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Shelf Life - Olympic Spirit While the Olympics are in full swing, let's take a look back and check out some recent anime that have featured some of the more popular summer sports. 2008-08-11
Ultimate Venus GN 1 Too often, shoujo manga about a normal girl who enters the world of the wealthy elite becomes less about her and more about all the dreamy dudes she meets along the way. Ultimate Venus, on the other hand, is true to its title with the way it puts the protagonist at the summit of the narrative agenda. Yuzu is a great character, and she is that one that captures the imagination here. If you love strong manga heroines, check this one out! 2008-08-10
The Click - August 9th - 15th Brian makes a family-appropriate Click column for once in his life, in the sense that his family helped him write stuff. The lazy degenerate. Check out new episodes of Gurren Lagann and Bleach and more! 2008-08-09
Hey, Answerman! Answerman returns this week with a slew of new questions about anime musicals, Joss Whedon, anime series length, and why there are so many suckers hatin' on moe. All that and your answers to last week's Hey, Answerfans! 2008-08-08
Ultimate Venus GN 1 Too often, shoujo manga about a normal girl who enters the world of the wealthy elite becomes less about her and more about all the dreamy dudes she meets along the way. Ultimate Venus, on the other hand, is true to its title with the way it puts the protagonist at the summit of the narrative agenda. Yuzu is a great character, and she is that one that captures the imagination here. If you love strong manga heroines, check this one out!
Alive GN 5 Readers of Alive may have been worried that the story was slowly devolving into a "Who will Taisuke fight next?" psychic-power tournament series. Fortunately, Volume 5 defuses those worries with an intriguing shift in direction.
Red Garden DVD 5 Delivers enough tension, shifting relationships, and little emotional zings to ensure that viewers will tune in for the final volume.
Naruto GN 28 Naruto's heretofore white spine has become black, and Naruto is back! Volume twenty eight corresponds to the beginning of the Naruto: Shippûden anime series, and although you cannot really begin the series from this point and expect to understand or appreciate everything that occurs subsequently, there is a genuine sensation of reinvigoration to be found here.
Sand Chronicles GN 1-2 Sand Chronicles is a modest yet enthralling slice-of-life drama that deserves to be entered into the chronicles of history.
Shuffle! DVD 4 If you were waiting for that mind-blowing moment where Shuffle! turns the corner ... then wait no longer! It gets serious, it gets tragic, it gets deeper into certain characters' back stories—in fact, it does just about everything except "it gets better."
Naruto DVD Box Set 9 This isn't Naruto at its best—that would be the conclusion of the Chunin exams—but that doesn't mean there isn't a good time to be had. Believe it.
My-Otome DVDs 6-7 If you judge an anime's merits on rewatchability then these final six episodes should score pretty high. Plenty of satisfying fun, several strong individual scenes, a great musical score, and a worthy ending more than outweigh flaws elsewhere.
Nightmare Inspector GN 2-3 Sinister shopkeepers hawking supernatural goods and/or services have become a popular staple of manga. Shin Mashiba's Yumekui Kenbun: Nightmare Inspector continues this venerable tradition of the paranormal, and for a debut manga series, it is pretty darn good.
Aquarion DVD Set 2 Despite remarkable efforts in sounds and visuals, the second half of the series only partly overcomes the flaws of the first half. It has its moments and does offer legitimate entertainment value but is ultimately forgettable.
Rumiko Takahashi Anthology DVD 1 Lots of humor and heart ... Rumiko Takahashi Anthology is a lighthearted but satisfying journey through the billion and one ideas that float through Takahashi's head.