Manga Review: .hack//Alcor
Nanase is a player in the worldwide MMORPG that is The World. She's shy and quiet and has a crush on fellow player Silabus, head of the guild Canard of which she is a member. Problem is, all Silabus can talk about is Alkaid, another player who has become a star in the game. When player killers of an opposing guild target Silabus, can Nanase find the strength to stand up for her friends? Or will she run away? In a game like The World, anything can happen!
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Blu-ray & DVD Review: Rome: The Complete Series
There are some work collaborations that just sound like genius from the get go, and HBO pairing with BBC to create a dramatic historical rendition of Ancient Rome was one of them. The show Rome caused history buffs to drool, literature snobs to squeal, and everyone else to think 'lots of sex, nudity, violence, and an epic bromance. We're so in.' Unfortunately after two seasons it was cancelled due to the costs of keeping such a vibrant and accurate series alive. Now Rome: The Complete Series is out for Blu-ray and DVD, and this is your best chance of seeing this spectacular series from beginning to end for a reasonable price.
Book Review: Battle Royale
In 1999, Koushun Takami gave this world the novel Battle Royale. The story was dark, controversial, and could be interpreted in many different ways. Taking place in an alternate history of Japan, or as it is known here the Republic of Greater East Asia, the book told the story of a class of students who have been chosen to participate in the Program. Mainly focusing on male student #15 and self proclaimed rock star, Shuya Nanahara, as he attempts to find away to escape The Program.
Manga Review: Fullmetal Alchemist Vol. 21
Fullmetal Alchemist Vol. 21
President Bradley is the target for an assassination plot. The State Alchemist and the Orders have all been decided, rebels against the Government. Ed and Al have been separated, but are reunited by unpleasant means.
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Manga Review: Pluto: Urasawa x Tezuka volume 6
Naoki Urasawa takes on the beloved icon Astro Boy in the new 8 volume set Pluto: Urasawa x Tezuka. He explores an arch that dealt with Robot programing, why create an ultimate robot, and then limit its abilities with Human limitation and protective limitations or protocols. Pluto is presented as a detective murder mystery and spends the majority of the series following a Europol Detective, Gesicht, who also happen to be considered the most advanced robot alive.
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DVD Review: Evangelion 1.01: You Are (Not) Alone
Evangelion 1.01: You Are (Not) Alone
Episodes 1-6 banded together to make a theatrical version, with remastered work using new ways of expression. Evangelion is planned to be released in four parts, with this 1.01 being the first installment. 14-year-old Shinji has been chosen to pilot the synthetic humanoid Evangelion Unit-01. His dad is the one in charge of NERV, but doesn't show much emotion to the fact that his son has a great chance of getting killed while piloting.
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Manga Review: GoGo Monster
GoGo Monster
"There's a face in the water drop…"
Yuki Tachibana is in the first grade. He doesn't have many friends, only the gardener and one of the "Others," who Yuki calls Super Star. A new Transfer student named Makoto Suzuki becomes the only student in Yuki's class that actually talks to him, and eventually gets into his mind and brings him to reality.
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