The first feature-length effort from Gonzo was always going to be, in my mind at least, a big event. The premise of a post-apocalyptic future world, a struggle against nature and everything wrapped…
This volume is largely set outside the city of Romdo, in the desolate outskirts that citizens of the oppressive regime believe are uninhabitable. Vincent Law – having fled the Romdo government’s…
Ergo Proxy appears, from first impressions, to be a uniquely thoughtful and reflective series, conceived within the framework of a Westernised vision of a conversely utopian and dystopian …
After the first two relatively formulaic and emotionally uninspiring volumes, Gun X Sword finally appears to be carving out its own niche, with a series of important revelations that both progress…
In the year 2100, an experimental project on the moon is conducting an investigation into a new source of energy. Kurau, the twelve-year-old daughter of one of the researchers, becomes a victim…
Ghost in the Shell has risen to become a staple of both the science-fiction genre, and of anime in general, enjoying a meteoric rise from cult anonymity to widespread popularity after the onset…
Faced with the decision as to where to go next, Renton reluctantly decides to leave the Beams’ ship and return to the Gekkostate. Unfortunately the military are moving in on the Gekko with…
In the near-future it has become possible to observe and record the workings of the unconscious mind through a new cutting-edge technology. A scientific research team has discovered a way to …
Tenchi Muyo is back after a 9 year hiatus with an all new box set. It’s been 2 months since the action seen in OVA 2 and peace has finally returned to the Masaki household. Unfortunately the calm is …
The OAV of Bubblegum Crisis reaches its (albeit premature) conclusion with a reclusive pop star hell-bent on revenge and a young niece of the AD Police chief giving Nene a tough time. The self-contained…
“What more could you ask for than a bevy of beauties forced to put their lives on the line to answer the call of duty? Divergence Eve is a bold and imaginative voyage leading directly into the heart…
Van and Wendy continue in their quest for the Claw, whilst a rising sense of urgency takes them both early on in this second volume. Like the first, each episode is based on a different town or city,…
Eureka Seven reaches something of a turning point at its halfway mark as Renton, shocked at the true nature of Gekkostate’s activities and guilt-ridden over Eureka’s condition, leaves the ship.…
“I’ll protect you.” This is the fervent promise that Gundam pilot Shin makes to the fair-haired girl, Stella, he rescues from the sea.
And how have they met? It all starts with Shin, off-duty, catching…
Following from the last season of the IGPX (international grand prix) racing circuit – in which two teams of three mechs race to the finish line, but can and inevitably do fall back on combat…
Why is it in anime that the future is always a bleak place? I’ve always wondered this… Following up on the first volume’s cliffhanger, Haruka finds herself in Karasu’s dimension, La ‘cryma,…
The second volume sees the Knight Sabres take on a runaway freeway vigilante, high-tech vampires and a GENOM splinter group led by the enigmatic Largo as Priss begins to question her future with…
Volume 4 gets off to a flying start (literally) as the Minerva is attacked by mobile suits on the way to Suez. Neo Roanoke takes to the skies with the Extended pilots Auel and Sting, leaving Stella…
Cagalli is out of her depth. She has been trying to do the right thing for the nation of Orb but events have overtaken her. Yuna Roma Seiran, her violet-haired fiancé (could he be any more obnoxious?)…
In the year 2317 humans can now travel across the universe at the speed of light by “tunneling” through different dimensions. Out in the depths of the universe is Watchers Nest, a space station …
