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…

“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…

Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood was my very first introduction to the franchise and as ignoring the original 2003 anime series is something I’m guilty of, trying to find the old Revelation …

“‘Life,’ wrote a friend of mine, ‘is a public performance on the violin, in which you must learn the instrument as you go along.'” – E. M. Forster.

Life moves on…

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 …

“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…

Last year, I had the privilege to review Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood anime series for this site and it became one of my most memorable experiences in terms of reviewing anime. I knew nothing…

The second season of Dragon Ball Z follows the adventures of Gohan, Bulma, and Krillin, who departed from Earth after Goku’s victory over Vegeta in search of planet Namek and its Dragon …

Living underneath the floorboards of a house out in the countryside are a family of Borrowers: small people who live their lives ‘borrowing’ various items from the humans that they will not miss,…

Merchant Kraft Lawrence is travelling north with his unusual companion, Holo, a wolf goddess, who has taken human form as a beautiful young woman (with, of course, ears and a splendid tail.) Holo…

And now, Manga Entertainment has finally done it and released Dragon Ball Z in the UK. DBZ is almost like a dream come true release for Manga’s public face, Jerome. Ever since I first met …

Otanashi is dead. Well, at least that’s what he’s told by the very brash female student Yuri upon waking up on the grounds of a school with no memories of how he got there or anything of his life previously.…

In the 21st century a growing number of anime have been adapted from not manga, but what are known as Light Novels. As the name suggests, these are short novella-style books that are aimed at the …

This review will contain spoilers for the first omnibus.

Hikaru, Fuu and Umi have never been the same since their trip to Tokyo Tower. To their friends and family the girls have suddenly become …

The ‘visual novel’ is one of the most successful video games genres in Japan; mostly found on PCs, the genre often involves static anime graphics mixed with text and a multi-branch story to create…

“He may look like an idiot, and talk like an idiot, but don’t let that fool you. He really is an idiot.” – Groucho Marx

Fumizuki Academy is unlike every other educational…