Jessica BLUTHE

ANNCast - Fast and Waifurious
Bamboo and Zac chat up Attack on Titan, Sword Art Online, Flowers of Evil, Appleseed XIII and take your questions in this laid-back early Summer ANNCast! 2013-05-31

Hey, Answerman! - Satire-d
This week on Hey, Answerman! Brian defuses a Bubblegum Crisis crisis involving overt satire, this time not created by him! Then: how Toonami still "butchers" their programs! And, the damning words of The Comics Journal! Dig it! 2013-05-31

Pile of Shame - Rebirth of Buddha
Justin takes a look at one of the latest films produced by a fringe religious group, and finds that absolutely nothing makes any sense. 2013-05-29

The X Button - Night Shifts
This week, it's import time with Summon Night, Kamen Rider, and some angry bees! Plus the new Final Fantasy Tactics and some mix of Dungeons, Dragons, and Crowns. 2013-05-29

One Piece DVD Season 4 Part 5
In the end this is just eleven episodes of connective tissue between last set's emotional meat and the savory feast of fighting that one hopes we'll be enjoying next.

Toriko DVD Set 4
Toriko stays focused on its core concept: strange worlds, deadly beasts, spectacular food ... The current storyline avoids the trap of endless battle, and moves briskly from one adventure to the next.

Deadly Premonition: The Director's Cut
Deadly Premonition's greatest achievement is that it is exactly the quality of some of the shlocky B-movies that inspired it.

Hyakko Sub.DVD
A friends-at-school comedy that proves more interested in becoming a kind of platonic, friendship-based harem series than an exploration of the characters or their relationships.

Tenchi Muyo! War on Geminar BD+DVD
This standalone extension of the Tenchi Muyo! franchise does offer significant entertainment value, but in almost every aspect it lacks the energy and enthusiasm necessary to actually be a good series.

The Rose of Versailles Sub.DVD
It is easy to see why The Rose of Versailles is held in such high esteem. Emotional, historical, and beautiful to watch, the show brings the last years of the French monarchy to life in the best anime style.

Dusk maiden of Amnesia Blu-Ray
A high school boy befriends a sexy female ghost in this eclectic mix of comedy, romance, drama, and horror. Its success at all four, combined with inventive artistry and a strong musical score, makes this one of 2012's best anime series.

Bunny Drop GN 8
Review

Hakuōki: A Memory of Snow Flowers DVD 1-2
This six-episode OVA story fills in a time gap in the first series by looking at certain incidents from multiple different angles. Though hardly crucial viewing, fans of the franchise should find this satisfying.

Attack on Titan episodes 1-6
A young man tries to battle back against giant humanoids who feast on humans in this graphic, visceral, and fantastically intense action/horror story. Its great strengths overcome writing and production value inconsistencies.

Karin DVD 3
Little of their content could be called fresh, but these episodes nonetheless find a nice balance between comedy, light drama, and sentimentality. Ending on a cliffhanger, with the next volume in doubt, does suck.