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Pani Poni Dash!

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:07:51 -0400

This isn’t a full DVD review because I haven’t seen the DVD of Pani Poni Dash!. I have seen a few episodes and I wanted to point out this anime to people that might be overlooking it. I’ve heard of it before, but never really gave
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Black Cat Manga Volume 1

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 03:02:49 -0400

Story Train Heartnet used to work for the secret organization Chronos as an assassin. He was known as the infamous “Black Cat”. When that life became too much for him he gave it all up. The Black Cat died and came back as a stray. Now Tr
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Ghost Hunt Manga Volume 1

Mon, 9 Jun 2008 17:51:37 -0400

Story After a few unfortunate events Mai Taniyama finds herself working for Shibuya Psychic Research. Specifically she’s an assistant to it’s 17 year old President, Kauya Shibuya. Shibuya Psychic Research is currently investigating Mai&r
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Tokyopop-ed?

Sat, 7 Jun 2008 02:49:04 -0400

The news of the Tokyopop restructuring was a big surprise for me. From the outside looking in, everything seemed to be going great for the manga publisher. They release a tremendous about of titles and have a large and active website. Digital or Dea
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Technical Issues Continue

Fri, 6 Jun 2008 07:55:20 -0400

Technical difficulties have made things pretty hard on a lot of us at 451 Press. Not the least of which is the head honcho. Problems with the server have made it close to impossible to get posts up on time or even at all lately. I hope that is going
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Death Note Remake and Casting Call

Wed, 4 Jun 2008 19:54:36 -0400

For details on the (bad) news check out Anime News Network’s post. Looks like there’s a new and exciting way of making movies n Hollywood. You just find something that’s popular overseas, then cut a deal to remake it. It doesn&rsq
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Air Gear Manga Volume 1

Mon, 2 Jun 2008 05:13:38 -0400

Story Itsuki “Babyface” Minami is the toughest guy in Higashi Junior High School. With that position comes respect and responsibility. He protects the school and they love him for it. yeah, things are pretty great for Itsuki. Things can
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The Ultra Character is Everywhere

Thu, 29 May 2008 00:46:14 -0400

I thought I’d share this with you and get your opinions. I think this character from Wild Ones looks suspiciously like someone from a different series. Just in case some of the regular readers would rather not see the pic, I’ll break the
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Wild Ones Manga Volume 2

Wed, 28 May 2008 22:34:43 -0400

Story After the death of her mother Sachi finds out that her grandfather is the head of a yakuza family. She moves in with him because he’s the only family she has left. Sachi is still getting used to living in a house full of some really scar
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Manga Review Later Today

Wed, 28 May 2008 11:52:34 -0400

A manga review should be coming up later today. My manga shopping was delayed, but I finally got to the store yesterday. I got a short stack of manga so I should be good for a week or so. A few of ‘em look pretty good, but you can never tell.
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Ergo Proxy DVD Volume 2

Mon, 26 May 2008 16:14:06 -0400

Story The investigation into the proxy takes a dangerous turn when Real leaves the saftly of the Romdeau dome to find Vincent Law. Will she recognize him after all the changes he’s gone though? Vincent is having troubles of his own. The patrol
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Welcome to the NHK Streaming On Crunchyroll

Fri, 23 May 2008 11:07:39 -0400

Crunchyroll is streaming Welcome to the NHK now. Check out the post on AnimeNewsNetwork for the details. Looks like official anime streams are catching on. I couldn’t be happier about that. I can’t wait until other companies catch on that
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Lucky Star Casting Decisions

Wed, 21 May 2008 09:21:46 -0400

In my review of the Lucky Star Volume 1 DVD I questioned the reasons behind the casting choices. I’ve been thinking about it since and I may be more confused than ever. The Girl’s Got Talent Does it matter why Wendee Lee was cast as Kona
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RentAnime Review

Thu, 15 May 2008 04:58:09 -0400

Online anime rental seems like the perfect option, at least for the fans that don’t want to download illegal fansubs. I’ve already reviewed Blockbuster’s anime offering, now it’s time to take a look at a more specialized outle
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Blockbuster Online Review

Wed, 14 May 2008 03:40:53 -0400

I did a post that talked about places to rent anime online. Since then I’ve used 2 of those services. Here is a short review of one service based on my experience with them. Blockbuster Blockbuster is known across the country as a family frien
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The Melancholy of Konata Izumi

Mon, 12 May 2008 01:09:37 -0400

Just a couple little things I wanted to mention. Things I thought were pretty cool in anime news lately. The Melancholy of Konata Izumi As a bonus for the folk that buy the Lucky Star DVD sets in Japan one store is giving away a phone card with the
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Tech Problems (At a Good Time)

