This one really surprised me. After giving the last volume a five, and almost foregoing description of the plot (because of how basic and conventional it was), the series has returned with many…
Armageddon has arrived with a wave of atomic explosion’s spreading across the earth. Five hundred years later, the world is changed forever. The Methuselah, a race of vampires are waging a war…
‘Basilisk’ opens in the grounds of Sunpu Castle in 1614 A.D.. It is cherry blossom time. In the presence of the retiring shogun, Ieyasu Tokugawa, and his chief retainers, a bizarre duel is about…
Eiri, a young man who works in an antique shop is handsome with many admirers, but much to their dismay, it is the glassware in the store that wins his affections. One evening, he acquires a new item…
In the year 2317 humans can now travel across the universe at the speed of light by “tunneling” through different dimensions. Out in the depths of the universe is Watchers Nest, a space station …
A floating coffin marked in blood with the word ‘Psalms’ is dragged from the River Seine. Inside lies the perfectly-preserved body of a beautiful young woman. It is Lia de Beaumont, beloved older…
After all the ghost stories, is Requiem from the Darkness a good fright? The short answer, in my opinion, is ‘no’, but the long answer would probably be some drawn out and malformed…
Now that Harry’s henchmen have been all but vanquished, Millenion’s stranglehold on the city has crumbled into nothing but dust. Looking to avenge his old friends and settle old scores, the scarred…
Requiem from the Darkness is the story of Momosuke Yamaoka, a young author collecting tales of the supernatural (the majority of which he experiences first hand), to compile in his book, ‘the…
The opening of Tokko’s first volume begins with images of the mundane and the supernatural being interwoven, culminating in the presence of a bloody and rampaging demon walking the streets during…
I really loved the first half of Gungrave – the mafia politics, the emphasis on love and friendship, the way the characters gradually changed over decades, their ambitions twisting and turning.…
Coveted along with Elfen Lied as one of the most violent and extreme anime series to appear in recent years, director Ichiro “Violence Jack” Itano’s version of GANTZ has turned…
Smashing into the UK with a frightening reputation for extreme physical and psychological violence, Elfen Lied never fails to live up to its name and ends just as controversially as it began. …
Again Elfen Lied denies it’s pretty style and delivers a trio of episodes that are anything but. Subverting the look of its cute characters, it clearly delights in extreme mental and physical…
Sadly, when it comes to anime decent horror shows, unlike say, series about pre-pubescent mecha pilots and robotic maids, are few and far between. Sure, there have been one or two notable entries…
A dark and experimental OAV that makes use of sophisticated CGI to tell a futuristic and nightmarish fairytale, Malice@Doll is something of a “sleeper’ title that seems to have …
If you have a human heart, it will break during the first episode of Gantz #6. The end of the Buddhist Temple arc is neither fair nor happy – a dismembered, bleeding Kurono is forced is sit and…
I think I came into Gilgamesh with my expectations tweaked a little too high. After spending days gazing in awe at the moody DVD cover art, I suppose I was expecting something a little more”¦…
The new game begins; Kurono and his new buddies are transported to a traditional buddist temple and forced to face off against a huge selection of Gantz’s most fearsome monsters yet. The…
By name and by nature, Brandon Heat is now Beyond the Grave. Murdered by his best friend 13 years previous and resurrected hours after the shooting of the love of his life Maria, Beyond the Grave …
