“Even very young children need to be informed about dying. Explain the concept of death very carefully to your child. This will make threatening him with it much more effective.”…
“Bird, go!”
Tachikawa City, 2015. A boy genius, Rui Ninomiya, has created GALAX, an altruistic interactive IT system with which he hopes to change the world – for the better. The CROWDS is the …
“What is it that haunts space where matter is found?” – Arthur Eddington
Leiji Matusmoto is the creator of many great sci-fi anime of the 1970s: Space Battleship Yamato, Galaxy…
Yen Press’s attempts to release more light novels are a welcome change to publishers just constantly releasing manga, as manga is not the only print medium anime fans are interested in.…
Remember the good old days of anime in the UK? When VHS ruled, the tabloid press railed against the crazy new thing we had discovered, and to get the really, really good stuff, you had to send away …
Episodes 1-25 (Streaming on Crunchyroll)
“I can imagine in my mind a world without war, a world without hate. And I can picture us attacking that world because they’d never expect…
Look – I’ll level with you. the part of reviewing anime that I hate most is summarizing storylines. I just hate it. I mean, what’s the point? If you’re already interested…
“There’s a fine line between fishing and standing on the shore looking like an idiot.” – Steven Wright.
With reference to the above quote, here is an anime that deals…
In 2020, the world finds itself governed by the GGP, a tyrannical global dictatorship that has wrested control from the world’s leaders, enforcing order with an iron fist. Against this…
Yoshino Hide, nicknamed Hideyoshi, would much rather be texting her friends than doing her history homework on the Warring States period. So as a big test looms, our young teenaged heroine calls…
Kyohei looks like a normal college boy, but in fact he’s from a rich family and a long line of ‘Seki’ – humans with the power to control kakashi, ancient wooden God-like beings. But many years ago …
This review contains some spoilers for the manga version of Angelic Layer.
When Misaki Suzuhara first steps out of Tokyo train station, she comes across a large crowd staring at a screen. What …
“I wear a necklace, because I wanna know when I’m upside down.” – Mitch Hedberg
This is a very special film in terms of British anime history, in that it was one of the first…
This review contains spoilers.
“About the time we think we can make ends meet, somebody moves the ends.” – Herbert Hoover.
In the last collection of Dragon Ball we witnessed…
“For a list of all the ways technology has failed to improve the quality of life, please press three.” – Alice Kahn
Ghost in the Shell: Arise is the first new addition to the long-running…
This review contains spoilers.
“There is no explanation for evil. It must be looked upon as a necessary part of the order of the universe. To ignore it is childish, to bewail it senseless.”…
“All that matters is the robot of justice wins!” Akiho Senomiya
Building a giant robot has always been Akiho’s dream – and with the help of the Robot Research Club at her high school on the island …
Gun Gale Online Arc: Episodes 1-14 (Streaming on Crunchyroll). This review contains spoilers.
“Between my finger and my thumb,
The squat pen rests; snug as a gun.” – Seamus…
One moment, Ensign Ledo of the Galactic Alliance is engaged in a life-or-death battle in deep space with the alien enemy, the Hideauze. The next, Ledo and his mecha Chamber are sucked into a wormhole.…
This review may contain spoilers.
“It’s tough to make predictions – especially about the future.” – Yogi Berra
Once again we recount the early adventures of…
