Anime Review
Blue Exorcist Kyoto Saga (Season 2) Volume 1 Episodes 1-6 Review
The twin sons of Satan are back - but it seems there's a traitor among their fellow exorcists of True Cross Academy as the action shifts to Kyoto.
Anime Review
Durarara!! x2 Ketsu (Episodes 25-36) Review
Time to revisit the mean streets of Ikebukuro for a final showdown between humans and non-humans! But does Durarara!! x 2 Ketsu deliver enough of the old Durarara!! magic?
Manga Review
In/Spectre Volume 1 Review
Despite the silly name and lack of fanfare around this title, In/Spectre starts off very well with likable characters, sincere chemistry between the two leads and interesting spin on Japanese folklore.
Manga Review
A Strange and Mystifying Story Volume 1 Review
Looking for a well-drawn, appealing urban fantasy BL with believable, relatable characters? Start here with Tsuta Suzuki's A Strange and Mystifying Story. Just don’t expect it to show all its strengths in this first volume; it gets much better later on!
Manga Review
Yokai Rental Shop Volume 1 Review
Yokai Rental Shop is an engaging supernatural manga series that delivers just the right kind of delicious thrill to be relished on long, dark winter evenings.
Anime Review
Beyond the Boundary: I’ll Be There Review
Beyond the Boundary the TV series is already a mixed bag, but the films feel even less good than that.
Anime Review
Ushio and Tora Review
Ushio and Tora delivers a brilliantly fun time with some spectacular animation that fans of shounen anime are bound to adore.
Anime Review
Belladonna of Sadness Review
“Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made.” – Immanuel Kant
Belladonna of Sadness was the last of three movies in the “Animerama” series co-created by Osamu Tezuka…
Anime Review
Owarimonogatari Volume 2 Review
In order to fulfil a promise made to the specialist Izuko Gaen, a woman who claims to know everything, Araragi meets up with his adoring underclassman Suruga Kanbaru in order to mediate a meeting…
Manga Review
The Girl from the Other Side: Siúil, a Rún Volume 1 Review
“If you ever meet with an Outsider, you mustn’t touch them…because their touch will curse you.”
An ash-blonde little girl in a white smock has fallen asleep gathering flowers in a dark forest.…
Anime Review
Review of Re-Kan!
“I see dead people – behind my girlfriend’s back.” – Matt Kirshen
Hibiki Amami is a very friendly girl who is about start her first year at Hanazuka Public High School. On the way to her first day at…
Anime Review
Review of Death Note: Blu-Ray Collection
“You must believe in God, despite what the clergy tell you.” – Benjamin Jowlett
If Death Note succeeds in at least one thing, it is that it has possibly created the most interesting and intriguing…
Anime Review
Review of Hakkenden: Eight Dogs of the East, Series 2
Ian Wolf’s Review
“There are poisons that blind you, and poisons that open your eyes.” – August Strindberg.
Continuing on from where the previous collection ends, our heroes Shino Inuzuka (trapped…
Anime Review
Hakkenden: Eight Dogs of the East Series 1 Review
Ian Wolf’s Review
“Why attack God? He may be as miserable as we are.” – Erik Satie.
If you are familiar with Hakkenden: Eight Dogs of the East, then probably the first thing you might know about it …
Anime Review
Durarara x2 Shou (Episodes 1-12) Review
Durarara!! x2 Shou is a series that definitely repays repeated viewings. It sets in motion several interconnected stories and nothing really gets resolved in these first twelve episodes. The US translation/dub is a real bonus when it comes to getting the most out of its delightfully, frustratingly convoluted plot strands.
Anime Review
Beyond the Boundary Review
Beyond the Boundary’s main appeal is in the visual aspect rather than the story itself.
Anime Review
Koimonogatari
Araragi, a high school student and supernatural problem solver, and Shinobu, his 500-year-old vampire companion, would have been killed by the junior high girl turned Goddess Sengoku Nadeko,…
Manga Review
Strike the Blood: Strike the Blood: The Right Arm of the Saint
When the Strike the Blood anime originally aired back in late 2013 I was quite fond of a lot of the ideas the series had, so when it finished its run I was really eager to experience more of the story.…
Manga Review
QQ Sweeper Volume 1
“Never sweep. After four years the dirt gets no worse.” – Quentin Crisp
Fumi Nishioka is a new transfer student at Kurokado Private High School. She has suffered a lot: her…