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Anime News Nina! Special Edition Part V
Grandmas and yaoi: two great tastes that taste great together. 2010-07-28

Shelf Life - Blue Moon Rising
Erin threatens to go back in time, but not before she tells us about some pool episodes.
- Brighter than the Dawning Blue v1
- My Bride is a Mermaid s1 pt 1
- One Piece s3 pt 1
2010-07-26

Astro Toy - Robot Damashii EVA-01 Movie Version
What's that? An Evangelion toy? Well, I never! David checks out the Rebuild movie version of Evangelion 01! 2010-07-25

Now Streaming: Nobody's Boy Remi 31-35 (s)
Remi has joined forces with street urchin Mattia, and things are finally going well in his life. Then he gets side-tracked working in a coal mine. And nothing bad EVER happens in a coal mine. [discuss] 2010-07-25

Now Streaming: Fist of the North Star TV 55-109 (s)
"You don't know you're already dead." "In five seconds, your life will end!" These and many other hilarious quotables in this, the second half of the first series of Fist of the North Star! Look for the second series soon! [discuss] 2010-07-25

Yotsuba&! GN 8
Has its weak spots, but they quiver, pale and frightened, before the joie de vivre stamped on every other page.

Bleach DVD 30
Ichigo visits the Visoreds to learn how to control his Hollow side, and the ultimate goal of Aizen's grand plot gets revealed, in this latest Bleach installment. While it does have some interesting developments, it does not do anything excitingly different or break any new ground.

Gurren Lagann the Movie: The Lights in the Sky Are Stars
For those who enjoy the thrill of massive robots fighting each other, this feature is pure animated bliss, although the act of cramming a TV story arc into two hours does hamper the plot. Not that anyone really watches this for plot substance anyway.

Slam Dunk Episodes 1-26 Streaming
If Touch is the honor student and Fighting Spirit the friendly jock, then Slam Dunk is the class clown. In a good way.

Negima! GN 26
There have been better volumes of Negima! than this one. The kind of churning and plot maintenance going on in this installment doesn't make for very effective storytelling.

Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei GN 6
The one big knock against Zetsubou-sensei has always been that the humor is hit-and-miss—but Volume 6 looks like the first to have nonstop hits all the way through.

Maoh: Juvenile Remix GN 1
The do-or-do-not power-debate parallels to Ando's own personal questioning as a whole – how much effect can a person's words have and what is someone's personal responsibility to stop being a bystander to injustice? While its direction remains up the air, Maoh Juvenile Remix opens with a compelling first volume full of questions worth trying to answer.

Golgo 13 Collection 1
Premier assassin Golgo 13 is out to execute a baker's dozen of hits in this dubbed release of the first quarter of his first TV series. This purely episodic series gets its appeal from its widely-varied scenarios and watching Golgo's consummate professionalism and unstoppable skill in action, not from character or plot developments.

Detroit Metal City GN 5
For a series that once started out with such a clear, hilarious premise, it seems to have lost its way—and is trying anything to get back on track.

Heroman Episodes 8-13 Streaming
You couldn't ask for a better cap to the series' first arc: thrills, fun, and a conclusive end to alien hostilities. As such, it's a little ironic that it's the episodes that follow that truly prove the series' mettle.

Fairy Tail GN 1
Unless it manages to miraculously deepen its characterizations or summon some virtuoso suspense, this series is doomed to be nothing more than a mild, forgettable diversion.