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. Release Date: November 28th    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 …

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. Release Date: November 28th 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 …

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. Release Date: October 31st    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 …

Anime Review – Burst Angel Complete Collection

Burst Angel Complete Collection (Cert 15) 3 Discs Blu-ray (Distributor: MVM) Running time: 590 minutes approx. Release Date: October 31st    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 …

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. Release Date: October 24th    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 …

Anime Review – INU-OH

INU-OH  (Cert 15) Limited Theatrical Release (Distributor: Anime Ltd.) Running time: 97 minutes approx. Release Date: September 28th    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 …

Anime Review – Harmony

Harmony (Hâmonî) Japan (2015) Dir. Michael Arias & Takashi Nakamura Governments want to control everything within their purview - if they could synchronize the minds, feelings of every person under their auspices, you know they would take it. In some ways, many succeed with political ideology drawing in the weak minded and easily led - …

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. Release Date: September 12th 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 …

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. Release Date: August 31st    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 …

Anime Review – Vinland Saga

Vinland Saga Collector's Edition (Cert 15) 3 Discs Blu-ray (Distributor: MVM) Running time: 627 minutes approx. Release Date: August 29th “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 …