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Latest Review Ghost Sweeper Mikami

3 stars

A one-trick pony that manages to be funny more often than not, thanks to a variety of plots driven by eccentric supporting characters.

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Latest Review Wedding Peach

1 stars

Boring, uncreative, and personifying all the worst aspects of the genre, this peach leaves the viewer with a very bitter taste.

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Latest Review Xam'd

2.5 stars

A lot of dramatic potential blown by trying to do way too many things at once.

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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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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