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Anime Review

Dai Guard

It is the year 2030, twelve years ago the world was ravaged by a mysterious enemy known only as the Heterodynes. The army commissioned the creation of Dai-Guard a giant fighting robot to defeat …

• 27th June 2005
Anime Review

Last Exile Volume 4

After all the flashy vanship races and glamorous aristocrats of previous volumes, Last Exile #4 turns out to be this series most low key and story driven volume yet. Of course it’s a jarring…

• 25th June 2005
Anime Review

Cowboy Bebop Volume 4

Cowboy Bebop #4 is the most character driven volume of this series yet, with no less than three of these four episodes being devoted to fleshing out the eventful back stories of flaky bombshell …

• 23rd June 2005
Anime Review

Haibane Renmei Volume 2

The shy and obedient Rakka is gradually settling into her new life as a newborn haibane in the picturesque town of Glie. In this, the second volume, she finds herself working in the town’s…

• 16th June 2005
Anime Review

Tsukihime Lunar Legend Volume 1

Shiki Tohno has the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception: the ability to see the threads of death that hold all physical objects and beings together, allowing him to break them at will and physically…

• 16th June 2005
Anime Review

Blue Gender: The Warrior

No one knows where they came from, some sightings date as far back as 2017. But during the year 2031 mankind was all but extinguished by this savage new lifeform.Known simply as The Blue, these horrific,…

• 14th June 2005
Anime Review

Chobits Volume 2

Country boy Hideki has a lot on his mind. Despite studying hard to get into college and working all hours at his part time job he is still worried about his upcoming exams and is desperately short …

• 13th June 2005
Anime Review

Gungrave Volume 2

For a genre as well represented in mainstream film as the “mafia & gangster epic”, it’s rare, despite it’s known diversity, to find anything in Japanese animation…

• 10th June 2005
Anime Review

Texhnolyze Volume 1

In a brooding, unsympathetic and bleak future, Texhnolyze documents humanity’s sheer visceral will to survive. Even as Mankind has hit an evolutionary grave-stone, there are people…

• 9th June 2005
Anime Review

R.O.D.: the TV Volume 1

For the sake of simplicity, I’m going to refer to this series as simply R.O.D.: the TV. There is some confusion over the title, but suffice to say it isn’t even crystal clear in Japan…

• 6th June 2005
Anime Review

Kiki’s Delivery Service

Kiki’s Delivery Service is yet another title from the now legendary Studio Ghibli and Hayao Miyazaki. It is a tale of a young witch named Kiki who has to follow the tradition of leaving home…

• 6th June 2005
Anime Review

Trigun Volume 3

After the mild disappointment of volume 2 this instalment in the Trigun series has a lot to live up to, will it up the ante and finally see the series kick into high gear or will it be another helping…

• 2nd June 2005
Anime Review

Stratos 4 Volume 1

Stratos 4 follows the lives of four young  “Meteor Sweepers’ pilots who defend the earth from an all too common asteroid problem. They are part of a defence force created solely with…

• 1st June 2005
Anime Review

Get Backers Volume 3

The mediocre first two volumes of Get Backers left little to no impression on me. As the comedy-filled action struggled to place any real importance on its inevitable outcome, I felt this was a …

• 30th May 2005
Anime Review

Love Hina: Spring Special

Having enjoyed the slapstick romantic comedy of the Love Hina TV series, this “Spring Special” OVA was something of a fun curiosity for me.50 minutes later and I’m not surprised…

• 28th May 2005
Anime Review

New Dominion Tank Police

I was extremely pleased when Manga announced this release, I still have fond memories of those insomnia stricken nights when I’d wile away the hours watching Tank Police on the Sci-Fi channel. …

• 27th May 2005
Anime Review

Boogiepop Phantom

Boogiepop Phantom is a dark tale and perhaps one of the most unsettling anime series currently available in the UK market. The mix of supernatural horror, macabre visuals and a gritty portrayal…

• 26th May 2005