Anime Review
The Asterisk War Part 1 Review
What The Asterisk War lacks in originality, it makes up for in execution, resulting in a highly entertaining and action-packed show, despite unnecessary and off-putting ecchi scenes
Anime Review
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Review (Part 2)
Having covered the TV series, we now look at the three OVAs of the cypberpunk anime, and the accompanying guide to the entire collection.
Anime Review
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Complete Series Review (Part 1)
In the first of two reviews, we re-live the TV adaptation of the cyberpunk classic.
Anime Review
Sword Art Online The Movie: Ordinal Scale Review
Another new gaming technology comes along, and once again Kirito is there to sort out the terrible problems it causes him and Asuna.
Anime Review
Assassination Classroom: Season 2 – Part 2 Review
Class 3-E are about to graduate, but can they kill their teacher and save the world before that?
Anime Review
Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ, Part 2 Review
Despite some exciting sequences, much of the second part of Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ drags as much as the first.
Film Review
Your Name Review
A fantastical exploration of human joy, heartbreak, and discovery, Your Name is Makoto Shinkai’s finest work – and an unmissable masterpiece.
Film Review
Eureka Seven: Hi-Evolution Movie 1 Review
Eureka Seven Hi-Evolution Film 1 had a lot going for it with it finally giving us the prologue to it all, the events of "The Summer of Love". And while this segment is done so very well, the rest of the film with its lack of coherent storytelling hurts what could have been something special. It leaves you wishing that perhaps they made the prologue the entire film, or at least an OVA, and left the content from the TV series alone.
Anime Review
Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ Part 1 Review
As with Zeta Gundam, you feel that the second half of Mobile Suit ZZ Gundam is going to be the more exciting one.
Film Review
Venus Wars (1989) Cinema Screening Review
A handsome-looking sci-fi epic, Venus Wars will forever be eclipsed by that other big '80s anime film about futuristic biker gangs, but still has plenty to offer fans of the genre.
Anime Review
Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam Part 2 Review
Warning: Contains spoilers to Part 1.
“It’s all in the mind you know, it’s all in the mind.” – The Goons
The second part of Zeta Gundam sees the series really firing up, as we witness love, death, betrayal…
Anime Review
Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam, Part 1 Review
“The Guardian: Newt technology spills end to misprints.” – Stephen Fry
The original Mobile Suit Gundam did badly in the ratings when it went out originally in 1979, so perhaps what is most surprising…
Anime Review
Shimoneta: A Boring World Where the Concept of Dirty Jokes Doesn’t Exist – a Second Review
Warning: Contains very strong language from the start.
“I wrote, I wrote to the- the Council of Churches and I said, ‘This fucking Bible… especially, erm, Paul,’ I said, ‘This fucking Bible really…
Anime Review
Mobile Suit Gundam Movie Trilogy Review
“The condition of man… is a condition of war of everyone against everyone.” – Thomas Hobbes.
The original Mobile Suit Gundam series that ended in 1980 was not a success. In fact, the series got axed.…
Manga Review
Review of The Ghost in the Shell: Deluxe Edition
“Cyberspace. A consensual hallucination experienced daily by billions of legitimate operators, in every nation, by children being taught mathematical concepts… A graphic representation…
Anime Review
Dragon Ball Z Kai: Dragon Ball Z Kai Season 2 (DVD)
Dragon Ball Z Kai (known as simply Dragon Ball Kai in Japan) was an effort from Toei Animation to take the original 291 episodes of Dragon Ball Z and slim it down to better fit the pace of the original…
Anime Review
Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse Volume 2
If you spotted my previous review of the first half of Muv Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse, you’ll recall that I was pretty pleasantly surprised by it. The mix of gnarly, full-on aliens-versus-mecha…
Anime Review
Captain Earth Volume 2
Episodes 14-25
“They are a magnetic levitation high mobility Impactor set to chaotic mode.”
The indestructible Kill-T-Gang and the Designer Children, under the command of Setsuna/Lady Siren,…
Anime Review
A Certain Scientific Railgun
“Every scientific truth goes through three stages. First, people say it conflicts with the Bible. Next they say it had been discovered before. Lastly they say they always believed in it.”…