Anime Review – Jujutsu Kaisen Part 1

Jujutsu Kaisen Part 1 (Episodes 1-12) 2 Disc Blu-ray (Distributor: Anime Ltd.) Running time: 290 minutes approx. If anime is to be believed, Japan must be the most unfortunate country in the world for rampaging spirits and demon manifestations; you can’t move for stories about teenagers with latent abilities to see ghoulish aberrations or have …

Anime Review – Alice In Borderland

Alice In Borderland Complete Collection (Cert 15) 1 Disc Blu-ray (Distributor: MVM) Running time: 70 minutes approx. Release Date: July 4th Survival is a natural instinct of human and animals alike. Many times we are forced to go it alone but having others with you for help and support makes all the difference, giving us …

Anime Review – Belle

Belle (Cert 12) 1 Disc Blu-ray/2 Discs Ltd. Ed 4K Blu-ray (Distributor: Anime Ltd.) Running time: 122 minutes approx. Release Date: June 27th    The internet has become the best hiding place in the world. It is somewhere for those in pain to seek solace, the lonely to find company, and on a darker note, …

Anime Review – Pompo The Cinéphile

Pompo The Cinéphile (Cert 12A) Limited Theatrical Release (Distributor: Anime Ltd.) Running time: 94 minutes approx. Release Date: June 29th   “Welcome to the world of dreams and madness!” So speaks the eponymous character of this anime love letter to cinema, as if the title wasn’t already a giveaway. If the “madness” part sounds like a …

Anime Review – Kanon Collection

Kanon Collection (Cert 12) 4 Discs DVD (Distributor: MVM) Running time: 582 minutes approx. Release Date: June 13th Stop me if you’ve heard this before - a high school boy returns to a town he once visited as a child to reconnect with a girl he met there, of whom he has vague memories. He …

Anime Review – Hinamatsuri

Hinamatsuri (Cert 12) 2 Discs Blu-ray + Digital Copy (Distributor: Funimation) Running time: 288 minutes approx. Release Date: May 30th There are many combinations in life that have little to no chance of actually working, like fish and gravy, or Tories and the truth. Fortunately, we live in a world where anime exists and they …

Anime Review – Dog & Scissors Collection

Dog & Scissors Collection (Cert 15) 2 Discs Blu-ray (Distributor: MVM) Running time: 312 minutes approx. Release Date: June 6th Dogs are great. Scissors have their uses. Put them together though and you’re asking for trouble and this being anime, trouble is very much on the menu. Oh, and there are books too. Lots of …

Anime Review – Air Complete Series

Air Complete Series (Cert 12) 3 Discs DVD (Distributor: MVM) Running time: 338 minutes approx. Release Date: June 6th What is it about the sky that is so fascinating to us humans? Is it because it is always there, hovering over our heads or the fact it is the numerous possibilities of what lies beyond …

Anime Review – Venus Versus Virus Collection

Venus Versus Virus Collection (Cert 12) 2 Discs DVD (Distributor: MVM) Running time: 290 minutes approx. Release Date: May 30th Try saying that title ten times in a row after a few sherbets! This alliteration might make the show sound funky and possibly even topical, and does indeed offer a fair description of what the …

Anime Review – Is The Order A Rabbit? Bloom

Is The Order A Rabbit? Bloom (Cert 12) 2 Discs Blu-ray (Distributor: MVM) Running time: 298 minutes approx. Release Date: May 23rd We return to the Rabbit House café to rejoin Cocoa, Chino, Rize, Syaro, Chiya, Megumi, and Maya for more sugary sweet moe slice-of-life hijinks. This third season of Is The Order A Rabbit? …