Anime Review

Wolf’s Rain Volume 1

In a bleak and harsh future world, wolves roam free among human beings who are struggling to survive. Few know they still exist; disguising their true appearance and living among ordinary members…

• 30th November 2005
Anime Review

.hack// Legend Of The Twilight

Four years have passed since the events of the .hack videogames, and the MMORPG “The World” has long since become a far more stable and peaceful place- not to mention the fact that it is now more popular…

• 24th November 2005
Anime Review

Mobile Suit Gundam F91

Regardless of how long you’ve been an anime fan I daresay you will have come across Mobile Suit Gundam in ones of its many incarnations at one time or another. Widely regarded as Japan’s…

• 12th November 2005
Anime Review

Planetes Volume 1

Goro Taniguchi’s Planetes is one of the strangest anime series to have been produced in recent years. Of course a futuristic space setting is nothing new, but a story about garbage men is…

• 6th October 2005
Anime Review

Stratos 4 Volume 3

I’ve tried to enjoy Stratos4, I really have, all the ingredients for a terrific series are there, bubbly characters, a better than average plot and appealing if basic animation. Unfortunately…

• 4th October 2005
Anime Review

Mobile Suit Gundam Movie III

It’s easy to see how Yoshiyuki Tomino created a benchmark for Japanese animation with Mobile Suit Gundam. Strip away everything that Gundam is now famous for; namely its imaginative giant…

• 12th September 2005
Anime Review

Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Volume 4

Despite having finally reached Earth at the expense of hundreds of lives, anyone who thought times would be easier for the crew of the Archangel is sorely mistaken. They have landed smack-bang…

• 3rd September 2005
Anime Review

S-CRY-ED Volume 2

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”,…

• 1st September 2005
Anime Review

Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Volume 3

I’m now 10 episodes into Gundam SEED and my expectations are starting to balance off. Comparisons with the original Gundam series are warranted, but beyond basic plot similarities, SEED…

• 27th August 2005
Anime Review

Mobile Suit Gundam Movie II

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…

• 24th August 2005
Anime Review

Big O

The Big O has built up a frightening reputation since it’s inception in 1999, a quick glance at the staff list and it’s not hard to see why, the brainchild of Hajime Yatate, the creative…

• 21st August 2005
Anime Review

Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Volume 2

If rip roaring space operas are your thing, you will love Gundam SEED.

As the Archangel spaceship continues to limp across space, hunted down by the ferocious ZAFT forces, tensions between its…

• 25th July 2005
Anime Review

.hack// SIGN

Since its release in 2007, the CC Corporation’s MMORPG, “The World”, has attracted players in their thousands. For the player known as Tsukasa, though, “The World”…

• 19th July 2005
Anime Review

Stratos 4 Volume 2

Whilst I derided Stratos 4’s lack of excitement in my review of volume one, I still found the show to be a pleasant distraction. With the prior volume ending on something of a cliff hanger …

• 11th July 2005
Anime Review

Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Volume 1

Mobile Suit Gundam SEED is a series with a healthy reputation. Since debuting in Japan during 2002, it has succeeded in revitalizing the failing Gundam franchise and spawned a new generation …

• 10th July 2005