On the run from the British Library with Yomiko and Nancy in tow, the Paper Sisters seek refuge in Yomiko’s parents’ house in the mountains. Secluded, deserted and with a healthy …
After the confrontation with Scar left both Elric brothers in quite a state, Ed and Al return home for some much needed healing, both physical and mental. Of course, it’s not long before …
As the big tournament approaches the rival schools send their best fighters into battle. The old conflicts of legend are played out as the fighters question their destinies and push for their …
Unbeknownst to the general populace, deep beneath the streets of Tokyo exists a sealed city, unimaginatively entitled Tokyo Underground. Home to numerous controversial experiments, and …
In the city of Judoh, the Special Services Division of the Bureau of Urban Safety has created a new weapon to combat crime: a mechanical enforcement officer codenamed “J’. Alongside…
Based on Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai, Samurai 7 transports the classic story to a world where mecha and advanced machinery exist alongside the more traditional elements of period …
It’s back to business as usual in GANTZ #3 with Kurono and his new team-mates dispatched to hunt down another funky-looking alien; the “Suzuka” alien- an afro sporting robot…
There are more thrills, spills and dangerous missions for the three members of the DSA as they run into old flames, thuggish squatters, virtual reality nightmares and serial killers. Asami is…
It’s been a bit of an inconsistent ride over the course of the series, but as must inevitably happen, s-CRY-ed has finally reached the finish line, with a conclusion that ranks somewhere…
Henrietta and Jose are fratello (siblings), but not in the conventional sense of the word. A terminal patient “saved’ by the Italian Social Welfare Agency, Henrietta was the recipient…
Created in the mid-1980s hot on the heels of his lifework Nausicaa and The Valley of Wind, Hayao Miyazaki’s Laputa: Castle in the Sky is another breath taking fantasy adventure simmering…
“Am I alive or dead?” Kurono wonders as he and his new friends stumble through the streets of late night Tokyo, confused and upset by the previous hours of violent onslaught. Having…
Given the general acclaim that s-CRY-ed has garnered from other quarters, I find myself approaching each volume with the hope that the series will improve and I will finally understand why it …
Marco Paggott may have once been an ace pilot who served in the Air Force during the First World War, but some time after the war had ended, a mysterious spell transformed the man, leaving him with…
The tense cliff-hanger that ended the third volume is now resolved as the Paper Sisters’ daring rescue of Nenene from the Dokusensha reaches its dramatic conclusion. The repercussions…
Cyborgs, philosophy, politics and beauty; science fiction fans were spoilt rotten by Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex. It was an engrossing, complicated and exciting series that had …
Aspiring alchemists Ed and Alphonse Elric are back for a fourth helping of transmuting action focusing on their never-ending quest to find that most elusive of pebbles, The Philosopher’s…
Some years into the future, the ready availability of firearms has transformed Tokyo into a violent and lawless place, where the controlling organisation of RAPT is little better than the very…
The original Vampire Hunter D OVA, based on the manga series by Hideyuki Kikuchi, is considered a classic by fans of animated horror. However, twenty years after its release there is no denying…
Ever since the Great Uprising 22 years ago, the people of the Lost Ground have struggled to rebuild in whatever way they can. Like a child demolishing a tower of building blocks, s-CRY-ed #4 changes…
