Naruto Shippuden box-set 13 contains one of the biggest and most important arcs in the franchise so far. The arc doesn’t finish here but it ends surprisingly well and on a big cliffhanger;…
In the quiet little provincial backwater of Inaba, it seems that the murderer may still be still at large. And even as Yu and his Scooby Gang friends experience the rites of passage that every manga/anime…
“Interestingly, according to modern astronomers, space is finite. This is a very comforting thought – particularly for people who cannot remember where they left things.” – Woody…
Plot Summary: In a distant future, Japan is divided into feudal territories, which have been conquered and are ruled by outside countries. The flying city-ship Musashi, which holds the remnants…
Episodes 14-19
“You made two mistakes unfortunately. First: I’m not a Hero. Second: this is my idea of justice.” Lunatic
After the tense and spectacular showdown between…
“I am not a number! I am a free man!” – Patrick McGoohan as Number Six in The Prisoner.
The choice of the above quote is rather fitting for this review, and not just because the …
If you go to your local DVD store and head to the anime section, it’s not uncommon to see anime versions of Western films, video games or comics, such as Batman: Gotham Knight, Dead Space: …
“You want my treasure? You can have it. I left it everything I gathered together in one place. Now you just have to find it!” The last words of Gold Roger, the King of the Pirates.
Monkey…
Back in the early noughties, the original Hellsing was a big hit. The 2001 TV series was a lot of fun, and overcame the occasionally wonky animation (from the notoriously occasionally wonky Studio…
The setting is idyllic. The old temple overlooks a peaceful lake and the priest’s daughter and shrine maiden, Saya Kisaragi (Nana Mizuki/Alexis Tipton) sets out singing every day on her…
Project A-Ko is a reviewer’s nightmare. After the end credits have rolled, initial impressions have coalesced, and the infectious ’80s guitar pop of ‘Follow Your Dreams’…
To be fair, it would be hard to top the episodes that were contained in the last box set and sadly, this twelfth box set doesn’t continue the great quality of episodes and stumbles a lot of times,…
The latest CLAMP series to be re-released in omnibus edition is Angelic Layer, a prequel to Chobits, where Misaki Suzuhara has just moved into Tokyo City to live with her aunt, Shouko. Upon arrival…
“Do not meddle in the affairs of cats, for they are subtle and will piss on your computer.” – Bruce Graham.
Astro Boy is widely regarded as being one of the greatest, if not the greatest,…
Tiger & Bunny Episodes 8 – 13
‘Do we really need heroes???’ (Newsfeed Stern Bild City)
As the sinister and grotesque Lunatic continues to pose a real threat to the Heroes,…
“I do not believe in ghosts, astrology, palmistry, John Cage, love or God.” – Gore Vidal.
The supernatural anime series Ga-Rei Zero has a few problems facing it. For starters there…
“Botany is a sequel of murder and a chronicle of the dead.” – Julian Hawthorne.
One keen aspect for British anime fans concerning this film is that it is mostly set in a castle in Scotland.…
“The worst thing about new books is that they keep us from reading the old ones.” – Joseph Joubert.
In this ninth volume of the manga adaptation of Hiro Arikawa’s light novels,…
Fairytales such as Red Riding Hood and Snow White have existed for centuries, and have been retold over and over again via bedtime stories to our children and modern storytelling mediums such …
Rikuo Nura, a bespectacled, good-natured twelve-year-old, attends school like other boys his age. But when he goes home… he’s welcomed by the many yokai (demons) who are the members…
