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Naruto's Rock Lee Spinoff Anime to Air on TV

Tiger & Bunny: Build Your Own Hero Contest - Winners!
The wait is over! The winners for the Build Your Own Hero Contest have been selected! 2012-02-21

Report: Katsucon 18
Our full report of Katsucon 18 is here! Cosplay galleries, industry panel reports and full accounts of all three days of the convention! Plus: World Cosplay Summit coverage! 2012-02-20

The X Button - Way of the Warriors
This week: We talk Dynasty Warriors, One Piece, and…Star Wars? Plus Street Fighter X Tekken's new additions, Final Fantasy XIII-2's new content, and equally unsurprising Persona news. 2012-02-22

Anime News Nina! - 2012-02-22
Myoopi deploys his emergency Plan B. 2012-02-22

The Stream - Bend It Like Kakeru
Finally, a soccer champion worth rooting for, and a pirate you'd gladly give all your jewelry to. Plus, hear about a crazy new crash diet that really works! If... you're a cartoon. 2012-02-21

Katsucon 2012
Our full report of Katsucon 18 is here! Cosplay galleries, industry panel reports and full accounts of all three days of the convention! Plus: World Cosplay Summit coverage! 2012-02-20

Shelf Life - The Lonely Hearts Club
Erin talks pirates, card sharks, and the secret to mending a broken heart.
- Chihayafuru ep 1-12
- Kobato collection 1
- One Piece collection 3
2012-02-20

Astro Toy - Rio:Bone Panty
David takes a look at the first real honest-to-god action figure of Panty from Gainax's subversive hit show. 2012-02-19

Bakuman. GN 9
Through the first few chapters, this volume of Bakuman may not seem all that impressive ... but it improves dramatically as the tension escalates in the second half.

Another streaming episodes 1-6
A middle school student winds up in a cursed classroom in this good-looking and great-sounding mystery/horror series. Though it starts slow and certain aspects can be irritating, its story gradually gets better as the series progresses.

Xam'd: Lost Memories Blu-Ray
Logic, cohesion, and structure are not its strengths. Courage is, and flamboyancy. It isn't afraid to move, move big, and keep moving.

Naruto GN 55
One faction battling here, another one over there, and goodness knows when it's all going to end. If this is the current state of ninja warfare, it's going to be a long, tedious fight.

Bodacious Space Pirates Episodes 1-6 Streaming
An easygoing sci-fi adventure, content to rely on its cliché-retardant cast and intelligent action to paper over its gaps in momentum. Declines some after a dazzling start but remains effortlessly entertaining nonetheless.

The Secret World of Arrietty
A beautiful, carefully detailed and altogether pleasant wisp of a film that does absolutely everything – from the characters' personalities to the story construction to the emotional stakes that hold the whole thing together – in miniature.

Uta no Prince-sama - Maji Love 1000% episodes 1-13 streaming
For all of its oddness, Uta no Prince-sama is a compulsively enjoyable show, at least for those within its target audience. It aspires to be nothing more than what it is, a fun, fluffy, j-pop soaked reverse harem tale aimed squarely at the fangirls, and at that, it succeeds.

The World God Only Knows Blu-Ray
A master of dating sims who generally rejects reality must try to use his game skills on real girls in this comedy/drama from Manglobe. It succeeds at what it needs to do to be popular but never capitalizes on its full potential.

Fairy Tail Blu-Ray + DVD 3
It took 24 episodes to get here, but the third volume of Fairy Tail finally shows the series living up to its potential.

Beelzebub Episodes 25-48 Streaming
It's clear that the show wants to go from being a good comedy to being a good series, period, and punch me in the face and bury me in a wall if it hasn't reached its goal by season's end.

Vampire Hunter D Novel 11
Although the main gimmick in the plot – that D is working for a Noble this time, rather than hunting him – marks a dramatic departure from previous novels in the series, the story content, execution, and style remain typical of what has been seen in previous novels.