The Stream - Water World It's a new season of simulcasts! This month, creepy flowers that make guys steal gym clothes, aliens, skinless mega monsters, dating sims, and way more robots than you could shake a stick at!
2013-05-06
The List - 8 Horrible Anime Dub Opening Songs There once was a magical time in anime dub history where North American anime licensors dubbed over Japanese opening and ending songs. These eight songs represent the very worst the English anime song genre has to offer.
2013-05-04
ANNCast - Dark Sols: Prepare to Crowdfund Edition Sam Pinansky returns to tell us more about his soon-to-be-launched anime streaming and crowdsourcing initiative, Anime Sols, and announces two new titles for streaming! Also: Justin and Zac chat Spring 2013 and Evangelion 3.33: Nobody Seems To [Like] This Movie!
2013-05-03
Hey, Answerman! - Drop It Like It's Hot This week on Hey, Answerman! Brian gets into the nitty gritty of why sports anime and manga have eluded us in America! Then: are "Radio Dramas" still a thing in Japan? And lastly: who among us has "dropped" anime because of reasons? Get into it!
2013-05-03
Vampire Knight GN 15 & 16 Overall these are both a good read and may help to renew flagging interest in the saga, particularly if you keep paying close attention to the details. The devil may not be in there, but some of the plot threads most certainly are.
Dawn of the Arcana GN 8 & 9 If you don't like drawn-out fantasy, this probably isn't the series for you, but if you don't mind the pace, Dawn of the Arcana remains an interesting story with a heroine who isn't as strong as Story of Saiunkoku's Shurei, but is still nobody's damsel in distress.
The Flowers of Evil GN 5 Flowers of Evil reveals adolescent sexuality for what it really is: desperate, awkward, even embarrassing. These emotional mind games are what make the story irresistible.
Psychic Detective Yakumo Sub.DVD 1-3 Psychic Detective Yakumo manages to carry subplots through connecting episodes with an impressive smoothness and to maintain an even pace throughout, giving us a real sense of what the novels might be like rather than feeling like a rushed adaptation.
A Certain Scientific Railgun DVDs 1 and 2 Sometimes spin-offs can be better than the original, and this A Certain Magical Index offshoot is one such case. Though not spectacular in any respect, it offers solid, consistent entertainment with flashes of stronger content.
Shakugan no Shana S BD+DVD The three stories in the OVA vary widely in tone and quality, as well as importance to the franchise, making this feel a lot more like a supplementary disc than a self-contained release.
Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan Blu-Ray Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan's first thirteen episodes are surprisingly low-key and comfortable while still containing enough action to keep the viewer interested.
Hiiro no Kakera Blu-Ray This awkward, dully repetitive reverse-harem series is rife with all kinds of storytelling and pacing problems. Its pretty guys and pretty scenery are all that it is worth watching for.
Battle Angel Alita: Last Order GN 17 The ZOTT tournament concludes in dramatic fashion, in the process partially or completely resolving most outstanding plot threads, as the franchise reaches a major turning point.
Umineko WHEN THEY CRY Episode 1: Legend of the Golden Witch GN 2 Since this is a question arc rather than an answer, it has an ending that is far from conclusive. However this “bad end” still provides both us and the characters some important information to be carried over into the next part of the story.
Super GALS Season 2 DVD Box Set Super Gals' second season makes its way stateside (thanks to fan-friendly Right Stuf) with everything that made the first season a periodically entertaining, often exasperating mixed bag entirely intact. Minus the dub, that is.