Stepping back from the crushing brutality that so stunned unwary anime fans in its second volume (myself included!), the third instalment of the Fullmetal Alchemist saga makes for an infinitely…
In a bleak and harsh future world, wolves roam free among human beings who are struggling to survive. Few know they still exist; disguising their true appearance and living among ordinary members…
Four years have passed since the events of the .hack videogames, and the MMORPG “The World” has long since become a far more stable and peaceful place- not to mention the fact that it is now more popular…
The last volume of Last Exile saw the Silvana and Urbanus about to successfully capture Exile, but the arrival of a Guild starfish on the deck of the Silvana indicated that things had not gone quite…
We’re well into the second half of Last Exile now, and it’s about time to start thinking of the series’ inevitable conclusion. To that end, the main objective of this instalment…
When fifteen year old Kamui Shiro returns to Tokyo after a six year absence, he has just one goal in mind- fulfilling a promise to protect his childhood friends Fuma and Kotori. Much as he would like…
Set in a far-distant land in the North many centuries ago, a brave young boy by the name of Hols meets Mogue the rock giant while trying to escape from a pack of wolves. He removes a sharp object from…
As winter approaches Rakka falls into the depths of despair. Grieving the loss of her friend Kuu and terrified of the prospect of living out her life as a sin-bound, she ventures into the Western…
One of the few anime films to make it into UK cinemas, Howl’s Moving Castle tells the tale of Sophie, a young woman working at her family’s hat shop. Despite not having a great deal of…
When high school student Haru saves a strange-looking cat from being run over by a truck she is understandably surprised when it turns out that it can talk. After voicing its thanks the cat promises…
Considered by many to be Hayao Miyazaki’s life work, “Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind” is a fantastic film. Mixing up his now famous themes of crimes against nature with a bleak…
If any director’s work deserves a blind buy, it’s Katsuhiro Otomo; the man who arguably brought Japanese animation to serious Western attention with his 1988 cyber-punk thriller…
Based on the first two instalments of the videogame series of the same name, Arc the Lad follows the adventures of Elk, a young bounty hunter gifted with the power of Flame. Despite his relative …
D.N.Angel is a title that made quite a splash on the manga scene when it was released through Tokyopop late last year. ADV solicited the anime almost straightaway, yet it failed to attract the same…
The third volume of the Mini Goddess series is subtitled The Urd Files and as such focuses a little more on the eldest of the three Goddesses who shrink themselves to super-cute size and get themselves…
A thousand years after a global catastrophe known as the Seven Days of Fire ravaged the surface of the earth, the remaining members of the human race cling to life on the fringes of an enormous toxic…
Kyouta is a pretty normal high school student. Apart from being a bit of a dreamer and not concentrating on his studies enough, he is in a band with two of his friends, Shingo and Junichi, helps his…
I have to admit that I’ve been regarding Full Metal Alchemist with a somewhat cynical eye, all too often when shows have to shoulder this amount of publicity the threat of falling victim …
In the time honoured tradition of Japanese fighting series, Yu Yu Hakusho #3 throws the viewer head first into a typical martial arts tournament; a perfect showcase for everything there is to …
The third volume of Chrono Crusade begins with a dark and intriguing journey into the pasts of Rosette and Chrono, showing how their lives became intertwined and how the disappearance of Joshua…
