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
Anime Review

Mushishi Volume 6

“Living in the darkness and still being able to remember the light – I don’t think that’s a bad thing at all.”

And so the last four stories of Ginko, the travelling Mushi-master, weave their subtle…

• 4th May 2009
Anime Review

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

At one time or another in their lives, everyone has probably made the fervent wish, ‘If only I could turn the clock back and do things differently…’ Makoto Konno – an ordinary high school girl – finds…

• 1st December 2008
Anime Review

Mushishi Volume 4

Feeling tired, jaded, stressed-out by the noise and pressures of modern life? Then try watching ‘Mushi-shi’. Just a single episode will spirit you away into a very different world. Here, the …

• 4th November 2008
Manga Review

Yotsuba&!: Volumes 1 – 5

Yotsuba&! chronicles the life of Yotsuba Koiwai, a five year old girl that has just moved to a new neighbourhood with her father, who is simply called Mr Koiwai. We follow Yotsuba as she meets…

• 24th August 2008
Anime Review

Mushishi Volume 3

“I have a tendency to attract mushi…the wandering life suits me.” But how did Ginko become a Mushi-master? And is he happy to spend his life constantly on the road? This volume provides some answers…

• 13th April 2008
Anime Review

Mushishi Volume 1

‘They have existed since the dawn of time. Some live in the deep darkness behind your eyelids. Some eat silence. Some thoughtlessly kill. Some simply drive men mad. Shortly after life emerged …

• 12th November 2007
Anime Review

Noein Volume 2

Why is it in anime that the future is always a bleak place? I’ve always wondered this… Following up on the first volume’s cliffhanger, Haruka finds herself in Karasu’s dimension, La ‘cryma,…

• 23rd July 2007
Anime Review

Noein Volume 1

What would you do if your future self told you that you can’t save the person you love? That’s the dilemma facing schoolboy Yuu in this time travelling, dimension hopping adventure. The doomed …

• 29th March 2007