Sekirei is an action, romantic comedy which was produced by Seven Arcs studios and the anime places a huge emphasis on fanservice – much like Ikkitousen (Battle Vixens) and the recent …
Unless you’re a newcomer to anime, you probably know the name Haruhi Suzumiya. The first series was widely recognized and soon became a cult classic in both eastern and western fandom.…
The most important flashback in the series so far comes in the first episode of this box-set. In the city of Xerxes, we are introduced to the characters Slave 23 and a clouded Homunculus in a bottle.…
This is actually the second Birdy The Mighty anime, but you’d be forgiven for never having heard of it. Based on a short-lived 80s manga, the original OAV never made it to the UK, and was released…
History was always a favourite subject of mine at school, and still is, as my part-time profession clearly shows. So I was really interested to review the second boxset of one of the series …
When Mai Tokiha and her sick brother Takumi are transferred to the boarding school Fuka Academy, she never expected her life to be turned upside down so suddenly. From the giant monsters known …
“Ethnic jokes might be uncouth, but you laugh because they’re based on truth.” – ‘Everyone’s a Little Bit Racist’; Avenue Q
The time is World War I, and we join Germany discovering…
When I was at university, my stress was reduced thanks to my Nintendo DS; it was then that the Phoenix Wright series was introduced to me and I had plenty of fun exploring such a unique and comical…
After an episode re-cap on important past events, mixed in with the monologue of the Elric brothers’ father Van Hohenheim, we are back where we left off. Alphonse has followed Gluttony …
Before the well known anime hit Japanese TV’s in 2001, there was another adaptation of the boy’s love manga, Gravitation, in the form of an OVA in 1999. Animated by a completely different company…
“Well Fullmetal, looks like we’ve landed ourselves in a pit of hell.” Roy Mustang
I knew nothing about Fullmetal Alchemist before watching this boxset except that it is widely revered…
After countless episodes of romantic hi-jinx and lost cardigans, the final volume of the second series of Ah My Goddess takes an unexpected swerve into darker territory that makes Berserk look…
Not all is wonderful in Wonderland, but Alice Liddell is slowly growing used to the males having animal ears, falling in love with her, and the sudden changes between night and day. But there are…
Although I am still a newcomer to the UK anime market, I’m pretty sure that we haven’t been graced with an anime based on a sport before; the genre might have been evident in some parts…
As the fifth volume of this series left a great impression on me, I was excited to watch the last episodes of Desert Punk and to see how everything unfolds leading up to the finale. In the end it left…
How a series ends is important. Perhaps more important even than how it begins. The final moments of a show are key to how it will be remembered. It’s impossible to please all of the people …
“Whoops, I kinda went over budget” – Enta
Whilst video games have a low batting average when it comes to being adapted into other media (what with Sonic SatAM, Gungrave and the manga adaptation…
Allow me for a minute to give you an insight into the world of the humble reviewer. It can be a tricky prospect reviewing the later volumes in a series. As this is the second volume (of the second series,…
If there’s one anime studio that I seem to be ignoring at the moment, it’s Gonzo – unless you count the multiple times I’ve seen Linkin Park’s music video for “Breaking…
A lot has changed since the end of the first season of Rozen Maiden; Jun has overcome his fear of leaving his home and is now studying hard to catch up to his classmates over the summer. In addition,…
