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Review: Sailor Moon GN 1
"This rerelease of Takeuchi's best-loved work is one that many fans have been waiting for. Apart from a few technical glitches in the translation, it fulfills those dreams." 2011-09-21

List of 2011 Fall Season TV Anime in Japan
Our Spotlight shows are up, but there's much more anime coming out this season. Here's the big list, with the important points on each. 2011-09-21

Anime Spotlight: Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere
Our first Anime Spotlight comes to an end with a profile of the fantasy action show set in the future world of the middle ages. 2011-09-21

Anime Spotlight: UN-GO
Check out the new NoitaminA show that reunites Seiji Mizushima and Shou Aikawa (original Fullmetal Alchemist)! 2011-09-20

Anime Spotlight: Mobile Suit Gundam AGE
It's the newest Gundam series, and only ANN has a sneak peek at both the story and the new mobile suits! 2011-09-19

Anime Spotlight: C³ -Cube x Cursed x Curious-
Take a sneak peek at C³, before it airs in Japan! 2011-09-19

Anime Spotlight: PHI-BRAIN Puzzle of God
An exclusive sneak peek inside the new puzzle-solving action series from Sunrise! 2011-09-19

Jason Thompson's House of 1000 Manga - Spriggan
Jason cranks up the violence with Spriggan, also known in the US as "Striker". Warning: contains 10% Hitler. 2011-09-22

The X Button - Show Downs
This week: The highs and lows of the Tokyo Game Show, including Project Draco, Gravity Rush, Ni no Kuni, Tokyo Jungle, and the unexpected return of Suikoden. 2011-09-21

Anime News Nina! - 2011-09-21
You're just a puppet, Kevin. You have no heart and cannot feel any pain. 2011-09-21

Shelf Life - The Manchurian Candidate
Erin signs up for the alien frog invasion, and considers brushing up on her history.
- Night Raid 1931
- Sgt. Frog s3 pt 1
- Utakata complete
2011-09-20

If, Then, Or: Tiger & Bunny
Sunrise's Tiger & Bunny is ending soon— but there's always more anime out there. Here are a couple of recommendations for fans of the superhero series! 2011-09-20

Baka and Test Blu-Ray + DVD
This comedy about a class of low achievers using battles of summoned avatars to improve their class's conditions is not among the year's best anime titles, but it is certainly one of the year's funniest and most fun series.

Sailor Moon GN 1
This rerelease of Takeuchi's best-loved work is one that many fans have been waiting for. Apart from a few technical glitches in the translation, it fulfills those dreams. Whether you're a new fan, an old one, or just someone who wants to know why on earth all those old(er!) people are so excited about this book, it is well worth reading.

Noir DVD
One of the preeminent “girls with guns” series is back in circulation in Funimation's rerelease of this strong, stylish 2001 series about a pair of female assassins searching for answers to the mysteries that bind them. Unfortunately it lacks some of the original Extras.

MM! Sub.DVD
Can a series about a group of rowdy perverts be sensitive and intelligent? Maybe, but you wouldn't know it from MM!.

Spice and Wolf II Blu-Ray + DVD
Combines a honed narrative sense with a greater focus on Holo and Lawrence's relationship to create a sophisticated cinematic confection the quality of which is quite simply beyond denial.

Detroit Metal City GN 10
Detroit Metal City should perhaps have been half the length it is, but it goes out with, if not a bang, then a promise. Soichi resolves some of his internal issues, makes an effort to get the girl of his dreams, and finds a kind of happiness. If you've stuck with the series this long, there's really no reason to stop before finishing it.

Sound of the Sky DVD
Moe military girls man an outpost on the edge of a war-ravaged civilization in a series which aspires, with some success, to expand the narrative range of heavily moe titles. Nozomi's production of this release, though not dubbed, is complete and professional.

Yuruyuri Episodes 1-7 Streaming
You want to know what nothingness feels like? The pure absence of sensation, the black void of total thoughtlessness? You don't have to die or get stranded in deep space. All you have to do is watch Yuruyuri.

Mardock Scramble: The First Compression DVD
A troubled teen prostitute returns from the brink of death as a cyborg in this trilogy-initiating short movie. It eventually proves to be the kind of graphic, imaginative, and super-charged fare which got many enthusiastic about anime in the first place.

Animal Land GN 1
Makoto Raiku says in the afterward that he is trying to tackle difficult issues not often seen in manga and that he is somewhat surprised to find himself writing an animal story. But branching out can often reap large rewards, and that is definitely the case here as Raiku sets out into uncharted territory.

Kai Doh Maru DVD
All of the elements are there for a wonderful historical drama, but at 40 minutes running time it's too short to capitalize. Some will be turned off by the unusual and distinctive artistic stylings, but the extras are great.