Manga Review

The Fable Omnibus 3 Review

How can a hitman who has promised not to kill rescue a woman from a yakuza-run call girl business?

Ian Wolf • 24th September 2024

Manga Review

The Fable Omnibus 2 Review

The resting hitman tries to find a job and deals with a pervert.

Ian Wolf • 28th July 2024

Manga Review

Danganronpa 2: Chiaki Nanami’s Goodbye Despair Quest Volume 1 Review

This second spin-off is mainly retreading old ground.

Ian Wolf • 19th June 2024

Manga Review

The Fable Omnibus 1 Review

This story about a hitman who must spend a year without killing is not just dramatic, but surprisingly lends itself to humour as well.

Ian Wolf • 3rd June 2024

Manga Review

Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls Volume 2 Review

Relatives of video game characters past crop up as Komaru and Toko continue with their escape.

Ian Wolf • 14th January 2021

Manga Review

Sneeze Review

The Beatles, psychic tramps, cartoon mice and tourists to a destroyed Tokyo all star in this short story collection.

Ian Wolf • 19th October 2020

Manga Review

Mujirushi: The Sign of Dreams Review

A rather familiar bucktoothed schemer and a US President who looks like a cross between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton star in Naoki Urasawa's one-shot series.

Ian Wolf • 22nd July 2020

Manga Review

Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair Volume 1 Review

The second English manga release is based on the second Danganronpa game - which is odd as the first Danganronpa 2 manga was a spin-off.

Ian Wolf • 30th April 2020

Manga Review

Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls Volume 1 Review

Komaru Nagei, sister of original hero Makoto, takes centre stage in the latest Danganronpa manga released in English - helped by a certain novelist/serial killer.

Ian Wolf • 28th September 2019

Anime Review

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Review (Part 2)

Having covered the TV series, we now look at the three OVAs of the cypberpunk anime, and the accompanying guide to the entire collection.

Ian Wolf • 11th June 2018

Anime Review

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Complete Series Review (Part 1)

In the first of two reviews, we re-live the TV adaptation of the cyberpunk classic.

Ian Wolf • 5th June 2018

Anime Review

GANGSTA. – Collector’s Edition Review

GANGSTA. is an anime full of crime, gore and sign language, plus some lovable prostitutes and super-powered mercenaries. It also has a rather sudden ending, but does that ending hurt the overall series?! Read on!

Cold Cobra • 30th November 2017

Manga Review

Finder, Volume 8 Review

Copyright: Finder no Mitsuyaku © 2016 Ayano Yamane

WARNING: This article covers an adult title and may cause offense. May also contain spoilers from earlier volumes.

“A photograph is neither…

Ian Wolf • 10th April 2017

Manga Review

Erased Volume 1 Review

Last March I started watching Erased, a mystery story that was being adapted by A-1 Pictures. Over the course of its airing many anime fans took notice of the series and by the end of its run we were…

Demelza • 8th March 2017

Manga Review

Review of The Ghost in the Shell: Deluxe Edition

“Cyberspace. A consensual hallucination experienced daily by billions of legitimate operators, in every nation, by children being taught mathematical concepts… A graphic representation…

Ian Wolf • 4th March 2017

Anime Review

Review of Death Note: Blu-Ray Collection

“You must believe in God, despite what the clergy tell you.” – Benjamin Jowlett

If Death Note succeeds in at least one thing, it is that it has possibly created the most interesting and intriguing…

Ian Wolf • 18th December 2016