Twelve Kingdoms - Complete Collection (DVD)

Banana Fish Manga Giveaway!

Oct 22, 20:05

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VIZ Media is giving away something cool for you. You may be one of the 19 lucky winners of a one-of-a-kind signed volume of Banana Fish! ― VIZ Media is giving away something cool for you. You may be one of the 19 lucky winners of a one-of-a-kind volume of Banana Fish! What's more awesome? Each winner will receive the ONLY signed copy of Banana Fish volume in existence. Yes, you've read that right: A...

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Shelf Life - Convenience Store Boy Friends

Oct 22, 11:00

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Paul endures the baffling doldrums of this peculiarly titled romance anime, breaks down all this week's new home video releases, and features a manga-heavy new Shelf Obsessed! ― It sounds like Funimation and Crunchyroll are wrapping up their streaming partnership, so it might be time for some last-minute marathons if you only subscribe to one or the other. I'm just hoping this doesn't make life more...

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Seven Senses of the Re'Union

Oct 22, 10:00

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This mystery melodrama mashes the VRMMO craze up with the plot of Anohana, but is this blend harmonious or just confused? Theron Martin has the answers. ― At first, this light novel-based series seems to be a blend of the premises from anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day and .hack//SIGN. This series never entirely moves away from that parallel, as many of the character relationships and romantic tens...

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Garo: Divine Flame BD+DVD

Oct 21, 10:00

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While not quite essential viewing, this movie provides a welcome reminder of everything Garo: The Animation did so well. Nick Creamer has the details. ― Garo: The Animation was a welcome surprise when it came out a few years ago. Combining the classic live-action Garo franchise with a fanciful narrative set in an alternate inquisition-era Spain, it offered an action spectacle full of colorful charact...

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The List - 7 Spooky New Games to Play in October 2018

Oct 20, 15:42

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If you're a little weary of the scary games you've played, here are seven new ones that might just reawaken your sense of fright. ― The last two weeks I broke down some of the best new horror manga of the year as well as new spooky anime to stream to kick off a Halloween marathon. This week I'm delving into arguably one of my favorite genres: horror video games. Interactive horror comes in just as m...

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My Brother's Husband GN 2

Oct 20, 10:00

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Yaichi realizes just how much his brother's husband has become part of the family in this touching finale to Gengoroh Tagame's family manga. ― It is something of a shock to realize that the entirety of My Brother's Husband, of which this is the final omnibus volume, takes place over only three weeks. That's probably because they are such full weeks for the three main characters of Gengoroh Tagame's f...

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Interview: Sohei Niikawa, Writer and Producer of Disgaea

Oct 19, 14:00