Month: August 2008

  • School Rumble Season 1 Boxset Early Review

    Woo, first review, and a couple days before the set is officially out also.

    School Rumble is a show I really enjoy.  The singles released between late 2007 through the middle of 2008 had quite a few flaws in regards to video though.  Funimation has changed a show released as six singles into a boxset with five disks, so let’s take a look at what’s changed, what’s better, what’s worse, and what is the same. (more…)

  • Otakon Day 2 News Roundup

    Not much news for today either.

    Bandai (unsurprisingly) has the .hack//G.U. Trilogy CGI movie.

    Crunchyroll will be adding a number of series from ADV, Media Blasters, and Gonzo up in the following weeks and months.

    Kadokawa has Garei Zero, based on the Garei manga.

    and JAM Project showed up at the Bandai panel and gave out Lucky Star T-Shirts.

    Tomorrow is the ADV panel, so let’s see what happens there.

  • Haruhi Manga Preorder Is Up, Plus Coverart for Volume 1 through 4

    Just thought I’d let everyone know that the preorders for the first volume of the Haruhi manga is up, it will be released on October 28th.  (Also, the preorder for volume 2 was up also, but it vanished while I was writing the article, hopefully it will be back up asap)

    Please preorder through our affiliate link if you would, it helps us alot.

    Volume 2 reappeared.  It is out on March 24th, 2009.

    And here is the coverart for Volumes 3 and 4, due June 2009 and October 2009.

  • Random Fun- August 9th, 2008

    I just really enjoy the Yamipwned video.

  • Early Look- GaoGaiGar Premium Box 2

    It’s been a long time coming for new GGG in the USA. Volume 5 was released on June 5th, 2007. They rereleased the first five volumes recently in a premium boxset (for thirty bucks). Now it’s time for the rest of the series (once again, thirty bucks). (more…)

  • The Professionals Am Being Greetest!?- Funimation’s Shuffle Trailer

    Welcome to the first “The Professionals Am Being Greetest!?”

    In this recurring feature/column, we will point out any ludicrously stupid mistakes/things that companies/professionals do in regards to all the fun stuff we enjoy watching and reading and so forth.

    For the first one, we will show something regarding the American release of the anime Shuffle. (more…)

  • Where are all the um…

    Some people might be wondering where the reviews are, since the site has it in the title.

    The answer is quite simple.

    Some of our staff is gone away at cons for the weekend, the rest are just really…really….really….. ‘thinks’ really lazy.

    Hope to have some reviews soon ‘goes to start poking staff with sticks’

  • Toei OnDemand Updates

    A few shows have been updated in the last few days on Toei OnDemand on Direct2Drive. (more…)

  • Quick Note About Comments

    Just thought I’d mention this.

    If you register your comments will go up on their own, if you don’t they have to be approved, so if you want your comments up quicker register.

    That is all, you may all go about your business unencumbered.

  • Aya Hirano Going on a Diet?!

    Aya Hirano (Haruhi in Haruhi, Konata in Lucky Star, Lumiere in Kiddy Grade, among a ton of other roles) has declared herself obese, and has decided to go on a rather strict diet in an attempt to…not be obese…

    Picture after the break… (more…)