A modern retelling of a classic tale, Gundam SEED brings the complex space opera of Mobile Suit Gundam to a whole new generation of robot hungry anime fans. So far the series has found favour with…
In past reviews, I have made no secret of my admiration for Texhnolyze. I realize this is hardly the most accessible (even likable) of series, but I love it irregardless. I assume Texhnolyze is …
As an important test date approaches for Hideki he is dismayed to see his results are disappointing and his best friend Shinbo is becoming more and more withdrawn. As if this wasn’t complicating…
Touching down on the weird and wonderful Planet Gunsmoke for the fifth time, we rejoin Trigun at the all-important half way mark. Whilst this disc may include another helping of woeful filler,…
GANTZ has arrived in the UK with a reputation for controversy; you may have heard it described as mindless violence or overly sexual- those comments are not wrong, but what separates this series…
Goro Taniguchi’s Planetes is one of the strangest anime series to have been produced in recent years. Of course a futuristic space setting is nothing new, but a story about garbage men is…
If there’s one thing that Manga Entertainment excels at it is releasing old fan favourites at a value for money price: Robotech is another title that can be added to this list. A made-for-Western-TV…
I’ve tried to enjoy Stratos4, I really have, all the ingredients for a terrific series are there, bubbly characters, a better than average plot and appealing if basic animation. Unfortunately…
After a distressingly mediocre start, I was cautiously optimistic that Gad Guard would pick up a little in its second volume, but sadly, these next four episodes are more of the same- and by now …
Far off in the future, in an era dominated by hulking cyborgs and genetically spliced human clones (the preferred term is “bioroids”), mankind’s suicidal attraction to …
It’s easy to see how Yoshiyuki Tomino created a benchmark for Japanese animation with Mobile Suit Gundam. Strip away everything that Gundam is now famous for; namely its imaginative giant…
Taking Place in one of Gundam’s many Alternative Universes (or the AU era) during the Correct Century, year 2345, Turn A Gundam chronicles the lives of three Moonrace teenagers, the silver…
Despite having finally reached Earth at the expense of hundreds of lives, anyone who thought times would be easier for the crew of the Archangel is sorely mistaken. They have landed smack-bang…
I’m now 10 episodes into Gundam SEED and my expectations are starting to balance off. Comparisons with the original Gundam series are warranted, but beyond basic plot similarities, SEED…
Continuing its epic struggle across the desolate universe, we follow the rag-tag crew of the White Base (a.k.a. the Trojan Horse) as it’s trailed over land, sea and space by the mysterious…
The Big O has built up a frightening reputation since it’s inception in 1999, a quick glance at the staff list and it’s not hard to see why, the brainchild of Hajime Yatate, the creative…
For a series as revered in the science fiction genre as Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, I feel somewhat unsettled to suggest that what pushes my enthusiasm for this show beyond anime of …
We all knew it had to end this way, but that doesn’t make it any less tragic. It’s a testament to the superior writing of Cowboy Bebop that when the poetic conclusion of this fine series…
A bleak yet beautiful series, Texhnolyze is every bit as hard boiled and gritty as you should expect from glancing at the moody artwork and grotesque futuristic imagery.This is a wonderfully …
Three years have passed since the events of the Nadesico TV series, and the war with the Jovians is long over. Teen prodigy and former science officer Ruri Hoshino is now captain of the Nadesico …
