BLU-RAY ANIME REVIEW: BORUTO NARUTO NEXT GENERATIONS SET 2

Boruto Naruto Next Generations Set 2
Released By: Manga Entertainment
Rating: 15
Running Time: 370 mins
Release Date: 9/12/2019
Reviewed By: Sandra Scholes

It's the end of one story and the beginning of another with Boruto beating Nue and Sumire being taken and possibly sent away from the academy for further questioning, though her former classmates are confused and wish her no ill will, she could be punished for what she has done.

ADVENTURE TIME COMPLETE SEASON FOUR

Adventure Time Complete Season Four
Released By: Manga Entertainment
Rating: PG
Running Time: 286 mins
Release Date: 21/10/2019
Reviewed By: Sandra Scholes

For its one-dimensional look and kooky characters, Adventure Time's popularity is to do with its animation and fun element, though its the way the characters progress through the episodes; Finn and his pal Jake have gone from being run of the mill characters into something more like a three-dimensional character would be.

ADVENTURE TIME COMPLETE THIRD SEASON

Adventure Time Complete Third Season
Released By: Manga Entertainment
Rating: PG
Running Time: 286 mins
Release Date: 21/10/2019
Reviewed By: Sandra Scholes

Even if it is a TV show for younger viewers, there is a strategy to how the seasons introduce their new characters; Jake is introduced in season 1 and the Ice King in season 2, so the nice drip-feed of interesting characters makes the viewing more enjoyable, especially so as there is plenty to watch here with four hours of episodes to take in.

ANIME REVIEW: DRAGONBALL SUPER PART 9

Dragonball Super Part 9
Released By: Manga Entertainment
Rating: 12
Running Time: 300 mins
Release Date: 9/12/2019
Reviewed By: Sandra Scholes

As we get further on in The Tournament of Power, Frieza has to fight for what he thinks is right while Goku has his fight with Jiren, though Goku has a problem mid-fight - his power is waning and he could end up worse off for fighting any longer. The question is, can Goku find any hidden strength in him so he can go the distance?

ANIMATION REVIEW: BOJACK HORSEMAN SEASON ONE

Bojack Horseman Season One
Released By: Manga Entertainment
Rating: 15
Running Time: 305 mins
Release Date: 28/10/2019
Reviewed By: Sandra Scholes


Imagine if TVs favourite Mr Ed had an animated series about his life and exploits, but for an older audience? I could imagine it would be a good way to view an anthropomorphised character as we can make them seem more human in many ways, though this is more about a character who is more man than animal who makes the same life choices and mistakes as most of us.

CHILDREN'S BOOK REVIEW: THE BAKERY OF HAPPINESS BY IAN BECK

The Bakery of Happiness
Author: Ian Beck
Publisher:Barrington Stoke
ISBN:978-1-78112-878-7
Pages: 70
Reviewed By: Sandra Scholes

As many novels from this publisher are based in the UK, it is good to find Ian Beck has transported readers to his bakery in France with Paul du Pain (amusing to know his name means bread in French), a baker and Marie, the bakers assistant who serves the customers and processes the sale with a song and a smile every day.

CHILDREN'S BOOK REVIEW: TIN BOY BY STEVE COLE

Tin Boy
Author: Steve Cole
Publisher: Barrington Stoke
Pages: 115
ISBN: 978-1-78112-872-5
Reviewed By: Sandra Scholes

Tono mines tin deep in the trenches, risking life and limb even though he is only very young. He wishes he didn't have to do this, but with his father long since dead, and his uncle unable to work, he is the only one who his family rely on to make enough money to keep them fed and clothed.

ADVANCE REVIEW: FRUITS BASKET SEASON ONE PART ONE

Fruits Basket Season One Part One
Released By: Manga Entertainment
Rating: 15
Running Time: 300 mins
Release Date: 25/11/2019
Reviewed By: Sandra Scholes

After Tohru's mother dies in a car accident, she has to go live with her grandfather, though other problems living there forced her to leave their care and live in a tent on her own! Noticing she is a girl on her own urges the Souma clan living on the grounds she has pitched her tent to want to help her out, yet what she doesn't know is that the Souma's have a secret she finds out the hard way.

