The Battle for Doldrey, the second Berserk movie, ensures that anime lives up to its 18-certification with plenty of blood, sweat and tears – blood from a torture scene and some deadly combat and the sweat and tears from all the other physical activities people tend to get up to. The hybrid form of animation […]
Berserk: Movie 1 – The Egg of the King review
Toshiyuki Kubooka’s trilogy of new Berserk movies begins with The Egg of the King. This is an 18 rated movie and with good reason. There’s blood and nudity. The hero is called Guts. There is plenty of Guts. Berserk has a loyal fan base. The manga is more than a dozen years old. There’s been […]
Afterschool Midnighters review
Bonkers is a good word for Afterschool Midnighters. This anime is a CG effort. In fact, the film came about after a demo reel from director Hitoshi Takekiyo became so popular that a full length feature was commissioned. The quality of the CG is really high. Afterschool Midnighters shows what is possible with virtual animation […]
Nerawareta Gakuen review
This review of Nerawareta Gakuen (Psychic School Wars) is the result of the world premier held in Edinburgh, in Scotland Loves Anime, in October 2012. The anime was directed by Ryosuke Nakamura and is his first feature film after the TV series Box of Goblins. It’s based on the novel written by Taku Mayumura. Nerawareta […]
A review of Dead Space: Catalyst
I liked the blood splatters. That was my first impression of Dead Space: Catalyst. Titan Books had given B. K. Evenson’s Dead Space novel a small but effective treatment and decorated the chapter numbers with a splash of black and white blood. Dead Space has always been about the atmosphere. Okay; Dead Space has been […]
Resident Evil: Retribution, a review of the book
Loyal fans of the Resident Evil series and zombie maniacs will have gone to see Resident Evil: Retribution by now. I’ve seen the film. It was what I expected; zombies, explosions, zombies, fights, zombies and the body beautiful. There is an official movie novelization of the film too and this is a review of it. […]
A review of Dracula Cha Cha Cha
Dracula Cha Cha Cha follows on from The Bloody Red Baron in the Anno Dracula blood line. I quite liked The Bloody Red Baron, I felt it took a while to get off the ground but once it got in gear it was flying. You should never judge a book by its cover – or […]
Magic: An Anthology of the Esoteric and Arcane
This is a review of Magic: An Anthology of the Esoteric and Arcane that’s coming out of Solaris towards the end of this month. The collection has been edited by Solaris’ editor-in-chief, author of Twilight of Kerberos: The Call of Kerberos, Jonathan Oliver. Jonathan Oliver is not to be mistaken with Jon Oliver, the escapologist […]
The Harry Houdini Mysteries: The Floating Lady Murder
You know the floating lady trick. You’ve probably seen it on TV and watched how the stage magician gets his assistant to appear to float in thin air; but generally under a light weight cloth. The premise of this investigation is that the Floating Lady trick goes wrong. Harry Kellar invented the trick and in […]
A review of Spartacus: Morituri
Spartacus: Morituri is a novel that is not just set in the world created by Starz but involves Spartacus and the other gladiators. It is set after Spartacus becomes the Champion of Capua and while Crixus is wounded. In summary; Morituri is everything you would expect from the Spartacus franchise; violence, sex, politics and human […]
