I approached Tenchi Forever with a renewed sense of enthusiasm after the resounding enjoyment I had with the first Tenchi Muyo! movie, Tenchi in Love.Typically, feature length movies that have…
Tenchi Muyo! was never an anime I had pegged down as being able to comfortably make the transition from the standard 23-minute episode structure to a feature-length movie, yet I stand here corrected;…
Kiddy Grade #4 is the much awaited change of pace for a series that has thus far struggled to establish any kind of memorable plotline. By achieving what the previous volume merely hinted at, this…
Love Hina #3 presents us with yet more signature slapstick comedy and ‘slice-of-life’ drama that made the earlier episodes so successful, but the story has now notably faded into…
Ninja Scroll TV has been a fun and exciting ride through a semi-authentic historical Japan; brimming with inventive monsters, crazed demons and some damn fine samurai warriors. Admittedly,…
Sometimes it’s nice settling down into an anime production knowing exactly what to expect; and Love Hina is a perfect example of a predictable but still fun series. Comedy, loads of fan-service…
Kiddy Grade #3 finally gives this faltering series a much needed kick up the back side, crucially giving the story injections of both interesting plot development and conspiracy intrigue that…
I watched the Urusei Yatsura OVA box set with zero prior knowledge of this popular anime franchise except that it had been originally penned by Inuyasha and Ranma king-pin Rumiko Takahashi.
My…
I’m unsure about Kiddy Grade; the story seems to constantly hint at something deeper than the pure guns-and-lipstick formula we’ve become accustomed to since the first disc, without…
Fruits Basket #4 is one of the few UK releases I’ve approached with a real sense of enthusiasm and anticipation; up to this point, the series has just been outstanding – seamlessly…
Love Hina has made it over to the UK with a big reputation for tons of fan-service and many Tenchi Muyo!-like situations (the multiple girls swooning for just one guy scenario). So with this preconception…
Reviewing an anime series like Fruits Basket is something of a daunting prospect for me; it’s just so damn perfect in nearly every way that I find it extremely hard to pin down exactly what…
I’m finally able to respect all the fuss surrounding Tenchi Muyo! I’m not sure whether it’s because I’m finally getting used to the crazy cast of characters or if these…
Coming to the UK after receiving pretty mixed reactions from fans in both Japan and the U.S. is Kiddy Grade, yet another high-profile series from the ‘style over substance’ artists…
Bosujima is a psycho diver; someone with a rare talent for fixing broken souls and uncovering past traumas. Yuki is one his patients; haunted by past demons and torn between loyalties, not only…
After the frankly mediocre first volume of Ninja Scroll TV, I wasn’t harbouring too much hope for this. I couldn’t get behind any of the ‘heroes’ and found the story …
And so we reach the climax of the mind bending epic; Serial Experiments Lain. It’s been an incredibly challenging and thought provoking series, and will no doubt split viewer opinion in…
‘Tenchi Muyo!’ is an anime series with a big reputation and hordes of devoted fans, and so naturally, I had pretty big expectations coming into this, being a “Tenchi-virgin”…
Fruits Basket is one of those rare hidden gems of anime that somehow manages to garner a massive hidden appeal. It sounds and looks like a very ‘sickly-sweet’ anime for girls and hence,…
Kamagaya and Komada are Bio Hunters; scientists that bravely fight a ‘demon virus’ that is affecting people all over Japan. When people catch this vicious virus, they become hideous…
