To give you an idea of how highly I was anticipating Mobile Suit Gundam: Char’s Counterattack, I sat through all 50 episodes of Zeta Gundam (hardly a chore though!) just so that I could prepare…
When fifteen year old Kamui Shiro returns to Tokyo after a six year absence, he has just one goal in mind- fulfilling a promise to protect his childhood friends Fuma and Kotori. Much as he would like…
If there is a volume that encapsulates everything that makes Gungrave such a fine series, it is this one. This is Brandon Heat’s tragic closing night, the promised implosion of friendship…
To celebrate this ghoulish season, the Anime UK News team have locked horns and produced a particularly striking epitaph recommending a host of blood drenched anime for those who enjoy the company…
GANTZ has arrived in the UK with a reputation for controversy; you may have heard it described as mindless violence or overly sexual- those comments are not wrong, but what separates this series…
When high school student Haru saves a strange-looking cat from being run over by a truck she is understandably surprised when it turns out that it can talk. After voicing its thanks the cat promises…
It’s easy to see how Yoshiyuki Tomino created a benchmark for Japanese animation with Mobile Suit Gundam. Strip away everything that Gundam is now famous for; namely its imaginative giant…
I’m now 10 episodes into Gundam SEED and my expectations are starting to balance off. Comparisons with the original Gundam series are warranted, but beyond basic plot similarities, SEED…
Despite the large number of anime series being released in the UK every month, there are still many shows that are yet to even see a stateside release. “The Great Unwashed Anime” is…
When it comes to serving up nostalgia-tinged treats no other company’s back catalogue can come close to matching Manga Ent.’s unwavering slew of classic titles.Bolstering that…
After what has seemed like an eternity, Bandai has finally begun to make one of its most popular and longest-running franchises available here in the UK. Yes, Gundam is slowly being made available…
College student Touma is trying to get into one of the most prestigious universities in Japan, but fails the entrance exam. On the fateful results day he meets the beautiful Meiko and in an act of…
Since entering the Limitless Fortress, Get Backers has enjoyed an exciting new lease of life. The story is exploding with intrigue as our heroes make an unwelcome return to their past stomping…
It’s a sobering thought to suddenly realize there is now only one volume left of Cowboy Bebop. Us long suffering UK fans had waited so long for this fated series, to see the timeless phrase…
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED is a series with a healthy reputation. Since debuting in Japan during 2002, it has succeeded in revitalizing the failing Gundam franchise and spawned a new generation …
Stuart Bullen has reviewed the Puni Puni Poemy OAV, an 18-rated controversial spin-off from mad-cap comedy Excel Saga, out now in the UK from ADV.
If you’re already a fan of Excel Saga you…The mad maestros behind ADV’s 1999 hit comedy Excel Saga return to wreak yet more havoc in the realm of unadulterated, schizophrenic humour they helped to pioneer. Those of you out there…
It’s impossible to exist in modern anime fandom without bumping into a few (usually enthusiastic!) Gundam fans along the way. It is the definitive mecha franchise, having survived long…
Jin-Roh at its core is a re-telling of the story of Little Red Riding Hood. Though this is not the sanitized and ‘child friendly’ (whatever that means) version that we see today; rather,…
There aren’t many shoujo shows available in the UK just now, and being a big fan of the genre, I was happy to see that MVM decided to bring this title out over here. Vampire Princess Miyu TV is…
