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Samurai Deeper KYO Volume 3

Spoiler Alert! Spoiler Alert!

I really should have taken detailed notes when watching these seven episodes. Because, having complained that the previous disc left viewers with too many unanswered…

• 3rd December 2009
Anime Review

X TV Volume 2

An apocalyptic battle is fated to take place in contemporary Tokyo between the Dragons of Heaven (the Seven Seals who have been born to protect the Earth) and the Dragons of Earth (the Seven Angels…

• 14th November 2009
Manga Review

Parasyte Volume 6

ATTENTION: Spoilers below!

What can I say about this volume of ‘Parasyte’ other than “page turner”? This volume, I believe, actually has Iwaaki capturing the essence…

• 17th October 2009
News

New manga from Viz for free online

Viz press release annouces new titles Arata: The Legend by Yuu Watase, Rin-Ne by Rumiko Takahashi, Maoh: Juvenile Remix by Kotaro Isaka & Hyde and Closer from Haro Aso. “Every month,…

• 3rd August 2009
Anime Review

Starship Operators Volume 1

“Reality TV” Ron Simon, an American Television Studies academic, says “could be posited as the first post-modern genre, where nothing-identity, lifestyle, or relationships-is fixed; everything…

• 16th May 2009
Anime Review

Vexille

‘Vexille’ is one of a number of anime being produced with CGI as opposed to conventional cell drawn animation and is a scrumptious example of what exactly can be done with CG animation.…

• 22nd April 2009
Anime Review

Berserk Volume 6

Guts decides to rejoin the Band of the Hawk before they decide to embark on a daring attempt to rescue Griffith. What follows should be a joyful reunion but instead becomes something nobody could…

• 5th December 2008
Anime Review

Berserk Volume 5

As consistently brilliant as it is, I’m reluctant to say that this volume is another turning point in the Berserk story. The thing is, not only each successive volume but every episode seems…

• 6th November 2008
Anime Review

Berserk Volume 4

Berserk seems to be reaching a turning-point as the war between Midland and Chuder focuses on a decisive battle for control of the Doldery stronghold. Following their brave and lucky escape at…

• 20th October 2008
Anime Review

Saiyuki: Reload Volume 6

The unlikely quartet of warriors for the forces of good, the Sanzo party (gun-toting priest Genjyo Sanzo, irrepressible monkey boy Son Goku, chain-smoking, womanizing kappa Sha Gojyo, and…

• 21st September 2008
Manga Review

Negima!: Magister Negi Magi

It’s that time of year again. Thousands of children graduating from school and moving on to see what life has in store. Although at this Welsh school, things are a bit different. With the ceremony…

• 13th September 2008
Manga Review

Death Note Volume 12

‘Death Note’ enters its twelfth, and final, volume as if it were a chess game nearing its own conclusion with everything in the balance. This volume pits the two geniuses against …

• 4th September 2008
Anime Review

Berserk: White Hawk

Guts carries out the mission Griffith set for him but events take an unexpected and bloody turn. Unfortunately nobody has much time to dwell on the ramifications because the Band of the Hawk are…

• 19th August 2008
Manga Review

Nana: Volumes 1 & 2

Ai Yazawa’s seminal shojo (for girls) manga Nana tells the story of two young women on the cusp of life’s realities. While superficially polar-opposites in style and attitude both find one another…

• 26th June 2008