Monday, 25 March 2013


Loups = Garous
Released By: Manga Entertainment
Rating: 15
Running Time: 98 Mins
Audio: English & Japanese DD 2.0
Release Date: 15/4/2013
Reviewed By: Sandra Scholes

Tsuzuki and Kono don't like the world they live in and do their best to try and live their lives how they want to. Tsuzuki is a bit of a tech type who can modify what cameras can see, and if they think she is there, they don't know any better, so she gets away with being on her own a lot of the time. Kono is a bit of a daydreamer who likes to look up at the moon at night and wonders around a lot on his own. Makino notices how shy he is, but once she gets to know him, both him and Tsuzuki become the best of friends.

Nura - Rise of the Yokai Clan Season 1 Part 1
Released By: Manga Entertainment
Rating: 15
Running Time: 325 Mins
Audio: English & Japanese DD 2.0
Release Date: 8/4/2013
Reviewed By: Sandra Scholes

Rikuo Nura shirks wanting to be the heir of the Nura Clan, and leader of the Night Parade of a hundred Youkai, but he is only a child, and the other members of his family doubt him when he is to turn into a human after every night he changes into his youkai self. Although some of the elders want him to succeed becoming their clan leader, he has already decided that he wants to stay a human who goes to school and does all the fun things humans do.

Full Metal Alchemist The Movie: Conqueror of Shambala
Released By: Manga Entertainment
Rating: 12
Running Time: 325 Mins
Audio: English & Japanese DD 2.0
Release Date: 1/4/2013
Reviewed By: Sandra Scholes

Dabbling with the unknown is tricky for anyone, but what if you were dabbling in something that was forbidden by certain laws? In the case of Edward and Alphonse Elric, it is Alchemy that is forbidden for them to use, yet when they were young, they used it to try and bring back their mother, but due to the laws of equivalent exchange, they had to give up something precious to them if they were to get what they wanted. They did this, and their transmutation went horribly wrong, leaving Edward without a leg and his brother Al without a body.


Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood Part Three
Released By: Manga Entertainment
Rating: 15
Running Time: 318 Mins
Audio: English & Japanese DD 2.0
Release Date: 29/4/2013
Reviewed By: Sandra Scholes

Edward and Alphonse, the Elric brothers find themselves with Izumi, their Alchemy Tutor and Hoenhiem tells Rockbell all about them and how life turned out for them once they decided to dabble in alchemy in order to bring their mother back to life. He tells everything, the whole story, of Bradley, the Philosopher's Stone and what making one entails. The two brothers become ever closer to the Philosopher's Stone, but getting it is another matter when they end up in the hands of the terrible Homunculii, and someone calling them their father.

Wednesday, 13 March 2013


Naruto Shippuden Box Set 12
Released By: Manga Entertainment
Rating: 15
Running Time: 325 Mins
Audio: English & Japanese DD 2.0
Release Date: Out Now!
Reviewed By: Sandra Scholes

Sasuke Uchiha has been through hell and back with his recent fight to the death with his evil brother, Itachi only to find himself tied up and kept in a hidden location while a mysterious masked man tells him the real truth behind what his brother did in the hope that he would believe him. In this two disc set of Naruto Shippuden, viewers are treated to a different story about Itachi's life and the sacrifices he made for the good of his clan. It comes as a shock to the system to hear this mystery man's account of what happened several years ago, and it is even stranger once we discover who he actually is.

Tuesday, 5 March 2013


Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion Complete Season 2
Released By: Manga Entertainment
Rating: 15
Running Time: 325 Mins
Audio: English & Japanese DD 2.0
Release Date: 11/3/2013
Reviewed By: Sandra Scholes

It has been exactly a year since the rebellion has been crushed by the Brettonian forces, and Lelouch has been unaware of what has been going on outside the school. Area 11 has become a peaceful haven where nothing exciting happens unless it's Lelouch cutting class and going out on someone else's bike. Lelouch was seeing himself going back to his homeland with his father, but wonders what he would do for work if he did. He only saw that he would be doing a dead end job that paid very little, and had no visible prospects.


Mardock Scramble - The Second Combustion - Director's Cut
Released By: Manga Entertainment
Rating: 15
Running Time: 65 Mins
Audio: English & Japanese DD 2.0
Release Date: 25/3/2013
Reviewed By: Sandra Scholes

Rune Balot has been given a second chance at life, but the quality of life depends on your perspective as she is still in great pain from her run-in with the man who killed her. Her memories of that night he left her to die still haunt her memories, and it's not something she can shake. 

Oblivion Island: Haruka and the Magic Mirror
Released By: Manga Entertainment
Rating: 12
Running Time: 100 Mins
Audio: English & Japanese DD 2.0
Release Date: 1/4/2013
Reviewed By: Sandra Scholes

Haruka is 16 and has to look after herself as her mother died when she was young and left her with a hand mirror to remember her by. It isn't just a memento of when she was alive, though, the mirror is very important later. Haruka soon forgets about the mirror as she grows up, and when she goes to a shrine, she sees a fox-creature and follows it around until she tracks it into another dimension. This dimension is called Oblivion Island, a place that is made up of lost items humans have long since left behind.

Sunday, 3 March 2013


Persona 4 The Animation Part 2
Released By: Manga Entertainment
Rating: 15
Running Time: 325 Mins
Audio: English & Japanese DD 2.0
Release Date: 1/4/2013
Reviewed By: Sandra Scholes

They always say too much TV was bad for you, and now we know why thanks to this anime series. In part 2 of Persona 4 The Animation, Teddy is getting lonely and feels abandoned by those he thought were his closest friends. The fact that he's hardly known them doesn't cross his mind, which is strange. None of them want to be around a gloomy bear, so try and snap him out of this funk. This would be great if he could , but it takes a lot longer time than the others expected.