Anime Review

The third part sees Ooarai facing off against a school influenced by the Finns.

Both seasons in the Is This a Zombie? series provide a supernatural comedy series with decent action and, depending on your personal pretence, comedy that utilises the off-kilter premise and story.

Vinland Saga blends historical drama with bloody action and some shonen tropes to form a very satisfying whole, so it’s great to see the anime adaptation finally make it to physical media here in the UK in the form of this collector;s edition. Let’s take a deeper look into MVM’s latest release…

Kakegurui Twin is a fun, quick dive back to the school of gambling we know and love; check out our review!

The anime adaptation of CLAMP's most famous series finally gets a RELEASE!

Release the Spyce offers a highly enjoyable espionage romp with bombastic execution, focusing on a group of high school girls who operate as secret agents in the organisation Tsukikage, as they fight to protect the city of Sorasaki from the evil organisation Moryo and stop its attempts to take over the world.

In/Spectre follows the story of Kotoko Iwanaga, a girl who, in exchange for one of her eyes and a leg, gained supernatural powers and became the God of Wisdom to yokai around Japan. Now she spends her days solving their problems and exploring mysteries related to them, all to fulfil her duty as their God of Wisdom.

Alice in Borderland follows Ryohei Arisu and his two friends who find themselves in a post-apocalyptic parallel world where they must take part in death games to survive.

Another excellent early Kyoto Animation adaptation of the Key visual novels, with tragedy, humour, and a girl with an angelic backpack.

In this noughties-throwback and quirky action-focused thriller, we join Sumire Takahana as the new girl at Venus Vanguard, a secret organisation that fights and protects humans from demonic creatures known as Viruses that consume human souls. As she pairs up with Lucia and the rest of the gang, Sumire must learn to use her supernatural powers to fight off the Viruses and figure out why she and Lucia are their prime targets.

A wonderful early anime from Kyoto Animation, full of emotion and tragedy.

Dog and Scissors follows Kazuhito Harumi, a bookworm who dies and is reborn as a dachshund after refusing to pass on peacefully without reading the conclusion to a series by his favourite author. This same author ends up being the one who adopts him, which seems perfect until Kazuhito learns she wields a dangerous pair of scissors!

Season Two of Golden Kamuy is a solid improvement over the first, going deeper into the series’ fantastic cast of characters with some moving backstories and character development, while wrapping up this arc of the story with a thrilling climax.

For the third series, we follow the girls engaging in cosplay, making their future life choices, and setting up a beer hall (serving foaming apple juice).

It's time for some self-deprecation as Ooarai take on a school inspired by the Japanese army.

The girls of the Ooarai tankery team find themselves taking on some pirate-like classmates to find a new tank and then taking on some French-inspired foes.