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Latest Review Ghost Sweeper Mikami
A one-trick pony that manages to be funny more often than not, thanks to a variety of plots driven by eccentric supporting characters.
Latest Review Wedding Peach
Boring, uncreative, and personifying all the worst aspects of the genre, this peach leaves the viewer with a very bitter taste.
Latest Review Xam'd
A lot of dramatic potential blown by trying to do way too many things at once.
Latest Akemi's Anime Blog Posts
Notes and musings about what we're currently watching, as well as goings-on in Japan.
Indie Anime Notes: Coffee Samurai
01/24/2012
Coffee Samurai, a korean short film that's about as slow and deadpan as humor gets, or possibly just an art-house short with an unusually good sense of humor.
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Last Exile: Fam, The Silver Wing Notes
01/16/2012
The Last Exile sequel is, so far, thoroughly entertaining and very pretty, but has enough of a gap with the story of its predecessor that I haven't yet made up my mind where it stands as a sequel to a really great series.
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Strawberry Panic Notes
01/12/2012
Maria Watches Over Us wannabe Strawberry Panic is a wildly uneven show, starting out boring, tempting interest, then getting frustrating apart from a handful of incongruently good parts.
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Thoughts on Rightstuf’s 12 Days of Christmas Sale
12/20/2011
The Right Stuf’s annual 12 Days of Christmas sale is coming to a close midnight tomorrow. This might be too late but I thought I would share my thoughts on some of the shows they currently have included in the sale that are worth a look, particularly the ones not reviewed on the site.
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AKIRA Again
10/14/2011
Making an attempt to re-watch AKIRA with an open mind and as much focus as I could muster, there were things I noticed that I hadn't on previous viewings and re-viewings.
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Seeing It On The Big Screen
10/08/2011
It's not often you get to see anime on a theater-sized big screen, but I like it when the filmmaker goes out on a limb and does stuff to take advantage of the experience.
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What's New at AAW RSS Feed
Jan. 19, 2012
Getting back into the swing of things after a brief SOPA/PIPA protest blackout with a review of the not at all good magical girl oldie Wedding Peach by Chainclaw, and the much better wacky comedy oldie Ghost Sweeper Mikami by Legion.
Industry Newsfeed
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Exclusive: AX 2010 Lost $1.2 Million; IDG to Boost Involvement
2012-02-03 at 21:30:25
Anime Expo '11 was profitable, but SPJA stays in debt; Takayuki Karahashi appointed SPJA Chair Full Article at ANN
1st Berserk Film's Music Video, TV Spot Posted
2012-02-03 at 19:00:00
1st of 3 films based on Kentaro Miura's fantasy series opens on Saturday in Japan Full Article at ANN
Media Blasters Halts Releases of Bakuman., Ikki Tousen Great Guardians
2012-02-03 at 18:00:00
February, March releases put on indefinite hold Full Article at ANN
Sentai Filmworks Licenses The Book of Bantorra Anime
2012-02-03 at 15:48:21
27-episode series based on Ishio Yamagata's light novels gets bilingual DVD release this year Full Article at ANN
NIS America Licenses Occult Academy TV Anime (Updated)
2012-02-03 at 14:58:44
Company to release 13-episode series with 4 bonus short episodes on Blu-ray disc Full Article at ANN
New York Times Manga Best Seller List, January 22-28
2012-02-03 at 14:00:00
Sailor Moon, new Black Butler, new Highschool of the Dead, 1st Durarara!!, new Pandora Hearts, 2 Naruto volumes, new Arisa, new Black God, Rosario + Vampire Full Article at ANN
MM! Manga to End in Comic Alive Mag This Month
2012-02-03 at 13:00:00
Akinari Matsuno & Issei Hyōju's romantic comedy debuted in September 2008 Full Article at ANN
Risqué Comedy Manga Kagaku na Yatsura to Bundle Anime (Updated)
2012-02-03 at 09:38:23
Hideaki Yoshikawa's "science trouble" manga of 2 beautiful girls born from science Full Article at ANN
Negima! Magister Negi Magi Manga to End in 3 More Chapters
2012-02-03 at 01:40:09
Ken Akamatsu to take 2-week break before heading into finale Full Article at ANN
Daily Briefs
2012-02-02 at 23:57:00
• Pierrot's Naruto: Rock Lee Anime Slated for Bleach's Timeslot
• Code Geass: Nunnally in Wonderland to Have English Subs
• Transformers Japanese Set's Replacement Discs Offered
• AnimEigo's Yawara! DVD Set to Go Out of Print
• Sony Cites PS3 Price, Downturn for Quarterly Loss
• Newspaper: Panasonic to Post US$9 Billion Loss