Manga Review

Pluto Volume 8

This review covers all eight volumes of Pluto.

I imagine Naoki Urasawa suffered butterflies the first time it truly dawned on him that he was about to adapt Osamu Tezuka’s flagship work,…

• 17th January 2012
Anime Review

Black Butler Volume 2

No sooner than Ciel can sit down for tea and scones, another string of murders have occurred on the streets of London and this time it’s an Indian that’s suspected of the crimes, just as the Curry …

• 19th October 2011
Anime Review

Black Butler Volume 1

To the commoners of Great Britain, Ciel looks like a normal noble boy with a smart looking butler by his side. To those in the know, however, not only is Ciel known as the Queen’s ‘hound…

• 29th August 2011
Anime Review

Pet Shop of Horrors

Horror is an intriguing and vast genre as its meaning changes depending on the person perceiving it. We all have our own personal view of what horror is and what haunts us in our nightmares. For example;…

• 8th August 2010
Anime Review

Le Chevalier D’Eon Volume 3

“It is not the sword that will change the world. It is words.”

In the opening titles, we see first Saint Germain, then Robespierre writing words of power on thin air. And the words ‘revolution’ and…

• 12th January 2008
Anime Review

Le Chevalier D’Eon Volume 2

‘France will change. It must change!’

The opening words of Volume 2 are full of foreboding: it’s Holy Week and D’Eon and his friends are on the trail of the Russian fur merchant Vorontsov whom they…

• 17th October 2007
Anime Review

Speed Grapher Volume 1

Right from the word go, this is one stylish series. It’s not just the cool theme tune, or the Bond-esque feel of the opening sequence, Speed Grapher hits the floor running and never slows down.

Tokyo…

• 16th June 2007
Anime Review

Le Chevalier D’Eon Volume 1

A floating coffin marked in blood with the word ‘Psalms’ is dragged from the River Seine. Inside lies the perfectly-preserved body of a beautiful young woman. It is Lia de Beaumont, beloved older…

• 8th June 2007