Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2199 – The Complete Series

Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2199 - The Complete Series (Cert 15) 4 Discs DVD/Blu-ray (Distributor: Manga Entertainment) Running time: 640 minutes approx. Space - the final fron… sorry, wrong show. Or is it? Space Battleship Yamato may have been referred to as the Japanese Star Wars but on closer inspection, at least in the …

Heroic Age The Complete Series

Heroic Age The Complete Series (Cert 12) 3 Discs DVD/Blu-ray (Distributor: Manga Entertainment) Running time: 640 minutes approx. They say too many cooks spoil the broth but that wouldn’t be the case if the cooks didn’t try to undermine the others just to feel like they are the best cook. Heroic Age isn’t a show …

Black Clover Season 2 Part 2

Black Clover Season 2 Part 2 (Episodes 64-72) (Cert 12) 2 Discs DVD/Blu-ray (Distributor: Manga Entertainment) Running time: 215 minutes approx. A slightly different tact for this volume of Black Clover but not before some unfinished business from the last volume is settled up first. You may recall, members of the Black Bulls took a …

Rascal Does Not Dream Of Bunny Girl Senpai

Rascal Does Not Dream Of Bunny Girl Senpai (Cert 12) 2 Discs Blu-ray (Distributor: MVM) Running time: 325 minutes approx. Thanks to anime we’ve learned of a number of curious explanations for the behaviour of teenagers in Japan, be it socially withdrawn hikikimori or daydreaming fantasists with Chunibyo or Eighth Grader Syndrome. Added to this …

Toradora! The Complete Series

Toradora! The Complete Series (Cert 12) 3 Discs Blu-ray (Distributor: MVM) Running time: 638 minutes approx. Another unashamedly lazy review presented as new to you, as MVM has brought another older series from out of the mothballs and given it a Blu-ray re-release. The title under discussion is the sprawling teen romantic comedy drama Toradora, …

Black Clover Season 2 Part 1

Black Clover Season 2 Part 1 (Episodes 52-63) (Cert 12) 2 Discs DVD/Blu-ray (Distributor: Manga Entertainment) Running time: 287 minutes approx. Usually I’d begin a review with something along the lines “And we’re back” as this the official second season of Black Clover, but the truth is, it never went away! There was no break …

Accel World Complete Collection

Accel World Complete Collection (Cert 15) 4 Discs Blu-ray (Distributor: MVM) Running time: 571 minutes approx. I hope you’ll forgive the fact that this is one of the laziest reviews ever posted on this site because this title is a re-release of one already reviewed upon its original release back in 2014. Accel World is …

Bloom Into You Collection

Bloom Into You Collection (Cert PG) 2 Discs Blu-ray (Distributor: MVM) Running time: 318 minutes approx. Love in real life is never as it is portrayed in fiction (not that I would know), so anyone expecting to hear violins and see giddy hearts whenever somebody catches their eye is in for a big  shock. So, …

Attack On Titan – Series 3 Part 2

Attack On Titan - Series 3 Part 2 (Episodes 50-59) (Cert 15) 2 Discs DVD/Blu-ray/4 Discs Ltd Combo Collector’s Edition (Distributor: Manga Entertainment) Running time: 239 minutes approx    With the third season of this epic fantasy series split into two parts, there was much consternation amongst some fans who felt this was dragging things …

The Girl In Twilight Collection

The Girl In Twilight Collection (Cert 15) 2 Discs Blu-ray (Distributor: MVM) Running time: 296 minutes approx. Parallel worlds sound fascinating don’t they? The idea a universe similar to ours exists, inhabited by people who look like us, but don’t necessarily act like us. Just supposing we were able to enter such alternate reality, how …