Anime Review

Last Exile Volume 3

Last Exile #3 effortlessly confirms what a fantastic series this is turning out to be.

Gonzo and it’s team of creative artists should be proud, they have dreamt up such an immersive experience…

• 25th April 2005
Anime Review

Haibane Renmei Volume 1

Thanks to his excellent past work (including the illustrious Serial Experiments Lain); anything with the name Yoshitoshi ABe attached is well worth looking into. Haibane Renmei was his pet …

• 23rd April 2005
Anime Review

Lady Death

Based on the comic book characters created by Brian Pulido, “Lady Death: the Motion Picture’ is the feature-length animated adaptation produced by AD Vision. It tells the story…

• 23rd April 2005
Anime Review

Berserk

Berserk is hands down my favourite manga release of recent years, an uncompromising blend of horror, action and war, this genre busting adventure has already taken Japan and the U.S by storm. …

• 20th April 2005
Anime Review

Kino’s Journey Volume 4

Having enjoyed this fourth and final volume, it was with great displeasure that I bade farewell to Kino’s Journey. Shows like this just don’t come around very often; philosophical,…

• 17th April 2005
Anime Review

Get Backers Volume 2

Is it enough to say I simply enjoyed Get Backers #2?While I have found nothing particularly inspiring or different about this show, it remains good, solid fun thanks to a quirky sense of humour,…

• 11th April 2005
Anime Review

Yu Yu Hakusho Volume 1

I’ll admit I take a guilty pleasure from watching long-running action anime series and Yu Yu Hakusho appears to fit the bill perfectly; sporting 112 episodes, I can already taste the bitter…

• 23rd March 2005
Anime Review

Last Exile Volume 2

There’s not much out there like Last Exile. Almost everything about this show- from the carefully modelled character designs to the innovative, lush setting- is original and interesting.…

• 1st March 2005
Anime Review

Kino’s Journey Volume 3

Only 8 episodes in and Kino’s Journey has already established itself as a real force to be contended with. Yet it’s only when I settle back into my familiar old chair and start watching…

• 15th February 2005
Anime Review

Get Backers Volume 1

Get Backers is a series that seems to have fallen under the radar of many anime fans but based on this evidence, perhaps somewhat unfairly. There are the ingredients here for a fun, exciting show;…

• 30th January 2005
Anime Review

Last Exile Volume 1

By combining the lush aesthetics of a Victorian-influenced future with a hard fought, epic war- GONZO’s Last Exile has emerged in the UK with the best of reputations. Beautifully animated…

• 9th December 2004
Anime Review

Kino’s Journey Volume 2

As far as philosophical anime go, you would be hard pushed to find a more thoughtful and symbolic series than Kino’s Journey. And depending on which side of the fence you stand, you will find…

• 6th December 2004
Anime Review

Kino’s Journey Volume 1

I write this review after being utterly consumed by the beautiful, yet incredibly bitter world illustrated for us by Kino’s Journey; a story which follows a poetic drifter (or traveller)…

• 3rd October 2004