ANIME REVIEW: BLACK CLOVER SEASON 1 PART 5

Black Clover Season 1 Part 5
Released By: Manga Entertainment
Rating: 12
Running Time: 300 mins
Release Date: 14/10/2019
Reviewed By: Sandra Scholes

What Asta and his friends did before as part of the Black Bulls is nothing compared to what they face now  as their new mission has them on the search for a stone that takes them into an underwater temple where mages lie in wait and, as usual, they risk their lives for the sake of their team!

ANIME REVIEW: NARUTO SHIPPUDEN BOX SET 38

Naruto Shippuden Box Set 38
Released By: Manga Entertainment
Rating: 15
Running Time: 325 mins
Release Date: 7/10/2019
Reviewed By: Sandra Scholes

If you're already reeling from the previous mammoth battle between Naruto and Sasuke, then I'm glad I'm not alone as this is a nice ending to what has been an amazing series of box sets since the earlier series I remember reviewing all those years ago - and yes, it's been a while.

ADVENTURE TIME COMPLETE SECOND SEASON

Adventure Time Complete Second Season
Released By: Manga Entertainment
Rating: PG
Running Time: 286 mins
Release Date: 21/10/2019
Reviewed By: Sandra Scholes

Fantasy anime is all the rage, and more so with Adventure Time now on our screens. One season after another Finn comes up against some real nasty foes, but with his friends around him for support, he knows his adventures have a meaning and there's never a dull day.

ANIME REVIEW: ADVENTURE TIME COMPLETE SEASON ONE

Adventure Time Complete Season One
Released By: Manga Entertainment
Rating: PG
Running Time: 286 mins
Release Date: 21/10/2019
Reviewed By: Sandra Scholes

Finn is a boy who wears a strange hat and has a dog and some really cool friends to hang out within the land of Ooo, which despite its apocalyptic theme is a place where Finn can enjoy his life as a human with a friend Jake among many he can be himself with.

ANIME REVIEW: GOBLIN SLAYER SEASON ONE

Goblin Slayer Season One
Released By: Manga Entertainment
Rating: 18
Running Time: 300 mins
Release Date: 4/11/2019
Reviewed By: Sandra Scholes

When it's your first time, it never goes right, or at least that's how the priestess feels when she signs up to be a goblin slayer, along with her first adventuring party, and though her whole party gets killed off, someone is around to save her life; the Goblin Slayer, a silver ranked adventurer who has killed more goblins than she's had hot dinners!

CHILDREN'S BOOK REVIEW: NELLIE CHOC-ICE AND THE PLASTIC ISLAND

Nellie Choc-Ice and the Plastic Island
Author:Jeremy Strong
Publisher: Barrington Stoke
Pages:96
ISBN-10: 1781128774
Reviewed by: Sandra Scholes

From the author, who gave us Nellie Choc-Ice Penguin Explorer and Big Trouble for Nellie Choc-Ice, this time around Nellie is on a crusade to save an island from being choked by plastic rubbish.

HORROR ANTHOLOGY REVIEW: HEX LIFE

Hex Life
Editors: Christopher Golden and Rachel Autumn Deering
Publisher: Titan Books
ISBN: 9781789090345
Pages:378
Reviewed By: Sandra Scholes

This Halloween, while the kids are out trick or treating, you know its cold outside and you can cosy up with a new book that's just right for this time of year. Hex Life.

ADVANCE REVIEW: THAT TIME I GOT REINCARNATED AS A SLIME: SEASON ONE PART ONE

That Time I Got Reincarnated as A Slime: Season One Part One
Released By: Manga Entertainment
Rating: 15
Running Time: 300 mins
Release Date: 21/10/2019
Reviewed By: Sandra Scholes

Satoru Mikami thinks his life is fine; he has a steady job in a normal company, his friends all have what he calls normal lives, yet there is one thing they have he doesn't - a girlfriend!

CHILDREN'S BOOK REVIEW: MOLLY ROGERS TO THE RESCUE BY CORNELIA FUNKE

Molly Rogers to the Rescue
Author:Cornelia Funke
Publisher:Barrington Stoke (Little Gem Series)
Pages:96
ISBN-10: 1781128391
ISBN-13: 978-1781128398
Reviewed By: Sandra Scholes

Barbarous Bertha is the guardian of several islands with her daughter, Molly Rogers, who she taught everything she knows about looking after the wildlife there and seeing-off the pesky sharks and other not so nice wildlife that can terrorise the island called the Purple Shell Islands.

