Manga Review

Karneval Volume 2

“There are two main types of Varuga. One type was created by Kafka themselves using cellular fusion. The others were mutated after being exposed to the blood or other bodily fluids of the first …

• 18th August 2015
Anime Review

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…

• 28th July 2015
Manga Review

Karneval Volume 1

“Whenever Circus does a big operation to catch some bad guys, they put on a show for the townspeople to apologize.”

A white-haired boy, Nai, is desperately searching for Karoku, the young man who…

• 19th April 2015
Manga Review

Drug & Drop Volume 1

Drug & Drop is the long awaited continuation of Legal Drug, picking up with Kazahaya and Rikuo still working in the drugstore whilst picking up additional supernatural side jobs from owner…

• 30th January 2015
Manga Review

Legal Drug: Omnibus

Legal Drug, the latest CLAMP manga to get the omnibus re-release treatment from Dark Horse, follows a pair of boys working at a drugstore. Kazahaya Kudo is a naïve young man with a special gift to…

• 7th January 2015
Anime Review

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…

• 8th November 2014
Anime Review

Black Butler: Cinema Screening

The live action movie version of the popular manga series Black Butler takes place in 2020 in an Asian city where Western and Eastern cultures blend together. Several years earlier, a young woman…

• 20th October 2014
Anime Review

Black Butler

This review is for the theatrical release of the live action Black Butler movie. 

It used to be the case that UK fans could only dream of being able to watch the live action adaptations of their favourite…

• 16th October 2014
Anime Review

Nisemonogatari : DVD Review

“Just as you fill your heart through good deeds, I fill my bank account with evil ones” – Kaiki

The next chapter in the Monogatari franchise, Nisemonogatari, attempts to build on the clever…

• 11th May 2014
Anime Review

Dusk Maiden of Amnesia

Teiichi Niiya is a first year middle school student at Seikyou Private Academy, a huge school that has a lot of ghost stories tied to it due to there being a mixture of ‘new’ and ‘old’ buildings …

• 25th February 2014
Anime Review

Daphne in the Brilliant Blue

“The sea pronounces something, over and over, in a hoarse whisper. I cannot quite make it out.” – Annie Dillard.

Global warming is a big threat to the world; however after watching…

• 21st August 2013
Anime Review

Un-Go

“Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you mad.” – Aldous Huxley

Un-Go has a vast mixture of elements to it. It is a detective show. It has both fantasy elements and…

• 4th July 2013
Anime Review

Loups=Garous

Japan, mid-21st century. Following a deadly virus, most of humanity avoids physical contact, carries iPod-like “monitors” that control their lives and eats synthetic food provided…

• 18th April 2013
Anime Review

Anime Mirai 2012: Anime Mirai

Anime Mirai literally means “Future Anime”. The idea of this project is simple: to offer the opportunity to train new talent on the job, as they work on one of four short films that …

• 3rd January 2013
Anime Review

Shiki Volume 2

‘Who is safe when the urge to kill in order to survive blurs the line between man and monster?’

As the mysterious ‘epidemic’ claims more and more lives in the secluded…

• 26th December 2012
Anime Review

Shiki Volume 1

“Everybody has got to die, but I’ve always believed an exception would be made in my case.” – William Nabokov

If you move to a small rural village miles from anywhere, then the…

• 11th October 2012