Puella Magi Madoka Magica (TV)

The X Button - War of the Gems
This week: Capcom's Seth Killian talks about Street Fighter X Tekken and Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3! Plus Code of Princess, SD Gundam Capsule Fighter, and Mega Man Legends 3. 2011-10-26

Anime News Nina! - 2011-10-26
The dead live, but mostly as a marketing stunt. 2011-10-26

RIGHT TURN ONLY!! - Afterschool Bride
From the quiet beauty of A Bride's Story, to the intense thrills of Afterschool Charisma, and everything in between like Tegami Bachi: Letter Bee, there's sure to be something to suit you in this week's round of manga reviews! 2011-10-25

Tiger & Bunny: Build Your Own Hero Contest
ANN is giving away two signed copies of the Japanese Tiger & Bunny Limited Edition Volume 1 Blu-Ray (which has English subtitles and will play in US Blu-Ray players). You just need to design your own hero to win them. 2011-10-24

Shelf Life - Space Invaders
Erin returns with some macho men, and an alien invasion from the sea.
- Fist of the North Star TV coll. 3
- The Girl Who Leapt Through Space v. 2
- Squid Girl pt. 1 DVD
2011-10-24

The Mike Toole Show - Anime... Or Not?!
Mike digs around in the dustbin of history looking for anime of dubious origin that may or may not actually be anime! 2011-10-23

Ray Sub.DVD
Although this adult-oriented 2006 series initially looks like an occasionally goofy patient-of-the-week drama featuring a young, sexy surgeon with x-ray vision, it gradually morphs into a twisted, soap opera-like melodrama.

Butterflies, Flowers GN 8
Butterflies, Flowers has never been the perfect romance, but it has been consistently amusing. With a high humor count, some genuine emotional content, and a very happy ending, the series ends in a way that romance fans will enjoy.

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood DVD Part 5
Epic grandeur, vast imagination, real human consequences, and closure all around—you could hardly ask for more from a concluding volume. Except maybe that the grandeur make more sense, but that's nitpicking.

Monster Hunter Orage GN 1
Don't be fooled by this book's T rating or Hiro Mashima's previous works. Despite the hack'n'slash premise and Mashima's busty art style, this is a series for the 8 to 10 crowd, and while older readers can enjoy it, it will find the warmest welcome within that younger demographic.

Arata: The Legend GN 7
While Arata: The Legend is more than a shonen Fushigi Yugi, this by no means its best volume. Watase tries to do too much too quickly, resulting in a rushed, over-packed book that leaves readers feeling like they've just read through a hurricane.

K-ON! GN 3
The humor is extremely mild, and the storyline almost nonexistent ... It's simply about being there and living life—which is at once the series' greatest strength and also its most glaring weakness.

Spice & Wolf Novel 4
With this novel the storyline steps beyond the animated content, spinning a new tale of the trials and tribulations of Lawrence and Holo as they seek stories of pagan gods in a northern village. It offers up healthy doses of everything that has made the series great so far.

Rurouni Kenshin: Trust & Betrayal Blu-Ray
Perfection, pure and simple; proof positive that you can have it all: action, romance, tragedy; excitement, emotion, intellect.

Hanasaku Iroha streaming eps 14-26
The premise and events that occur may be mundane, but exceptional writing and technical merits, some light touches of humor, and a wonderful final episode help the series close out amongst the ranks of the year's elite series.

Naruto GN 52
Volume 52 of Naruto is not actually filler. The plot is moving forward … yet it's a bloated piece of hack-work where Masashi Kishimoto shamelessly recycles the same story templates he's used in previous arcs.

Blame! DVD
Thirty-seven minutes isn't long enough to let us get fully absorbed into this stark vision of the future, even though it's plenty of time to appreciate the richly detailed visuals. If you want to know what happens, read the manga.