Feeling down? In need of a tonic? Then why not watch Bodacious Space Pirates and cheer yourself up? There’s nothing better than a rattlingly good ‘pirates in space’ anime …
Hero TV Live is the must-watch show in Sternbild City. Producer Agnes Joubert and her indomitable team follow the crime-fighting exploits of the city’s superheroes as they compete to …
“The clergy of England have no more influence over the people at large than the cheesemongers of England.” – Sydney Smith.
This series will make you go through a range of feelings.…
Gintama is one of those shounen shows that was never popular enough to join the likes of Naruto, Bleach and One Piece in terms of worldwide success, yet, unlike those three, I have not met a person…
“You know ‘that look’ women get when they want sex? Me neither.” – Steve Martin.
Looking at the front cover on the DVD for Freezing, I can tell you that the amount of fan…
“Our bombs are smarter than the average high school student. At least they can find Kuwait.” – A. Whitney Brown.
If you have been following the news recently you may be aware that Digital…
Chaos;Head centres on 17 year-old Takeru, a massive anime otaku who lives in a storage container. So all-consuming is his obsession that he completely rejects “three-dimensional girls”…
I was very excited to see Nerawareta Gakuen, I truly was. Before the movie, I discussed and defended studio Sunrise’s recent Slice Of Life projects as some of the surprisingly well made ones around…
“War is not nice.” – Barbara Bush.
Somewhere in an alternative version of the Earth, war is still raging between humans and aliens, war is still being led by young girls with magical…
“SPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE” – Space Core (Portal 2)
Science Fiction is one of my favourite genres of storytelling; throughout my life I’ve loved shows such as ‘Red…
Where Masamune Shirow is concerned, there’s quite often a feeling among his fans that the man can do no wrong. Fabled for his super-detailed, highly individual manga works, and beloved of not …
Way back in the dark and distant past (well 1994 to be exact) Roujin Z was an unusual release for (what was then) Manga Video. The smartly satirical sci-fi comedy sat oddly alongside their mostly…
“Though a good deal is too strange to be believed, nothing is too strange to have happened.” – Thomas Hardy.
If you are into your anime and manga then you will no doubt have come across…
I think it would be safe to say that, if a series deserved a re-release in the UK – especially on Blu-ray – it would have to be Ghost in the Shell. I finally got a chance to watch the 1st &…
“That was a right-pretty speech, sir. But I ask you, what is a contract? Webster’s defines it as ‘an agreement under the law which is unbreakable.’ Which is unbreakable!”…
“Where lipstick is concerned, the important thing is not the colour, but to accept God’s final decision on where your lips end.” – Jerry Seinfeld
The time: Somewhere…
“People from a planet without flowers would think we must be mad with joy the whole time to have the things about us.” – Iris Murdoch
Anime on Demand have not announced much in…
Jyu-Oh-Sei: Planet Of The Beast King, is something of an oddity. Produced by Studio Bones, better known for high-profile series such as Wolf’s Rain, Darker Than Black, and Eureka Seven, this …
It’s already a lottery within itself to have an anime series licensed for the UK, but to have multiple versions of the same story – especially one being a translation of the original book – is rarely…
“Never lend books; no one ever returns them. The only books I have in my library are books other people have lent me.” – Anatole France
When reading Library Wars I cannot help but make…
