Manga Review

Thunder 3 Volume 2 Review

Having seen our chibi heroes enter a realistic world, we now learn more about the people who normally reside in this universe, under alien occupation.

Ian Wolf • 10th February 2025

Manga Review

Thunder 3 Volume 1 Review

An isekai manga which features a mixture of artistic styles, from the cartoonish to the realistic.

Ian Wolf • 26th November 2024

Manga Review

Tokyo Babylon: CLAMP Premium Collection Volume 5 Review

Subaru comes across a case of ageism, an encounter in a karaoke bar, and tragedy when donating a kidney.

Ian Wolf • 18th November 2024

Manga Review

Tokyo Babylon: CLAMP Premium Collection Volume 4 Review

Subaru comes across a case involving insanity and curses, and investigates a new religion which has attracted a bullied girl.

Ian Wolf • 12th November 2024

Film Review

Detective Conan: The Million-Dollar Pentagram Theatrical Review

Detective Conan and Heiji Hattori spring into action to prevent a heist after a challenge from Kid, the Phantom Thief. The stakes then rise as the mystery deepens, flinging everyone into a high-stakes caper in northern Japan! If you're already a fan of the series then you owe it to yourself to take the rare opportunity to see its latest theatrical outing on the big screen, and if you're yet to dip your toe into the world of Detective Conan then why not take this opportunity to check it out?

Rui • 23rd September 2024

Manga Review

Kei X Yaku: Bound By Law Volume 2 Review

As the search for missing agent Rion Nakaba continues, Ichiro and Shiro realize that they are treading on very dangerous territory as they decipher some clues left behind in her notes.

Sarah • 31st July 2024

Manga Review

Tokyo Babylon: CLAMP Premium Collection Volume 3 Review

A reminder that this is a Nineties manga, as Subaru deals with the supernatural among users of premium rate party phone lines.

Ian Wolf • 29th May 2024

Manga Review

My Gemini Review

A boy tries to figure out which of a pair of identical twins is truly dead.

Ian Wolf • 17th May 2024

Manga Review

Associate Professor Akira Takatsuki’s Conjecture (manga) Volume 2 Review

Akira's and Naoya's supernatural secrets are revealed, but it's only by solving case after case that they can get closer to the truth of what really happened to them.

Noemi10 • 17th March 2024

Manga Review

Tokyo Babylon: CLAMP Premium Collection Volume 2 Review

This time, Subaru is called upon to help a girl in a coma, while Hokuto runs into a foreigner living in Japan without a visa.

Ian Wolf • 8th February 2024

Manga Review

Otherside Picnic Volume 6 Review

After seeing off the threat of Kankandara and sending the US Marines home, Sorawo and Toriko kick back and chill at the beach in Okinawa… or what should have been Okinawa as they once again find themselves slipping through to the Otherside, where nothing is ever as it seems!

Onosume • 11th January 2024

Manga Review

Tokyo Babylon: CLAMP Premium Collection Volume 1 Review

A re-release of the classic 1990s CLAMP manga following a flamboyantly-dressed solver of supernatural mysteries (who is definitely gay, despite some mutterings from ANN).

Ian Wolf • 13th November 2023

Manga Review

Otherside Picnic Volume 5 Review

Toriko and Sorawo return to Station February to save what remains of the stranded US Marines, but with 5 km between them and their escape point filled with traps, glitches and monsters, will Sorawo and her mystical eye be able to get them out, or will they meet an untimely demise?

Onosume • 7th November 2023

Manga Review

Associate Professor Akira Takatsuki’s Conjecture (manga) Volume 1 Review

Naoya Fukamachi has a special skill—he can hear when people lie. Can this skill that has only brought him pain since childhood turn into an advantage when helping folklore professor Akira Takatsuki solving paranormal cases?

Noemi10 • 27th September 2023

Manga Review

Otherside Picnic Volume 4 Review

With Toriko missing, Sorawo and Kozakura plunge into the Otherside to search for her, but end up fighting for survival themselves as they have to face the alternate reality’s harsh swamps, forests and other things that go bump in the night, all while being followed by the mysterious Space-Time Man.

Onosume • 14th September 2023

Manga Review

Coffee Moon Volume 1 Review

What happens when a girl who has been happily stuck in a time loop for over a thousand days tries to break the cycle?

Ian Wolf • 6th September 2023