Hidamari Sketch × 365 (special)

Now Streaming: Murder Princess
We decided to celebrate Halloween a few days early. Okay, so it's not exactly a horror title, but at least it kind of looks like one if you squint real hard. The entire OAV series in subtitled form is now up in the ANN Video Player. [discuss] 2009-10-24

Chicks On Anime - Raining Men
This week, we argue over labels, and what really constitutes a reverse harem. Also, customer shows. 2009-10-27

Interview: Fred Schodt
A chat with one of the foremost manga scholars in the west. 2009-10-27

RIGHT TURN ONLY!! - Fairy Trails
Disappointed by the Fairy Tail anime? That's why you gotta read the manga version. That's also why RTO!! covers still-running series like xxxHOLiC, Claymore, and all your favorites! 2009-10-27

Shelf Life - Cutting Through Red Tape
All rentals this week, but at least there's a pair of talking cat panties.
- D. Gray Man s.2 pt. 1
- Magikano complete series
- Story of Saiunkoku complete series
2009-10-26

The Gallery - Ms,Shatia Hamilton
This week: the story of an artist who used illustration to support her family in a time of need - and her advice to artists who would like to do the same. 2009-10-24

Andromeda Stories GN 1-3
Long, long ago in a galaxy far, far away… Whoops. Wrong trilogy. Or not.

Ghost Hound Sub.DVD 1
Found anime titles to be too generic of late? Ghost Hound may be the series for you. This psychology-laden story about boys who learn to manipulate out-of-body experiences is wholly unlike anything else in its genre and can be impressively creepy.

Saki Episodes 1-25 Streaming
Saki takes two tired-out genres (Epic fighting tournament! Schoolgirls galore!) and freshens them up by putting them in an unlikely context.

Nana DVD Box Set 1
Leaves you feeling like a fool in love. And in love with someone you just know is going to break your heart.

Astro Boy
It would feel right at home at 6pm on Nickelodeon after a Jimmy Neutron marathon. Not a bad film, just a pretty flawed and not particularly memorable one, especially for adults. This could've been a lot better than it is.

Chibi Vampire GN 14
Kenta and the Markers rush to rescue the kidnapped Karin, but her fate as the Font of Psyche ultimately depends on something else entirely, as this story about a dysfunctional teen vampire draws to a close. Longtime fans will be treated to a highly satisfying, if melancholy, conclusion.

Clannad After Story Sub.DVD 1
Tomoya helps more girls before progressing on with his own life with Nagisa in this continuation of the popular 2006 anime series. It maintains the style and sentiment of the original but steps up its game when the story moves on past high school years, making it a must-have for franchise fans.

Hot Gimmick -VIZBig Edition- GN 2
Ryoki spends an awful lot of time telling Hatsumi how stupid she is…and by the time Miki Aihara's Hot Gimmick reaches the halfway point, you may well be inclined to agree with him.

Glass Mask Episodes 1-26 Streaming
Glass Mask has been adapted onscreen on numerous occasions. The most recent came in 2005 with the 51 episode televised anime series from TMS Entertainment—and I am happy to report that it is an adaptation that does the vigor of Suzue Miuchi's original story, if not sadly, its visual beauty, justice.

Blood+ Novel 2: Chevalier
Spanning episodes 16-25 of the anime series, this novelization's mediocre writing merits and slavish adherence to the original story make it unlikely to be of much interest to those who have already seen the better anime version.

Kurau: Phantom Memory DVD 6
It may not end entirely the way you'd expect, but the final four episodes offer a fantastic, heartfelt, sometimes emotional, and highly satisfying conclusion to a fantastic series.