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Sword of the Stranger Review

21. June 2009

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

4. April 2009

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 [...]

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New York Anime Festival Report

29. September 2008

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 [...]

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FullMetal Alchemist movie goes Blu

2. September 2008

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 [...]

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More Blu-ray From FUNi

24. August 2008

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, [...]

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Jumpland

18. August 2008

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 [...]

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Ultimo Becomes an Anime

12. August 2008

Ultimo Becomes an Anime

Back in April, Shueisha’s magazine “Jump Square” had a chapter by Stan Lee and Hirokyuki Takei (Shaman King) called Ultimo.  You can actually find it translated in the September 2008 issue of Viz’s magazine, “Shonen Jump“.  The anime will be developed by Dream Ranch Japan. Two other projects Stan Lee is involved with is Hero [...]

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Bakuman Begins! Thoughts?

8. August 2008

Bakuman Begins!  Thoughts?

Well “Bakuman” chapter 1 is out. To me, it doesn’t seem like it will amount to anything special. I am interested though because it is a different idea. I haven’t read a manga before on someone becoming a mangaka. I hope it lasts because I am for original ideas. It also [...]

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Bakuman Starts Next Week

4. August 2008

Bakuman Starts Next Week

The latest issue of Japan’s Weekly Shonen Jump had a preview for a new series called Bakuman. What is Bakuman? It is a new manga from the team that created Death Note, Tsugumi Ohba (writer) and Takeshi Obata (artist). It will start in issue 37-38 of this year’s run of the [...]

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Yen Plus, an In-Depth Look

4. August 2008

Yen Plus, an In-Depth Look

A new monthly Japanese manga magazine has hit the shelves. Well, not fully Japanese manga, it also has Korean manhwa and original English manga.

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