Sun, 11 May 2008 10:27:38 -0400

AnimeFansOnline has had a bit of trouble keeping up with the load lately, but it looks like that might be ending soon. Some work has been going on behind the scenes to improve the sites in the 451Press network. It couldn’t happen at a better t
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Bleach Movie Casting Game Update

Tue, 6 May 2008 22:44:24 -0400

The movie casting game is still going on. There have been a couple of comments with some interesting casting suggestions for a Bleach live action movie. Reminder I’m using this to try out a grab bag giveaway. If you follow a couple of simple r
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Black Blood Brothers Anime DVD Volume 1

Mon, 5 May 2008 21:02:21 -0400

Story Black Blood Brothers is the story of Jirou and Kotaru Mochizuki, brothers and vampires. Relations between the vampires, a.k.a. black bloods, and humans, a.k.a. red bloods, are tense. The tension is only made worse by the reappearance of a vam
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Mahoromatic Automatic Maiden DVD Volume 1

Fri, 2 May 2008 20:17:22 -0400

Story Mahoro is a combat model android built to fight off the alien invasion of Earth that no one even knows happened. Her preset life span is set to expire, but living a civilian life will lengthen the time she has left. Due to her service against
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E’s Otherwise DVD Volume 1

Thu, 1 May 2008 23:20:10 -0400

Story Kai was raised by the Ashrum organization, one of the 12 companies that control the world. After his mother dies he joins Ashurum’s special psychic unit. As one of the highly trained psychics called E’s, pronounced Ess (?), he&rsqu
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Generator Gawl DVD Volume 1

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:41:50 -0400

Story Three young men travel back in time in an attempt to stop a war that nearly annihilates the human race. Easier said than done. They didn’t arrive in the time they expected to. Now they only have 3 months to save the human race. All the w
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Anime Fans Online Movie Casting Game

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 18:07:25 -0400

You might know that I also write an anime blog for 451 Press called Anime Fans Online. I thought I’d let you know that I’m starting a game up over there. If it works ok, I might bring the idea over to FanaticSpace too. The
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What Are Your Battlestar Galactica Theories?

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:09:01 -0400

I got a very good comment from Marc on a previous post about Battlestar Galactica theories. I just had to point it out for those who may have already read that post. I’d also like to invite you to share your ideas about BSG. Final cylon pred
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Casting Call: Bleach

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:10:10 -0400

Here it is folks. This is the first casting call post. If you missed the explanation of what’s going on here, then check out the previous post. Everyone have fun with this one. I look forward to seeing your choices. The anime to cast is&helli
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Anime to Live Action Casting

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:30:25 -0400

Quite a few anime are being turned into live action movies, or have been recently. I thought it was about time I got your thoughts on the matter. I could do an opinion poll, but that discourages original answers. I could just ask you what you think,
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D.Gray-Man Manga Volume 1

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:09:30 -0400

D.Gray-Man is a good example of why I don’t like to give up on manga or anime. I’d tried to read it before but just couldn’t get into it. I don’t know what it was, but something put me off the first time. Since then I’v
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Ikki Tousen. I just can’t like this anime.

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:52:18 -0400

I have tried several times to watch the Ikki Tousen anime. The last time was a DVD I thought I’d removed from my rental list. The second Ikki Tousen DVD showed up in my mail and I figured I’d give it another chance. Maybe even write up a
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Tactics DVD Volume 1

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 07:42:59 -0400

I’d caught an episode or two of Tactics on the SciFi Channel’s Ani-Monday programming block. It looked pretty good so I added the first DVD to my rental list. I might be changing my opinion of Ani-Monday. After checking out the DVD I had
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Green Green Volume 1 DVD

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 09:08:12 -0400

Just want to mention that I’ve seen the main character’s name spelled a few different ways. Since I don’t know which one is right, I’m going with Yusuke. Story When Kanenone Academy, an all boys school, decides to merge with
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Highlander: The Search For Vengeance DVD

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 09:57:26 -0400

Story As a Highlander fan, it hurts to write about this story. Check out what Anime News Network says it’s about. My Opinion I’m of two minds about this movie. On one hand it’s a pretty good fantasy-action anime. On the other hand
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Quick Note, As Seen On TV

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 01:14:24 -0400

After I got a comment on the previous post I realized something. I talked about Highlander, but left out the TV show. I even posted a trailer for the first movie. So here’s the opening from the Highlander TV show to even things up. Plus I&rsquo
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Quick Note

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 06:47:58 -0400

I was going to watch the Highlander anime I rented and write up a review earlier today. I watched the movie, but I’m gonna have to give this one a bit more thought. I’ll probably wind up watching the movie again before I get that review w
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Ergo Proxy DVD Volume 1

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 06:37:14 -0400

Story Check out Anime News Network’s description of the story. They do a far better job than I can. My Opinion I’m sorry I didn’t watch this anime earlier. This is one of the better sci-fi anime I’ve seen. At least it is so f
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Ghost Sweeper Mikami Anime DVD