SCI-FI BOOK REVIEW: SHATTER WAR BY DANA FREDSTI AND DAVID FITZGERALD

Shatter War
Author: Dana Fredsti and David Fitzgerald
Publisher: Titan Books
Pages: 496
Reviewed By: Sandra Scholes

In a lab in a remote part of Antarctica on February 2nd 2219, the event happens when Dr Meta leads the Onmia Astra project to search for faster-than-light interstellar travel gets more than he bargained for.

OUT NOW! OKKO'S INN ON DVD AND BLU-RAY!

Okko’s Inn

After losing her parents in a car accident, Okko goes to live in the countryside with her grandmother, who runs a traditional Japanese inn built on top of an ancient spring said to have healing waters. 

BOOK NOW! HUMAN LOST

HUMAN LOST at Scotland Loves Animation  From Polygon Pictures, the studio behind Ajin and Blame!, comes Fuminori Kizaki's Human Lost.   Join us on Friday 18th October for the film's UK premiere at Scotland Loves Anime, followed by a Q&A with Polygon Pictures' Shuzo "John" Shiota and Jack Liang. Tickets are selling quickly, so get them while you still can!  BOOK NOW The year is 2036. A revolution in medical treatment has conquered death by means of internal nanomachines and the “Shell System”, yet only the richest can afford to partake. Yozo Oba isn't the richest. Troubled by strange dreams, he flippantly joins his friend's biker gang on an ill-fated incursion to “The Inside”, where society's elite lives. This instigates a journey of terrifying discovery that will change Yozo's life forever. Copyright © 2019 Manga Entertainment, All rights reserved.  ©2019HUMAN LOST Project Our mailing address is: Manga Entertainment, 25 Golden Square, London W1F 9LU Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.

ANIME PREVIEW: NARUTO SHIPPUDEN BOX SET 38

Naruto Shippuden Box Set 38

Kaguya Otsutsuki suddenly emerges from Madara’s body. She is the mother of Hagoromo, the Sage of the Six Paths who entrusted his powers to Naruto and Sasuke. 

ANIME PREVIEW: ADVENTURE TIME THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON

Adventure Time The Complete First Season

What time is it? It’s time for the ADVENTURE TIME THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON DVD. The Cartoon Network Emmy-nominated series that centers on the post apocalyptic adventures of Finn, a human boy with a funny hat, and his friend Jake, a magic and mischievous dog.

ANIME PREVIEW: OKKO'S INN

Okko's Inn 

After losing her parents in a car accident, Okko goes to live in the countryside with her grandmother, who runs a traditional Japanese inn built on top of an ancient spring said to have healing waters. While she goes about her chores and prepares to become the inn’s next caretaker, Okko discovers there are spirits who live there that only she can see – not scary ones, but welcoming ghosts who keep her company, play games and help her navigate her new environment.

ANIME PREVIEW: BOJACK HORSEMAN SEASON ONE

Bojack Horseman Season One

Meet the most beloved sitcom horse of the ’90s, 20 years later. He’s a curmudgeon with a heart of…not quite gold…but something like gold. Copper?

ANIME REVIEW: OVERLORD III SEASON 3

Overlord III Season 3
Released By: Manga Entertainment
Rating: 15
Running Time: 325 mins
Release Date: 23/8/2019
Reviewed By: Sandra Scholes


Sebas and Solution have done well in collecting information about their enemies and Lord Ains is pleased enough to grant his loyal subjects whatever they wish with conditions of course.

CHILDREN'S BOOK REVIEW: FAIRY TALES THE VILLAINS VERSION BY KAYE UMANSKY

Fairy Tales The Villains Version
Author:Kaye Umansky
Publisher: Barrington Stoke
ISBN: 978-1-78112-853-4
Reviewed By: Sandra Scholes

Remember fairy tales? These are where the villains get their comeuppance and the innocent damsels get their princes, well, these are very different stories told from the villains perspective.

