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Sword of the Stranger Review

Kotaro is a young boy being chased by the Mings. With him is his dog, Tobimaru. Through their running and hiding they come across a nameless swordsman. Hired as a bodyguard, the nameless swordsman joins them. Meanwhile the Chinese army joins Japan’s forces to hunt the child whose blood is an ingredient to create eternal life (hey, it’s anime, so why not). Will Kotaro escape the Mings? Who exactly is this nameless swordsman? Should you watch this movie?

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FullMetal Alchemist: Brotherhood – Subbed by FUNi

The second anime series for FullMetal Alchemist airs soon. It has been recently announced by FUNimation that they have acquired the rights to it. They will also stream the episodes with Japanese dialogue and English subtitles via funimation.com and other sites. So when will this take place? Well, the first episode [...]

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Thoughts on “Castle”

The first episode of “Castle” has aired. Richard Castle (Nathan Fillion) is a famous mystery writer who gets called to help the NYPD with a case when a murderer killed his victims the same way that was done in Castle’s novels. Kate Beckett (Stana Katic) leads the investigation. So you basically have a guy who acts like a big kid helping a detective who plays by the rules. So is it good?

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Thoughts on Up

Saturday night at New York Comic Con, the first 45 minutes of Disney-Pixar’s Up was shown to a limited audience of about 300. I had the pleasure of being one of those people. So here is what I thought of the movie thus far. Don’t worry, no spoilers here!

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Yatterman Review

In 1977, there was an anime called Yatterman. In 2008, it was revived with a new anime series. Now, in 2009, the live-action adaptation comes out. Even though it won’t be released until March 7th in Japan, I was able to catch the world premiere at New York Comic Con. This is Takashi Miike’s biggest budget film, but did it pay off?

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New York Anime Festival Report

This weekend I went to NYAF, the New York Anime Festival, at the Javits Center in New York City. Here is a recap of what went on. There were some license announcements, industry panels, and merchandise to drain the wallet. It didn’t seem as big as last year, but with Geneon gone [...]

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Disney and Depp Pair Up Some More

Johnny Depp and Disney seem to be getting along well. Three new movies have been confirmed. First off, he will play Tonto in the The Lone Ranger adaptation. He will play the Mad Hatter in Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland. Last, but not least, he will once again play the role of [...]

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Hamlet 2 Review

The end of August seemed to be filled with comedy movies. One of those was Hamlet 2, and it didn’t do too hot in the box office. Religious controversy surrounded the film as well, especially due to a musical number in the movie called “Rock Me Sexy Jesus“. Though as we know, [...]

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FullMetal Alchemist movie goes Blu

With an upcoming release from FUNimation, the disc contains a trailer for the FMA movie on Blu-ray. This was previously rumored, but is now confirmed. This title was previously announced for a release in Japan, but one would need to order a ridiculous box set to get it. I say ridiculous because [...]

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More Blu-ray From FUNi

It seems that FUNimation has listed a few new titles for a planned Blu-ray release. In an upcoming Blu-ray release from FUNimation, the pamphlet inside has ads for some upcoming Blu-ray releases. One is Afro Samurai which is coming out next week. Of course you have more DBZ on the horizon, as [...]

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Get Smart

Get Smart focuses on Maxwell Smart (Don Adams) who works for CONTROL, a secret U.S. government spy agency, under the name Agent 86. He is a clumsy agent who usually has his partner, Agent 99 (Barbara Feldon), and the Chief (Edward Platt) watching out for him. CONTROL is often trying to stop the evil organization known as KAOS.

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FullMetal Alchemist 2 – Confirmed

In volume 20 of the manga series FullMetal Alchemist (aka Hagane no Renkinjutsushi), there is an announcement for a second television series.    What the series will be isn’t known.  I think it pretty much boils down to a continuation from where the movie series left off (most likely) or a series to follow the manga [...]

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Jumpland

For some time now Jumpland has been up and available in multiple languages.  One of which is English.  This is celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the Weekly Shonen Jump.  Here you can learn about the magazine itself as well as read manga online.  So if you are a fan of shonen manga, this is a [...]

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