In need of a way to become stronger and earn cash on the side, Gon and Killua head to Heavens Arena to test their skills following the events of the Hunter Exam. While advancing through the many floors of the arena, the two meet a young fighter named Zushi and his mentor Wing, who teach […]
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Review: B – The Beginning Season 1 (Blu-Ray)
B: The Beginning is a weird name for an anime. I mean, sure it makes sense part-way through the first episode, but it’s still odd. It’s a good thing the anime itself is damn good. In B: The Beginning, the Royal Investigation Service of the Kingdom of Cremona get caught up in the usual hardline […]
Review: Million Arthur Complete Series (Blu-Ray)
Million Arthur Complete Series smashes two seasons of mobile game anime adaptationisms into a single package for a compehensive (?) experience. Million Arthur Complete Series is based on Square Enix’s series of mobile games that ran from 2012 to 2019. Anime based on massively popular Japanese mobile game properties have carved out their own niche […]
Review: Children of the Sea (Blu-Ray)
Children of the Sea is the kind of film that is difficult to read based on the official art – the direction suggests a serious, even sombre narrative with potential lashings of social commentary and underwater adventure. At least that was my take on it at first glance. In practice it’s an entirely different – […]
Review: Midnight Occult Civil Servants Complete Series (Blu-Ray)
When Arata Miyako shows up for his first day at his new job at the Shinjuku Ward’s Nocturnal Community Relations Division, he quickly discovers that it’s not your average office job when he is tasked with taking care of the many supernatural beings that make Shinjuku their home. Shown the ropes by his co-workers Theo […]
Review: Ride Your Wave (Blu-Ray)
Ride Your Wave hits the Australian market in time for our usual toasty summer, with Masaaki Yuasa promising an interesting spin on a modern anime rom com. Hinako Mukaimizu has moved to a new town by the ocean in an attempt to juggle her love of surfing while studying at university. One night her apartment […]
Review: Yu Yu Hakusho Complete Season 3 (Blu-Ray)
We’re back with Yusuke and the rest of Urameshi Team as they continue their adventures with the supernatural. The burning question remains – will Yusuke and his companions achieve the impossible and finish the Dark Tournament saga by the end of Yu Yu Hakusho Season 3? The short answer is thankfully “yes”. At the conclusion […]
Review: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba – Part 1 (Eps 1-13) (Blu-Ray)
Living with his mother and siblings in the mountains, the young Tanjiro Kamado spends his days selling charcoal in the nearby village until the day he returns home to find that his family has been viciously murdered by a demon. Although his sister Nezuko has survived the attack, as a result of her wounds being […]
Review: Hunter X Hunter Part 1 (Eps 1-26) (Blu-Ray)
Determined to find his father who left home many years ago to become a Hunter, young Gon Freecss leaves his hometown of Whale Island to take on the Hunter exam and become a licensed adventurer. Gon quickly teams up with other exam hopefuls in his travels, Leorio, Kurapika, and Killua, each with their own skillsets […]
Review: Cop Craft (Blu-Ray)
Cop Craft promises a return to a good old fashioned hard-boiled detective narrative with a fantasy twist. With a gritty look and MA15+ rating at the ready, let’s see where things go for a genre that gets very little attention these days in the anime scene. Cop Craft is set in an alternate universe where […]