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Now Streaming: Mobile Suit Gundam Seed (sub)
In this alternate-universe Gundam story, Kira and his friends' lives change forever when their quiet colony of Heliopolis is attacked by ZAFT commandos. Before long he finds himself thrown into battle, piloting a prototype mecha. The entire 50-episode series is available from now until April 22; its sequel is coming next month! (And don't forget about Zeta Gundam, still over here.) [discuss] 2010-02-14

Katsucon 2010
Crystalyn Hodgkins gives us the full rundown from Katsucon 2010. 2010-02-16

RIGHT TURN ONLY!! - Ultimo Fighting Championship
Urasawa vs. Urasawa! 20th Century Boys vs. Pluto! Can anyone survive this manga battle of legendary proportions?! Maybe Stan Lee could—that's why we've also got Ultimo this week. 2010-02-16

Interview: Maxey Whitehead
A quick chat with Maxey Whitehead, the new voice behind Alphonse in Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood! 2010-02-15

Shelf Life - Blass Radius
An unimpressive roster marks this year's Presidents Day, with two perishables, and no shelf worthies.
- Blassreiter pt 2
- Case Closed: Captured in Her Eyes
- D. Gray Man s2 pt 2
2010-02-15

Astro Toy with Rob Bricken: Rob's Angels
Rob covers three of his all-time favorite anime figures and announces his retirement from Astro Toy. 2010-02-14

Now Streaming: Mobile Suit Gundam (dubbed, TV ver.)
The place where it all started! Check out the original installment of the historic Gundam franchise, and the series that got Japan to take its mecha seriously. (note: Ep15 has been intentionally omitted from this version by its creators.) Available until April 22. Episode guide here. 2010-02-14

Glass Mask Sub.DVD
While both the positive and negative influences on Maya make for interesting story and character development, it also shines a big spotlight on the second half of the season's main flaw: the inability to bring a satisfying or timely end to any relationship.

S.A Sub.DVD Collection 2
Baldly artificial but strangely satisfying. And very conclusion-esque.

Tears to Tiara DVD part 2
Though it only occasionally shakes the pervasive feel of its fantasy RPG origins, the second half of this mix of Christian and Greek mythology with Arthurian legend shines when it does. If you at least tolerated the first half, you should be quite pleased with the second half.

Bamboo Blade DVD 2
This is exactly what a great sports show should be like. It's not really about kendo, it's about a bunch of young girls in love with the game. It is a wonderful little story that deserves all the praise that can be dished out for what it has to give.

Dragonaut DVD part 2
It's amazing what actually developing a coherent plot and more fully exploring characters can do for a series that, through most of its first 13 episodes, was a train wreck. But does a much stronger second half make weathering a weak first half worthwhile? In this case, the answer is a marginal “yes.”

Soul Eater Part 1
This title's use of classic formula has a delicious sharp edge on it that slices in and hooks deep from the start. You can hardly do better than Soul Eater.

Sands of Destruction DVD Complete Series
For clean, disposable and weirdly socially conscious RPG fun, you could do far worse.

Dante's Inferno: An Animated Epic
Anyone with a taste for gruesome hellish fun who is willing to check their more sophisticated sensibilities at the door will probably have a good time with this.

Hanamaru Kindergarten Episodes 1-4 streaming
Hanamaru Kindergarten returns to the essence of slice-of-life humor, places it in an adorable classroom environment, and proves to the world that Cute Is Not Dead.

Gundam UC Volume 01
This first episode really feels like a short but impressive feature film, complete with a big budget and a movie-sized plot. A beautiful entry into the Gundam franchise thus far and a promising start for Universal Century fans.

Princess Resurrection GN 2
If you keep your expectations low enough—right around the level of a little black humor and some amusing gore—Princess Resurrection is hardly the most painful way to pass an hour or so of manga reading.