A light-hearted spin-off series to the Oh! My Goddess series and feature-length film, Adventures of Mini Goddess tells the story of what happens to goddesses Belldandy, Urd and Skuld while Keichi…
Having been a massive fan of the RahXephon series for a long time now, this movie flew into my DVD player faster than you can say “Mu”.
The Story
High school kids Ayato and Haruka are …
There’s not much out there like Last Exile. Almost everything about this show- from the carefully modelled character designs to the innovative, lush setting- is original and interesting.…
The latest issue of Neo magazine (out this Thursday, 3rd March) reveals that MVM have acquired the UK licenses for Paranoia Agent and Samurai Champloo. In fact, according to the magazine, Paranoia…
On Sunday night, Channel 4 broadcasted their much revered “greatest 100 cartoons” rankings, as voted for by the British public. For anime fans, this proved to be an interesting …
As expected, many of last week’s top ranking new releases have fallen out of the Play.com “best selling anime” top 40 and so this week we’re only able to compile a top …
Finally, out today is the first volume of Trigun, MVM’s gun-slinging sci-fi Western that looks set to become one of their most popular releases of 2005. Also out today (from Tartan) is a …
Rounding up the short but sweet Mahoromatic first season, Martin Butler has taken a look at the third volume (out now from ADV) of this fan service friendly, science fiction drama from Gainax.…
As both Mahoro’s showdown with long-standing rival Ryuga and the end of the season 1 draw near, this enjoyable little series becomes even more of a bittersweet romance and less of the fan…
A news post on the Anime News Service is stating that the popular ninja anime Naruto could be heading for UK TV sooner than anyone expected; “… Besides the USA, the animation’s…
Gonzo (Last Exile, Hellsing) have announced their intentions to adapt popular Japanese sci-fi novel ‘Murdock Scramble’. Planned to be an OVA with a Japanese release slated for…
With the last week’s news that ADV UK plan to start releasing the New Fist of the North Star OVA series in April, it’s an interesting co-incidence that the Japan based North Star Pictures…
The reviews are coming in thick and fast these days and Ross Taylor has recently set his critical eyes on the Tokyo Godfathers gift set, an expensive limited edition version (out now from Columbia…
US newspaper the LA Times has posted a detailed article comparing (and in Oshii’s case, interviewing) Mamoru Oshii and Hayao Miyazaki, two of the most highly regarded directors of Japanese…
Yukito Kishiro, creator of the Battle Angel manga that is set for a live action adaptation by James Cameron, has been interviewed by Manga News Service.
“As a movie fan, I hope that the film…According to an article in the latest issue of the Radio Times magazine, both Spirited Away and Akira have made the top 20 in Channel 4’s “100 greatest cartoons” program, set…
I’ve just posted my review of Neon Genesis Evangelion: Platinum #1, the much lauded renewal of the landmark mecha series, out now from ADV UK.
“If you already hate Evangelion, this…Martin Butler has reviewed Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi #2, another instalment of this madcap comedy from the tripped out minds at Gainax, out now from ADV UK.
“The second instalment…Tokyo Godfathers is a heart-warming tale, very much in the tradition of Western Christmas movies.
Set in the Shinjuku district of Tokyo on Christmas Eve, we follow the story of three homeless …
Despite defeating the goblin in the last episode and supposedly earning the chance to return home, childhood friends Arumi and Sasshi appear to have been transported to another bizarre parallel…
