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 …

Anime Review – Summer Days With Coo

Summer Days With Coo (Kappa no Kū to Natsuyasumi) Japan (2007) Dir. Keiichi Hara It was a few million years ago when humans took over the planet and made it their own. Unable to communicate with the animals that existed at the time this was something of a hostile takeover. Have you ever wondered, if …

Anime Review – Human Lost

Human Lost (Cert 15) 1 Disc DVD/Blu-ray (Distributor: Manga Entertainment) Running time: 109 minutes approx. Release Date: February 25th “For humans to be humans we need death” Strap yourselves in folks as we have another distinctly Japanese take on the existential dichotomy of humanity vs. technology - i.e. a convoluted sci-fi yarn set in a …

Anime Review – Hello World

Hello World Japan (2019) Dir. Tomohiko Ito We would all like to go back in time and change something in our pasts but we can’t, and even if we could, there are infinite possibilities to the scope of irreparable damage this could cause for us personally and the world around us. Yet, we never learn. …

Anime Review – The Demon Girl Next Door

The Demon Girl Next Door (Cert 12) 2 Discs Blu-ray (Distributor: MVM) Running time: 302 minutes approx. Release Date: February 8th Puberty! We’ve all been there - going to bed one night as a smooth skinned, worry free callow teenager, then wake up the next morning with horns growing out of our heads and long …

Anime Review – ID: Invaded

ID: Invaded (Cert 18) 2 Discs DVD/Blu-ray (Distributor: Manga Entertainment) Running time: 323 minutes approx. Per Wikipedia: “The Id is the instinctual component of personality that is present at birth, and is the source of bodily needs and wants, emotional impulses and desires, especially aggression” In the future, the Mizuhanome System has been developed which …

Demon City Shinjuku (Makai Toshi: Shinjuku) Anime Review

Demon City Shinjuku (Makai Toshi: Shinjuku) Japan (1988) Dir. Yoshiaki Kawajiri Oh, the things a man will do for a pretty face. There may not be the kind of reward he is hoping for at the end of it, but male bravado is just as toxic as the male libido when it comes to overriding …

3D Kanojo – Real Girl Collection Anime Review

3D Kanojo - Real Girl Collection (Cert 12) 3 Discs Blu-ray (Distributor: MVM) Running time: 563 minutes approx. Despite anime being immensely popular in Japan and across the globe, being an otaku is apparently enough to make you a social pariah on the same level as admitting to liking Mrs. Browns Boys. And romance? Forget …

Is It Wrong To Pick Up Girls In A Dungeon? Season 2 Anime Review

Is It Wrong To Pick Up Girls In A Dungeon? Season 2 (Cert 15) 2 Discs Blu-ray/Ltd Edition 4 discs DVD/Blu-ray (Distributor: MVM) Running time: 325 minutes approx. Before we get into this review, I must warn you that I haven’t seen the first series of this fantasy harem show so my points of reference …