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Fresh Precure! Film Gets Title, Release Date

Tiger & Bunny: Build Your Own Hero Contest - Finalists (Story)
Way overdue, here are the 5 finalists for the Tiger & Bunny: Build Your Own Hero Contest 2012-02-02

ANNCast - Horn in the USA
Manga editor for Dark Horse and industry legend Carl Horn stops by the podcast to regale us with tales of the old days. It's history-riffic! 2012-02-03

Hey, Answerman! - Whistling in the Dark
This week on Hey, Answerman! Brian attempts to convince a young stalwart to start their own Anime Club, discusses Otaku "prejudice," and how to avoid spoilers! Load up your webscreens and your internetualizers and dig on in! 2012-02-03

Jason Thompson's House of 1000 Manga - Harlem Beat
Jason gets out of gym class long enough to admire Harlem Beat, the Tokyopop basketball manga that isn't Slam Dunk. 2012-02-02

The X Button - Mega Matters
We're talking about Mega Man this week! And also about Street Fighter X Tekken, Akai Katana, a new handheld, and The Simpsons. The Simpsons is an anime series, right? 2012-02-01

RIGHT TURN ONLY!! - Baku to the Future
Great Scott, there's another Bakuman review in this column! But if the business side of making manga isn't your thing, how about some wild adventures in Durarara!! or Toriko? 2012-01-31

Morita-san wa Mukuchi episodes 1-26 streaming
Morita-san wa Mukuchi is nothing big, grand, or exciting, but it also doesn't want to be. Despite some misgivings about the reasons behind Mayu's silence, this is a harmless bit of entertainment.

Princess Resurrection DVD Complete Collection
This complete version is the first release in its franchise to include an English dub. Even a good dub cannot hide the flaws in this monster romp centered around a monster princess, however.

The Story of Saiunkoku GNs 5 and 6
The Story of Saiunkoku is a nice change of pace from a lot of other translated shoujo with its heroine with bigger ambitions than earning her M.R.S.

Puella Magi Madoka Magica Vol. 1 Blu-Ray
Madoka Magica is truly attempting to do something different, introducing a host of wildly creative and deeply sinister elements, reaching inside the very heart of the genre itself and pulling it inside out.

Sacred Seven: Shirogane no Tsubasa
Though it is a compilation movie, it may prove to be fairly impenetrable to those new to the world of Sacred Seven due to the very small amount of even basic information given to the viewer regarding plot and characterization.

Haganai Episodes 6-12 Streaming
It's still worth watching, particularly if you've grown attached to Yozora and the gang, but only just.

A Devil and Her Love Song GN 1
Despite what the back cover says, and even in spite of the title, this is not a love story.

Skip Beat! GN 26
If there's one thing that can be said about Skip Beat it is that it has been consistently enjoyable. This volume is no exception.

House of Five Leaves GN 5
For those who can get past the pacing and the art, House of Five Leaves is an interesting tale of a disparate group of people fallen into crime. With complimenting characters, a clear sense of the time in which is takes place, and intertwining motivations, Ono's series is one for the older reader who is ready for something a little different that doesn't involve students or superpowers.

Twin Spica GN 11
The uplifting message still shines through, and the main characters don't just lecture about getting stronger and moving forward—they actually go out there and do it.

Dengeki Daisy GN 1
...mix Dengeki Daisy's more predictable shoujo-elements with a hint of school drama, a dash of computer hacking and a cellphone to tie it all together and you have a winning combination that feels far less average in its execution..