of two high school students and their bid to become creators of manga. Although there are two main characters…
If there’s one anime studio that I seem to be ignoring at the moment, it’s Gonzo – unless you count the multiple times I’ve seen Linkin Park’s music video for “Breaking…
It’s very easy to disregard the Vampire Knight manga as nothing more than shojo fluff with some good-looking males – who just happen to be vampires – thrown in. It doesn’t help that…
