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Anime Spotlight Winter 2013 - The List
Check out all of the Anime Spotlight titles, plus the entire listing for the new season! Also, a new trailer has been added to HAGANAI NEXT. 2013-01-09

Anime Spotlight - Problem children are coming from another world, aren't they?
How about one more Anime Spotlight title? This one's based on a best-selling light novel. 2013-01-08

The Winter 2013 Anime Preview Guide
The Winter 2013 Anime Preview Guide has begun! Check back daily for the latest previews.
Available Now: Amnesia - Love Live! - Senyu - Ishida & Asakura - Da Capo III - Senran Kagura - Bakumatsu Gijinden Roman - The Unlimited - Minami-ke Tadaima - Oreshura - Cuticle Detective Inaba - and much more! 2013-01-04

The X Button - First Outing
This week, we salute the lesser-known treasures of 2012! Plus Crimson Dragon, Pokemon, and two downright strange dating sims. 2013-01-09

Anime News Nina! - 2013-01-08
Fill your life with burning passion! 2013-01-09

ANNCast Live from Anime Los Angeles 2013
Zac and Justin showed up at Anime Los Angeles 2013 to shoot the breeze, take some questions and give out "prizes"! A good time was had by some and now you can be part of it!! 2013-01-08

Shelf Life - Diary of a Mad Woman
A re-release of an old classic, and a new series that's got me all fired up about anime again.
- Dream Eater Merry
- Ninja Scroll
- Penguindrum coll 1
2013-01-07

Love, Chunibyo, & Other Delusions eps 7-12
Many comedy series struggle to smoothly integrate in a serious component. This one doesn't.

Case Closed GN 45
Not all mysteries are created equal, and the stories in this volume are inconsistent at best. They try to tweak the murder-mystery formula in different ways—but these variations can backfire.

Blast of Tempest episodes 1-12
The first half of this good-looking action/drama from Bones is an ode to Shakespeare in more than just its name. Great characters and lots of twists give it a strong start, but it gets bogged down under the weight of its own cleverness.

Thermae Romae GN 1
Thermae Romae is far more interesting than a formulaic story about public bathing ought to be.

Psycho-Pass episodes 1 - 11 streaming
On the whole, Psycho-Pass is a grim, interesting show that poses some philosophical questions about what makes a criminal. We are all capable of doing bad things at times – should we be punished because we thought of hurting someone before we act on it?

Sword Art Online episodes 15-25
SAO may be over, but the VR game-related drama isn't, as the series pushes through its Fairy Dance arc. Though it shows little improvement in writing quality, it is still entertaining.

Say, "I Love You". Episodes 1-6 Streaming
Always smarter, more poetic, more touching, just plain better that you think it's going to be.

Valkyria Chronicles
A mixed-gender militia squad must help defend its country from invaders in this 2009 game adaptation. Strengths in character development and military adventures balance out flaws, making this a satisfying (if unspectacular) view.

Gekijō-ban Tiger & Bunny -The Beginning-
Judged as a spinoff for fans of the show, Tiger & Bunny: The Beginning is a fair enough “special,” even if fans themselves would have preferred something 100% new. Judged as a stand-alone film, it has all the problems associated with TV spinoffs; it's episodic and disjointed, without any sturdy arc or momentum.

The Earl & the Fairy GN 3 & 4
The Earl and the Fairy may not end as neatly as we would have liked, but it is still an enjoyable series. If taken for what it is, this is a shoujo treat that doesn't fall into many of the pitfalls the genre, and given that this is what we've got, that is the best way to read this series.

My-Otome DVDs 6-7
If you judge an anime's merits on rewatchability then these final six episodes should score pretty high. Plenty of satisfying fun, several strong individual scenes, a great musical score, and a worthy ending more than outweigh flaws elsewhere.