Ouran High School Host Club Set 1

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Mar 29 2009

Available from Amazon
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Ouran High School Host Club Set 1
Released By: Funimation
Released: 10/28/08
Reviewed: 3/29/09
Rated: 13+

Ouran High School Host Club (from now on referred to OHSHC) contends strongly for best recent bishie comedy release.

The Story

Attending the very upscale Ouran High School, Haruhi goes through her daily life doing her best not [...]

Save Me! Lollipop

Anime Reviews | Posted by admin
Mar 29 2009

Available from Amazon
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Save Me! Lollipop
Released By: Funimation
Released: 2/24/09
Reviewed: 3/29/09
Rated: 12+

Yet another series that I went into with low expectations only to be very pleasantly surprised!
The Story
In this romantic comedy from Sunshine Corporation, the heroine is a twelve year old girl named Nina. While out eating cake with her friends, a mysterious pearl [...]

Bleach, Naruto Movies Available on Itunes

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Mar 27 2009

Viz Media has sent out a mailer announcing that four new anime movies are now available for download on iTunes. Available for the first time via the music platform are ‘Bleach: Memories of Nobody’, ‘Naruto: Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow’ and ‘Naruto the Movie 2: Legend of the Stone of Gelel’ and ‘Naruto the Movie [...]

Right Stuf/ Nozomi Announce GAKUEN ALICE DVD Collection for June 30, 2009

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Mar 25 2009

RIGHT STUF’S NOZOMI ENTERTAINMENT Announces the GAKUEN ALICE DVD Collection for June 30, 2009Box set to include complete 26-episode television series.

GRIMES, IA, March 25, 2009 – Anime producer and distributor Right Stuf, Inc. and Nozomi Entertainment are pleased to announce the GAKUEN ALICE DVD Collection will be released on June 30, 2009.The thinpak-style box set [...]

Advent Children, Sky Crawlers, Ponyo Get US Release Dates

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Mar 25 2009

A number of new releases have finally been given dates over the last couple of days and I apologize for not having these up sooner:
The Blu-ray edition of Final Fantasy: Advent Children has been listed on Amazon with a US release date of June 2nd. When this release hits store shelves in Japan, it [...]

Right Stuf Announced Gakuen Alice Release Date

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Mar 25 2009

A mailer went out today from Right Stuf announcing that the magical girl comedy ‘Gakuen Alice’ will be released in a thinpak collection June 30th after the license was announced last summer. Originally released in 2004, the Group TAC magical girl comedy follows a girl named Mikan who follows her best friend to the mysterious [...]

Kadokawa USA Offering Three Recent Series to US Licensors

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Mar 25 2009

Animenews.biz is reporting that three new series have been made available for license or production subcontract work from Kadokawa USA: Chrome Shelled Regios, Macademi Wasshoi and Ga-Rei-Zero. All three series premiered last fall and developed very unique audiences due to their various content.
Chrome Shelled Regios is a sci-fi series following a student named Layfon studying and [...]

NARUTO Shippuden WATCH & WIN Contest starting FRIDAY 3/27!

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Mar 24 2009

VIZ MEDIA LAUNCHES SPECIAL NARUTO SHIPPUDEN WATCH-AND-WIN CONTEST ON OFFICIAL NARUTO WEB SITE NARUTO.COM 
Fans Can Watch The Newest NARUTO Shippuden Animated Episode Each Week At NARUTO.com Then Test Their Knowledge To Win Exciting Prizes Including NARUTO Video Games And
A Game Console!  
San Francisco, CA, March 25, 2009 – VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one [...]

Live Action Blood Getting US Release?

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Mar 24 2009

I know that everyone is waiting very patiently for news regarding the US release of ‘Blood: The Last Vampire’ and finally your patience is being rewarded. Twitch is reporting that the film was submitted to the MPAA by Samuel Goldwyn to get a rating (It got an ‘R’ rating naturally). No word on a release date but [...]

Spring Anime Preview Continues…

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Mar 23 2009

Just because the primary spring preview has been posted doesn’t mean that it’s over yet! Continuing my more indepth look at as many of the new series coming as possible, I’ve posted a preview of the upcoming historical action series Sengoku Basara from Production I.G.
ETA: And it continues some more with my early preview of [...]