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Your Daily Streaming Reviews Schedule: Summer 2019

Jul 16, 15:06

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The poll results are in and we have your Daily Streaming Reviews schedule for Summer 2019! ― This season's poll results have been tallied and we've put together the schedule for the Summer 2019 Daily Streaming Reviews! Due to lack of reader interest, Chris Farris will be wrapping up his reviews of YU-NO: A girl who chants love at the bound of this world this week. Without further ado, your schedule: ...

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This Week in Anime - Astra Lost in Space is Off to a Stellar Start

Jul 16, 14:00

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The Astra rockets forth into drama and adventure with its intriguing new cast of spacefaring characters. Nick and Andy discuss their favorite moments and future predictions for this exciting sci fi series. ― Astra Lost in Space rockets forth into drama and adventure with its intriguing new cast of spacefaring characters. This week, Nick and Andy discuss their favorite moments and future predictions ...

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Junji Ito "Collection" BD+DVD

Jul 16, 12:00

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This haphazard adaptation of a horror manga master's beloved works is more depressing than shocking. Faye Hopper has the details. ― How do you make Junji Ito boring? Is it even possible? Well, in case you are one of the few who ever pondered such a question, congratulations! You have an answer. It's called Junji Ito Collection, and it is pure unadulterated tedium. But how? For one, it's notorious how...

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Shelf Life - July 15, 2019

Jul 15, 13:00

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There's a plethora of new hit manga out this week, from Goblin Slayer to BEASTARS to Skull-Face Bookseller Honda-san. Check out our full list of anime, manga, and game releases! ― Welcome to Shelf Life, covering every week's new releases in anime, manga, and Japanese games! The latest part of Boruto looks like the headline act in this week's anime lineup, while it's a week of endings and beginnings ...

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Pokémon the Movie: Mewtwo Strikes Back EVOLUTION

Jul 15, 12:07

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This full CGI remake of the first Pokemon movie may seem redundant on the surface, but does this update add anything to the original experience? Callum May has our review from the film's theatrical run in Japan. ― It's not often that you sit through an entire film waiting for it to justify its own existence, but that was my experience watching Pokémon the Movie: Mewtwo Strikes Back EVOLUTION, an exac...

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This Week in Anime - What the Hell is Happening in 7SEEDS?

Jul 14, 14:00

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7SEEDS is based on an award-winning science fiction manga, but something went very wrong in the adaptation process. Nick and Steve navigate this unfortunate trainwreck on Netflix. ― 7SEEDS is based on an award-winning science fiction manga, but something went very wrong in the adaptation process. This week, Nick and Steve navigate this unfortunate trainwreck on Netflix. Disclaimer: The views and opi...

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Saint Seiya: Saintia Shō GN 6

Jul 14, 12:00

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This volume brings Saint Seiya's story back to its true focus, after several prior chapters of stumbling. Rebecca Silverman has the details. ― While Saintia Sho is a direct spin-off of the original Saint Seiya series, the past few volumes might have done a bit better to forget that fact. Beginning with the tournament, where Shoko briefly meeting Seiya is the highlight, the series has been relying too...

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Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? On the Side: Sword Oratoria Novel 9

Jul 13, 14:45

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Aiz gets some detailed backstory in this otherwise lackadaisical entry in DanMachi's story. Theron Martin has the details. ― Over the last two volumes Sword Oratoria has explored the backgrounds of three of its other key members, including how they came to join Loki Familia. With this volume author Fujino Omori finally deals with the person in the franchise whose background has most conspicuously bee...

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The List - 7 More Deadly Games of Survival

Jul 13, 14:00

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There's no shortage of death game stories in anime, where a group of players, willing or unwilling, must outwit and outlast one another in a brutal game of survival. Here are 7 more of 'em! ― There are few quicker ways to ramp up tension between a group of strangers than throwing them headfirst into a battle of kill or be killed. There are tons of manga centered on the topic, for example Yen Press' ...

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