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Monday, April 13th, 2009
Berry Dynamite already ran as 1-shot manga in Bessatsu Margaret in March
2 hours, 32 minutes ago - 2009-04-13 07:00 EDT
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Japanese Tezuka Osamu Mag is available outside Japan for free for 6 months
3 hours, 38 minutes ago - 2009-04-13 05:55 EDT
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New adaptation of Coharu Sakuraba's school manga to ship this fall
8 hours, 24 minutes ago - 2009-04-13 01:08 EDT
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Sunday, April 12th, 2009
Doraemon, Yatterman, Drop remain in top 3; Precure rises
9 hours, 36 minutes ago - 2009-04-12 23:57 EDT
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Estimate of box office receipts for April 10-12 weekend
19 hours, 31 minutes ago - 2009-04-12 14:01 EDT
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DVD to ship in Japan on July 1 for anime based on Key's romance visual novel
20 hours, 11 minutes ago - 2009-04-12 13:21 EDT
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Hiromu Arakawa's gag manga appears alongside free Japanese novel preview
1 day, 1 hour ago - 2009-04-12 08:23 EDT
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RahXephon's Hajime Jinguji draws story about boys in Japan's 1st naval school
1 day, 2 hours ago - 2009-04-12 07:12 EDT
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Saturday, April 11th, 2009
Manga about girl and mysterious visitation from a spirit to launch on April 22
1 day, 15 hours ago - 2009-04-11 18:02 EDT
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Also: Aquarion, Ga-Ra-Ku-Ta, Ghost Hunt, Glass Fleet, Jyu-Oh-Sei, more
1 day, 17 hours ago - 2009-04-11 16:03 EDT
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Fantasy romantic comedy about "an idiot, tests, and summoned creatures"
1 day, 17 hours ago - 2009-04-11 15:34 EDT
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In case you missed it, we added new interviews with Emmy Rossum, Eriko Tamura, Joon Park and James Marsters to the On the Set: Dragonball Evolution Feature yesterday,
1 day, 22 hours ago - 2009-04-11 11:11 EDT
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Comedy anime was itself inspired by earlier manga by Ebichu's Risa Itou
2 days, 1 hour ago - 2009-04-11 07:42 EDT
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Friday, April 10th, 2009
Designer of Gunbuster, Macross II, M.D. Geist undergoing emergency surgery
2 days, 11 hours ago - 2009-04-10 22:05 EDT
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6 Naruto books, followed by Negima 21 & Negima!? neo 1, xxxHOLiC 13, Fruits Basket 22
2 days, 15 hours ago - 2009-04-10 17:41 EDT
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Aniplex to release anime by one-man animation team Atsuya Uki this year
2 days, 17 hours ago - 2009-04-10 15:47 EDT
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Summer TV anime about 2 girls who start a baseball team in 1925 Japan
2 days, 18 hours ago - 2009-04-10 15:07 EDT
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4-panel manga's run in Comp Ace magazine to begin on April 25
2 days, 18 hours ago - 2009-04-10 14:36 EDT
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Daily Briefs
• Appleseed, Captain Tylor OVA DVD Reissues Listed
3 days, 2 hours ago - 2009-04-10 06:38 EDT
Kentarō Miura last drew his fantasy adventure manga in December
3 days, 3 hours ago - 2009-04-10 05:39 EDT
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The Spring 2009 Anime Preview Guide
The Spring 2009 anime season is officially underway! Our 24-7 preview guide begins; check back every day for new reviews from ANN's editorial team!Latest Previews:
Marie and Gali
Polyphonica Crimson S
Hayate the Combat Butler s2 episode 2
Ristorante Paradiso episode 2
Tayutama -Kiss on my Deity-
Eden of the East
Hanasakeru Seishonen
Guin Saga
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
Shelf
Life - Spring Cleaning
Spring cleaning reveals some titles that have been swept under the rug over the months.
- Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro-chan
- Kyo Kara Maoh v.2.9
- Nerima Daikon Brother complete
- Rocket Girls complete
2009-04-13
Life - Spring CleaningSpring cleaning reveals some titles that have been swept under the rug over the months.
- Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro-
- Kyo Kara Maoh v.2.9
- Nerima Daikon Brother complete
- Rocket Girls complete
2009-04-13
Lovely
Complex GN 10
Against all odds, this series still manages to pull out moments of bouncy comedy and deliciously heartwarming romance—even when everything starts to look despairingly familiar.
2009-04-13
Complex GN 10Against all odds, this series still manages to pull out moments of bouncy comedy and deliciously heartwarming romance—even when everything starts to look despairingly familiar.
2009-04-13
Astro
Toy with Rob Bricken: Kingdom Hearts Play Arts Vol. 2
Rob fails to contain his joy over Square Enix's latest batch of Kingdom Hearts figures.
2009-04-12
Toy with Rob Bricken: Kingdom Hearts Play Arts Vol. 2Rob fails to contain his joy over Square Enix's latest batch of Kingdom Hearts figures.
2009-04-12
Menkui
! GN 1-3
The manga's protagonist Kotori is much too ordinary and too unmemorable a hero or lover to be the embodiment of an untranslated Japanese word "menkui." Better—or should I say worse?—to say that Suzuki Tanaka's first multi-part series itself is “menkui,” a manga of appalling stunted scope and pinched ambitions.
2009-04-12
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The
Gallery - Rebecca Barnes
An up-and-coming fantasy artist talks about the hectic world of Gaia commissions, self-study, and how to kill time in rural Michigan by picking up an art hobby.
2009-04-11
Gallery - Rebecca BarnesAn up-
2009-04-11
Hey
, Answerman!
Brian answers some questions about the anime in HD, novel anime ideas, birth rates, and unintentionally references octopi in response to hentai. Plus, your responses to Hey, Answerfans and many more things!
2009-04-10
, Answerman!Brian answers some questions about the anime in HD, novel anime ideas, birth rates, and unintentionally references octopi in response to hentai. Plus, your responses to Hey, Answerfans and many more things!
2009-04-10
Anime Castle
Robert's Anime Corner Store
AAA Anime Distribution
Lovely Complex GN 10Against all odds, this series still manages to pull out moments of bouncy comedy and deliciously heartwarming romance—even when everything starts to look despairingly familiar.
Menkui! GN 1-
Bleach GN 26This is the average shounen-
Battle Angel Alita: Last Order -
Love Pistols GN 1-
Baccano! DVD 2
Can a series that sometimes gets tremendously gory also be tremendously fun? This one seems intent on proving that a series can be both. Its plethora of converging story threads, combined with the ongoing antics of Isaac and Miria, make watching this an involving and highly entertaining experience.
Can a series that sometimes gets tremendously gory also be tremendously fun? This one seems intent on proving that a series can be both. Its plethora of converging story threads, combined with the ongoing antics of Isaac and Miria, make watching this an involving and highly entertaining experience.
Akihabara@DEEP GN 2
Much of volume two of Akihabara@DEEP takes place in the world of a fictionalized MMORPG world, but if you think you are merely in for a hackneyed version of .hack, you are in for the surprise of your life: One of the top manga series first published in English in 2008 is getting even better.
Much of volume two of Akihabara@DEEP takes place in the world of a fictionalized MMORPG world, but if you think you are merely in for a hackneyed version of .hack, you are in for the surprise of your life: One of the top manga series first published in English in 2008 is getting even better.
Ghost Slayers Ayashi DVD Part 1
A novel hybrid of adventure and education: call it a monster-bashing kanji lesson.
A novel hybrid of adventure and education: call it a monster-
Psychic Power Nanaki GN 1-3
Psychic Power Nanaki is a series that you should feel safely empowered to avoid entirely.
Darker than BLACK DVD 3
It's just a shame that Tensai Okamura and his raft of talented collaborators couldn't swing something better than “good enough.”
It's just a shame that Tensai Okamura and his raft of talented collaborators couldn't swing something better than “good enough.”
Nerima Daikon Brothers DVD 2Some tips for maximizing your Nerima Daikon Brothers viewing experience: Stretch well beforehand. Pace yourself. And be sure the room is clear of grumpy, sarcastic, or overly critical people before breaking into song. For their sake as well as your own.
