Anime Review

Blood-C

The setting is idyllic. The old temple overlooks a peaceful lake and the priest’s daughter and shrine maiden, Saya Kisaragi (Nana Mizuki/Alexis Tipton) sets out singing every day on her…

• 26th June 2013
Manga Review

Unico

“With the white unicorn across her shoulder, makes you think that she might have been someone who’s older.” – ‘White Unicorn’, Wolfmother

Digital Manga Publishing…

• 30th April 2013
Anime Review

Dream Eater Merry

Dream Eater Merry has left me in the middle. I don’t know if I either liked or disliked it; it felt like one of those shows that has potential but loses it by the last episode. Its flaws range…

• 18th March 2013
Anime Review

Baka and Test: Summon the Beasts

You have to feel sorry for the students of Class 2-F at Fumizuki Academy. The losers in the educational experiment (or ESB) promoted by the principal, they have to put up with the worst educational…

• 11th February 2013
Anime Review

Dragon Ball Z Volume 5

Dragon Ball Z – Season 5 covers the Imperfect Cell and Perfect Cell sagas. It starts at episode 140 and ends at episode 165.

The Season 5 box-set comes with English 5.1 surround audio, U.S.…

• 29th January 2013
Anime Review

Anime Mirai 2012: Anime Mirai

Anime Mirai literally means “Future Anime”. The idea of this project is simple: to offer the opportunity to train new talent on the job, as they work on one of four short films that …

• 3rd January 2013
Anime Review

Shiki Volume 2

‘Who is safe when the urge to kill in order to survive blurs the line between man and monster?’

As the mysterious ‘epidemic’ claims more and more lives in the secluded…

• 26th December 2012
Anime Review

Freezing

“You know ‘that look’ women get when they want sex? Me neither.” – Steve Martin.

Looking at the front cover on the DVD for Freezing, I can tell you that the amount of fan…

• 24th December 2012
Anime Review

Berserk: The Golden Age Arc

Let’s be honest, by now some of you may at least have heard the name “Berserk” thrown out there in some way, shape or form, and considering the series is nearing 23 years old (15…

• 21st November 2012
Anime Review

Towa no Quon

“Fear cannot be without hope, nor hope without fear.” – Baruch Spinoza.

A series of six 45 minute films, Towa no Quon is about a race of beings called “Attracters” (or…

• 11th November 2012
Anime Review

Dragon Ball Z Volume 4

If you’re still reading the reviews of Dragon Ball and got yourself the first three volumes, I’m sad to inform you that you are hooked, especially as it only gets better from this season…

• 5th November 2012
Anime Review

Shiki Volume 1

“Everybody has got to die, but I’ve always believed an exception would be made in my case.” – William Nabokov

If you move to a small rural village miles from anywhere, then the…

• 11th October 2012
Anime Review

Dragon Ball Z Volume 3

And now, we’ve reached the 100 episodes mark with the third season of Dragon Ball Z. Let’s get the technical details out of the way first. This set offers pretty much the same as the …

• 8th October 2012
Anime Review

Fairy Tail Volume 4

“I am a member of a magic circle – The Secret Six – which is so secret I don’t know the other five.” – Tommy Cooper.

This fourth collection of episodes is currently the last…

• 20th September 2012