Anime Review – Killing Bites Collection

Killing Bites Collection (Cert 18) 2 Discs Blu-ray (Distributor: MVM) Running time: 300 minutes approx. Release Date: July 19th We humans, as Darwin proposed, are descended from animals, well mostly primates, but that might explain why we have such affinity with them as pets or marvelling at them as wildlife. Ideally, the connection should end …

Anime Review – Lord El-Melloi II’s Case Files Collection

Lord El-Melloi II's Case Files Collection (Cert 15) 2 Discs Blu-ray (Distributor: MVM) Running time: 333 minutes approx. Release Date: July 26th This series has a rather deceptive title that could cost it some fan interest if the name of the protagonist isn’t instantly recognisable. The eponymous Lord El-Melloi II began life as a side …

Anime Review – Owarimonogatari Part 3

Owarimonogatari Part 3 (Episodes 14-20)(Cert 15) 2 Discs Blu-ray (Distributor: MVM) Running time: 169 minutes approx. Release Date: July 5th Just to show how cruel Nisio Isin is, Owarimonogatari translates to “End Story” yet this franchise continues with STILL more to come, I suspect just to annoy me. And if this series was confusing enough, …

Anime Review – The Empire Of Corpses (Shisha no Teikoku)

The Empire Of Corpses (Shisha no Teikoku) Japan (2015) Dir. Ryoutarou Makihara No, this isn’t a film about the House of Lords, rather a fanciful journey to prevent a global catastrophe with a cast of literary characters re-imagined for this ambitious and quite overloaded adventure romp. In an alternate version of London in the late …

Anime Review – Koyomimonogatari

Koyomimonogatari (Cert 15) 2 Discs Blu-ray (Distributor: MVM) Running time: 153 minutes approx. Release Date: June 14th Somebody up there must hate me. Regular readers will know I have never been able to connect with the Monogatari franchise therefore whenever a new title was sent to me for review it filled me with dread. It’s …

Anime Review – Earwig And The Witch

Earwig And The Witch (Cert PG) Theatrical (Distributor: Elysian Film) Running time: 82 minutes approx. Release Date: May 28th Orphans or abandoned children in fiction either have the best lives whilst in care and the worst lives when taken in by a new family or vice versa, there is rarely a happy medium. Maybe it …

Anime Review – Kandagawa Jet Girls Collection

Kandagawa Jet Girls Collection (Cert 15) 2 Discs Blu-ray (Distributor: MVM) Running time: 320 minutes approx. Release Date: May 24th Question: how much of a surprise would it be to learn that jet racing is a thing in Japan, with high school clubs, local, and national championships? If the answer is “Not really” then you …

Anime Review – Paranoia Agent Collector’s Edition

Paranoia Agent Collector’s Edition (Cert 18) 2 Discs Blu-ray (Distributor: MVM) Running time: 339 minutes approx. Release Date: May 24th Stress is a dangerous feeling, one that can cripple and harm in ways we may not be fully aware of. It can make people behave uncharacteristically and make crucial mistakes in desperation, creating needless trauma …

Anime Review – Chidori RSC Collection

Chidori RSC Collection (Cert 15) 2 Discs Blu-ray (Distributor: MVM) Running time: 297 minutes approx. Release Date: April 12th Japanese high schools must be the most active places on earth even for those with the most obscure interests. As we have seen via anime, they have after school clubs for chess, music, sports, tea drinking, …

Anime Review – Colorful (Karafuru)

Colorful (Karafuru) Japan (2010) Dir. Keiichi Hara According to Monty Python’s classic ditty Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life death is the final word - but what if it isn’t? One of life’s greatest mysteries is what happens to us once we pass on, whether there is an afterlife - heaven or hell …