So, we've been stretched a bit thin video-wise lately, and Gia said I could handle Quick Picks by myself this week, but...well...I was trying to do some cool explosions in the background, and I kind of destroyed our camera...so...that's why it's late...and...um...TEXT QUICK PICKS THIS WEEK! FOR THE WIN! YEAH! THIS S@#% JUST GOT REAL! A-a-and stuff! First up, MY pick, Detroit Metal City volume 4. If you haven't already started up on the fantabulous adventures of Johann Krauser, also known sweet, kind kindergarten teacher Soichi Negishi. What a double life to live. I know what it's like to be under constant pressure to be a hard-living death metal rocker when all you really want is to sit back and listen to some ABBA.Then there's Gia's manga pick, Arata: The Legend. It's from Yuu Watase, who is mostly known for her shoujo works like Fushigi Yugi, but Arata is actually a shounen series from Shogakukan's Weekly Shounen Sunday. The influence is pretty obvious though. I mean, come on. Arata dresses up as a girl in the first chapter. Yeesh. True to Watase form, I believe there's some jumping around from world to world or something too. Whatever! (Gia is currently peeking over my shoulder and telling me to say that she's also planning to check out Alice in the Country of Hearts volume 2.) Moving on, this was a BIG BIG BIG WEEK for me in anime. Oh my gosh. I mean, first there's Evangelion 1.11 You Are (Not) Alone on Blu-Ray (and DVD!), which I've already watched eight times...not including all those times I rewatched the scene with topless Rei. Er, I mean, with fascinating exposition about Rei's relationship with Gendo. Yeah. That.And and and and GUNDAM UNICORN! I cannot WAIT for this to air on a big screen at VIZ Cinemas, so I didn't! But the Blu-Ray release is gooooorgeous! Gia insists that if you're not interested in the mech stuff, and I don't know why you wouldn't be, then you may want to know that FUNimation is rereleasing The Familiar of Zero's first season as a Viridian collection for $39.98. SNORRRRRRRE. (Actually, the fanservice was pretty good. BUT THERE AREN'T ANY MECHS!)So that's your Quick Picks for the week! Here's the list of all the releases, with our picks bolded as usual.  Anime and Manga Releases for 3/7-3/13, 2010 Manga Releases Title Publisher SRP Date .hack//Cell v1 TOKYOPOP $10.99 03/09/10 Alice in the Country of Hearts v2 TOKYOPOP $10.99 03/09/10 Arata: The Legend v1 VIZ Media $9.99 03/09/10 Blood Honey v1 (Yaoi) TOKYOPOP $14.99 03/09/10 Detroit Metal City v4 VIZ Media $12.99 03/09/10 Dragon Ball Z VIZBIG v6 VIZ Media $17.99 03/09/10 Dry Heat (Yaoi) DMP $12.95 03/10/10 Gakuen Alice v10 TOKYOPOP $10.99 03/09/10 Gay's Anatomy: Episode Zero (Yaoi) Media Blasters $11.99 03/07/10 Hanako and the Terror of Allegory v1 TOKYOPOP $10.99 03/09/10 Haru Hana The Complete Collection TOKYOPOP $16.99 03/09/10 InuYasha v46 VIZ Media $9.99 03/09/10 Maria Holic v3 TOKYOPOP $10.99 03/09/10 Momo Tama v4 TOKYOPOP $10.99 03/09/10 Peace Maker Kurogane v3 TOKYOPOP $10.99 03/09/10 Swan v15 CMX $9.99 03/09/10 Switch v13 VIZ Media $9.99 03/09/10 Takeru: Opera Susanoh v4 TOKYOPOP $10.99 03/09/10 This Ugly Yet Beautiful World v2 TOKYOPOP $10.99 03/09/10   Anime Releases Title Publisher SRP Date Evangelion 1.11: You Are (Not) Alone (BD) FUNimation $34.98 03/09/10 Evangelion 1.11: You Are (Not) Alone (DVD) FUNimation $29.98 03/09/10 GaoGaiGar Season 2 Media Blasters $29.99 03/09/10 Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple Season 2 Part 1 FUNimation $49.98 03/09/10 Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn v1 Bandai Visual JP $49.98 03/09/10 Naruto Shippuden v7 VIZ Media $24.98 03/09/10 The Familiar of Zero: Complete Season One (Viridian Collection) FUNimation $39.98 03/09/10 You're Under Arrest: Full Throttle Collection 1 Sentai Filmworks $39.98 03/09/10   Miscellaneous Releases Title Publisher SRP Date The Twelve Kingdoms (Hardcover Novel) TOKYOPOP $19.99 03/10/10 Vampire Hunter D v14 (Novel) Dark Horse $14.99 03/10/10  What are you going to buy!?
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Behold Kauser Ni-Sai’s way of being eco… his answer is みなをころす��� Sorry for barely writing anything. I just had to post this scene. I almost fell out of my chair from laughing so hard. If you want to read the full chpter go to this page!
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A must see if you are a fan of either show. No related posts. No related posts.
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In case you didn’t know this already, a 15 year-old-guy, a high school freshmen, (allegedly) publically raped a 26-year-old woman in broad daylight in Toledo, Ohio, last week (no, it’s not quite current news). Courtesy of CNN I just feel that I have to say something, particularly because I enjoyed Detroit Metal City Anime and its antics. [...]
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RAPE RAPE RAPE RAPE THEM ALL! Hi. She's 19. Honestly. Rape you again, rape the green head, then rape a water bottle. Episodes: 12 (That means the ending is ‘gonna suck) There is no summary until Wikipedia adds a summary. Tough cookies. Watch the bloody episode if you really want to know what happens. ———————————————————————————————————————— While places like Japanator declare that LVSB is like Love Hina, places like Fallen Aizen declare that LVSB is like Detroit Metal City. Why? Very simple: Hino is a douchebag just like Negishi. For f-’ing sakes, as a child his dream was ...
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Day 9/365 From the anime Detroit Metal City, Souichi Negishi is a quiet boy from the country side that goes to the big city in pursuit of his dream to join a trendy pop band. Oddly enough he ends up on pretty much the opposite side of the music industry and joins a death metal band. Why [...] Related posts:365 Days of Anime Characters: Day 1/365 Dio Eraclea 365 Days of Anime Characters: Day 7/365 Pépé 365 Days of Anime Characters: Day 3/365 Sailor Mercury
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Detroit Metal City was on my radar for a while, but after reading another set of positive reviews about the series, coupled with my desire to start of 2010 with something hilarious and enjoyable, I sat down and marathoned the series on New Year’s Day before I went to work. And it left me so [...]
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Well, a little while ago I wrote a post asking people to help me get back into anime.  I mean, I used to love the stuff, I still talk about it a lot, and I missed it.  However, I just could not watch a complete episode of ANYTHING.   So, three very helpful people replied [...]
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While I have nothing truly against ranked lists, I don’t really enjoy them for the ranking and listing aspect. I read them because I like how bloggers attempt to justify the placement of such anime in their respective lists in a concise manner. I get to read opinions on shows that can be refreshing at [...]
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This list will regrettably be devoid of the actual best anime of 2008: Detroit Metal City. Like I mentioned in my initial post, I arbitrarily disqualified OAVs and movies from my silly little “best of” lists. If DMC were “qualified,” not only would it be the best anime from 2008, it’d be competing with the likes of Haruhi, [...]
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