ANNCast - Blasted Out Former Media Blasters employees Meredith Mulroney and Sean Molyneaux join us for a postmortem on their days there and to discuss their new online cardgame kickstarter, Alteil Horizons.
2013-09-06
The X Button - Bizarre Love Triangle This week we're import-watching with Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, Kunio-Kun, and Shakespeare! Plus Mighty No. 9, Bravely Default, and a gambling problem.
2013-09-04
Wolfsmund GN 1 Wolfsmund pulls few punches and hits you in the gut.
Higurashi: When They Cry GN 25-26 The Festival Accompanying Arc is off to an interesting start, already full of early answers, and it is clearly going to take its time getting to June of 1983. This is both good and bad, as these are things we really want to (and need to) know, but also fosters a sort of impatience as we wait to get back to the point where we've been.
High School DxD BD+DVD Ample nudity and a strong musical score highlight this tale of a perverted young man who literally becomes a sexy female devil's pawn. Although merely a decent series overall, it is one of the best of recent fan service-focused titles.
Gatchaman Crowds Episodes 1-7 Streaming Rarely has a series been so thoroughly dominated by its female lead. Like a mushroom cloud looming over your morning commute, it's hard to pay attention to anything else when Hajime's around.
Majestic Prince 13 - 18 Streaming As Majestic Prince moves towards its finale, there is a sense of foreboding in the air. It feels like most of the threats have been hinted at or revealed, but their consequences are still unknown.
sole penetra le illusioni ~ Day Break Illusion 1 - 6 Streaming It just may turn out that Daybreak Illusion is a dark horse of a show and will leave us all gasping at its finale. Right now, however, it is a bit of an odd duck, combining predictability with moments of heart-wrenching melancholy.
Dragon Ball Z Dub.DVD - Rock the Dragon Edition Collects all 53 episodes and three movies of DBZ's Ocean Group dub, exactly as you saw them in your youth. Minus the Hot Wheels commercials of course.
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.