The mad maestros behind ADV’s 1999 hit comedy Excel Saga return to wreak yet more havoc in the realm of unadulterated, schizophrenic humour they helped to pioneer. Those of you out there…
Shiki Tohno has the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception: the ability to see the threads of death that hold all physical objects and beings together, allowing him to break them at will and physically…
For the sake of simplicity, I’m going to refer to this series as simply R.O.D.: the TV. There is some confusion over the title, but suffice to say it isn’t even crystal clear in Japan…
I was extremely pleased when Manga announced this release, I still have fond memories of those insomnia stricken nights when I’d wile away the hours watching Tank Police on the Sci-Fi channel. …
Excel Saga is the anime definition of schizoid, an unashamedly lewd and infantile foray into the warped minds of Shinichi Watanabe and the creative team at JC Staff that pushes the boundaries …
Slayers Excellent is the 6th of ADV’s Slayer OVA releases, and consists of three half-hour episodes dealing with the time when Lina Inverse and Naga the Serpent first met. In the first…
Slayers is firmly set in a world of swords and sorcery replete with castles, dragons and magic.
In Slayers our two heroines are the sorceresses Lina Inverse and Naga the Serpent, and Slayers Gorgeous…
Sometimes, I crave simplicity. It’s easy to become burnt out by the minding bending story lines and complex philosophy that are present in many an anime story. My antidote is Rune Soldier;…
Azumanga Daioh #2 continues to sublimely balance the fluffy mixture of zany high-school comedy and pure unadulterated ‘cuteness’ that made the first volume such a fun and amusing…
By the end of Rune Soldier #1, the series formulaic comedy was starting to grate on the senses whilst all the time becoming increasingly predictable. Unfortunately, Rune Soldier #2 simply continues…
While being a little uncertain of what to expect from Slayers Great, my fears were quickly settled within the first 5 minutes of this short movie. It quickly becomes apparent that this is a fun, …
The prospect of reviewing Azumanga Daioh was always an interesting one for me. I don’t naturally gravitate to these types of ‘cute-comedy’ shows (I’m more of an action…
Rune Soldier is a fantasy based anime in the classic sense; big swords, big egos and a bunch of elves. However, instead of taking the ‘sweeping epic’ route perfected by the likes of…
