Yukiko SHIGEMITSU

The Summer 2012 Anime Preview Guide
The Summer 2012 Anime Preview Guide is here! Check back every day for previews of all the new shows premiering. Available now: Utakoi ep 2 - Joshiraku - Tari Tari ep 2 - Lagrange Season 2 - Total Eclipse ep 2 - The Ambition of Oda Nobuna - Arcana Famiglia ep 2 - Humanity has Declined ep 2 - Kokoro Connect - Sword Art Online - Kono Naka ni Hitori, Imōto ga Iru! - Campione! - Moyashimon Returns - Koi to Senkyo to Chocolate - Natsuyuki Rendezvous - Yuruyuri♪♪ - and much more! 2012-07-04

San Diego Comic-Con 2012
We're live at San Diego Comic-Con 2012! Check back all weekend for new reports.
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Mass Effect: Paragon Lost panel
Kodansha Comics panel
2012-07-12

The X Button - Remastered
Todd gets all prickly about upcoming classic reissues! Then it's on to Tales of Xillia, Phantasy Star Online 2, and a new game for JoJo's Consistently Bizarre Adventure. 2012-07-11

Japan: One Year Later
Rebecca Silverman discusses French publisher Kaze's anthology of manga stories about last year's devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan, with an interview from the fine folks who are publishing it. 2012-07-10

Shelf Life - The Abyss Stares Back
Erin ponders the void with Tales of the Abyss, takes another crack shot with Golgo and tries very hard to pronounce 'Towa no quon'.
Tales of the Abyss 3-4
Towanoquon Complete Collection
Golgo 13 Collection 4 2012-07-09

Heaven's Lost Property Forte DVD
Most fan service-focused series flounder when they try to turn serious, but this second season actually gets better. Unfortunately it rarely sheds the weight of its crassness and oft-unfunny humor for long.

Gravity Rush
Gravity Rush isn't a smooth trip. At its most intense, it's chaotic and acutely frustrating. Yet it remains a marvelous, standard-setting creation, and the proof is only a button-press away.

A Certain Magical Index Episodes 15-24 Streaming
A stretch of episodes that feels a lot more like the slightly padded middle of a series than a big finish. Not that it isn't still loads of fun.

Theatrhythm Final Fantasy
And Theatrhythm feels so right. These songs, some of which are older than an entire generation of gamers, stoke the fires of such fond memories that any frustration over niggling issues becomes insignificant. That's nostalgia, yes, but nostalgia has its place.

Ōkami-san & Her Seven Companions Blu-Ray + DVD
The first half is definitely stronger than the second, but if you're looking for a good laugh and a little escapism, put on your red hood and pop this in the DVD or Blu-Ray player.

Fate/Zero
Magic-using Masters use Servants in the form of legendary figures to battle one another for the Holy Grail in this Fate/stay night prequel. Despite some flaws, the series does an excellent, visually impressive job of both telling its own story and setting up what follows.

Lupin III: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine
If you're going into this expecting wacky hijinks or crazy exploits, you will be disappointed. Lupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine is a mature, slightly dark take on the franchise, and it succeeds in bringing new life to it while still remaining faithful to Monkey Punch's original.

Occult Academy Sub.Blu-Ray 1
A cowardly time traveler and the cynical daughter of an occult-focused academy's founder team up to try to stop an upcoming alien invasion in this silly, eclectic 2010 comedy/ romance/ horror series. Though usually entertaining, it struggles to find a good balance.

Shiki LE Blu-Ray + DVD 1
A show that, in its first 12 episodes, homes in on the essence of the vampire legend: humankind's universal, primal fear of death. Shiki is pure, classic horror, and that's all it needs to be.

A Certain Magical Index Episodes 1-14 Streaming
Index doesn't work because it's new or unique; it works because it's, well, good.

Mushishi GN 4
One Del Rey editor is on record saying that Mushishi “was something we had to do for the readers of tomorrow.” Read it and see for yourself why it's worth being handed down to the next generation.