Anime Review
Memories
Katsuhiro Otomo’s Memories consists of three stand alone stories, each with their own different styles and messages.
We have ‘Magnetic Rose’, a story based on a manga short…
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Twilight of the Dark Master
Another short horror OVA churned out by famous animation studio “Madhouse”, “Twilight of the Dark Master” is an enjoyable if forgettable slice of gothic horror that…
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Vampire Hunter D
Vampire Hunter D (VHD) is an atmospheric if overrated slice of vintage anime that set rental stores alight upon its original release. Now available on DVD courtesy of Manga Ent. with a digitally…
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Fruits Basket Volume 1
Fruit’s Basket is the tale of Tohru Honda and the many different (and frankly strange!) personalities she meets during this small period of her life.
Since losing her beloved mother (and…
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Armitage III: Polymatrix
Conjuring up similarities to both Blade Runner and The Matrix, ‘Armitage III: Polymatrix’ is a futuristic tale that questions the importance of life; human or robotic, what’s…
Anime Review
Ninja Scroll TV Volume 1
Expectations are always hard to live up to, and Ninja Scroll TV had it especially hard. Tasked with following up one of the most successful anime ever, the pressure was on to try and adapt the enthralling…
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Hellsing
Hellsing is a gutsy, stylish re-interpretation of the vampire myth, taking place in modern day England it centres on a clandestine organization of Vampire hunters called Hellsing. Head of the…
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FLCL (Furi Kuri)
FLCL bears all the hallmarks of a post Eva anime, there’s the pre-requisite fighting robots and angst ridden teenagers all thrown headlong into a melting-pot of emotion and intrigue, …
Features
Interview with Kabuki UK editor
Since Manga Max was discontinued around 5 years ago, the UK hasn’t had an anime magazine to call it’s own. David E Rault is a man on a mission to change this, and with his fledgling publication…
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Fansub Future Shock
Fansubbed episodes of our favourite series have massively contributed to the rapid growth of anime in recent years, there is just no doubt about that…, yet strangely, it still remains …
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UK’s most wanted anime (5 through 1)
5. X TV With humanity’s future balanced on a knife edge, the fate of all mankind lies on the shoulders of one boy, Kamui Shirou, a young man with a turbulent past and attitude problem. As Kamui inevitably…
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UK’s most wanted anime (10 through 6)
It’s pretty shocking looking around the UK anime scene and realizing we still lack many of the landmark anime releases that other countries have been able to take for granted for years now.
And …
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Ninja Scroll
Riding on the very crest of the mid-90’s anime ‘ultra-violence’ invasion was Ninja Scroll, a title from Manga Entertainment that was being announced to the British public…
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Interview with Natural Born Kittens creator
A landmark for the UK anime community was confirmed last week after news broke that the first ever UK/Japan anime collaboration had been agreed.
Larry Bundy Jnr and his brainchild “Natural Born…
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Samurai X: Trust & Betrayal
Samurai X: Trust & Betrayal are the highly acclaimed prequels to the wandering samurai anime series ‘Rurouni Kenshin’.
Of course, anyone that has seen the series will have …
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Anime and UK TV
One of the most frustrating things when you associate anime with Britain is the lack of TV exposure it’s been lumbered with since it exploded onto our shores in the mid-80s with Akira.
In …
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Bootleggers Paradise
Being the newbie that I am when it comes to online auctioning websites like EBay, yesterday I stumbled into their anime DVD section and thought I’d found a fan boy’s paradise. “A Cowboy…