Ok, first, before I say anything else, I have to get one thing out right off the bat: This box set is STUFFED with extras. It is truly amazing how much is present here. That’s the first impression I had when I cracked open the …Read more »
Diabolik Lovers is an upcoming anime series based on a popular vampire otome game (a type of game that specifically targets a female audience). According to the anime's official site, the series will kick off in Japan this fall. Diabolik Lovers is directed by Shinobu Tagashira …Read more »
Those who want to see The Major promoting Microsoft's Surface tablet can finally see their wish fulfilled in the full Ghost in the Shell: Arise promotional short . Following some short commercials, the full three-minute short has The Major utilizing the tablet during a mission, …Read more »
The fourth Blu-ray and DVD of Kyoto Animation's Tamako Market anime is set to come with a special treat when it arrives in Japan on June 19. The release will come packaged with an OVA called "Occhyoko Choi-chan," focusing on island fortune teller Choi Mochimazzi's …Read more »
Sword Art Online is pretty darn popular, and it's looking to get even more so with Aniplex of America's announcement that the series—which adapts Reki Kawahara's light novels of the same name—will be making its way to Adult Swim's Toonami block. According to Aniplex's announcement …Read more »
Warning: Antique Bakery is bound to make you hungry. If you’re like me, you'll need sugar after watching. Based on a popular manga written by Fumi Yoshinaga and published by Digital Manga, Antique Bakery is easygoing, simple and yummy. It’s only twelve episodes, and they’re …Read more »
It's been a good year for co-productions, especially if the name of your animation studio happens to be Madhouse. Japanese fans of The CW Network's hit show Supernatural have already experienced their take on the Winchester brothers' various run-ins with ghastly mythology-turned-reality, but we're about …Read more »
Something tells me I don't need to "set up" Revolutionary Girl Utena for your average Otaku USA reader. Not only is it possible that you've seen the whole thing before, but it just might be your favorite show of all time. And who could blame …Read more »
Kosuke Fujishima's Ah! My Goddess manga has been running in the pages of the manga anthology Afternoon since 1988. That's… a pretty long time, and Japanese readers collecting the series from volume to volume are getting a special treat with the release of the 42nd …Read more »
In case you were wondering when you might be able to get your hands on the final 13 episodes of Kei and Yuri's butt-kickin' animated adventures, Right Stuf has you covered. Through their Nozomi Entertainment division, Right Stuf will be wrapping up the pair's first …Read more »
Anyone that thinks North American anime DVD buyers have ever been given the shaft on disc content probably hasn't purchased many Japanese discs. It's kind of like a more expensive trip to the starry Suncoast-ruled past, with two-episode DVDs and Blu-rays reminding one of those …Read more »
FUNimation had a couple of acquisition announcements during this Anime Boston-tastic weekend (I think there may have been some other cons, too, and, uh, Easter). One of those concerns Chobits , the 26-episode Morio Asaka directed series based on CLAMP's manga. The Persocoms therein will …Read more »
What is Mega Monster Battle , you ask? I'm glad you're curious, because it never gets old to talk about a movie that features fifty, count 'em FIFTY Ultramen working together to put a stop to Ultraman Belial and his monstrous horde. Thus is the …Read more »
This should come as good news for anyone that double-dipped on FUNimation's Evangelion 1.0 and 1.11 releases. The Japanese Blu-ray and DVD editions of the second in the rebuild series, Evangelion: 2.22 You Can (Not) Advance , will feature the longer version of the film …Read more »
If you're one of the people that picked up copies of Sentai Filmworks' DVDs—whether it happens to be Clannad , Blue Drop , Ghost Hound , Legends of the Dark King - A Fist of the North Star Story , or Tears to Tiara —sub-only …Read more »
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