2015 – What Next?
2015 – What Next? Hopes and fears as some of the writers at Anime UK News take stock and look to the future of anime (and manga) in the UK…
HdE says: 2014 was certainly an interesting year in anime…
Highlights of 2014 – Anime UK News Writers look back
Anime UK News Review of 2014
Anime Streaming
Sarah: In a year filled with strong series to please all tastes (Tokyo Ghoul; Fate/Stay Night: Unlimited Blade Works; Free; Eternal Summer, to name…
Nekomonogatari White
The awaited Monogatari Season 2 is now upon us and to start us off is the continuation of Tsubasa Hanekawa story in Nekomonogatari White. This arc yet again shows what the series does best and is …
Nekomonogatari Black
We head back into the past with the prequel to Bakemonogatari, the 4-episode OVA Nekomonogatari Black. Given the slight disappointment of Nisemonogatari, will this show deliver more of what…
WataMote: No Matter How I Look at It, It’s You Guys’ Fault I’m Not Popular!
“Nothing can be more abhorrent to democracy than to imprison a person or keep him in prison because he is unpopular. This is really the test of civilization.” – Winston Churchill …
The Garden of Sinners
Garden of Sinners was originally a light novel series released in Japan in the late 90s from Type Moon; it’s not only their earliest work but also considered the ‘prototype’ for their other more…
Blast of Tempest: The Civilization Blaster
Here be Spoilers…
Mahiro wakes to find that he has been ‘asleep’ for a month and in that time the world has been reset by the Tree of Genesis. Millions of people have been wiped…
UK Anime & Manga Christmas Gift Guide 2014
It’s now December, you can’t put off Christmas shopping any longer. You’ve probably been hearing the Christmas tracks in shops and seen the occasional Christmas tree in a neighbour’s window …
Blast of Tempest: The Civilization Blaster
‘The time is out of joint. O cursed spite, that ever I was born to set it right.” Hamlet – William Shakespeare.
Mahiro’s younger sister Aika was murdered a year ago – and since then Mahiro has…
Linebarrels of Iron
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.…
Usagi Drop
When Daikichi attends his grandfather’s funeral he is shocked to discover that his grandfather had not only a younger unknown lover, but an illegitimate six-year-old daughter by the name of…
Nisemonogatari : DVD Review
While I found the first half of Nisemonogartari entertaining, there were problems with a lack of character development for Araragi’s sister Karen during her own arc and the large amounts…
Kokoro Connect: OVA
“Where love rules, there is no will to power; and where power predominates, there love is lacking. The one is the shadow of the other.” – Carl Jung
Following on from the original…
Toradora: The Complete Series
Romantic comedies seem like the simplest concept to write, because we all want to laugh and experience love in some capacity. But it’s also the easiest to get wrong. There are tons of romantic comedies…