maehara.co.ukLatest news & reviews from maehara.co.ukAquarion 1- June 30, 2008 Teenage kids and giant mecha - now there's something you don't see every day. Aquarion doesn't do much to step outside what you'd expect from the genre (well, apart from having their pilots become.. aroused.. by the whole 'giant robot transformation' thing - I kid you not), but despite some iffy CG it still manages to start as fairly interesting and get better from there...http://www.animevision.co.uk/content/view/1841/2/ Black Lagoon 2- June 29, 2008 Black Lagoon returns, bringing the first season to the half-way mark - and while there's plenty of action to keep you entertained, there's also a surprising amount of thoughtful character pieces here, as Rock and Revy learn to deal with each others' very different attitudes to the world...http://www.animevision.co.uk/content/view/2127/2/ Simoun 2: Orchestra of Betrayal- June 26, 2008 Forget the yuri undertones and skimpy outfits - there's more to Simoun than fanservice. Honest. Religious fanatacism, betrayal, love, separation, and the determination to do what's right all feature on this volume. And let's not forget the brutal warfare. Who said it was all about the girls..http://www.animevision.co.uk/content/view/1883/2/ Godannar 5: International Affairs- June 25, 2008 Another week, another volume of Godannar, and a little diversion into matters of love and loss, as the series finally finds something that really grabs my interest. It's probably not a good thing that it's mostly not about Anna & Goh. Let's get down to business...http://www.animevision.co.uk/content/view/1594/2/ Scrapped Princess 3: Traveling Troubles- June 24, 2008 The lies and the truth feature on this volume of Scrapped Princess - the lies of someone who claims to be the Scrapped Princess but, at least as far as Pacifica is concerned, clearly isn't, and the truth of the role that destiny has in store for our heroine: Scrapped Princess to some, Providence Breaker to others. Though you understood the world this series is set in Think again...http://www.animevision.co.uk/content/view/1588/2/ Girls Bravo 2- June 23, 2008 More episodes of Girls Bravo, more girls for Yukinari to deal with, and more entirely unnecessary bare flesh to liven things up. What more could you want from your mindless entertainment Somehow, I don't think an annoying brat was on the wishlist, but sometimes you have to take the bad with the good...http://www.animevision.co.uk/content/view/1595/2/ Divergence Eve Misaki Chronicles Complete Collection- June 22, 2008 Misaki Chronicles continues from where Divergence Eve left off, and goes out of its way to try and confuse you, in the early episodes at least - just where is the 'real' Misaki, and why does the storyline seem to jump around the timeline so much Initially, it's up to Lieutenant Lyar Ertiana to find these things out, and that doesn't prove to be the easiest of missions. Under the surface, though, stranger things are afoot...http://www.animevision.co.uk/content/view/1587/2/ Simoun 1: Choir of Pairs- June 19, 2008 I've been looking forward to this one for a while now, after seeing the first few episodes back when it was airing in Japan - Simoun, set in a world where everyone is born as female and where one nation claims to have the power of the Gods on its side, much to the disgust of others. The Simoun Sibyllae, young pilots of graceful fighting machines, fight to defend the imperial nation of Kyuukoku from the advances of the nation of Shoukoku. But we're really just watching for the shoujo-ai, righthttp://www.animevision.co.uk/content/view/1583/2/ Coyote Ragtime Show Collection- June 18, 2008 Coyote Ragtime Show. Sounds like a musical or something, but then so did Cowboy Bebop, with which it maybe has a little in common. The only series from the good folks at ufotable to get a UK outing (a real shame, as they're one of those studios I automatically associate with "damn good series"), CRS sees the elusive Mister on the trail of a proverbial pot of gold - all the while pursued by Investigator Angelica Barnes, and a gang of lethal androids led by Criminal Guild member Marciano...http://www.animevision.co.uk/content/view/2095/2/ Hell Girl 2: Puddle- June 5, 2008 Four more missions of vengeance for Ai to undertake and this time, misunderstandings cause problems while someone is taking an interest in the Hell Girl's actions. Can the works of the underworld be interfered with by mere mortals, and will such intervention provoke a response..http://www.animevision.co.uk/content/view/2125/2/ |