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Etotama Collector's Edition Blu-Ray Vol. 1
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Zodiac-flavored romantic hijinks abound in this decidedly overlooked show, now on bluray from PONYCAN. Theron Martin discovers that it's kind of a mixed bag.
― Etotama (whose name is a reference to the souls of the Eto-shin and Eto-musume) is a 12 episode series from the Spring 2015 season which also has an accompanying manga version; the latter, which debuted more than a year earlier, is actually li...
The Best Anime of 2015 Part Four
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Hope Chapman and Lauren Orsini offer up their picks for the five best anime of 2015, and it may not be quite what you're expecting.
― Hope Chapman 5. One-Punch Man At first I wasn't sure how I felt about including a series that hasn't concluded yet on my best of the year list. Strong endings are arguably more important than strong beginnings, but One-Punch Man's beginning was so wildly enjoyable tha...
The X Button - Roundup Sides
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This week: the X Button’s strange and new awards for 2015! Plus new Smash characters, Kojima’s next move, the latest final PSP game, and some commercial signs!
― Gravity Rush Remastered is out in Japan. I've talked before about the game and its box set, which includes Kat and Dusty figures for an apparently exorbitant amount. But I haven't talked about its Japanese commercial. It's cute enough in it...
Durarara!! x 2 Blu-Ray 2
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The bomb that Mikado lit the fuse on so many years ago has finally gone off, spreading shrapnel all through the heart of Ikebukuro. The next volume of Durarara!! x 2 is here.
― It finally happened. The bomb that Mikado lit the fuse on so many years ago has finally gone off, spreading shrapnel all through the heart of Ikebukuro. Now some very dangerous people know that he's the schmuck who started the...
The Best Anime of 2015 Part Three
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Our countdown continues! Staff critics Gabriella Ekens and Theron Martin step up to the plate with their picks for the five best anime of 2015.
― Gabriella Ekens 5. Noragami Aragoto When the first season came out in 2014, Noragami quickly established itself as one of the anime nearest to the mainstream. Combining elements of shonen and shoujo with fun reimaginings of Japanese mythology, it followed ...
10 Moments of Spectacular Animation from 2015
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Check out 10 of the finest and most visually resplendent cuts of animation from 2015's best and brightest anime (along with maybe a few underdogs). Kevin Cirugeda has the scoop.
― As the year comes to an end it's common for people to list their favorite new pieces of media, and anime is no exception to that custom. We can go further than a list of the best TV series of 2015 however, what about the gr...
Dragonar Academy BD+DVD
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"Dragonar Academy offers tentacles and balloon boobs, but not much else."
― Great art often asks difficult questions - questions that speak to the human condition, that embody what we are and who we strive to be. “Why are we here?” is a classic art entreaty; “is true understanding of another possible?” is one of my personal favorites. Dragonar Academy centers its discourse on a similar question, one ...
The Best Anime of 2015 Part Two
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Our week-long celebration of the best anime of 2015 continues as staff critics Nick Creamer and Rose Bridges spill the beans on their top 5 lists.
― Nick Creamer 5. Death Parade I didn't have the highest expectations for Death Parade. I'd enjoyed the preceding short, Death Billiards, but don't really count myself a fan of voyeuristic death game shenanigans. But the full-length series embraced its pr...
The Best and Worst of the Season So Far: Week of Dec 3-9
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The winter season is slowly coming to a close, so let's find out how your favorite shows are faring as they careen calamitously close to conclusion.
― Our team of reviewers are following 24 anime series of the Fall 2015 season and readers are rating each episode as the reviews go up. So let's have a look at what ANN readers consider the best (and worst) of the season. Keep in mind that these ranking...
The Irregular at Magic High School Sub.Blu-Ray 3
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The third and final arc of the anime adaptation of The Irregular at Magic High School has its moments, but it doesn't really take off until the very end, which is sadly inconclusive.
― The Irregular at Magic High School has made some attempts at differentiating itself from its “magical high school harem adventure” brethren by being much more technical in how it both uses and discusses magic, it also ...
The Best Anime of 2015 Part One
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All week long we're presenting the top 5 anime of 2015 as chosen by our team of critics and, of course, as chosen by you! Today's top 5s: Mike Toole and Amy McNulty!
― It's the end of the year, which means it's time for year-end lists! All week this week we'll be presenting the Top 5 anime as selected by our team of critics, with the final results of our enormous year-end Mega Poll released on Frida...
Answerman - Does Uncensored or Re-Animated Anime get Streamed?
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Broadcast anime is frequently full of mistakes or edited nudity that get fixed later for bluray. Do these versions wind up getting streamed anywhere?
― Miguel asks: Most TV series are made on a tight schedule and because of that Blu-ray and DVD releases are usually fixed up here and there, series with nudity and gore are also usually censored because they can't air nudity on TV. My question is, if a...
Shelf Life - Capture the Flag
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This week: Gabriella straps in for some vintage 1979 Gundam action, while Paul determines what happens If Her Flag Breaks. Plus: the last big flood of anime releases for 2015!
― As far as I can tell, there's no new anime coming out on disc in the US next week. Like, genuinely none at all. Not a single, solitary disc, not even a rerelease of some obscure OVA from ten years ago. If that turns out to b...