Roland Kelts looks at the international popularity of One Piece in an article that includes an interview with manga-ka Eiichiro Oda and the Viz editors who localize his work for American readers. The [...]
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Man, this series really is tripping balls...I'll just say up front, this conclusion - or whatever is - to this arc (or whatever it is) really didn't work for me.  I think I sort of understand [...]
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Impressions on the 11th episode of the anime series named Infinite Stratos II featuring wallpapers of the main heroines Charlotte Dunois, Laura Bodewig and Rin.
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Madoka Magica The Movie – Rebellion - Aniplex of America 115 minutes Ready for more pain? The third Madoka Magic movie, subtitled Rebellion, pushes angst to extreme highs (or lows), as Gen Urobuchi [...]
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                    Because Froggy is away in the Philippines, twelve guest writers will be blogging about anime and/or Christmas. Today’s guest writer is Kuriyama Mirai from Kyoukai no Kanata, a [...]
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This is review number two hundred and forty seven. This anime is part of the Summer 2013 lineup. It’s this anime called Highschool DxD New. I am really perplexed that this damn show got another [...]
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      May Contain Spoilers Review: I am very torn about this story.  At first I just wasn’t engaging with Jenny and her cybersex sessions with C, a talented macro photographer she connects with [...]
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「時空金魚 < 後編>」 (Jikū Kingyo - Kōhen) "Temporal Goldfish (Part 2)" The historian and astronomer in me wants to cry a little bit.
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Hirahara Ayaka - Christmas list:
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Please give a warm welcome to Sir Gareth Solimere! [Manga Maniac Cafe] Describe yourself in five words or less. {Sir Gareth} I live in honor. [Manga Maniac Cafe] Can you share a typical day in the [...]
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SEAN: Just before Christmas, we have a fairly big week with lots of stuff to give folks for the holidays (or request for your own present.) First off, another “Sean missed this” entry. Since I go by [...]
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This week we have lots of little goodies to fill up those Christmas stockings and some Read More...The post Weekly Anime Merchandise Roundup #105 appeared first on Anime Picks.
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This week we have a pretty cool line up of figures. I couldn’t resist Tsukiko and Read More...The post Weekly Anime Figure Round Up #106 appeared first on Anime Picks.
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“High School DxD – New” is the second season of this show. There were so many loose ends left at the end of the first season, the only real question was “When is season two coming out?” Now it has, [...]
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The number of ways to screw up a relationship is truly staggering...There was an almost White Album sense of impending disaster to the events of this week's Golden Time - and Ghost Banri didn't [...]
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Nagi no Asukara just can't resist it's less winning impulses sometimes, but the overall package remains one of the best of the season.In looking at why this series is going to flop commercially [...]
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Everyone has seen one of these two-sided pillow covers that present a mix of pantsu and oppai called "dakimakura" - the greatest jewel an otaku can own, yet also, the most misinterpreted in its [...]
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I was excited when emanga.com announced that they were releasing a bunch of new Harlequin manga on their platform! I’m going to pretend that emanga wanted to give me an awesome holiday present, [...]
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Because just one montage of all the one-off gags repeated every week wouldn’t have been enough. Okay, I won’t get to IS or KLK tonight. I have holes in me. What do you want? I’ll probably get them and [...]
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(By the time I got round to posting about episode 10, episode 11 came up, so these two reports come several days apart) Kyoukai no Kanata 10 gives us some misdirection, a great whammy, and proceeds [...]
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