“I’m a student of violence because I’m a student of the human heart.” – Sam Peckinpah
As the title of the series suggests, this is a series which is pretty heavy on the …
“The sea pronounces something, over and over, in a hoarse whisper. I cannot quite make it out.” – Annie Dillard.
Global warming is a big threat to the world; however after watching…
“Interestingly, according to modern astronomers, space is finite. This is a very comforting thought – particularly for people who cannot remember where they left things.” – Woody…
“My text travelled backward in time!”
Rintaro ‘Okarin’ Okabe enjoys role-playing the mad scientist Kyouma Hououin (wearing a white lab coat, pretend-talking via…
Plot Summary: In a distant future, Japan is divided into feudal territories, which have been conquered and are ruled by outside countries. The flying city-ship Musashi, which holds the remnants…
Episodes 14-19
“You made two mistakes unfortunately. First: I’m not a Hero. Second: this is my idea of justice.” Lunatic
After the tense and spectacular showdown between…
“I am not a number! I am a free man!” – Patrick McGoohan as Number Six in The Prisoner.
The choice of the above quote is rather fitting for this review, and not just because the …
“Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you mad.” – Aldous Huxley
Un-Go has a vast mixture of elements to it. It is a detective show. It has both fantasy elements and…
Project A-Ko is a reviewer’s nightmare. After the end credits have rolled, initial impressions have coalesced, and the infectious ’80s guitar pop of ‘Follow Your Dreams’…
Upon unwrapping my review copy of this book, I was reminded of two shocking facts: One: I’ve been a comics fan all my life – I have bookshelves HEAVING with the things – but very little…
The latest CLAMP series to be re-released in omnibus edition is Angelic Layer, a prequel to Chobits, where Misaki Suzuhara has just moved into Tokyo City to live with her aunt, Shouko. Upon arrival…
Marika Kato, the sixteen-year-old schoolgirl captain of the pirate spaceship Bentenmaru, has a duty to keep her ship’s precious Letter of Marque valid by regularly performing a certain…
“Do not meddle in the affairs of cats, for they are subtle and will piss on your computer.” – Bruce Graham.
Astro Boy is widely regarded as being one of the greatest, if not the greatest,…
Clain (Yu Kobayashi/Brina Palencia), a young teenaged boy, lives in a cottage on the edge of the cliff overlooking the sea, with his dog, his mother and father. Correction: with the virtual doppels…
Tiger & Bunny Episodes 8 – 13
‘Do we really need heroes???’ (Newsfeed Stern Bild City)
As the sinister and grotesque Lunatic continues to pose a real threat to the Heroes,…
Japan, mid-21st century. Following a deadly virus, most of humanity avoids physical contact, carries iPod-like “monitors” that control their lives and eats synthetic food provided…
“The worst thing about new books is that they keep us from reading the old ones.” – Joseph Joubert.
In this ninth volume of the manga adaptation of Hiro Arikawa’s light novels,…
It’s been one year since the Black Rebellion; Zero has been proclaimed dead, the Black Knights are fewer in numbers, and Lelouch seems to be resuming his peaceful school life with his newly acquired…
“…and with the bowels of the last priest let us strangle the last king.” – Denis Diderot.
When I reviewed the first half of this series, I wrote that it provoked a range…
If the Code Geass fan base was a house party, I would be the one stumbling into the living room at the early hours of the morning, just as the crowd are taking their leave, mumbling something about …
