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Kannagi Fan-Art Contest
Win the entire Kannagi DVD series, and other special gifts. Artist winners and randomly drawn winners. 2009-09-09

The Gallery - Grace Fong
Grace "Mingyun" Fong joins us to talk about science in art, creating symbolism for any audience, and the connection between AP Chemistry and art. Believe me, I'm not making that last one up. 2009-09-12

ANNCast - Weeaboo Weekend
It's all about Japanophiles this week (and sandwich toppings!). Justin, Zac and guest host Bamboo Dong weigh in on old marketing gimmicks, Oblivion Island, the harem genre, convention forgettables, and eventually wind up on the subject of mayonnaise. 2009-09-11

Hey, Answerman!
This week! Brian decides to quit his job and everything else he does in order to join a monastery high in the Alps! And then realizes it's really cold there so he comes back down and answers your questions about animation cels, female stereotypes, and even goes into embarrassing detail about attempting to start an anime club at his old high school! Plus Hey, Answerfans and a new Flake of the Week! Stuff! 2009-09-11

Where Has Love Gone? GN
It is never, ever a good sign when the mangaka herself admits that she “kinda failed at this series.” How do you dispute her own good judgment?

Natsu no Arashi! Episodes 1-13 Streaming
Natsu no Arashi!'s heady mix of silliness, sexiness, nostalgia, romance, melodrama, and the utterly surreal is sure to sweep viewers up and away like a fast moving summer storm.

Rosario + Vampire GN 8
It takes a certain talent to achieve mediocrity in the genres of school comedy, suspense, and action all in the space of one manga volume.

Gestalt GN 1
Only the most devoted of Yun Kouga fans. The rest of the manga reading world is safe sticking with the likes of Loveless and Earthian and leaving Gestalt to its remote little island.

Boys Over Flowers GN 36
Eleven years and thirty-six volumes...for this?! The disappointment is almost inconceivable in its scale. It's awfully hard not to feel cheated as Boys Over Flowers limps dejectedly to an anti-climatic finish line.

Azumanga Daioh The Complete DVD Collection
A must buy for anyone who has not yet had the pleasure of watching Azumanga Daioh in its entirety. Oh, and be sure to pay close attention—it might be on the exam!

Bleach Season 3 Uncut Box Set
This boxed set, which constitutes the second half of the original Soul Society arc, brings the series to its first major plot climax. Along the way it showcases (for better or worse) all of the characteristic traits of long-running shonen action series and how the franchise puts its own twist on them to make this series so immensely popular.

Genshiken 2 DVD 1
This isn't just a comedy or a slice-of-life drama; it's an indispensible snapshot of the otaku zeitgeist.

Sakura Wars Complete Collection
Spiritually powerful young maidens pilot mecha to defend the imperial capital in a steampunk version of 1920s Japan in this TV series based on a popular video game line. This economical rerelease gives newer fans a chance to experience one of the most popular series of the early 2000s.

Ristorante Paradiso Episodes 1-11 Streaming
“Love comes in all shapes and sizes,” opines Nicoletta late in this attractively modest but affective anime series about the staff of a restaurant in Rome based upon a standalone manga volume of the same name by Natsume Ono. This straightforward sentence is the true theme and raison d'entre of Ristorante Paradiso.

Gunbuster 2 DVD 3
For all its action and flashiness, the emphasis is on emotions as the full truth of this series' connection to the original is revealed. Fans of the franchise should find it to be a deeply fulfilling close-out to a great sequel.