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
Anime Review

Karneval

Young cat burglar Gareki, breaking and entering a big town mansion, comes upon the wealthy lady owner making inappropriate advances on a wide-eyed boy. When she transforms into a hideous monster,…

• 18th September 2014
Anime Review

Attack on Titan Volume 1

“If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.” – Isaac Newton 

Finally, one of the most anticipated anime releases of the year is out. Attack on Titan …

• 14th September 2014
Manga Review

xxxHOLIC Rei Volume 1

“It is all the result of man’s wishes.”

Kimihiro Watanuki is a high schooler who – in order to escape the spirits that have been pursuing him – has become the domestic help of the dimension witch Yūko…

• 29th 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

Campione!

Kusanagi Godo is in Sardinia on a mission for his ethnographer grandfather to return a mysterious ancient stone tablet. He finds himself involved in an ages-old battle between gods and men when…

• 7th August 2014
Manga Review

xxxHolic: Omnibus 2

“A wet man does not fear rain.” – Russian proverb.

The second omnibus edition of CLAMP’s supernatural series continues to feature more unusual activity in witch Yuko…

• 3rd July 2014
Anime Review

Fate Zero Volume 2

Part 1 left the series on a cliff-hanger, with Caster’s cthulhu-like creature growing in the centre of the city and ready to devour it. The other servants and masters have gathered to destroy him,…

• 29th June 2014
Anime Review

Fate Zero Volume 1

Ten years before Fate/Stay Night, the Fourth Holy Grail war took place in Fuyuki City; seven mages from around the world gathered and summoned their own servants for a chance to obtain the power…

• 23rd June 2014