Anime Review

One Piece Volume 6

“Two things awe me most: the starry sky above me and the moral law within me.” – Immanuel Kant.

This sixth collection of the anime adaptation of the most popular manga ever sold…

• 17th May 2014
Anime Review

Nisemonogatari : DVD Review

“Just as you fill your heart through good deeds, I fill my bank account with evil ones” – Kaiki

The next chapter in the Monogatari franchise, Nisemonogatari, attempts to build on the clever…

• 11th May 2014
Anime Review

Fairy Tail Volume 7

“Cats are intended to teach us that not everything in nature has a function.” – Garrison Keillor 

This latest collection of Fairy Tail is pretty topsy-turvy. We see the strangest…

• 27th April 2014
Anime Review

Bleach: Fall of the Arrancar Part 1

“The only reason I have to fight is because I have to win!” Ichigo to Ulquiorra

Series 13 Episodes 266-278

Things don’t look too good for Orihime. Left a prisoner in Las Noches in the care of Ulquiorra…

• 7th April 2014
Anime Review

Sword Art Online Volume 4

“As the poet said, ‘Only God can make a tree’, probably because it’s so hard to figure out how to get the bark on.” – Woody Allen

The fourth and final release of SAO…

• 31st March 2014
Manga Review

Vinland Saga Volume 2

‘England at War’ proclaims the blurb beneath a border of Viking runes. ‘The foolish King Ethelred has fled, and Askeladd’s band is one of hundreds plundering the English countryside. Yet victory…

• 21st March 2014
Anime Review

Sword Art Online Volume 3

“You should treat a muse like a fairy.” – Paulo Coelho

At the end of Part 2 we witnessed the video game “Sword Art Online” being completed and coming to an end. Now…

• 26th February 2014
Anime Review

Fairy Tail Volume 6

“I want to destroy the passer-by. I want to be anarchy.” – Sex Pistols

This sixth collection of episodes in the fantasy shonen series concludes the Oracion Seis arc, as well…

• 23rd February 2014
Anime Review

One Piece Volume 5

“Don’t knock the weather; nine-tenths of the people couldn’t start a conversation if it didn’t change once in a while.” – Frank “Kin” Hubbard. …

• 16th February 2014
Manga Review

Vinland Saga Volume 1

The historical manga is one genre that is traditionally not well represented in English translation. Sure, there’s plenty of manga set in the past (or in fictional worlds that resemble…

• 6th February 2014
Anime Review

Sword Art Online Volume 2

“Computers are stupid. They can only give you answers.” – Pablo Picasso

For many the first edition of Sword Art Online was rather slow. The episodes themselves were primarily…

• 25th January 2014
Anime Review

Last Exile: Fam, The Silver Wing

Steampunk rules in this alternative future where vast fleets of ships sail through the clouds and the Sky Pirates make a living by capturing them. Fearless fifteen-year-old Fam Fan Fan (Aki Toyosaki)…

• 29th December 2013