Reviews

Anime Review

Eden of the East

It can be a daunting task to produce a fictional series that depicts various worldwide conspiracies and terrorist attacks. However “Eden of the East” proves that, with the right…

• 20th January 2011
Anime Review

Bleach: The Assault

Season 5 Part 1 Episodes 92-99

And so the Bount Arc continues into Season 5 as the Bounts arrive in the world of the Soul Society hell-bent on revenge. Fast on their heels follow Ichigo and co. complete…

• 18th January 2011
Anime Review

Vampire Knight Volume 2

Disc 2 of the Vampire Knight anime contains 3 episodes that mostly serve as flashbacks, padding out the back story to our 3 main characters and the origins of the school the story is set in.

Almost…

• 13th January 2011
Anime Review

Solty Rei

In a futuristic city, a barrier of multi-coloured light know as the ‘aurora shell’ hangs constantly overhead. Twelve years ago in this city, a terrible disaster known as the ‘blast fall’ left …

• 4th January 2011
Manga Review

Cardcaptor Sakura: Omnibus

CLAMP is a very well known and respected manga group with many adored titles under their belts ever since their debut in 1987. Dating from 1996, Cardcaptor Sakura is arguably one of their most loved…

• 2nd January 2011
Manga Review

Not Simple

“A story within a story, a book within a book, a tale about the search for family, for an emotional home.”

What is the most depressing thing you have ever experienced in your life? Mine would be listening…

• 2nd January 2011
Anime Review

Naruto: Shippuuden Volume 3

The ongoing battle against Sasori, the Akatsuki Puppet Master, seems to be coming to an unfortunate conclusion for Sakura. With the young ninja getting stabbed right through the chest by Sasori’s…

• 14th December 2010
Anime Review

Pretear: #1 & #2

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…

• 11th December 2010
Anime Review

Bamboo Blade Volume 1

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…

• 24th November 2010
Anime Review

Vampire Knight Volume 1

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…

• 15th November 2010
Anime Review

Rin: Daughters of Mnemosyne

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…

• 12th November 2010
Anime Review

Ghost in the Shell

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…

• 8th November 2010
Anime Review

Desert Punk Volume 6

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…

• 30th October 2010