Being a huge fan of Ursula Le Guin’s original novels, I was really looking forward to seeing how Studio Ghibli brought her world of Earthsea to the screen. In an unusual situation regarding licence…
At the end of the last volume, Cou and Ren arrived at the city of Razfe Ankul, where they came across a young waitress trying to pay off her debts to a criminal gang extorting her for the money owed by…
I’m glad that I watched these five episodes before jumping to conclusions on Utawarerumono because there’s a lot surrounding the show’s premise and origins that doesn’t…
Continuing on his adventure to protect and learn more about Ren (a Shichiko-Hoju, a powerful Edel Raid capable of becoming a weapon when she fuses with another person’s soul), Cou and the…
The first feature-length effort from Gonzo was always going to be, in my mind at least, a big event. The premise of a post-apocalyptic future world, a struggle against nature and everything wrapped…
Coming from the dream combination of the emphatically cool Studio 4C and much admired manga-ka Taiyou “Ping Pong” Matsumoto, Tekkonkinkreet is a movie I’ve long waited to see. Based on those …
“What more could you ask for than a bevy of beauties forced to put their lives on the line to answer the call of duty? Divergence Eve is a bold and imaginative voyage leading directly into the heart…
Why is it in anime that the future is always a bleak place? I’ve always wondered this… Following up on the first volume’s cliffhanger, Haruka finds herself in Karasu’s dimension, La ‘cryma,…
Elemental Gelade is the story of Cou and Ren. Cou (full name Coud Van Giruet) is the laughing stock of his ship – that of the pirate gang, the Red Lynx. A hopeless pilot and pretty talentless…
In the year 2317 humans can now travel across the universe at the speed of light by “tunneling” through different dimensions. Out in the depths of the universe is Watchers Nest, a space station …
What would you do if your future self told you that you can’t save the person you love? That’s the dilemma facing schoolboy Yuu in this time travelling, dimension hopping adventure. The doomed …
