Anime Review

K-On! Volume 3

Starting from where we left off, Azusa – a first year student – wants to join the Light Music Club after watching their performance in front of the new pupils. As a guitarist herself,…

• 15th December 2011
Anime Review

K-On! Volume 2

My impressions of the first volume of K-ON! were positive in regard to its approach to providing an entertaining and light-hearted Slice-Of-Life show, yet I felt it had some flaws in the music…

• 22nd November 2011
Anime Review

K-On! Volume 1

“I laugh at your conversational skills, or lack of” Idlewild – When I Argue I See Shapes

As a person who has constantly listened to new music for eleven years and considers BECK:…

• 1st September 2011
Anime Review

Bamboo Blade Volume 2

With his job on the line, Toraji sets out to get his team ready for the Preliminary Tournament, and with the new addition of Azuma to make a full Kendo team, the dream seems to be slowly becoming a reality.…

• 13th August 2011
Manga Review

Tonoharu: Part One: Tonoharu

Tonoharu is a graphical novel covering the story of Daniel Wells, the one and only American in the small town of Tonoharu. He is an Assistant Language Teacher working at the local rural Japanese…

• 2nd May 2011
Manga Review

Not Simple

“A story within a story, a book within a book, a tale about the search for family, for an emotional home.”

What is the most depressing thing you have ever experienced in your life? Mine would be listening…

• 2nd January 2011
Anime Review

Bamboo Blade Volume 1

Although I am still a newcomer to the UK anime market, I’m pretty sure that we haven’t been graced with an anime based on a sport before; the genre might have been evident in some parts…

• 24th November 2010
Anime Review

Ocean Waves

If you were to discuss ‘Studio Ghibli films’ with any anime fan, several film titles are sure to come up. Examples include the worldwide success ‘Spirited Away’ and the critically acclaimed …

• 26th September 2010
Anime Review

Gunparade March

In an alternate history, in 1945, strange alien creatures known as the Genjyu appear in the skies above Earth. Leaving a trail of poison and destruction wherever they roam, these creatures decimate…

• 11th September 2010
Manga Review

Bakuman Volume 1

Bakuman is a shonen manga written by Tsugumi Ohba (Death Note) focusing on the story of two high school students and their bid to become creators of manga.  Although there are two main characters…

• 7th September 2010