Anime Review

Elemental Gelade Volume 2

Continuing on his adventure to protect and learn more about Ren (a Shichiko-Hoju, a powerful Edel Raid capable of becoming a weapon when she fuses with another person’s soul), Cou and the…

• 27th November 2007
Anime Review

Gun X Sword Volume 4

Volume four of Gun X Sword moves immediately into the midst of things, picking up where the previous volume had left off, with the confrontations between Rei and his long-time nemesis the Claw,…

• 25th November 2007
Anime Review

Ergo Proxy Volume 2

This volume is largely set outside the city of Romdo, in the desolate outskirts that citizens of the oppressive regime believe are uninhabitable. Vincent Law – having fled the Romdo government’s…

• 2nd November 2007
Anime Review

Ergo Proxy Volume 1

Ergo Proxy appears, from first impressions, to be a uniquely thoughtful and reflective series, conceived within the framework of a Westernised vision of a conversely utopian and dystopian …

• 28th October 2007
Anime Review

Gun X Sword: Gun Sword

After the first two relatively formulaic and emotionally uninspiring volumes, Gun X Sword finally appears to be carving out its own niche, with a series of important revelations that both progress…

• 21st October 2007
News

MVM snap up Witchblade, Black Lagoon

According to the latest issue of NEO magazine, MVM have picked up Witchblade and Black Lagoon for UK DVD releases. It’s expected that these new anime acquisitions (and possibly a few more…

• 16th October 2007
Anime Review

Berserk Volume 1

The idea of kicking off a series by showing a messed-up, badass antihero laying waste to his enemies in an all-out action fest isn’t a new one. It’s a bit misleading though when the …

• 10th October 2007
Anime Review

Tenjho Tenge Volume 5

The fallout from Shin’s defeat marks the end for Team Katana but he is determined to form a new club and keep himself in the running for the competition that decides the new head of the Council. Back…

• 24th September 2007
Anime Review

Bubblegum Crisis Volume 3

The OAV of Bubblegum Crisis reaches its (albeit premature) conclusion with a reclusive pop star hell-bent on revenge and a young niece of the AD Police chief giving Nene a tough time. The self-contained…

• 29th August 2007
Anime Review

Gun X Sword: Gun Sword

Van and Wendy continue in their quest for the Claw, whilst a rising sense of urgency takes them both early on in this second volume. Like the first, each episode is based on a different town or city,…

• 13th August 2007
Anime Review

Tenjho Tenge Volume 4

The flashback section of the story reaches its conclusion with Shin’s rage going out of control and threatening the safety of friends and enemies alike. This culminates in a dramatic showdown…

• 25th July 2007
Anime Review

Bubblegum Crisis Volume 2

The second volume sees the Knight Sabres take on a runaway freeway vigilante, high-tech vampires and a GENOM splinter group led by the enigmatic Largo as Priss begins to question her future with…

• 13th July 2007
Anime Review

Trinity Blood Volume 1

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…

• 6th July 2007
Anime Review

Basilisk Volume 1

‘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…

• 1st July 2007