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Today the spotlight falls on CoMix Wave’s recent Japanese Blu-ray release of the 2007 animated film 5 Centimeters Per Second. Although the film was first issued on Blu-ray back in 2008, this new so-called “Global Edition” – while still manufactured a...

Star Driver has been the epitome of stupidly fantabulous sparkliness, and true to form, the final episode was a giant amalgamation of rainbow sparkly shiny fantabulousness. There was so much shiny rainbow laser beam spam epic fabulous in the episode....

Global Shinkai Day 2011 will be held on the 12th of March. Crunchyroll are spearheading preparations with their brand-new DVD release of Shinkai’s most recent film, 5 Centimetres Per Second. The site is also running a competition in which one talent...

Today the spotlight falls on Funimation’s recent U.S. Blu-ray release of the 2009 anime film Summer Wars. NOTE: Other details to follow; I’m typing out this review in a rare window of free time and final editing will need to be done in stages. RELEA...

How Gonzo manages to stay afloat all these years after the bankruptcy fiasco and losing their money bovine that was Strike Witches is beyond me, but  as a fan of Last Exile, it’s very hard for me to ignore this new announcement. In other words, it...

February 3rd marks the official beginning of the Year of the Bunny Girl Rabbit in the Chinese Lunar Calendar. We the staff (which is mostly just me actually) wish all the best to everyone out there, and don’t blow off your fingers with illegal firecr...

Blog co-author Meu dug up a couple old links for me recently, that being my vintage 2008 Top 20 Anime Girls List as found here and here. It was nostalgic to examine but severely outdated, so I figured it was time to give the old list an update. Click...

The fantastic Wakaba has done it again. This has probably been out for a while now, meaning it’s all old-hat for some of you, but she’s news to me. And what’s she’s got for her over the rest of the OS-Family: Her own commercial. (I really wanted to...

Found on a FredMeyer book rack. Had the paper been pressed with flecks of glitter: I would have **** myself. But seriously though? Forget that he’s a “vampire” for a sec and realize: This is what a bishie looks like at max-level, sweating Calvin Kle...

Don’t worry, she won’t bite. But a hard jab in the solar plexus can’t be ruled out entirely . . . From Wolf Hurricane, our very best wishes to all in the new year.

Diego adds to the festive cheer by opening the covers of a splendid stocking stuffer: ARIA the Illustration – Avvenire, a compilation of artwork related to the ARIA anime series. As with my previous artbook posts, only low-quality shots of selected...

Diego briefly escapes from the drudgery of the white-collar salt mines to bring you another review. Today, the spotlight falls on Cielo – the last in a three-volume series of hardbound books featuring the manga art of ARIA author and illustrator Ama...

Image by Agasang Sorry for the lack of updates lately, but I just haven’t been very motivated to write lately. Anyway, I actually hate Maria but couldn’t resist using that line for the title since it was from one of Umineko’s more memorable scenes. H...

Put ya Nekomimi Modo on! Two episode impression When the words ‘cat’ and ‘anime’ usually cross paths, the result is more often than not a cat girl of some sort. I’m the odd man out when I say they’ve always weirded me out, even before furry awareness...

This isn’t the real title screen, but this one is more interesting. Two episode impression I’ve been craving a good reference-laden comedy for a while. Hayate S2 and Zan Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei are still fresh in my memory, but neither really satisf...

Kobato, Dobato, Kobato, Dobato. Two episode impression I’ve never liked anything CLAMP, and it doesn’t look like Kobato is going to change that opinion. So basically it’s about a naively annoying girl that has to heal the wounded hearts of others, s...

Come for the boob armor, stay for the Mugi Elf. Two episode impression Umm, I wanted to write something about Seiken no Blacksmith (The Sacred Blacksmith), but Cecily’s boob armor distracted me and made me lose my train of thought. Boob armor. Boob a...

I’m more of a Gouf man, but a Kampfer is fine too. Two episode impression Oh Japan, you’re so silly with your various fascinations and strange fetishes, though the blatant obsession with all things German still mystifies me. I’m convinced everyone in...

Two Episode Impression So… Toaru Kagaku no Railgun is a spin-off of Toaru Majutsu no Index focusing on the less interesting members of the cast the scientific side of Academy City. As much as I loved Biribiri-chan in Index, an entire spin-off revolvi...

The show wasn’t great, but at least it did the sunset ending correctly. I’m looking at you, Phantom. What should I say about Valkyria Chronicles? For starters, it was a disappointment. The word ‘disappointment’ is usually synonymous with bad, but I d...

Here’s something you might enjoy, I know I did. On The Street | Animated It’s a video from Bill Cunningham, fashion photographer for The New York Times. From what I gathered the man goes around Manhattan, taking pictures of well dressed people, and t...

Bad end is bad. Questions? Phantom was a great, polished show with plenty to like about it. The characters had “real” personalities, and their struggles were identifiable. The entire cast was excellently written and convincingly voiced. The animation...

I hereby decree October to be Senjougahara Awareness Month. Come on, you had to see this coming sooner or later. So here it is and Senjougahara just happens to get the second best month of the year. October was already pretty rockish, and now it got...

This is my desktop. Point and laugh. I’m horribly out of the loop when it comes to VN news, but I just found out about the Kanon English patch yesterday. Say what you will about my slowpokeness. It’s okay. So after squealing like a little girl at a J...