Anime Review

Black Butler

This review is for the theatrical release of the live action Black Butler movie. 

It used to be the case that UK fans could only dream of being able to watch the live action adaptations of their favourite…

• 16th October 2014
Anime Review

Kokoro Connect

“The body is but the soule as a clogge tied to the legge.” – James Cole (1629) 

Kokoro Connect is arguably rather unusual for most romantic anime titles released in the UK, in…

• 6th October 2014
Manga Review

My Little Monster Volume 2

“Love has but one word and it never repeats itself.” – Jean Lacordaire.

Having originally come across this series when it was animated and streamed on Crunchyroll back in …

• 2nd October 2014
Anime Review

Dragon Ball Volume 3

This review may contain spoilers.

“It’s tough to make predictions – especially about the future.” – Yogi Berra

Once again we recount the early adventures of…

• 9th September 2014
Anime Review

One Piece Volume 7

“If it weren’t for electricity, we’d all be watching television by candlelight.” – George Gobel.

This latest collection of episodes continues the Skypeia…

• 30th August 2014
Anime Review

Fairy Tail Volume 8

This review may contain spoilers.

“When magic becomes scientific fact we refer to it as medicine or astronomy.” – Anton Lavey

In this eighth part of Fairy Tail we witness the…

• 13th August 2014
Anime Review

Love Stage!!

Episodes 1-2 (Streaming on Crunchyroll)

Eighteen-year-old Izumi has it tough. His mother, Nagisa Sena, is a famous actress, his father is a famous singer-turned-impresario, and his older …

• 20th July 2014
Anime Review

Dragon Ball Volume 2

“Being in the army is like being in the Boy Scouts, except that the Boy Scouts have adult supervision.”- Blake Clark. 

This second collection of episodes from the original series…

• 16th July 2014
Manga Review

Say “I love you”. Volume 1

Mei Tachibana is a high school girl with no friends or boyfriend; in fact many students have never even heard her voice. She’s a loner who shunned all others due to a betrayal many years ago, but changes…

• 31st May 2014
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

Dragon Ball Volume 1

“Those who run to the apes to explain our behaviour are chuckle-heads too dumb to know their arse from a hole-in-the-ground.” – W. H. Auden.

When Dragon Ball Z was released …

• 5th 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
Manga Review

Ranma 1/2: Volume 1-2

“When Margaret Atwood asked women what they feared most from men, they said: ‘We’re afraid they’ll kill us.’ When men were asked the same question, they said:…

• 12th March 2014
Anime Review

Dusk Maiden of Amnesia

Teiichi Niiya is a first year middle school student at Seikyou Private Academy, a huge school that has a lot of ghost stories tied to it due to there being a mixture of ‘new’ and ‘old’ buildings …

• 25th February 2014