Shinobu OHTAKA

The Summer 2013 Anime Preview Guide
The Summer 2013 Anime Preview Guide Has Begun! Check back daily for previews of all the season's new shows.
Available Now: Tamayura: More Aggressive - Free! - Gifu Dodo!! - Dog and Scissors 2013-07-03

Anime Spotlight - High School DxD New
There is such a thing as boobs after death... And a second season of them, to boot! 2013-07-03

ANN 15th Anniversary - Win A Trip to Japan!
ANN is celebrating its 15th anniversary, and we want to give someone the chance to win a trip to Japan! 2013-07-03

Anime Spotlight - Stella Women's Academy, High School Division Class C3
Cute girls hang out in a club and do stuff... Stuff like war games. 2013-07-02

Anime Spotlight - Rozen Maiden – Zurückspulen
Rozen Maiden is back, with a story that unwinds in a new, unexpected way! 2013-07-02

Anime Spotlight - Genshiken Second Season
It's a new Genshiken with a new cast, and a much more female point of view. 2013-07-01

The X Button - Swinging Safari
This week brings imported goods in Umihara Kawase, Gundam Breaker, and an old, OLD video-game superstar. Plus Lightning Returns, Yatagarasu, and your chance to win BIG PRIZES! 2013-07-03

ANNCast - Wait for the Drop
Sean, Dave and Matt from controversial pink-themed anime blog Colony Drop stop by to talk all things anime and their new fanzine! 2013-07-02

RIGHT TURN ONLY!! - That Old Black Magica
Fighting for justice can take many forms ... and the manga reviews in this column prove it! See what the word is on Puella Magi Kazumi Magica, Toriko, Tegami Bachi, and others. 2013-07-02

Shelf Life - The Prize We Sought
This week, an old classic about a lovably irresponsible captain. Also, alien invasions, monsters, and other things that go bump in the night.
- Irresponsible Captain Tylor
- Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan pt 1
- Shingu: Secret of the Stellar Wars
2013-07-01

The Mike Toole Show - Tatsumi's Testament
Mike takes a look at the work of one of Japan's manga geniuses that remains obscure in the west. 2013-06-30

Momo: The Girl God of Death DVD
A cute shinigami girl helps youths who have recently lost loved ones in this 2006 series. Though its six stories clearly strive for substance, they more commonly go down like cotton candy: sweet enough and tasty enough but definitely not filling.

Devil is a Part-Timer! Episodes 1-13 Streaming
Smart and finely balanced; calculated yet seemingly effortless; funny and self-deprecating and secretly substantial. In short: great, guilt-free fun.

Alice in the Country of Hearts: My Fanatic Rabbit GN 2
If you are a completeist or would have played every single storyline out in the original game, My Fanatic Rabbit is likely already on your to-read list. Otherwise your enjoyment of this will depend on how much you like Elliot as a character.

Arata: The Legend GN 14
Volume fourteen could reasonably be called a turning point book in the series. While it doesn't cement what Hinohara's future course of action will be, it does give us more information about past, present, and future, and seems to have galvanized the characters to make more direct moves.

Neon Genesis Evangelion [Omnibus] GN 3
In this volume, Evangelion plunges further into darkness (in a good way), proving why it remains one of the most talked-about series of all time.

Red Data Girl
A timid, sheltered girl discovers that she's the host for a powerful supernatural entity in a dark, moody drama laden with Eastern mysticism. Though still good, the series falls short of its great potential due to some late missteps.

Space Brothers Episodes 39-51 Streaming
The first of these arcs is a mission-gone-wrong adventure that distinguishes itself with winding tension, solid psychology, and fine attention to detail; the second, however, falls right back into the show's stolidly entertaining astronauts-in-training rut.

Majestic Prince Episodes 1 - 6 Streaming
Overall it is easy to see that Majestic Prince is trying. At this point whether or not it succeeds is up to the tastes of the individual viewer, but with the vague but troubling sensation that things could go wrong at any moment, there is enough to keep us watching.

Valvrave the Liberator episodes 1-6
While this original effort by Sunrise does borrow heavily from other mecha and general sci fi series, it is at times spectacularly unpredictable and enthusiastically ridiculous. Even veteran mecha fans should find at least a few weird, new twists here.

Tobikage episodes 1 - 7 Streaming
Tobikage isn't the best show out there in terms of animation, plot, or overall coherency, but it is absolutely a ton of fun.

Str.A.In.: Strategic Armored Infantry DVD
Strain for once finds Studio Fantasia more concerned with big emotions and mecha action than with jamming in the panty shots until they shoot from the screen like undergarment shrapnel. Big mistake.