Latest news & reviews from maehara.co.uk http://www.animevision.co.uk 2008-10-06T20:39:06+01:00 text/html 2008-10-05T16:00:00+01:00 http://www.animevision.co.uk http://www.animevision.co.uk/content/view/2342/2/ Let BLASSREITER's final battle begin - and the person facing off against the Bad Guy™ isn't who you'd expect. Action is normally where this series falls flat on its face, but somehow this episode manages to hold up quite well. Shame they didn't master that art before now... text/html 2008-10-05T16:00:00+01:00 http://www.animevision.co.uk http://www.animevision.co.uk/content/view/2331/2/ The fanservice festival that is Najica Blitz Tactics continues, with some more capture missions for Najica and Lila to carry out - and the first indications that the artificial humans have their flaws. All Humaritts are meant to have a human master - but what happens if a Humaritt is activated without one..? text/html 2008-10-02T16:00:00+01:00 http://www.animevision.co.uk http://www.animevision.co.uk/content/view/2340/2/ Time for another bout with BLASSREITER, and in this case another little taster of how it could have been if all that daft Amalgam / fighting business hadn't gotten in the way. With Zwölf apparently no more, thanks to Xargin's attack, Amanda and Hermann take refuge while they figure out what to do next... text/html 2008-10-02T16:00:01+01:00 http://www.animevision.co.uk http://www.animevision.co.uk/content/view/2290/2/ Here's something unusual - a show where we're further ahead than the US release. MÄR was canned by Viz after only a few volumes, which doesn't fill you with hope for the quality of the show - and neither did the first episode when I saw it myself a few years back. Will Manga's different release format save it from an early death..? text/html 2008-10-01T16:00:00+01:00 http://www.animevision.co.uk http://www.animevision.co.uk/content/view/2337/2/ Another series down - and another series left annoyingly open for future sequels, although as yet there's nothing confirmed. That means that if you're looking for clousre from your anime, Strike Witches isn't the series to provide it (yet), but that doesn't mean it's a complete loss, either... text/html 2008-09-25T16:00:01+01:00 http://www.animevision.co.uk http://www.animevision.co.uk/content/view/2327/2/ Fanservice. It can be different things to different people, but say the word to most anime fans and they'll assume you mean a show that makes as much as possible of the female form - usually as a way of hiding its failings in other departments. There are few shows that take fanservice to quite the same level as Najica Blitz Tactics - so can we assume that means it's otherwise rubbish..? text/html 2008-10-01T16:00:01+01:00 http://www.animevision.co.uk http://www.animevision.co.uk/content/view/2289/2/ Whee, it's Buso Renkin, another shounen fighting show to add to the deluge of them that we seem to be having at the moment. When Kazuki Mutou's killed trying to protect an innocent-looking schoolgirl, it's far from being the end of his problems - especially when said innocent-looking schoolgirl has the power to bring him back to life. With a new heart and the power of alchemy behind him, his battles are just beginning... text/html 2008-09-30T16:00:01+01:00 http://www.animevision.co.uk http://www.animevision.co.uk/content/view/2285/2/ While it started with a bang, the Hellsing TV series ended with more of a whimper. It's a good thing, then, that Hellsing Ultimate has come along, promising to take one of the most promising vampire-based stories of recent years and do it right. Do these first two episodes live up to that promise..? text/html 2008-09-30T16:00:00+01:00 http://www.animevision.co.uk http://www.animevision.co.uk/content/view/2078/2/ Another volume of Simoun, and the focus again shifts to another set of characters - and this time, there's tragedy in the air as hostilities with neighbouring nations step up a gear and some of the girls are forced to take drastic measures to protect the others... text/html 2008-09-29T16:00:01+01:00 http://www.animevision.co.uk http://www.animevision.co.uk/content/view/2298/2/ More existential angst from Ayato as he grapples with who & what he is, and more details about the inner workings of the mysterious Bahbem Foundation, who I somehow doubt have humanity's best interests at heart. It can only be another volume of RahXephon...