ANIME REVIEW: CARDCAPTOR SAKURA: CLEAR CARD PART 2 BLU-RAY

Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card Part 2 Blu-ray
Released By: Manga Entertainment
Rating: PG
Running Time: 275 mins
Release Date: 15/72019
Reviewed By: Sandra Scholes

It has been a while since the first series of Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card, and after initial problems with its release and subsequent re-release, here we are with the concluding part, all in the span of eleven episodes.

ANIME REVIEW: BLACK CLOVER SEASON 1 PART 4 BLU-RAY/DVD

Black Clover Season 1 Part 4 Blu-ray/DVD
Released By: Manga Entertainment
Rating: 12
Running Time: 225 mins
Release Date: 19/872019
Reviewed By: Sandra Scholes

Like reading the back cover blurb or a book that is supposed to give the reader an idea of what to expect from the story, I saw the outline of this , the last part of season 1 that has Asta and friends on their holidays when magic snow lures the children into a cruel trap.

ANIME REVIEW: STEIN'S GATE 0 PART 1 BLU-RAY

Stein's;Gate 0 Part 1 Limited Edition Blu-ray
Released By: Manga Entertainment
Rating: 12
Running Time: 300 mins
Release Date: 2/972019
Reviewed By: Sandra Scholes

Now that it's a case of what's done is done, Okarin has to make do with his present and forget what he did in the past. It seems like such a long time since he and his friends experiment with the mobile phone and the microwave, and so much has happened since; not all of it good.

CHILDREN'S BOOK REVIEW: GOOD BOY BY MAL PEET

Good Boy
Author: Mal Peet
Publisher: Barrington Stoke
ISBN:1781128529
Reviewed By: Sandra Scholes

We have all had nightmares, whether we are young or older, but what if your nightmares were a premonition of a future event?

POKEMON THE MOVIE: DIANCIE AND THE COCOON OF DESTRUCTION

Pokemon The Movie : Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction
Released By: Manga Entertainment
Rating: PG
Running Time: 62 mins
Release Date: 2/9/2019
Reviewed By: Sandra Scholes

In Genesect and the Legend Awakened, we find out the impact of what a non-natural pokemon species has on the natural environment around it, now we discover a story about the land on the brink of destruction due to a Heart Diamond that can no longer keep the land safe and secure.

POKEMON THE MOVIE: KYUREM VS. THE SWORD OF JUSTICE

Pokemon The Movie: Kyurem vs. The Sword of Justice
Released By: Manga Entertainment
Rating: U
Running Time: 183 mins
Release Date: 2/9/2019
Reviewed By: Sandra Scholes

In the previous movies, Black Victini and Reshiram and White Victini and Zekrom, we thought Ash and his friends had ended their journey. But this is only the next step in a whole new adventure and it's going to get much harder for them to face.

POKEMON THE MOVIE: GENESECT AND THE LEGEND AWAKENED

Pokemon The Movie: Genesect and the Legend Awakened
Released By: Manga Entertainment
Rating: PG
Running Time: 183 mins
Release Date: 2/9/2019
Reviewed By: Sandra Scholes

A bustling city is in peril when five Genesect decide to set up home there. They are wary of anyone coming into what they consider as their territory whether they are human or other pokemon. The legend, in this case, is Mewtwo who wants to protect them and, as we know Mewtwo isn't above fighting for a good cause.

ANIME MOVIE: POKEMON THE MOVIE: BLACK AND WHITE: VICTINI AND RESHIRAM/ VICTINI AND ZEKROM

Pokemon The Movie: Black and White: Victini and Zekrom/Victini and Reshiram
Released By: Manga Entertainment
Rating: PG
Running Time: 183 mins
Release Date: 2/9/2019
Reviewed By: Sandra Scholes

Ash and his friends cover a lot of ground in their search for Pokemon around the Unova region, now they have got to Eindoak ready for their Harvest Festival, Ash has to deal with two dear nearly falling to their deaths down a cliff edge, but without him first realising he is there, Victini helps him out, giving him the power to leap his way onto another rock face to safety.

