Amnesia
Amnesia may be a rare occurrence in the real world but in fiction it’s a common trope inflicted either on the main character or sometimes the love interest. It’s exploited to achieve several goals…
Familiar of Zero 3: Rondo of Princesses
Saito Hiraga, the young Japanese school student magically summoned to the country of Tristain to be the familiar of Void Magic User Louise de la Vallière etc. etc. is rather puzzled. He died at …
Super Sonico: Complete Collection
If you’re a follower of modern Japanese culture you may have heard, or at least have seen an image of, Super Sonico. She’s a mascot for the visual novel company Nitroplus, first appearing in 2006…
Familiar of Zero 2: Knight of the Twin Moons
Saito Hiraga – once an ordinary high schooler in Japan – has been spirited away by magic to the country of Tristain and is now the familiar of Louise Françoise Le Blanc de La Vallière. This spirited…
MVM Entertainment Starting A School Idol Project This July!
MVM Entertainment will be embarking on an ambitious school idol project this summer, following confirmation this morning that they will be unleashing Sunrine’s phenomenally popular …
Log Horizon Volume 2
“Probably the battle of Waterloo was won on the playing-fields of Eton, but the opening battles of all subsequent wars have been lost there.” – George Orwell.
Continuing …
Sankarea: Undying Love: Complete Collection
Chihiro Furuya is a young man obsessed with horror, especially of the zombie variety. From films to manga, and even to the girls he finds attractive, all his interests are focussed on the brain-munching…
Past Reviews of New Collections: 19/04/2015
This week a new collection of Needless was released. These episodes have already been reviewed by Anime UK News before, so here are links to those reviews.
The Ambition of Oda Nobuna
Present-day high-school student (and keen gamer) Yoshiharu Sagara finds himself bang in the middle of a fierce Warring States battle. A dying warlord (none other than Hideyoshi Toyotomi) begs…
Log Horizon Volume 1
“Everybody has got to die, but I’ve always believed an exception would be made in my case.” – William Saroyan.
Anime set in the world of gaming have been popular recently,…