Shelf Life - Stratos Update
Erin talks spoon-feeding and a show that eventually does get better.
- Infinite Stratos + Encore complete
- Princess Jellyfish complete
- Tales of the Abyss pt 1 & 2
2012-06-04

The Mike Toole Show - A Leijiverse of Possibilities
Mike hops onboard his outer space train and punches a one-way ticket to the galaxy of Leiji Matsumoto! 2012-06-03

Gia's List: The 6 Most Painfully Shy Teens in Anime
Have you ever let feeling shy impact your life? Well, you're guaranteed to not be as bad as these characters. 2012-06-02

ANNCast - Super Manga Pals Kick Back
Deb Aoki, Ed Sizemore and Inebriated Batman reconvene and it's time for another installment of Super Manga Pals! We talk about the industry, what we've been reading and then take a ton of Twitter questions! Manga manga manga! 2012-06-01

Hey, Answerman! - Damnable Demagoguery
Brian gaily steps from his Internet Red Carpet to treat you all with some answers to a rather odd crop of questions! Including: Race! The decline in episode counts! And shounen-ai! Insert upbeat catchphrase indicating immediate action with zeal and vigor! 2012-06-01

Nyarko-san: Another Crawling Chaos Episodes 1-7 Streaming
It's mindless, substanceless romantic comedy of the most utterly clichéd sort. Not that that prevents it from being good fun.

Dragon Age: Dawn of the Seeker
Funimation has a Mass Effect anime coming up next; here's hoping it's a little more substantial and at least better animated than this thing.

Dragon's Dogma
This is sort of game people skip over in favor of Call of Duty, and Mass Effect, and Final Fantasy, the sort of game whose shocking moments of creativity struggle to exculpate it of the lesser sins of slow build-up, and weak storytelling, and repetition.

Motto To Love Ru -Trouble- Sub.DVD
The fan service-laden harem antics continue as the franchise's second TV series mixes in additional girls and romantic complications. It does have some relationship and character developments but is mostly just further sexy, stupid fun.

Dusk Maiden of Amnesia Episodes 1-6 Streaming
Dusk Maiden of Amnesia is fascinating, and while it won't keep you up nights, it most certainly will keep you interested in learning the truth.

The Book of Bantorra DVD Collection 1
Super-powered librarians deal with issues involving “books” that embody the essence of the deceased in the first half of this 2009-10 series. Although it shows promise, it has yet to prove equal or greater than the sum of its parts.

Saturn Apartments GN 5
They say that "nothing goes on" in the slice-of-life genre—but what goes on here is clearly a big deal for the characters involved.

Dororo [Omnibus] GN
As a milestone in manga history, Dororo is unmatched: in a single massive volume, you not only see the popular shonen genres of the time come together, but also where the popular shonen genres of today come from.

Dawn of the Arcana GN 3
Dawn of the Arcana stumbled at bit in its second volume, but with this one we seem to be back on track.

Higurashi: When They Cry GN 18
As far as conclusions go, this arc has one of the strongest. While Eye Opening revealed some important information about the Sonozaki family in general and the twins in particular, Atonement makes us look at what information we already have in a different way.

Black Sun GN
Black Sun, Uki Ogasawara's second BL work to be published in English is a seamless blend of historical fiction, comedy, and beautiful boys.