Gia's List: 6 Most Indispensible Team Pets Sometimes it's not enough to be adorable and/or fuzzy. Check out some of the most useful mascot characters out there.
2012-05-26
Hey, Answerman! - Fallout: New Vilification Before dropping into your exquisite answers about sexism and objectification in anime, behold as Brian assuages fears about the death of dubs, misconstrued Puritanism, fansub empathy, and robot bunny-swarms!
2012-05-25
ANNCast - Men of Inaction Zac and Justin are killing time before Memorial Day weekend, and what better way to do that than to take some super fun Twitter questions? Ghibli bluray discussion, movie chat, Sentai vs. Funimation and oh so much more! It's an hour and 6 minutes of PURE GOLD!
2012-05-24
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.
Kimi ni Todoke Blu-Ray + DVD Box Set 2 Makes its way through three very different arcs as season one draws to a close. Peaks in the first arc, but even when it meanders or loses itself in side stories the series remains rich in emotion and character detail.
Upotte!! Episodes 1-6 Streaming One might learn a few things about the history and mechanics of guns, and the goofy characters help to make the information stick, but Upotte!! makes too many desperate attempts to be funny and falls short when it tries to be serious.
Kids on the Slope Episodes 1-6 Streaming It may not be the most visually striking, but the breadth and depth of what it has to say makes up for that. And for anything too profound to be expressed in words, Kids on the Slope expresses through music.
Mysterious Girlfriend X episodes 1-6 A girl's drool seems to carry unusual properties in this offbeat story about developing teen romances. Those who can get by the disgusting premise will find a fun series featuring one of the most intriguingly weird of all girlfriend characters.
Sailor Moon GN 4 While the story still has its logical flaws, it remains an engaging read that holds up well despite the passing of years and this volume continues to keep up both the promise and nostalgia of Takeuchi's masterwork.
Pokemon Movie: Black Dub.DVD Overall, neither Pokemon the Movie: Black or its White counterpart really stands out from the already packed herd. While not terrible, these are films that can be safely left alone unless you or your child have a compulsion to truly catch 'em all.
Medaka Box Episodes 1-6 Streaming It turns out that the great NisiOisin/Gainax collaboration is just another mission-of-the-week comedy. Sad, that. And boring.