This one really surprised me. After giving the last volume a five, and almost foregoing description of the plot (because of how basic and conventional it was), the series has returned with many…
The opening of Tokko’s first volume begins with images of the mundane and the supernatural being interwoven, culminating in the presence of a bloody and rampaging demon walking the streets during…
By the year 2002, giant construction robots called labors have become commonplace, and the police have their own unit to counter labor-related crime – the Special Vehicles Section. Now though,…
Matters have finally come to a head, and it has left Section Nine stuck between a rock and a hard place; on one side, there’s Kuze and his loyal refugees, on the other lurks Gouda, his allies- and with…
Batou may have caught up with Kuze, but when taking him into custody proves to be impossible, it seems to be the trigger for the situation to get much worse. With the refugees in possession of nuclear…
Having travelled up from their underground city at the centre of the world, Ichise and the Doc look upon Earth’s surface world for the very first time – this episode is called “Heaven…
The fourth volume of 2nd Gig proved to be something of a mixed offering, a mix of two interesting character-based episodes, and two weaker instalments with more relevance to the main storyline.…
With the last volume of Stand Alone Complex setting a high standard by throwing some much needed character exploration into the mix, it remained to be seen whether the subsequent instalments …
I think I came into Gilgamesh with my expectations tweaked a little too high. After spending days gazing in awe at the moody DVD cover art, I suppose I was expecting something a little more”¦…
Over the course of its first season, Stand Alone Complex proved that it was adept with intrigue and involved storylines, but often to the detriment of any extensive character development. So …
Before Kenichi Sonoda made his name with Gunsmith Cats, Yasuo Hasegawa directed the first episode of his story of a tough-as-nails Chicago courier named Bean Bandit. Sadly the series was never…
It seems Section 9 have finally found a true adversery in Gatou; the vividly disfigured chief of the Japanese police force who’s twisted face is mounted on this very DVD cover. Hiding behind…
With the Yoshii story arc having firmly concluded in the last volume, one would be forgiven for thinking Texhnolyze had drawn to a premature end. This entire series though is about “the …
Gilgamesh is a unique sci-fi thriller drawn with such a strange gothic aesthetic; echoing the ancient myths on which its story is based, this is a decidedly odd looking anime that gradually unsettles…
And so ends another Satoshi Kon masterpiece, another befuddling mixture of fractured story telling, surreal visuals and subversive social commentary. Paranoia Agent sure is intensely thought…
Featuring three stand alone episodes with the only recognisable face being that of the distorted Shounen Bat, Paranoia Agent #3 is none the less a successful ride through the realms of the weird…
Cyborgs, philosophy, politics and beauty; science fiction fans were spoilt rotten by Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex. It was an engrossing, complicated and exciting series that had …
As part of a film studio’s seventieth anniversary, film maker Genya Tachibana travels to interview one of his idols: the retired actress Chiyoko Fujiwara, who has lived as a recluse since…
With the way the previous volume ended, I could hardly wait to catch up with these final three episodes of Stand Alone Complex. Emotions were frayed, metal was twisted and I was on the edge of my seat…
So where to start with reviewing Paranoia Agent #2? This is not the kind of series that lends itself well to brief critical appraisal- to simply class this is a “mind bending” thriller…
