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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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,…
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.”…
Sword Art Online II Volume 1
Warning: may contain spoilers.
“Happiness is a warm gun Happiness is a warm gun, mama When I hold you in my arms And I feel my finger on your trigger I know nobody can do me no harm” –…
009 Re:Cyborg
All across the world, unnamed terrorists have been destroying skyscrapers and causing death on an unimaginable scale. Seventeen-year-old Joe Shimamura, influenced by ‘His Voice’, is about…
A Certain Magical Index
“The Lord said to my Lord, Sit in honour at my right hand until I humble your enemies beneath your feet.” – Matthew 22:44.
In the futuristic Academy City, studies are taking …
Knights of Sidonia
“What is it that haunts space where matter is found?” – Arthur Eddington.
The year is 3394 A.D. A thousand years have passed since a race of gigantic aliens known as the Gauna…
Inuyashiki Volume 1
“The years between 50 and 70 are the hardest. You are always being asked to do things, and yet you are not decrepit enough to turn them down.” – T. S. Eliot
The front cover of this…
Space Dandy 2
‘Space Dandy! He’s a dandy guy… in space.’
Searching for rare aliens in the vastness of space, on his spaceship the Aloha Oe, the cooler than cool Dandy and his two sidekicks Meow the Betelgeusian…
Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse Volume 1
Ever had a show really toy with your expectations? As in, your preconceptions of it got dragged one way, then another, and then in a different direction altogether when you actually saw it?
This…
Captain Earth Volume 1
‘When I opened the door called truth, my childhood ended. It was a summer I could never forget.’
High school student Daichi returns to Tanegashima Island (where his father died working for the …
Dragon Ball Z Kai Volume 1
Episodes 1-26
Earth is in danger. A brutal alien warrior – with a tail! – arrives, searching for his brother, Kakarot. He has a scouter device which enables him to seek out Earth’s strongest warriors…