Manga Review

Atomcat

“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,…

• 11th May 2013
Anime Review

Fractale

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…

• 6th May 2013
Anime Review

Tiger & Bunny Volume 2

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,…

• 30th April 2013
Anime Review

Loups=Garous

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…

• 18th April 2013
Manga Review

Library Wars Volume 9

“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,…

• 14th April 2013
Anime Review

Needless Volume 2

“…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…

• 16th February 2013
Anime Review

Tiger & Bunny Volume 1

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 …

• 4th February 2013
Anime Review

Needless Volume 1

“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.…

• 21st January 2013
Anime Review

Freezing

“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…

• 24th December 2012
Manga Review

Cyborg 009 Volume 1

“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…

• 7th December 2012
Anime Review

Chaos;Head: Complete

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”…

• 29th October 2012
Anime Review

Strike Witches Volume 2

“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…

• 22nd October 2012
Anime Review

Black Magic M-66

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 …

• 20th June 2012
Anime Review

Roujin Z

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…

• 11th June 2012