Anime Review – Goodbye, Don Glees!

Goodbye, Don Glees! (Cert PG) Theatrical Release (Distributor: Anime Ltd.) Running time: 97 minutes approx. Kids are too eager to grow up, believing a world of unfettered pleasure and autonomy awaits them. Once they become adults however, they soon realise being a child has its advantages after all, and yearn for the days when they …

Anime Review – Samurai 7 Collector’s Edition

Samurai 7 Collector's Edition (Cert 15) 3 Discs Blu-ray (Distributor: MVM) Running time: 677 minutes approx.   It is a very brave person who decides to take one of the most celebrated, revered, and influential films of all time and not only turn it into an anime adaptation but also give it a steampunk makeover. That …

Anime Review – Princess Principal: Crown Handler Part 2

  Princess Principal: Crown Handler Part 2 (Cert 12) 1 Disc Blu-ray (Distributor: MVM) Running time: 57 minutes approx. We return to alternate Victorian London which serves as the setting for the adventures of the group of female spies known as Team White Pigeon for the second of six theatrical releases under the Crown Handler …

Anime Review – Girls Und Panzer Das Finale Part 3

Girls Und Panzer Das Finale Part 3 (Cert 12) 1 Disc Blu-ray (Distributor: MVM) Running time: 51 minutes approx. N.B - I hope you have a good memory, as you’ll need it watching this third instalment of Girls Und Panzer Das Finale since this chapter follows on immediately from where part 2 left off, which …

Anime Review – Burst Angel Complete Collection

Burst Angel Complete Collection (Cert 15) 3 Discs Blu-ray (Distributor: MVM) Running time: 590 minutes approx. MVM have been busy trawling their archives of older titles which many people might have forgotten and given them a new Blu-ray transfer. This time they’ve gone back to 2004 and resurrected the fan service actioner Burst Angel. Set …

Anime Review – Is It Wrong To Pick Up Girls In A Dungeon? Season 3

Is It Wrong To Pick Up Girls In A Dungeon? Season 3 (Cert 15) 2 Discs Blu-ray (Distributor: MVM) Running time: 318 minutes approx. For the third time we drop in on the fantasy world of Orario, where Gods live like mortals but have familia to fight monsters in the underground labyrinth called the Dungeon …

Anime Review – INU-OH

INU-OH  (Cert 15) Limited Theatrical Release (Distributor: Anime Ltd.) Running time: 97 minutes approx. You can’t stop Rock and Roll! Thus spoke Twisted Sister in 1983 but it seems music has been oppressed for far longer according to this historical drama, with a story dating back over 600 years. Set in feudal Japan, a Biwa …

Anime Review – Is This A Zombie? S1 & S2 Collection

Is This A Zombie? S1 & S2 Collection (Cert 15) 4 Discs Blu-ray (Distributor: MVM) Running time: 597 minutes approx. This title might be familiar to some of you as it is over a decade old and has already been released in the UK on DVD. As with many older titles of late, it’s been …

Anime Review – Free! The Final Stroke Movie Double Bill

Free! The Final Stroke Movie Double Bill (Cert TBA) Limited Theatrical Release (Distributor: Anime Ltd.) Running time: 85/107 minutes approx. If you weren’t aware that Free! is about swimming, the subtle of The Final Stroke might encourage some suspect ideas as to what it refers to. Or maybe it is just me, despite already knowing …

Anime Review – Vinland Saga

Vinland Saga Collector's Edition (Cert 15) 3 Discs Blu-ray (Distributor: MVM) Running time: 627 minutes approx. “We come from the land of the ice and snow From the midnight sun where the hot springs flow” With its pulsating galloping rhythms, chugging guitar riff, and banshee vocals, it is hard not to envision a Viking longboat …