Uchū Kyōdai (manga)

The List - 8 Strange Anime Cuisines
The list entries this week countdown a different kind of comfort food then those found at your Thanksgiving table. 2012-11-17

Hey, Answerman! - Japanese & Legalese
This week on Hey, Answerman! Reusable voice actors! Yet another piracy discussion! Can you handle it?! 2012-11-16

ANNCast - Point and Kleck
The president of Right Stuf, Shawne Kleckner, rolls hard with the ANNCast crew! We talk retail landscape, what's bringing in that paper and the saga of the Rose of Versailles license! Plus Twitter time! You know it!! 2012-11-16

Jason Thompson's House of 1000 Manga - Five Badass Shojo Manga
Shaenon Garrity straps in for a look at five uniquely explosive shojo manga. 2012-11-15

The X Button - Launch Day
This week, we dig into the Wii U launch with theme parks, tanks, and squirrel suits! Plus Macross 30, Crimson Shroud, and a soon-to-be-rare fighting game. 2012-11-15

Girl Friends GN 1
Neither as sensual as the somewhat infamous Hanjuku Joshi nor as pat as Strawberry Panic, Girl Friends combines a coming-of-age narrative with a romance, and if it isn't perfect, it is still awfully good.

Wandering Son GN 3
Wandering Son narrates a tale that we might not be familiar with, making it all the more worth reading. If you haven't yet discovered this bittersweet story of children trying to learn and accept who they really are, you are missing out.

Rosario + Vampire Season II GN 10
Volume 10 gives the series a brand new sense of purpose ... but eventually it turns into a grind of one magical battle after another.

Deadman Wonderland DVD
There's a simulated stamp on the back of this set that says “Premium Quality Carnage, Guaranteed.” The stamp don't lie.

Fafner BD+DVD
Unutterably sad in places, thoughtful in others, and filled with mecha battles and the harsher realities of war, Fafner takes a more serious look at what happens when only children can pilot machines of war than the wish-fulfillment variety of giant robot shows.

[C] BD+DVD
An uneasy mixture of unique ideas, off-the-beaten-track ambitions, and dully unimaginative narrative mechanics.

King of Thorn BD+DVD
This apocalyptic story reinterprets its source manga moreso than adapting it, resulting in a relentlessly-paced action/horror movie which has definite imperfections but in some important senses improves on the original story.

Okami HD
Okami is beautiful regardless of platform, and this is not its first rerelease, but in widescreen and high definition every inch of it is beyond compare. Seeing it like this we are reminded that no one has done it better, even though they've had six years to try.

Oresama Teacher GN 9 & 10
Overall these volumes provide more faint smiles than outright laughs and on the whole, Oresama Teacher is fairly unremarkable.

Case Closed GN 44
With an engaging hero, a combination of logic and knowledge, and stylized but pleasant art, Case Closed continues to be a diverting read. It won't fill the gap left by Tokyopop's Kindaichi Case Files, but if you're looking for something a bit mysterious, you could do far worse than Case Closed.

E's Otherwise DVD 1
Although it looks great, this first volume is burdened with a lack of originality and a substandard dub.