The Gallery - Shilin Huang A decade of character development, endless piano lessons, and the dangerous influence of Neopets! All this and more as artist (and composer!) Shilin Huang visits The Gallery!
2009-01-17
Hey, Answerman! Brian answers a bunch of questions about English dub actors, the DVD retail market, and much more. Also: make your stamp on the column forever and create Brian's new banner, plus your answers and photos from last week's Hey, Answerfans!
2009-01-16
Buried Treasure - Ringing Bell Like Bambi by way of No Country for Old Men, Ringing Bell is probably the most angst-drenched film ever to star a baby lamb and a wolf.
2009-01-15
Girl's High #5 - Watch it free on ANN! It's time for swim class! Unfortunately, this means braving the school's unrepentant macho gym teacher, whose self-image is matched only by his body hair. Needless to say, the girls aren't pleased. (USA/CAN only, TV-14)
2009-01-15
The X Button - Dirty High Todd discusses Klonoa, Final Fantasy XIII, and Tokyo Beat Down. Then he sees the word “Gundam” so much that he snaps and writes about Voltage Fighter Gowcaizer.
2009-01-14
Kujibiki Unbalance GN 2 Weak storytelling that's too straight-up to enjoy as parody and too clichéd to enjoy straight-up.
07-Ghost GN 1 Take a close look at the cover of the first volume of 07-Ghost. Needless to say, it is sublime truth in advertising, and if the illustration doesn't leave you drooling like a St. Bernard for more, don't bother with this manga for another second.
Princess Princess DVD Complete Collection Men are from Mars; women are from Venus. Or so says the title of the famous self-help book. But in Princess Princess, men and women might as well be from different solar systems altogether, and needless to say, this animated television series is as phony as the gender relations it depicts.
Maria Watches Over Us DVD Season 2 The second installment in the popular shojo-ai franchise is in some ways the weakest. The other installments being great fun and weak being a relative term, that isn't actually much of a criticism.
Sasami: Magical Girls Club DVD Season Two Although Sasami: Magical Girls Club continues to be a highly derivative take on the magical girl genre and once again there are no big surprises, it is good, mindless entertainment that you will not be embarrassed to share with the whole family.
Hunter x Hunter DVD Set 1 Though this title has long been high on licensing wish lists in the American fan community, those weaned on newer, flashier, and more sophisticated shonen action series are unlikely to muster much enthusiasm for this generic production.
Heaven's Will GN ... filled with the kind of pseudo-Victorian fluff that's grim enough to earn the "horror" label but not enough to earn the label of actually being "good."
The Familiar of Zero DVD While far from perfect, Zero is both suitably romantic and smart enough to dodge the serious pitfalls of its genre.
The Legend of Zelda –Ocarina of Time– GN 1 While The Legend of Zelda may be a classic videogame franchise, The Legend of Zelda –Ocarina of Time– definitely is not destined to be remembered as a classic manga series.
Shin chan DVD As difficult as the ugly artistic style may be to deal with, Funimation's “reversioning” of the long-running series does reward its viewers with plenty of laughs and dirty-minded fun. It is definitely not for those with a low tolerance for ribald humor.
Genshiken GN 6 This is more than just poking fun at obsessive geeks—it's a warm portrayal of the friendships and experiences that come from this unifying obsession.