Tue, 8 Apr 2008 22:01:20 -0400

Story Nobunaga Oda, yes the Nobunaga Oda, was a vampire. He was brought down by a great exorcist samurai, but he wasn’t killed. Knowing that the monster would return, the exorcist made sure that those who would face him in the future would be
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Manga Magazines vs Manga Volumes

Thu, 3 Apr 2008 18:58:59 -0400

I was just catching up on reading my Shonen Jump subscription and that started me thinking. I was taking in the art of this month’s installment of Bleach and I noticed how much better it looked. Why did it look so much better? Size Matters Bec
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Gin Tama Manga Volume 1

Wed, 2 Apr 2008 17:25:45 -0400

Gin Tama is a bit odd. It does so many things at once that it’s sometimes hard to keep track. Alternate history, science fiction, comedy and even action get smashed together inside the cover of this book. The result is something that could onl
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Fairy Tail Manga Volume 1

Tue, 1 Apr 2008 16:15:36 -0400

Ever wonder what One Piece would be like if the crew were wizards instead of pirates? Now you don’t have to, you can just read Fairy Tail. Story Lucy is a young mage that dreams of joining Fairy Tail, the legendary mage guild. A mage guild is
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Original Dirty Pair Anime DVD Volume 1

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:52:23 -0400

Today we’re going to be taking a look at some older anime. You might even call this one a classic. From way back in 1987, though the English dub was done in 1999, we have the Original Dirty Pair. Story Kei and Yuri are known throughout the uni
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Kekkaishi Manga Volume 1

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 11:07:41 -0400

Story Yoshimori Sumimura is a Kekkaishi, a demon slayer that uses force fields. His family are guardians of a piece of very powerful sacred land. The land needs guardians because it can grant demons tremendous power. Yoshimori doesn’t work alo
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Alice 19th Manga Volume 1

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:03:01 -0400

Story Alice Seno’s life has gotten interesting lately. First she falls for the same guy her older sister is interested in. Then she finds a lost rabbit that’s really going to cause trouble. The poor little bunny is really a very powerful
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Gonzo Will Stream New Anime Online

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 08:33:32 -0400

Anime News Network reported that anime company Gonzo will be streaming some of thier new titles. Not only that, but those titles will be subbed in English. Check out the story for the details. Why is this a big deal? That’s easy. This is a bi
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Yakitate!! Japan Manga Volume 1

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 08:35:09 -0400

This is one of the reasons I love manga and anime. There’s something for everybody. It’s not all ninjas and giant robots you know. Yakitate!! Japan is a cooking manga that focuses on bread. (A giant ninja robot cooking manga would be fre
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Strawberry 100% Manga Volume 1

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 07:15:20 -0400

I wish this had kept it’s original title. I know that Strawberry 100% and Ichigo 100% mean the same thing. I just think that Ichigo 100% sounds better. Oh, and it’s more suited for teens than kids. Nothing really graphic, but there are a
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Stargate — the Ark of Truth

Sat, 15 Mar 2008 01:29:05 -0400

A Fannish First Look Stargate, the Ark of Truth, a Stargate SG1 feature-length adventure, was released March 11, 2008. It should not disappoint die-hard Stargate fans. While it’s definitely not a stand-alone movie…most viewers will not care.
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Changing my mind about Fan Fiction

Thu, 13 Mar 2008 03:05:12 -0400

The Way I’ve Always Thought Of FanFic I’ve never really liked fan fiction. It always seemed like a waste of time to me. Wasted writing time and wasted reading time both. If I want to read a Harry Potter story, I don’t turn to fanfi
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Quitting Sucks

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 16:44:12 -0400

Look at him. Mocking me. Enjoying that cigarette. Bastard! I won’t forgive you. I hope your boat sinks. I Quit Smoking I’m trying to quit anyway. It’s been a couple of days now. I’m having some trouble with it though. The big
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Read or Die Manga Volume 2

Thu, 6 Mar 2008 12:08:27 -0500

Story Yomiko Readman is off to Manshu Academy after getting a mysterious letter from the former “Paper”, and her ex-boyfriend, Donnie Nakajima. It seems like the Library of England needs her special talents again. This time she’s s
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I Heart Taggart

Wed, 5 Mar 2008 06:07:55 -0500

Do You Want ‘Possums with That? Having just returned from two weeks in splendid [self imposed] isolation, I’m tempted to declare that I was on a spiritual retreat, or writing the next Great American Novel. The truth is that a dear friend of min
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Read or Die Manga Volume 1

Tue, 4 Mar 2008 16:30:53 -0500

Writing this review is kinda weird. I could have sworn that I already wrote it. I just can’t find it anywhere. I was going to review Read or Die volume 2. I went to check a couple of things in the first one and here I am. Story Yumiko Readman
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