Anime Review

Akame Ga Kill!

In a land ruled by a corrupt government and saturated by despicable evil, there stands one light in the sea of darkness, the fearsome and powerful Night Raid!

Akame Ga Kill is a 24 episode action-packed…

• 13th January 2015
Anime Review

Kabukimonogatari

Travelling back in time always has unforeseen consequences – as third-year high school student Koyomi Araragi (Hiroshi Kamiya) should realize. But when he asks vampire girl Shinobu Oshino …

• 10th January 2015
Anime Review

Nekomonogatari White

The awaited Monogatari Season 2 is now upon us and to start us off is the continuation of Tsubasa Hanekawa story in Nekomonogatari White. This arc yet again shows what the series does best and is …

• 22nd December 2014
Anime Review

Nekomonogatari Black

We head back into the past with the prequel to Bakemonogatari, the 4-episode OVA Nekomonogatari Black. Given the slight disappointment of Nisemonogatari, will this show deliver more of what…

• 18th December 2014
Anime Review

The Garden of Sinners

Garden of Sinners was originally a light novel series released in Japan in the late 90s from Type Moon; it’s not only their earliest work but also considered the ‘prototype’ for their other more…

• 14th December 2014
Anime Review

Kill la Kill Volume 1

“Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.” – Oscar Wilde.

Kill la Kill is an anime which has a lot to live up to. The series is directed…

• 28th November 2014
Anime Review

Bayonetta: Bloody Fate

Bayonetta first burst onto the video game scene in 2010 for Playstation 3 and Xbox 360. Before the release there was a lot of hype for the game due to the famous director of the Devil May Cry series,…

• 27th November 2014
Anime Review

Yu-Gi-Oh! Volume 1

“Regarded as a game, chess is more intellectual than life… or bridge.” – Thomas Hardy

Yu-Gi-Oh! is a rare example of a project that became bigger in another format that…

• 17th November 2014
Manga Review

Witchcraft Works Volume 1

“Ah, fire: scourge of Prometheus, toaster of marshmallows, eradicator of dead wood.” – Sideshow Bob, The Simpsons.

Some people say it is best to fight fire with fire. In Witchcraft…

• 13th November 2014
The Devil Is a Part-Timer!
Anime Review

The Devil Is a Part-Timer!

The Devil Is a Part-Timer!

“Prepare to die, Satan!” Emilia the Hero.

On Ente Isla, the Hero leads the forces of good against the terrifying leader of the forces of the night, Demon King Satan, and his generals…

• 3rd November 2014
Anime Review

Attack on Titan Volume 2

This review contains spoilers from the first part. 

“If you think you are too small to be effective, you have never been in bed with a mosquito.” – Betty Reese. 

The first collection…

• 28th October 2014
Anime Review

Devil Survivor 2 the Animation

Hibiki Kuze and Daichi Shijima (best buddies) and fellow high school student Io Nitta rashly sign up to the Nicaea App on their phones that promises to show them the face of a friend who’s just about…

• 21st October 2014
Anime Review

Black Butler: Cinema Screening

The live action movie version of the popular manga series Black Butler takes place in 2020 in an Asian city where Western and Eastern cultures blend together. Several years earlier, a young woman…

• 20th October 2014
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