Ken RING

Super Plastic - The Melancholy of More New Toys
This week: transforming Nike sneakers, Revoltech ladies, and Haruhi Suzumiya. (We're told she's melancholy.) All this and your first Unreasonable Demands can be yours if you click through. 2007-03-27

Shelf Life - Akina Drift
Dating sims, tricked out cars, and flying robots? This week should keep at least a few fanboys happy.
- I Shall Never Return
- Initial D Boxset 1
- Kurau Phantom Memory v.1
- Nerima Daikon Brothers v.2
- Robotech: Shadow Chronicles
- To Heart v.1
2007-03-26

The Click - March 24th - March 30th
This week: Brian once again confesses his salacious love for Bobobo, lists a bunch of TV shows that are on this week and admits to being ambidexterous. 2007-03-24

Tsubasa, RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE GN 12
Those who are looking for Tsubasa to evolve into something more than a slam-bang, gee-whiz shadow of the darker, more introspective xxxHolic will not find their answer in this volume. The Piffle World arc lives up to its name by being pure fluff. Good fluff though.

Rumbling Hearts DVD 3
Depending on which character one is most emotionally invested in, the impressions of this volume will range from bittersweet to plain old bitter, but regardless of one's satisfaction with the outcome, the emotional power of it is undeniable.

Shakugan no Shana GN 1
As a stand-alone version it might be mildly entertaining, but it does not grip the reader as thoroughly as the anime version can. If this is your first exposure to the franchise, look to the anime version to see it done right.

Ai Yori Aoshi GN 15
A major plot development sure to shake readers out of the doldrums of the past few volumes arises as the story returns to its roots in preparation for its end run. If you've lost your enthusiasm for this title, this volume may restore it.

Beet the Vandel Buster DVD 1
Beet is a show whose shounen clichés are so dead that even their maggots have hatched and flown off to greener pastures. And Illumitoon's atrocious handling of the DVD release doesn't help things one whit.

Pastel GN 5
It should be no surprise that a series about teenage love has such a predominantly teenage mentality. Look past the heart-throbbing daydreams of lust, however, and flashes of real emotion begin to appear.

Super GALS Season 2 DVD Box Set
Super Gals' second season makes its way stateside (thanks to fan-friendly Right Stuf) with everything that made the first season a periodically entertaining, often exasperating mixed bag entirely intact. Minus the dub, that is.

Noein DVD 2
The series finally explains itself, allowing it to become a thoroughly engrossing mix of hard-core sci-fi and very ordinary dramatic elements. If the first volume didn't hook you, this one almost certainly will.

ES GN 4
... all the good things you want in a suspense thriller—strong-willed characters, twist-a-minute plotting, and a premise that keeps things teetering on the brink between life and death.

Disgaea DVD 1&2
The prefix dis- places the word "Disgaea" in the company of words like dismal and disappointing. Coincidence?

Nadia: Secret of Blue Water DVD 1