Recent content by christor

<img src="http://www.animeuknews.net/img/uploaded/2014-12-21MANG6033_DVD_One_Piece_Movies_7-9_2D.jpg"> <b>Review of One Piece Movie Collection 3 - [Films 7-9] by christor</b> The movie adaptation of long-running Shonen Jump shows tend to follow a strict formula. They usually feature a...

<b>Review of Vinland Saga #1 by christor</b> The historical manga is one genre that is traditionally not well represented in English translation. Sure, there's plenty of manga set in the past (or in fictional worlds that resemble it) but generally they will be spruced up with elements of the...

<img src="http://www.animeuknews.net/img/uploaded/2013-10-13MANG5391_DVD_Lupin_3rd_Fujiko_2D.jpg"> <b>Review of Lupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine by christor</b> Lupin the Third is one of the longest running franchises in anime and manga. With multiple TV series, a handful of...

<img src="http://www.animeuknews.net/img/uploaded/2013-06-25MANB8088_BD_Hellsing_5-8_2D.jpg"> <b>topic_title by christor</b> Back in the early noughties, the original Hellsing was a big hit. The 2001 TV series was a lot of fun, and overcame the occasionally wonky animation (from the...

<img src="http://www.animeuknews.net/img/uploaded/2013-03-07MANB8102_3D.jpg"> <b>Review of Oblivion Island: Haruka and the Magic Mirror by christor</b> Ever since the original Toy Story came out, Computer Generated imagery has ruled the big-screen animation output in the west. Fantastic as...

<img src="http://www.animeuknews.net/img/uploaded/2012-11-1081SOAMwPTYL._AA1500_.jpg"> <b>Review of Castle of Cagliostro - (Blu-ray + DVD) by christor</b> Long before Spirited Away, before Studio Ghibli, one of Hayao Miyazaki's first directorial gigs was the Lupin III TV series. One of the...

<img src="http://www.animeuknews.net/img/uploaded/2012-10-28Chaos_Head_3D.jpg"> <b>topic_title by christor</b> Chaos;Head centres on 17 year-old Takeru, a massive anime otaku who lives in a storage container. So all-consuming is his obsession that he completely rejects \"three-dimensional...

Congrats Ian! That's really cool. I had the cover feature for last issue, so I know it feels pretty awesome. So both AUKN/MyM peeps have had a cover... Guess we're doing a OK job then!

<img src="http://www.animeuknews.net/img/uploaded/2012-08-07MANG5254_3D.jpg"> <b>Review of Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt by christor</b> [<em> Please Note: The initial batch of Panty & Stocking have been found to have a production fault that means some footage is missing. Please see Manga's...

<img width="500" src="http://www.animeuknews.net/img/uploaded/2012-06-17MANG5249_3D.jpg"> <b>Review of Spice and Wolf - complete season 1 by christor</b> In the 21st century a growing number of anime have been adapted from not manga, but what are known as Light Novels. As the name...

<img src="http://www.animeuknews.net/img/uploaded/2012-06-10RoujinBD_3D.jpg" width="600"> <b>Review of Roujin Z by christor</b> Way back in the dark and distant past (well 1994 to be exact) Roujin Z was an unusual release for (what was then) Manga Video. The smartly satirical sci-fi comedy...

Indeed I am good sir, the Bleach article is mine. Page 26-7 :D

I have given up on anime getting any decent airing on Tv ever (except Ghibli on film4). There's more streaming online legally than you could ever have had on TV in your wildest dreams. (....especially if you have VPN)

<img src="http://www.animeuknews.net/img/uploaded/2012-02-0525416128_500x500_1.jpg"> <b>Review of Tekken: Blood Vengeance by christor</b> I have fond memories from way back in the heyday of the original Playstation. I remember popping the black-bottomed discs into Sony's little grey box and...

<img src="http://www.animeuknews.net/img/uploaded/2012-01-16mvd7050-01.jpg"> <b>Review of Welcome to the N.H.K. - complete series by christor</b> In reality, NHK is Japan's equivalent of the BBC: their national licence-fee funded broadcaster. Much like our very own Beeb, they run several TV...