Anime Review

Fairy Tail Volume 1

Fairy Tail #1 Episodes 1-12

 “In a land far, far away…”

Lucy Heartfilia is a young, pretty, and independent-minded Celestial Wizard who wants to join a guild so that she can earn her living by practising…

• 20th February 2012
Manga Review

Princess Knight Volume 2

This review covers all volumes of Princess Knight.

Tezuka was not afraid to try anything. Alongside shounen, seinen, gekiga, political works, psychological, medical dramas, fantasy, and …

• 8th February 2012
Manga Review

@ Full Moon

@ Full Moon Volumes 1 & 2

David is a vampire; Marlo is half vampire, half werewolf. The young men have been close friends since childhood and in the two volumes of Sanami Matoh’s light-hearted…

• 2nd February 2012
Manga Review

xxxHolic Volume 17

The dimension witch Yūko has vanished, leaving her protégé Kimihiro Watanuki in charge of her magical shop – a shop he can now never leave. As the years pass, Watanuki carries on Yūko’s work of wish-granting,…

• 9th November 2011
Anime Review

Romeo X Juliet Volume 4

In the final act of the original Shakespeare play, a great misunderstanding and the rival families failing to make amends lead to the death of the star-crossed lovers: one taking a vial of poison…

• 3rd September 2011
Anime Review

Romeo X Juliet Volume 3

The honeymoon is over. The secret is out. Juliet’s identity has been revealed and is now held captive in Montague’s prison, sentenced to death in two days’ time. Luckily she’s not held for…

• 14th August 2011
Anime Review

My-HiME: Anime Legends

When Mai Tokiha and her sick brother Takumi are transferred to the boarding school Fuka Academy, she never expected her life to be turned upside down so suddenly. From the giant monsters known …

• 12th May 2011
Anime Review

Samurai 7

Updating a classic story for modern times is always a risky gambit. In an age where the terms ‘remake’ and ‘reboot’ seem to be bandied about as the new buzzwords, it’s sometimes a groan-inducing…

• 17th March 2011