Today's Updates Figure Review: Orchid Seed’s Anna from Gekkou no Carnevale New Line’s Corticarte Apa Lagranges (swimsuit ver.) preorder open Pop Wonderland Little Red Riding Hood preorder open Other Headlines Oshii Mamoru's Sky Crawlers film official site renewal - hits theaters August 2nd Zundarepon Queen's Blade wallpaper available for download Third volume of Maritan Drills coming on April 26th Spring 2008 Anime: Romantic Tragedy We continue our exploration of the season's new offerings with a look at To Love-Ru, a shining example of the formula that's generating the worst of what Japan's 2D culture has to offer today. With the sole exception of the character designs this show should be placed in a vault with two-meter thick lead walls and nuked until it glows - but don't take my word for it. To Love-Ru Production Studio: XEBEC Genre: feces Original Concept: Hasemi Saki Director: Kato Takao Series Composition: Yamatoya Akatsuki Character Designer: Oka Yuuichi Doujin Potential: rank S for Jump Figure Potential: how many have already been announced again? Shounen Jump romantic comedy pablum. "My betrothed is a space princess?!" I didn't like it much when Rumiko Takahashi did it and the story here seems to be just as insipid, though with more fanservice and (slightly) better designs. Oka Yuuichi gets credit for that and gives the show any dubious merit it may end up having. I haven't watched any of this and don't plan to; some of the doujinshi will likely be worth salvaging, though. New Play-Asia Preorders Kotobukiya's Sengoku Rance Suzume Kotobukiya's Beat Blades Haruka Eye Scream's Shining Wind Houmei Alter's Nanoha StrikerS Vita Toy'sworks' Ah! My Goddess Belldandy Ero news below:
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