Otakon 2007

The Click - May 17th - 23rd
Brian sees distant visions of death and despair, our milk and honeyed land crushed to dust under the heels of the forces of evil. He also sees whats on TV for the week, for you! 2008-05-17

Hey, Answerfans!
Answerman is out this week, so he found someone to fill in for him - you! 2008-05-16

Buried Treasure - Shingu
Teenagers saving the Earth from alien invasion are an anime cliché, but they're made fun and interesting by adding something completely foreign: joy and emotional stability. 2008-05-15

Anime News Nina! - 2008-05-14
Nina's optimism bears fruit. 2008-05-14

Kashimashi ~Girl Meets Girl~ GN 4 and 5
Despite dragging things out in the wake of a major previous plot revelation, these two volumes ultimately deliver a strongly dramatic and emotional resolution to the central love triangle. A solid ending for a lovely little yuri series.

Short Sunzen! GN 1
There are many ways to make a school romance work. This is not one of them.

Fruits Basket GN 19
For those who found the lengthy explorations of secondary characters and tantalizing glimpses of Kyo and Tohru's slowly evolving relationship in the last few volumes to be exquisite torture, this volume will be giddy, triple-hanky bliss.

Lucky Star DVD 1
Cute high school girls have stream-of-consciousness conversations essentially about nothing in this obsessively fan-pandering sketch comedy. Loads of anime, manga, and game references accompany sporadic humor.

Kujibiki Unbalance DVD 1
Colorful, hyperactive and intentionally crammed with abrasive clichés; more a comprehensive crash-course in otaku tastes than a narrative. Also contains a single, invaluable episode of the brilliant slice-of-otaku-life comedy Genshiken.

Simoun Sub.DVD 3
Despite only two episodes with true action, so much goes on that the content never gets dull. The romantic twists and turns, character development, and intriguing revelations all assure that viewers will want to keep coming back.

Speed Racer
Punishingly self-obsessed pop art at 200 miles per hour.

Flag DVD 3
This isn't the climax, but as Flag draws its two story-lines ever closer together and sets into motion the machinations of the series' truly frightening cult, it's here that anticipation for that climax reaches its giddy peak.

Mushi-Shi DVD 6
Four final stand-alone tales of Ginko's encounters with mushi unfold as the series comes to an end. Overall, these episodes are just more of the same, and in the case of this series that is a Good Thing.

Psycho Busters GN 2
Psycho Busters is never going to be considered a masterpiece ... But it's still kind of fun watching these kids blast their powers at each other until someone wins.

Berserk DVD 5