Anime Review
A Certain Magical Index II Review
Overall, the action in the second series of A Certain Magical Index is better than the first.
Anime Review
Amagami SS Plus Review
“What the world really needs is more love and less paperwork.” – Pearl Bailey
Amagami SS Plus once again follows lovelorn Junichi Tachibana across six different storylines in which he is in love…
Anime Review
Belladonna of Sadness Review
“Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made.” – Immanuel Kant
Belladonna of Sadness was the last of three movies in the “Animerama” series co-created by Osamu Tezuka…
Anime Review
Charlotte – Part 1 Review
Blending comedy, drama and a little bit of X-Men, Charlotte is a strange mix, but one that manages to create a satisfying whole. After a few delays it's time to finally talk about Charlotte's UK release, starting with ... well, Part 1!
Anime Review
Little Busters Ex Review
After a brilliant second season, the third and final entry into the Little Busters franchise ends on a whimper rather than a bang.
Anime Review
Little Busters Refrain Review
Little Busters Refrain does a fantastic job of capping off Season One with an emotional finale that won’t leave a dry eye in the house.
Anime Review
Amagami SS Review
“Love is the gross exaggeration of the difference between one person and everyone else.” – George Bernard Shaw
Amagami SS is an adaptation of a harem-themed dating simulation game. There is one…
Anime Review
Little Busters Season 1 Review
After being orphaned as a child, Riki Naoe shut himself out from the world. However, he was soon saved when he met a boy named Kyosuke, and was recruited into the Little Busters, a group of friends…
Anime Review
Archive: Review of Gurren Lagann Ultimate Collection
On 1st April 2007, Gurren Lagann debuted. To mark its 10th anniversary, we have republished our review of All the Anime’s Ultimate Edition boxset which was first put on sale in 2014. The series …
Film Review
Film Review: A Silent Voice
Shoya Ishida is a typical delinquent elementary school boy with a large group of friends and not a care in the world, that is until a new student– Shoko Nishimiya, who happens to be deaf – joins…
Anime Review
Review of Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions – Heart Throb
“Paging Mr. Delusional. You’re wanted at the front desk.” – ‘Johnny Delusional’ by F.F.S.
Things are going perfectly normally for Yuta Togashi. Well, as normal as they can be when his delusional…
Anime Review
Fullmetal Alchemist Collector’s Edition Part 1
I think it goes without saying that the original Fullmetal Alchemist anime is an important series for the anime industry. It paved the way for a whole new generation of people to stumble into Japanese…
Anime Review
The Tatami Galaxy Review
One autumn evening, a college dropout stops at a ramen stand where he crosses paths with a self-proclaimed deity of matrimony. This odd encounter sends the man hurtling back through space and …
Anime Review
Review of Haibane Renmei
“When you were here before Couldn’t look you in the eye You’re just like an angel Your skin makes me cry
You float like a feather In a beautiful world I wish I was special You’re so very special”
– “Creep”…
Film Review
Your Name
Mitsuha Miyamizu is a young girl living in the countryside, desperate to escape her mundane village life and experience the wonders of Tokyo. Her wildest dreams seem to come true when she suddenly…
Anime Review
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin III – Dawn of Rebellion Review
Ian Wolf’s Review
“The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.” – Albert Camus
The third episode in the OVA series detailing…
Anime Review
Sword Art Online II – Part 4 Review
Ian Wolf’s Review
Warning: may contain spoilers.
“One must have a heart of stone not to read the death of Little Nell without laughing.” – Oscar Wilde
The end of the second TV series of Sword Art Online…
Anime Review
Flowers Of Evil
“O douleur! O douleur! Le Temps mange la vie.” (Oh pain! Oh pain! Time eats life.) – Charles Baudelaire.
Flowers of Evil was one of the more controversial anime of recent years,…
Manga Review
QQ Sweeper Volume 1
“Never sweep. After four years the dirt gets no worse.” – Quentin Crisp
Fumi Nishioka is a new transfer student at Kurokado Private High School. She has suffered a lot: her…
Anime Review
Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse Volume 2
If you spotted my previous review of the first half of Muv Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse, you’ll recall that I was pretty pleasantly surprised by it. The mix of gnarly, full-on aliens-versus-mecha…