Cute girls engage in “tankery” in this late 2012 series. The concept works surprisingly well largely because the series stays focused on its main strength: involving and beautifully-animated mock tank battles.

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Astro Toy - Figma Hatsune Miku 2.0

Dec 8, 12:59

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Dave inspects the the 200th Figma, and of course, it's Hatsune Miku.

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Knack

Dec 8, 11:05

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There are worse games than Knack, but in many ways a dull game is worse than a bad one.

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The List - 7 Christmas Anime To Ring In The Season

Dec 7, 12:00

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Seven anime Christmas favorites to watch with a cup of hot cocoa.

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Puella Magi Oriko Magica GN 1 & 2

Dec 7, 11:05

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Puella Magi Oriko Magica isn't the worst spin-off to ever exist, but it certainly doesn't make the most of what it has either.

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Madoka Magica: Rebellion US Premiere

Dec 7, 03:07

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Pictures from the North American premiere of the third Madoka Magica movie, as well as a Q&A with producer Atsuhiro Iwakami and Studio SHAFT president Mitsutoshi Kubota.

review

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Wolf Children BD+DVD

Dec 6, 11:05

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Wolf Children is honest about the gross reality of raising kids (and pets) while still leaving room for fantasy, which is really the only way a movie about single motherhood can work for a general family audience, as Wolf Children largely does.

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WATAMOTE

Dec 5, 12:00

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Rarely before has an anime series so keenly and uncomfortably struck home about the humorous travails of a social misfit. Its triumph is in creating an anti-moe protagonist who paradoxically winds up being intensely moe, too.