ANIME REVIEW: ATTACK ON TITAN SEASON 3 PART 1

Attack on Titan Season 3 Part 1
Released By: Manga Entertainment
Rating: 15
Running Time: 300 mins
Release Date: 12/8/2019
Reviewed By: Sandra Scholes

We start season 3 with Episode 38, Smoke Signal where Sasha, Mikasa etc have been chosen as the new Levi Squad, though they have no idea why this is, and what makes them so special. Sasha is up to her old tricks stealing potatoes again, earning her the nickname Potato Girl, while Hange has set up an experiment that could turn the tide of their war on the Titans.

ANIME ARTICLE: BLEACH - THE POWER OF NUMBERS

Bleach - The Power of Numbers

When you think of Bleach, you might think of Ichigo, Orihime, Uryu and Chad, even the mention of certain squads in the Soul Society, but something that might have been overlooked is the fact that numbers play a big part in the manga overall.

ANIME REVIEW EXCLUSIVE! ADVANCE REVIEW BORUTO: NARUTO NEXT GENERATIONS SET 1 (BLU-RAY)

Boruto: Naruto Next Generations Set 1
Released By: Manga Entertainment
Rating: PG
Running Time: 300 mins
Release Date: 19/8/2019
Reviewed By: Sandra Scholes

After Masashi Kishimoto was approached to write a sequel series to Naruto, Kishimoto called on the talents of his former assistant, Mikio Ikemoto to draw the manga. The result was Boruto: Naruto Next Generations, and that became turned into the new anime series which is soon to be out on Blu-ray with the first thirteen episodes.

ANIME REVIEW: HELLSING ULTIMATE VOLUMES 1-10 COMPLETE COLLECTION

Hellsing Ultimate Volumes 1-10 Complete Collection
Released By: Manga Entertainment
Rating: 18
Running Time: 490 mins
Release Date: 15/7/2019
Reviewed By: Sandra Scholes

For most of us, the vampire myth started with Bram Stoker's Dracula, of which this is loosely based, but with a nice twist, Alucard, the ultimate vampire works for Sir Integra Hellsing of the Hellsing Organisation. His duty is to eradicate dangerous vampires in a war-torn era of good versus evil in the form of vicious vampire nazis causing havoc around Hellsing's England.

CHILDREN'S BOOK REVIEW: LAURA NORDER SHERIFF OF BUTTS CANYON BY GUY BASS

Laura Norder Sheriff of Butts Canyon 
Author: Guy Bass
Publisher: Barrington Stoke
Pages: 64
ISBN:978-1-78112-845-9
Reviewed By: Sandra Scholes

Guy Bass has brought us plenty of comical novels so its no surprise that he is the Blue Peter Award-winning author of Aiden Abet Teacher's Pet and Noah Scape Cant Stop Repeating Himself. In Laura Norder Sheriff of Butts Canyon ten-year-old Laura is the self-appointed sheriff of the town who keeps the peace no matter which bad apple rolls into it until Duncan Disorderly comes their way and does his best to cause trouble.

ANIME REVIEW: STEIN'S;GATE PART 2

Stein's Gate Part 2
Released By: Manga Entertainment
Rating: 12
Running Time: 300 mins
Release Date: 22/7/2019
Reviewed By: Sandra Scholes

Time-travel always has its consequences, even when Okarin has his breakthrough in technology from one strange experiment. There are amazing triumphs, but there is always loss along the way.  Okarin, in this case, mourns Kagari's loss of memory.

BOOK REVIEW: SURVIVORS BY GX TODD.

Survivors (The Voices #3)
Author: G.X.Todd
Publisher: Headline
Pages: 503
ISBN: 978-1-4722-6703-0
Reviewed By: Sandra Scholes

Survivors is the third novel in the four part Voices series; Defender and Hunted being the previous two. Survivor starts out with Pilgrim wanting to remember his past while a voice in his head telling him to go find a girl who can explain what is happening and fill all the blanks he has in his memory. 

ANIME REVIEW: DARLING IN THE FRANXX PART 2

Darling in the Franxx Part 2
Released By: Manga Entertainment
Rating: 12
Running Time: 300 mins
Release Date: 22/7/2019
Reviewed By: Sandra Scholes

Warning: This review comes with spoilers.

While part one showed us the characters and set up the story, here we get Hiro's back story of when he met Zero-Two when he was much younger. We see what life was like for them back at the Garden and is more of a reveal of who Zero-Two was before she teamed up with Hiro to become a pilot.