Roundup

Autumn 2022 Streaming Overview – New Series

A lookback at Autumn 2022’s new anime series without a single mention of Chainsaw Man?! We let our writers choose their favourite series and that’s just how it’s panned out. You may feel differently…so please let us know your favourites too!

AUKN Staff • 4th January 2023

Manga Review

Wistoria: Wand and Sword Volume 1 Review

Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? author Fujino Omori teams up with mangaka Toshi Aoi to debut an original manga series about a young boy living in a magically driven society but who has no talent for magic itself. Instead our protagonist dives into the dungeon, heroically fighting monsters with nothing but a sword as his weapon.

Demelza • 4th January 2023

Manga Review

Orient Volumes 8 and 9 Review

The Obsidian Eight finally rear their heads in the battle for Awaji Island, laying waste to the Uesugi army. In a back-and-forth tactical battle, it's up to Kuroko Usami to guide everyone around Seiroku Inukawa's villainous plans as he backs up the demon god Orochi. Meanwhile, Musashi has his own battle to fight as he battles to free Michiru from the clutches of her vile father and Obsidian Eight member, Yataro Inuda.

Onosume • 3rd January 2023

Manga Review

The Girl I Like Forgot Her Glasses Volume 1

This ‘awkward dorks falling in love’ romcom has some promise, but so far feels a bit undercooked. Take a look at our review!

darkstorm • 2nd January 2023

Manga Review

Kowloon Generic Romance Volume 2 Review

Reiko Kujirai is confused. She has feelings for Kudou, her co-worker in Kowloon Walled City – but he isn’t interested. So why has she found a photograph in a file, showing them together – at their engagement party?

Sarah • 1st January 2023

Manga Review

I Cannot Reach You Volume 5 Review

Christmas is approaching and Yamato wants to ask his childhood friend Kakeru out on a date – but will Kakeru accept? And will going on a date place too much strain on their changing relationship?

Sarah • 30th December 2022

Manhwa/Manhua Review

The Abandoned Empress Volume 3 Review

Can Tia change the events of her past to survive in this new life? Step by step, she's making progress but she has quite the long journey ahead of her.

Noemi10 • 29th December 2022

Manga Review

Unnamed Memory Volume 1 Manga Review

Unnamed Memory follows the story of a cursed prince seeking a way to overcome it with the help of a powerful witch. Together, they'll have many an adventure, while slowly figuring out a way to overcome the problem he faces.

Demelza • 28th December 2022

Manhwa/Manhua Review

Why Raeliana Ended Up at the Duke’s Mansion Volume 2 Review

New adventures (aka people in her way) await Raeliana in this volume. Not everyone is happy about her relationship with Duke Wynknight and think she's his weak link. Raeliana can't wait to show them how wrong they are.

Noemi10 • 27th December 2022

Manga Review

The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic Volume 1 Review

What would you do if you were summoned by accident to another world? Usato needs to find out quickly how to adapt and survive, but first he will have to undergo a hellish training from the rescue team captain.

Noemi10 • 26th December 2022

Anime Review

Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid S (Season 2) Review

Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid returns for its second season, pitting Tohru and Kobayashi against new dragon Ilulu, who seems bent on destroying humanity! Meanwhile we dig more into Tohru and Elma’s past, while Kanna makes a new friend in New York, much to the ire of Riko!

Onosume • 24th December 2022

Manga Review

In the Clear Moonlit Dusk Volume 1 Review

Mika Yamamori's current on-going series In the Clear Moonlit Dusk focuses on an unlikely pair who are known as the "princes" of their high school. When they become friends will romance begin to bloom between them? And what does it mean for our heroine who's never once been treated as anything other than her princely persona?

Demelza • 23rd December 2022

Roundup

Anime UK News Review of 2022 Part 2: Manga, Manhwa and Light Novels

Another bumper year of manga, light novels (and manhwa) sales! What titles have the writers at Anime UK News chosen to recommend as they look back at 2022?

AUKN Staff • 22nd December 2022

Roundup

Anime UK News Review of 2022 Part 1: Anime

2022 has brought some major changes to the way we watch anime in the UK – but has the quality of the shows we’ve been watching deteriorated? The Anime UK Writers have chosen their favourite titles to recommend – let us know what you’ve enjoyed watching too!

AUKN Staff • 21st December 2022

Book Review

The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten Volume 3 Review

In Volume 3 we find Amane and Mahiru put in the same class as they become second-year students, but with Mahiru being the idol of the school, Amane wants her to keep her distance from him. As Mahiru grows frustrated with Amane and he's forced to battle some internal demons, just where will their relationship stand in the end?

Demelza • 20th December 2022

Manga Review

Josee, the Tiger and the Fish Manga Review

Josee, the Tiger and the Fish sees two twenty-something-year-olds overcoming their fears, following their dreams and fighting to find love after everything that life throws at them.

Noemi10 • 19th December 2022