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The Mike Toole Show - Collect 'Em All
Mike goes on safari, hunting for endangered anime DVDs. 2011-08-28

Hey, Answerman! - Eh, It's A Living
This week's Answerman brings swift Answer-y justice to the demonic reign of questions like: do people who work in the "anime industry" have to take second jobs just to make ends meet? Will Manga Entertainment ever actually release Redline? And what's up with Viz's streaming offerings being sub-only? Plus the nougaty filling that is Hey, Answerfans! 2011-08-26

ANNCast - All-Star Supernerds
The League reconvenes! Mike Toole and Daryl Surat join Zac and Justin to shoot the breeze about Redline, Spice and Wolf, Rurouni Kenshin, anime clubs, and Otter Pops fanfiction! Admit it: you need to hear this one! 2011-08-26

Jason Thompson's House of 1000 Manga - After School Nightmare
Jason investigates a truly satisfying - and out of print - gender-swap manga that doesn't pander. 2011-08-25

Grand Guignol Orchestra GN 4
Deeply Gothic, nicely mysterious, and well – if not somewhat confusingly – drawn, this penultimate volume moves us rapidly towards an ending that may very well mimic those of many of the original fairy tales.

Queen's Blade 2: The Evil Eye part 2
The Queen's Blade competition wraps up as the final battles are fought. Although the content may be inseparably rooted in fan service, the final six episodes still show that some satisfying storytelling is possible.

RIN-NE GN 6
RIN-NE is a fun take on the supernatural school story, and if it isn't innovative or a work of staggering genius, it does show us why Rumiko Takahashi still sells – the woman can keep you reading.

Vampire Knight GN 12
After dragging the characters into their future and radically rewriting their relationships and relative positions last volume, it's a bit of surprise to discover that this volume is as timid as it is.

Hyakka Ryōran Samurai Girls Blu-Ray
Samurai, harem romantic comedy, and magical girl elements combine with a unique visual style and plentiful fan service to create one of anime's weirdest cross-genre experiments. Though the content is often stupid, the concept works better than it probably should.

Dorohedoro GN 4
For every forward step that the story takes, there are two sidesteps into confusion and distraction. This is truly an eye-opening world to explore—but what happens when no one has any sense of direction?

Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit GN 7
Ikigami on autopilot is still better than most other series on their best days. This volume may not dig deep into political issues, but it handles the emotional ones well.

Monster Episodes 46-60 Streaming
The Prague material concludes and twists pile on as new mysteries open and pretty much everyone gets their own arc. One of the most complicated stretches of Monster, and also one of the least satisfying.

Ōoku: The Inner Chambers GN 6
While Ooku is still a slow moving tale of an alternate past, it also remains interesting and engrossing, particularly as we get closer to the series' starting point. Despite the difficulties inherent in the translation, it is a solid story of what might really have been behind Japan's closed door policy and an interesting study of who might have sat on the throne.

One Piece DVD Season 3 Part 5
Unlike the last couple of arcs, the Navarone arc doesn't lean on One Piece's formula; it plays around with it, tweaking it in interesting and amusing ways.

Fortune Quest DVD 1
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