In the distant future, the nature of combat has changed. Wars are no longer fought with human combatants but instead with Objects, massive spherical tanks, impermeable to standard weaponry …
Ian Wolf’s Review
“The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.” – Albert Camus
The third episode in the OVA series detailing…
“What is it that haunts space where matter is found?” – Arthur Eddington.
The year is 3394 A.D. A thousand years have passed since a race of gigantic aliens known as the Gauna…
Daydreaming his way through school, Kouichi Hayase fantasizes about being the ‘ally of justice’, a protector of the weak and innocent… while his reality is far different.…
“Well there’s egg and bacon; egg, sausage and bacon; egg and spam; egg, bacon and spam; egg, bacon, sausage and spam; spam, bacon, sausage and spam; spam, egg, spam, spam, bacon and…
“Civilization is a youth with a Molotov cocktail in his hand. Culture is the Soviet tank or L.A. cop that guns him down.” – Edward Abbey
There are many anime that could arguably…
“Once is happenstance; twice is coincidence; three times is enemy action.” – Ian Fleming.
This is a TV series originating from Japan, set in 1931, which amongst other things…
“Good tailwinds to you all!”
So now we know: Luscinia Hafez, onetime faithful bodyguard to the peace-loving Augusta, and now Premier of the Ades Federation, is hellbent on achieving…
Steampunk rules in this alternative future where vast fleets of ships sail through the clouds and the Sky Pirates make a living by capturing them. Fearless fifteen-year-old Fam Fan Fan (Aki Toyosaki)…
“The greatest crimes are caused by surfeit, not by want. Men do not become tyrants so as not to suffer cold.” – Aristotle.
The first two TV series of Black Lagoon are rather fun,…
“War is not nice.” – Barbara Bush.
Somewhere in an alternative version of the Earth, war is still raging between humans and aliens, war is still being led by young girls with magical…
“Always shoot to kill. Dead men cannot grass.” – Ronnie Kray
Kaze and Manga Entertainment have teamed up for this new Blu-ray release of the action-packed crime anime, with plenty…
“For good or for ill, air mastery is today the supreme expression of military power and fleets and armies, however vital and important, must accept a subordinate rank.” – Winston Churchill…
In an alternate history, in 1945, strange alien creatures known as the Genjyu appear in the skies above Earth. Leaving a trail of poison and destruction wherever they roam, these creatures decimate…
Black Lagoon rounds off the First Barrage with rip-roaring conclusion to the Unstoppable Housemaid arc before following the crew as they embark on a mission set by the Triads that pits them against…
Black Lagoon is shaping up to be both a gritty and satisfying action show and also a fascinating character-driven piece that’s placing plenty of emphasis on the contrasting personalities of …
Amidst all the furore surrounding Geneon’s uncertain future there were several new titles that I feared would never make it to UK shelves; one of those was Black Lagoon. It’s fair…
Here’s a blast from the past: anyone remember the old game UN Squadron? It was a side-scrolling shooter on the SNES in the style of Gradius and R-Type, but had real planes instead of fancy spaceships,…
Makoto Shinkai is probably best-known as the man who created the short OAV Voices of a Distant Star almost single-handedly from little more than a desktop computer; his follow-up on the other …
