ANIME REVIEW: POWER RANGERS NINJA STEEL VOLUME 1:FORGED

Power Rangers Ninja Steel Volume 1: Forged
Released By: Manga Entertainment
Rating: PG
Running Time: 90 Mins
Audio: English and Japanese DD 2.0 with English subs
Due Out: 9/7/2018
Reviewed By: Sandra Scholes 

For a series that relies on its kick ass attitude an cool characters, power rangers ninja steel doesn't need a full menu just a play all option and episode selection that also comes with no added extras. All the effort has been put into the quality of the episodes.

ANIME REVIEW: ONE PIECE COLLECTION 17

One Piece Collection 17
Released By: Manga Entertainment
Rating: 12
Running Time: 625 Mins
Audio: English and Japanese DD 2.0 with English subs
Due Out: 25/06/2018
Reviewed By: Sandra Scholes 

Previously Luffy's crew had landed on the Sabaody Archipelago in order to find a craftsman who could help them get to Fishman Island. Camie their mermaid friend was captured and to get her back, Nami has to bid for her in a cruel auction where she might not even win.

ANIME MOVIE REVIEW: BIG FISH AND BEGONIA

Big Fish and Begonia
Released By: Manga Entertainment
Rating: PG
Running Time: 105 Mins
Audio: English 2.0 Stereo
English 5.1 Stereo
Mandarin 2.0 Stereo
Mandarin 5.1 Dolby and English Subs
Due Out: 9/07/2018
Reviewed By: Sandra Scholes 

Every so often, the gods want to sample what it is like to walk among humans and see life from their perspective so they have a change from what they are used to. Chun has had her birthday and become sixteen and as is her right of passage, she is sent from the comfort of her home where humans are oblivious to them to explore the human world and report back what her findings are.

ADVANCED ANIME REVIEW: OCCULTIC;NINE VOLUME 2

Occultic;Nine Volume 2
Released By: Manga Entertainment
Rating: 15
Running Time: 138 Mins
Audio: English and Japanese DD 2.0 with English subs
Due Out: 2/07/2018
Reviewed By: Sandra Scholes 

If you thought the previous volume was strange, this second volume feels even more so with Yuta investigating the Inokashira Lake incident. He and his friends of the Occultic;Nine discover people with the same names had drowned there, leaving Yuta and his friends feeling a sense of unease about how their lives are going.

ANIME REVIEW: MY HERO ACADEMIA SEASON 2 PART 2 DVD & BLU-RAY RELEASE

My Hero Academia Season 2 Part 2
Released By: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Rating: 15
Running Time: 138 Mins
Audio: English and Japanese DD 5.1
Release Date: 11/06/2018
Reviewed By: Sandra Scholes 

IN what is the final part of Season Two, the class of U.A. High School have a lot to learn when they have to train hard, though as for them their work experience goes horribly wrong. A serial killer is on the trail of the kids, which leaves Class 1A students running scared as this killer has a bloodlust and Deku Midoriya is the main target as he is the only one born without a "quirk" power.

Whereas Season 1 focused on the general plot and getting viewers used to the characters, Season 2 Part 2 has successfully made these characters more three-dimensional and believable to us as ones we can also understand on a more personal level; take Deku for instance and the struggles he has with being a non "quirk" user. The sports festival and grueling exams are only a few of the problems the kids of Class 1A have to deal with, but the biggest by far is the Hero Killer who is what I would call an improvement on the villain in the previous series. The story is fun, engaging and gives us more info on the characters than we could have expected. Couple that with cool animation and we have a winning combination for anime fans worldwide.

BOOK REVIEW: NARUTO VOL: 38 BY MASASHI KISHIMOTO

Naruto Vol: 38
Author: Mashashi Kishimoto
Publisher: Viz Media
Pages: 192
Reviewed By: Sandra Scholes

As usual, Masashi Kishimoto gives us an interior uncoloured version of the cover, urging us to have a go at colouring it in ourselves. This time it's a split image of Sasuke and Naruto with Konoha as the background.

CHILDREN'S BOOK REVIEW: THE KNIGHTS OF THE BEST QUEST BY KAYE UMANSKY

The Knights of the Best Quest
Author: Kaye Umansky
Publisher: Barrington Stoke
Pages: 78
Paperback
ISBN: 978-1-78112-767-4
Reviewed By: Sandra Scholes


What promises to be King Arthur, laughs, dragons and adventure proves to be that in spades. The Knights of the Drop Leaf Table was last year's hilarious novel where Arthurian legend became full of laughs and hearty japes with characters like King Artie and Queen Gwinny, knights like Sir Percy, Sir Prancelot, and Sir Bone De Gannet and Sir Angela (a girl in disguise), but don't get me started on the horses, they can't be trusted, especially Gnasher and Breakwind.