Aquarium (manga by Hiro)

Cardfight Vanguard!! Flash Fight Deck Giveaway
We're giving away 1000 Cardfight!! Vanguard Flash Fight demo decks! That's 33 winners a day for 30 days! 2012-11-09

Interview: Henry Goto, President, Aniplex of America
We sat down with the President of Aniplex of America, Henry Goto, to get the skinny on the company's health, their business model and the future. 2012-11-08

The List - 8 Demons You Wouldn't Exorcise
Usually nefarious, powerful, and untrustworthy, there is still the occasional demonic character that proves themselves one better than their brethren. 2012-11-10

Rose of Versailles Haiku Contest
One more week to compose a haiku for your chance to win a DVD boxset of this legendary series or an autograph from creator Riyoko Ikeda! 2012-11-09

ANNCast - Game Show II
In Japan this is Game Show IV, but you'll figure that out later. Todd Ciolek, Dave Riley and Joel White drop on by for the fourth in our Game Show series! We're talking about videogames! And nothing but! 2012-11-09

Hey, Answerman! - Local-Lies
What happens when one man - a man named Brian - answers your questions about Ghibli films and Academy Awards, Crunchyroll in Brazil, and the various methods of localization? I bet it looks and smells an awful lot like this week's Hey, Answerman! 2012-11-09

Jason Thompson's House of 1000 Manga - Suppli
Jason dives in to Mari Okazaki's romance manga Suppli. 2012-11-08

Anime News Nina! - 2012-10-07
Nina and friends are closer than ever to going home! 2012-11-07

The X Button - Trigger Discipline
This week brings an import grab bag with Sol Trigger, Bravely Default, and more! Plus Hakuoki, Dragon Quest VII, Shining Ark, and the return of an underrated game heroine! 2012-11-07

Dorohedoro GN 7
It's got fighting action, personal drama, quirky humor, and science crossed with sorcery, with no particular aspect overshadowing any of the others.

Skip Beat! GN 29
With it's 29th volume, Skip Beat continues to charge ahead as one of the most enjoyable shoujo series available in English.

A Devil and Her Love Song GN 3 & 4
A Devil and Her Love Song manages to be set in school without being just another school story. While it has its flaws, like crowded pages and villains who reform too quickly, its heart is absolutely in the right place.

Ōoku: The Inner Chambers GN 7
Ooku is a story that is more interested in getting the facts straight than in telling a rip-roaring tale. It slowly meanders along, rich with details and delicately drawn, and while it may not be immediately apparent where Yoshinaga is going with it, it is an immersive and fascinating read.

Kaze Hikaru GN 20
Rich with detail but never overwhelming and full of likeable (and hateable) characters, this is shoujo that goes just a bit beyond the norm to bring us a story that we can really sink our teeth into.

House of Five Leaves GN 7
The flashback in the first half fills out a major character's past better than any conversation could, and a battle in the next-to-last chapter is the perfect payoff after such a long, dramatic buildup.

Detroit Metal City Sub.DVD
Vulgar and mean and misanthropic. Also inspired: a one-trick comedy that runs just long enough that it doesn't wear out its welcome and that contains just enough bitter truth that it cuts even as we laugh.

Bakuman. GN 15
Achieving success in the manga business is like scaling a challenging mountain—and as Bakuman shows, staying atop that mountain becomes its own set of challenges.

Start with a Happy Ending GN 1
Start With a Happy Ending is a charmingly bittersweet collection that presents snippets of people's lives and tells a variety of complete stories. This book is not meant to be read in one sitting – but it is worth picking up again and again.

The Limit GN 1
Treating high school social issues with the harshness they merit, Keiko Suenobu fuses bullying with a survival story, and if the result isn't perfect, then it still manages to be an engrossing read.

Inu X Boku Secret Service Episodes 7-12 Streaming
The last two episodes are mighty fine: sad, unsettling, achingly sweet; the kind that change how you look at previous episodes. It's a shame in its own way. Why couldn't the rest of them have been that good?