The fallout from Shin’s defeat marks the end for Team Katana but he is determined to form a new club and keep himself in the running for the competition that decides the new head of the Council. Back…
The OAV of Bubblegum Crisis reaches its (albeit premature) conclusion with a reclusive pop star hell-bent on revenge and a young niece of the AD Police chief giving Nene a tough time. The self-contained…
Van and Wendy continue in their quest for the Claw, whilst a rising sense of urgency takes them both early on in this second volume. Like the first, each episode is based on a different town or city,…
Every once in a while an anime TV series comes along that manages to sustain and develop a terrific and involving story over many episodes; ‘Fullmetal’ Alchemist is one of those rare treats. Each…
“I’ll protect you.” This is the fervent promise that Gundam pilot Shin makes to the fair-haired girl, Stella, he rescues from the sea.
And how have they met? It all starts with Shin, off-duty, catching…
This one really surprised me. After giving the last volume a five, and almost foregoing description of the plot (because of how basic and conventional it was), the series has returned with many…
The flashback section of the story reaches its conclusion with Shin’s rage going out of control and threatening the safety of friends and enemies alike. This culminates in a dramatic showdown…
The second volume sees the Knight Sabres take on a runaway freeway vigilante, high-tech vampires and a GENOM splinter group led by the enigmatic Largo as Priss begins to question her future with…
Armageddon has arrived with a wave of atomic explosion’s spreading across the earth. Five hundred years later, the world is changed forever. The Methuselah, a race of vampires are waging a war…
‘Basilisk’ opens in the grounds of Sunpu Castle in 1614 A.D.. It is cherry blossom time. In the presence of the retiring shogun, Ieyasu Tokugawa, and his chief retainers, a bizarre duel is about…
Volume 4 gets off to a flying start (literally) as the Minerva is attacked by mobile suits on the way to Suez. Neo Roanoke takes to the skies with the Extended pilots Auel and Sting, leaving Stella…
Sometimes it’s hard to look at movies objectionably; I grew up in the 90s and during this exciting decade, Street Fighter II was the ultimate beat ’em up arcade game. Not only was it fun to play, it…
Cagalli is out of her depth. She has been trying to do the right thing for the nation of Orb but events have overtaken her. Yuna Roma Seiran, her violet-haired fiancé (could he be any more obnoxious?)…
Back with a new opening theme that might just drive you insane if you actually listen to it, Naruto returns as eccentric as ever, with Team 7 (Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura) entering the second stage…
Modern History
The revving of car engines kicks off the opening images of the titles, so that we’re in no doubt that ‘Otogi Zoshi’ has left Heian Kyo far behind. Against a washed-out…
She the Ultimate Weapon (or Saikano) was a great love story and anime series, even if the girls might have preferred it a little more than the boys. Another Love Song, on the other hand, remedies …
Now that Harry’s henchmen have been all but vanquished, Millenion’s stranglehold on the city has crumbled into nothing but dust. Looking to avenge his old friends and settle old scores, the scarred…
For many fans the original Bubblegum Crisis OAV was a genre-defining series: following Otomo’s seminal Akira into overseas popularity and combining futuristic cityscapes with good…
Burning the Past
The first two volumes of ‘Otogi Zoshi’ have followed Hikaru’s adventures as she travels from clan to clan to find and bring back to the capital the precious legendary stones called…
Observing the entrapment of the half-demon InuYasha by the local hero and priestess, Kikyo, after his attempt to steal The Jewel of Four Souls, we then watch a younger girl of, remarkable resemblance…
