Since back in ancient times, Japan has upheld the tradition of the 12 Zodiac signs and their travels. Eto-musumes are Zodiac girls that have the appearance and behaviour of the Zodiac signs. They are known as pure-hearted messengers who act as a bridge between humans and the gods. Every 60 years, the ‘ETM 12’ tournament …
Shinobu Omiya is part of a home-stay programme and she goes to The Cotswolds to live with an English family. She meets Alice Cartalet, a shy little girl, but Shinobu is determined to become friends with her, even though neither of them knows much of the other’s language, and the two grow very close. A …
Having rescued Rukia from execution, Ichigo, Chad, Orihime and Uryuu return to the World of the Living and attempt to resume their normal lives. But they soon find themselves confronted by a strange trio who want to play some “games” with them. However, Ichigo discovers that these games are the least of his problems, as …
People are increasingly spending their time playing RPGs as character personas that travel around a virtual world, fighting monsters and interacting with one another. In a particularly popular one, entitled The World, Tsukasa suddenly finds himself locked within the game, and nobody knows exactly why. He’s not at a computer… he’s actually in the game. That’s …
After failing to rescue Rukia, Yoruichi rescues Ichigo from a fate at Byakuya’s hands and promises to teach him how to master the second stake of zanpakuto – Bankai. However, he only has three days before Rukia’s execution in which to master it, because the Soul Society chiefs have brought it forward. As it dawns …
After the events of the first season, Rukia Kuchiki is taken back to Soul Society and sentenced to death after performing the illegal act of transferring her powers to Ichigo Kurosaki – making him a substitute Soul Reaper in her place. In order to save Rukia from her impending fate, Ichigo has trained with Kisuke …
Ichigo Kurosaki is a teenager with the ability to see supernatural beings, which leads him to Rukia Kuchiki. Rukia is a Soul Reaper, a spiritual guardian trusted to guide the souls of the dead from the World of the Living to the Soul Society – the afterlife realm where she comes from. She also fights …
With the Winter 2015 line-up now at a close, I thought I would take a quick look back over the anime I have reviewed this season and do a swift summary and conclusion on them all. Many of my reviews were written only a few episodes in, and some of my opinions may have changed since …
The Public Corporation for Social Welfare is a shady government agency that is secretly running an experimental programme. This programme involves the use of young girls as elite operatives and assassins. The girls are augmented with strength and ability enhancements that the corporation refer to as ‘conditioning’, and are paired with a trainer. With this …