Najica Hiiragi is famed throughout Japan as a top perfume designer for CRI- but what only a handful of people know is that she also works for them in another capacity- as a secret agent. When she’s…
Taking Place in one of Gundam’s many Alternative Universes (or the AU era) during the Correct Century, year 2345, Turn A Gundam chronicles the lives of three Moonrace teenagers, the silver…
If any director’s work deserves a blind buy, it’s Katsuhiro Otomo; the man who arguably brought Japanese animation to serious Western attention with his 1988 cyber-punk thriller…
Despite mixing the familiar “steal from the rich, give to the poor” morality of classic medieval fable Robin Hood with X-Men’s “mutant outcasts with special powers”,…
In the not-so-distant future, Earth has become a post apocalyptic wasteland. In isolated towns and villages, people struggle to rebuild, only to have their efforts constantly destroyed or …
Continuing its epic struggle across the desolate universe, we follow the rag-tag crew of the White Base (a.k.a. the Trojan Horse) as it’s trailed over land, sea and space by the mysterious…
For a series as revered in the science fiction genre as Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, I feel somewhat unsettled to suggest that what pushes my enthusiasm for this show beyond anime of …
We all knew it had to end this way, but that doesn’t make it any less tragic. It’s a testament to the superior writing of Cowboy Bebop that when the poetic conclusion of this fine series…
During its first volume, we made a pact with Gungrave; I was sceptical about the generic supernatural elements seen the in the first episode, but soon forgot my complaints as the story switched…
A thousand years after a global catastrophe known as the Seven Days of Fire ravaged the surface of the earth, the remaining members of the human race cling to life on the fringes of an enormous toxic…
Following an epic battle that resulted in a draw, legendary space warrior Iczer-1 returns to her home planet to recuperate. Unfortunately, planet Earth is still under threat from invasion so…
Meet the Danger Service Agency. Consisting of gun-toting femme fatale Mikura, punky gadget expert Harada and pasta-obsessed ex-cop Kurokawa, they take on the jobs that many would consider …
I have to admit that I’ve been regarding Full Metal Alchemist with a somewhat cynical eye, all too often when shows have to shoulder this amount of publicity the threat of falling victim …
The second volume of the R.O.D. TV series begins with a nail-biting episode in which the Paper Sisters are sent on an assignment to retrieve a book from a remote castle in Romania, which tests the…
When priceless Beethoven manuscripts start disappearing around the world, Section A of the British Library Special Operations are assigned to retrieve them and track down those responsible.…
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…
Aside from a few passing comments in various corners of the internet, s-CRY-ed was a series I knew next to nothing about. But I certainly prefer it that way though; it gives me a chance to sit down …
Cowboy Bebop #4 is the most character driven volume of this series yet, with no less than three of these four episodes being devoted to fleshing out the eventful back stories of flaky bombshell …
Stand Alone Complex is a series that has always retained effortlessly high standards and this fourth volume, despite not being nearly as remarkable as the previous three, proves that this series…
For a genre as well represented in mainstream film as the “mafia & gangster epic”, it’s rare, despite it’s known diversity, to find anything in Japanese animation…
