DBZ is a legendary anime, it's probably the most famous of all time, and is something that is ingrained in culture around the world, both in the east and the west. While watching back on it now, there are definite flaws that may have been overlooked by our once younger eyes. Dragon Ball Z has a solid heart, and compelling and memorable characters that let those flaws be overlooked, and is what has made DBZ so famous.

Pale Cocoon is a strange little one off OVA. The first thing that immediately popped out to me was the colour palette. The OVA is washed in a dull, sepia like tone. The tones of the background and the characters blend into each other gently, the settings only occasionally punctuated by neon greens from lights or machines.

I'll avoid the story of Pale Cocoon, because it is a very short OVA, barely scratching over the 20 minute mark, and it is just enough to keep the viewer …

There's been many timeswhere I've been sat outside, waiting at a bus stop in the rain,glaring idly at my phone screen for a message to appear. Pressinghuman contact down into bitesize messages is normal for our day today life, but Voices of a Distant Star takes the ball and runs withit.

Voices of a DistantStar is the brain child of Makoto Shinkai, who is responsible for Sheand Her Cat, and The Place Promised in Our Early Days, a Director andWriter who would be worthy of …