Anime Review

Only Yesterday

The description ‘slice of life’ is one that often polarises opinion. For some, it is a cure for insomnia; for others, it sums up the more true-to-life approach to film making that has a charm of its…

• 7th April 2007
Anime Review

Panda Z Volume 2

Pan-Taron is in the driving seat again as the pilot of the Panda Z, the awe-inspiring mecha that protects his friends from Skull Panda and the Warunimal Empire.

Okay, the Panda Z isn’t quite as awe-inspiring…

• 6th April 2007
Anime Review

Saiyuki: Reload Volume 1

Loud, noisy and obnoxious… enter the crazy world of Saiyuki Reload. Even the rocking theme tune could not prepare me for what was to follow: sunglass wearing monks, foolish assassins and incompetent…

• 5th April 2007
Anime Review

Tenjho Tenge Volume 3

The showdown in the bowling alley comes to a dramatic conclusion while Maya begins to recount her early days at the school with Team Katana and its leader (incidently, her brother) Shin Natsume.…

• 4th April 2007
Anime Review

Eureka Seven Volume 3

After a rather slow start Eureka Seven is quickly becoming one of my favourite UK DVD releases of the year. The storyline is well and truly in full swing in its third volume so those of us who gave it…

• 3rd April 2007
Anime Review

IGPX: Immortal Grand Prix Volume 3

IGPX is the international sport of Immortal Grand Prix, a combination of racing and in-race battles popular in the lavish future societies of this anime by the same name.

The rules are as such: …

• 1st April 2007
Anime Review

Tokko Volume 1

The opening of Tokko’s first volume begins with images of the mundane and the supernatural being interwoven, culminating in the presence of a bloody and rampaging demon walking the streets during…

• 31st March 2007
Anime Review

Gun X Sword: Gun Sword

The typical ‘reluctant hero meets desperate town in need, doesn’t care but is slowly won over by one town member, who – half for personal reasons and half for her sake – he fights for’…

• 31st March 2007
Anime Review

Tactics Volume 1

Who hasn’t longed at some time for a magical and powerful companion to rescue them from the dreariness of everyday life? Kantaro Ichinomiya has dreamed since boyhood of finding and setting free…

• 29th March 2007
Anime Review

Noein Volume 1

What would you do if your future self told you that you can’t save the person you love? That’s the dilemma facing schoolboy Yuu in this time travelling, dimension hopping adventure. The doomed …

• 29th March 2007