Akimi YOSHIDA

Chicks On Anime - Representation of Anime Fans
A commercial for a US anime convention raises some eyebrows, and some tempers. We talk about what this says about anime fans... or what it shouldn't say. 2009-03-24

Zac Bertschy: Terrible American Tourist 03-23-09
FINAL UPDATE!! The seedy underbelly of Gotanda, a lil' Shinagawa and a whole lot of Ueno Park and sakura trees! 2009-03-24

Evan Miller: Japan Again 3-23-09
Photos from the TAF show floor, a handy cheap eats guide, and musings on smoking habits by the bacteria from Moyashimon! 2009-03-23

Shelf Life - Bac It Up
With alchemists and mobsters running amok, the Great Depression has never been so thrilling!
- Baccano v.2
- Case Closed s.4
- Claymore v.4
- Shin-chan s.2 p.1
2009-03-23

Astro Toy with Rob Bricken: thumbnailook Bleach figures
Rob inspects a series of underwhelming little Bleach toys. 2009-03-22

Tokyo Anime Fair 2009 Blowout
Curious about what went down at this year's Tokyo Anime Fair? We've got 14 of this year's booths, with impressions, airdates and video, video, video! 2009-03-21

Maria Watches Over Us Season 3 Sub.DVD
In some ways it's an extended coda to the first two seasons, a beautifully animated reward for weathering their emotional peaks and troughs. All rewards should be so rewarding.

Claymore GN 14
Galatea reappears, old supporting characters return, and a new Awakened Being arrives, but the too-short core story struggles in the near-total absence of its original main heroines. Included are two notable backstory chapters.

Free Collars Kingdom GN 1-3
Free Collars Kingdom is, in short, a beautifully drawn manga series with a story that flunks miserably…and if the story flunks, the series as a whole might as well flunk too.

Darker Than Black DVD 2
Aside from proving that the series can entertain when it loosens up, this is basically more of what volume one offered: science-fiction intrigue with some surprisingly bloody action and a bit of a mean streak.

Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion DVD Part 3
Shiny, sloppy and hugely entertaining, these final eight episodes prove exactly why Code Geass is the phenomenon that it is.

Blue Dragon Dub.DVD 3
Shu has his showdown with General Logi in what is definitely the series' best volume to date. Adults will still want to give the series wide berth, however.

Love Quest GN
This one is a serious stinker, and the only quest involved in Love Quest is the quest you will angrily embark upon after reading it, in pursuit of better BL.

Bleach DVD 15
Savor the air up here; it'll be eons before the series scales these heights again.

Dragonball Evolution
It's as bad as the fans said it would be. Wait, scratch that - worse.

Fushigi Yûgi Genbu Kaiden GN 8
Volume eight is another strong installment to the series, one that begins that slow, inevitable circle back to those aspects of the now classic mythos that fans already know.

Atelier Marie and Elie –Zalburg Alchemist– GN 1-2
If you are one of those fans familiar only with those examples of the Atelier franchise available in North America or—Heaven forbid!—altogether ignorant, this manga will feel, for all intents and purposes, like reading a fanzine when you are not a member of its particular fandom.