Anime Blu-ray Review: WitchBlade, The Complete Series
West meets East, and tide has begun to turn, or has it? WitchBlade is a well-franchised American comic that made it's way across the Pacific to find a new life by the hands of the artists at Gonzo Studio. In this version, the heroine is a kinder, gentler woman who is all about being a hapless mother, but still the all encompassing Mother figure. The story of a woman cursed with the ultimate power, a young daughter with a mysterious past, and some powerful entities after the WitchBlade itself.
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Manga Review: Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit, Vol. 3
Ikigami The Ultimate Limit
The "National Welfare Act" was designed to inspire the citizens of Japan to respect the value of life. Every year, the first-graders of Japan get an immunization shot, with one in every one thousand containing a nano-capsule that is programed to follow the blood stream into the pulmonary artery. The nano-capsule will rest there until the predetermined time and date (usually between 18 to 24 years of the persons life), when the capsule will rupture, killing the individual.
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DVD Review: The Answer Man
Manga Review: Muhyo & Roji’s Bureau of Supernatural Investigation volume 14
When you've got a spooky specter in your life that you need either sent up the heaven or back down to hell, you don't call the Ghostbusters — you call Muhyo and Roji's Law Consultation Office, experts in exorcising even the ghastliest of ghosts and most frightening of phantasms! Together, they serve a certain brand of justice to the offenders of underworld law. As civil servants of the Magic Law Association, Muhyo and Roji find themselves caught up in a war between the MLA and those of the evil organization Ark and the traitor Enchu – who is also Muhyo's ex-classmate and current rival. Muhyo and Roji will have to fight harder than even before with a wide cast of allies both human and not if they want to survive this trial of skills, or the final judgment might be for their lives!
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DVD Review: Dragon Ball, Season 2 Remastered
The quest to retrieve Goku's Grandfather's 4 star Dragon Ball is full on. He has the Dragon Ball radar finder that Bulma gave him and his Nimbus to get him around, all that is left is the bad guys and helpless people.
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Book Review: The Twelve Kingdoms, The Vast Spread of the Sea
The Twelve Kingdoms: The Vast Spread of the Sea is the third in a series of light novels written from 1992 through 2001. This novel centers on two characters, Rokuta and Koya, two characters with similar beginnings, yet clearly different outcomes. They were both abandoned as children and ended up finding their paths in very different ways.
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DVD Review: Adult Swim in a Box
Do you like Adult Swim?
Do you like boxes?
Well my friend, I have something to show you!
Manga Review: Bakegyamon volume 5
Every forty years, children from across the world are gathered together for the mysterious game Bakegyamon ("Backwards Game"), which was created by the Hell Master and held by monsters. It is said that whomever wins will be granted a wish, any wish they can think of. Eleven-year-old Sanshiro, eager to join an adventure, gets caught up in the world of Bakegyamon, where he finds out the hard way that the games aren't all they appear to be!
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DVD Review: Gabriel Iglesias “I’m Not Fat… I’m Fluffy” Live From El Paso
Gabriel Iglesias may be another example of an "overnight success" years in the making. Just now starting to achieve broad popularity, the comedian has been performing since 1997, first in small clubs in Southern California where he grew up, then larger venues around the southwest, eventually getting invites to do small bits on specials and shows like Late Late, Kimmel, and eventually Leno. He was already well established by the time he appeared on Last Comic Standing where he did well before being disqualified for BlackBerrying his longtime grirlfriend on his status.
Manga Review: High School Debut, Volume 12
Haruna knows she has one great strength and that is softball. That is possibly, in her own estimation, her only strength. So, in entering high school she decides to learn from a master the art of people. Or more simply, she asks Yoh, the hottest, least approachable, most mysterious guy on campus to be her guide in the murky waters of flirtation. Oddly enough, the crazy guy says yes.
After all, Haruna, with her boundless enthusiasm and skin several miles thick, is nothing if not entertaining. And yet somehow she makes it. Studying hard, she nets herself the perfect guy for her. Her tutor, coach, and the hottest guy around.
Manga Review: Honey Hunt, Volume 3
Yura Onozuka is lost, caught between the glamour lives of her famous parents and her own normalcy. The goals and dreams she has are destroyed when she finds her best friend (and love interest) sleeping with her mother! How can she forgive her mother's deliberate betrayal, and her father's absolute non-existence, particularly when they remain perfect in the eyes of the world? After all, the media never lies. Does it?
Yura decides to show everyone the truth, and fight on her mother's terms — becoming an actress herself. This seems the only way to make the media listen to her side of the story. But can she, the shy normal girl, really become a star?
Manga Review: Beast Master volume 1
Yuiko Kubozuka has a problem. His name is Leo Aoi. He's sweet, funny, strong, loyal to a fault, and perhaps a little gullible. That, and when he smiles he's only the most handsome guy ever. So what if he's had a very complicated childhood, traveling all over the world. The problem is simple. Everyone thinks he's an insane bloodthirsty hooligan who will literally kill them all. Some days she can't imagine why they would think a silly thing like that? After all, he only looks exactly like an insane bloodthirsty hooligan when he's… not … smiling. Unfortunately for Yuiko, he only seems to smile when talking to her. How can she tame the beast?
Manga Review: Special A, Volume 13
School is never easy. Even for the best of the best. Wait, but what if that annoyingly poker-faced guy you can't get to go away is just slightly better? And you can't. Get. Rid. Of. Him. Ever. Or beat him! This is the life of Hikari Hanazono and her rival, Kei Takishima, the smartest guy around and heir to a fortune. So, why is it that they seem to have fallen in love? Because only she has ever challenged him and not backed down, followed him and never given up. Stood up to him and for him without a second's hesitation. Hikari won him over through honesty and sheer stubborn strength of character. Because apparently he can't get rid of her either!
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Manga Review: Kaze Hikaru Volume 15
Enter the world of the 1860's era Japan. Pick a side, either the old, outdated feudal system or the new powerful shogunate, armed with Western connections and ideals. Join an army, find friends, who will become comrades in battle. Find love. Become a man. Easier said than done — particularly for the young Sei, a young girl determined to become a bushi and fight among the Shinsengumi, who protect the shogun. She can keep most people fooled, but only most of the time, and this doesn't seem to stop the love from happening. In fact, her commanding officers seem to be in love with each other!?