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You know, maybe disk three of Shuffle! 's harem antics starts off with that mandatory episode wherein the boy and the girl everyone is convinced he will marry think they get stranded on a deserted island after a day at the beach, when in fact …Read more »
FUNimation's sister company, BCI, will be bringing the 2007 GeGeGe no Kitaro live-action film to North America later this year. The film will be available on DVD on October 28 (just in time for a Kitaro-themed Halloween party!), with the Blu-ray edition coming out on …Read more »
This is it, guys, anime based on an eroge. As if one cute, live-in, childhood friend fussing over him isn't enough, high school student Rin Tsuchimi gets his harem properly underway with the addition of a god and a demon—oh wait, make that the respective …Read more »
The second box set of Baki the Grappler , based on Keisuke Itagaki's 1991 manga of the same name (the original run of which was serialized through '99), finds the titular young man a much more established fighter. Regardless of the constant cheers he receives …Read more »
I'm gonna cut right to the chase. Did you enjoy the 2004 Appleseed EX movie? Guess what: you're going to enjoy Vexille , end of discussion. Why are you even thinking about this? You could be watching Vexille right now. There is no need for …Read more »
The formula used to create a spin-off like Sasami is a very simple one, but its tried and true results should be respected and studied; dissected and researched for the success of future generations. This is important, not because Sasami is just some cash cow …Read more »
Hana is the 2006 effort from director Hirokazu Kore-Eda, who garnered critical success with previous efforts like Maborosi , After Life , Distance , and Nobody Knows (among others, he scored the Best Director award at both the Venice Film Festival and the Blue Ribbon …Read more »
Here's an Otaku Confession of the Past: Dead Zone was my first introduction to anything remotely related to Akira Toriyama's sprawling world of superhuman fisticuffs. There I was at a Kentucky flea market when I saw illicit VHS tapes of what would, in a year …Read more »
After what seems like an appropriate eternity, I finally find myself returning to the life-siphoning halls of Black Blood Brothers , the first two volumes of which were covered here and here . One of the most prominent points of the second volume was the …Read more »
Added to a growing roster of download-to-own episodes, Jyu-Oh-Sei can now be purchased in either single episode format or as an 11-episode bundle on FUNimation's website , subtitled and ready to watch for users with Windows Media Player installed and either Windows XP or beyond. …Read more »
It's been a while since I attended AX myself (back in '05), and once again I ended up spending Independence Day weekend (also known in some circles as Will Smith Weekend) far away from the LA Convention Center. I almost felt like I was there, …Read more »
Ah, doujinshi. Novels, manga, video games, custom tabletop RPG modules, music... amateurs and professionals create massive amounts of work, both original and fan based. And while you can buy them mail-order from the artist or at a consignment shop like Toranoana or Mandarake, the real …Read more »
Enthusiastic fans lamenting the final volume of School Rumble 's first season domestic DVD releases didn't really have too long to ponder extracurricular activities, did they? Smartly, FUNimation wasted no time releasing the follow-up OVA that bridges the series, School Rumble OVA Ichigakki Hoshu or, …Read more »
Hopefully if you've been keeping up with Otaku USA then director Leiji Matsumoto, who created such classic series' as Starblazers , Galaxy Express 999 , Captain Harlock , et all and was covered extensively in our February 2008 issue, needs no introduction. Oops, I guess …Read more »
As strange as it is to get into talking about Dragon Ball Z in "seasons•bCrLf rather than arcs, it's exciting enough for me to see that FUNimation's release of Season Four contains two of my favorite arcs in the series, so I guess it's a …Read more »
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