Baka-kaka: Anime deculture

Releases for the week of September 8th

gainer7 — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 03:16:19 +0000

Had no update last week, but here is the list of anime dvd’s and manga for the week of September 8th:

Anime:

September 9th:

Aquarian Age Complete Collection

Milf Mansion

Otogi Zoshi: Heian Arc Set 1

Shakugan no Shana Box Set

Shuffle! #6

xxxHolic #5

Manga:

September 9th:

Negima?! #19

Project ARMS #20

Switch #4

Togari #8

Yakitate!! Japan #13

New Full Metal Alchemist series in the works

gainer7 — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 22:40:07 +0000

Some exciting information came out of Japan this past week in the announcement that a new Full Metal Alchemist series has been green-lit. BONES is expected to once again take on the series, but so far there are no concrete details given (Kurau Director and BONES animator, Yasuhiro Irie, has been said to direct the series according to an earlier, unconfirmed leaked document).

Overall, I’m excited at the news that there is a new series coming out for Full Metal Alchemist. I really enjoyed the first series, and even now keep up with the manga being released. But, without too much information about this project yet, I’m a little worried about how it’s going to end up. Will it be a continuation to the first animated series and movie? If so, then I can’t really see how it’s going to fit all together since I feel that it ended nicely on its own. Maybe BONES will go down the Hellsing Ultimate path, and redo the story with a more “follow the manga” approach. Even so, that’s would be a lot of episodes that would be pretty similar to the original TV series with only a few changes here and there before the show goes down its own path.

I guess in the end, I’m going to stay with my enthusiasm. Most of the projects BONES has worked on, I have ended up enjoying, so I have faith in their choices. Just give us a series with the heart of Full Metal Alchemist, and I’m sure us fans will be happy.

Oh yeah, and don’t forget to throw in some Major General Olivia Armstrong for us

Releases for the week of August 25th

gainer7 — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:55:25 +0000

List of anime dvd’s and manga for the week of August 25th:

Anime:

August 26th:

A Double Scoop of Vanilla: Bound Beauties

Afro Samurai

Death Note #6

Devil Hunter Yohko: Complete Collection

Haruka: Beyond the Stream of Time #5

Kujibiki Unbalance #3

Summer Camp Sluts

To Heart Complete Collection

Manga:

August 26th:

Clear Skies #1

Mamotte! Lolipop #7

Mao-Chan #1

Mushi-shi #5

Princess Resurrection #4

August 27th:

Crayon Shin-chan #4

Orfina #4

The Key to the Kingdom #5

Releases for the week of August 18th

gainer7 — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:49:12 +0000

List of anime dvd’s and manga for the week of August 18th:

Anime:

August 19th:

Black Lagoon #1

Black Lagoon #2

Black Lagoon #3

Black Lagoon: The Second Barrage #1

Bleach Box Set #2

GaoGaiGar: King of Braves Collection #2

Hakugei: Legend of Moby Dick Collection

Otoboku #2

Pokemon All Stars #11

Pokemon All Stars #12

Pretear Complete Collection

Rumbling Hearts Box Set

Rune Solder Complete Collection

Tsubasa #7

August 21st

Galaxy Angel AA Collection

Overman King Gainer Collection

Tide-Line Blue Collection

Manga:

August 19th

Inubaka #10

Kekkaishi #14

Monster #16

The Yagyu Ninja Scrolls: Revenge of the Hori Clan #4

August 20th

Apothecarius Argentum #6

Oh! My Goddess #30

The Palette of 12 Secret Colors#4

Variante #4

Michiko to Hatchin- new trailer

dirtmgert — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:19:49 +0000

The Mitchiko to Hatchin website has posted a really nice new two minute trailer finally showcasing some animation from the show. The show itself is set to be released in October.

A few parts of the trailer that really got my attention. First the Latin American setting is a real nice change of pace and really seems to give this show a lot of style. Also the music, while nothing really special on it’s own, really kinda gives the trailer a funky 70′s exploitaion feel to it which really worked. And the animation looks really detailed and fluid. It’s coming from Manglobe, which has had a pretty nice track record so far. Definately looking forward to October.

Xam’d Lost Memories eps 2

dirtmgert — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 07:25:52 +0000

Xam’d eps 2, entitled “Blackout at Sentan Island” continues right where the first eps left off, with Akiyuki all transformed into his new form and shot up by the military, while the sky above Sentan island is filled with strange airships. The bullets have no effect over Akiyuki as it looks like his new body just ingests the bullets. His friend Haru is at the scene and hears Akiyuki whisper in her head “I want to live” and then proceeds to beat up the soldier that shot him as if she was in a trance.

The strange airships then drop these metal containers with spouts on them. The spouts spew forth these really huge crazy looking monsters that kinda looks like a fat blue dolphin walking on two legs. The monsters, latter refered to as Humanform weapons, have a weird round pointy snout with a ring round it and seems to be covered in these round circles resembling eyes. The “pupil” from the eyes can remove themselves and fire off lasers that cause these devestating explosions that have a vacuum effect that sucks everything around it back into the explosion. I’m not sure what’s all going on or the physics of it, but everything is looking pretty darn cool.

The Humanform weapon runs into Akiyuki and the two run through the city fighting each other. We see that Akiyuki’s new body has some cool functions. He can shape his arm into a shield to fend of the monster’s laser shots, and he can shape it into a giant blade. Haru chases them through out the battle and eventually falls off this water pipe where Akiyuki saves her. The scenes between Akiyuki’s transformed body and Haru really have this King Kong vibe. He looks at her really curiously but wants to protect her. The resemblance is even stronger as he fights off the Humanform weapon while holder her in his over sized hand. Akiyuki really starts smashing on the monster and ends up starting to crystalize it.

Then things get interupted when the cool, quiet, and Studio Ghibli looking girl, Nakiami, that went out to check out Sentan island in eps one, joins the situation. She calls refers to Akiyuki’s body as Xam’d and wonders why a completed one was here. She knocks them both out then returns Akiyuki to his almost normal human state, and then takes him with her back to her ship.

Most of the rest of the episode deals with showing Akiyuki’s parents and their broken relationship, and a conversation with a military commander and this wheelchair bound man. The wheelchair bound man has similar markings on his face to Nakiami and seems to have his own giant Xam’d chained up.

Xam’d is quickly and easily becoming one of my favorite shows in years. It’s true that I don’t really know what’s going on all the time, but I never feel completely lost. It makes me more curious about the characters and the different governments and systems that are at work. I like just being thrown into a new world and slowly learning about it piece by piece instead of having everything spelled at for me at the beginning.

Ryogi Shiki Garannodou available for preorder

dirtmgert — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 05:47:30 +0000

Ryogi Shiki Garannodou of Kara no Kyokai has a new PVC figure now available for reservation!

http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10075811

Bionic Commando: Rearmed- this week

dirtmgert — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 05:35:48 +0000

New remake of the classic NES game Bionic Commando, Bionic Commando reamed will be released this week on XBOX Live, Playstation Network, and PC download this week! Game has similar maps as the original, but with nice updated graphics and animations, new weapons, multiplayer modes, and quite a few more extras. Deffinatley looks worth checking out as it’s only 10 bucks for the consoles and 15 for PC.

http://www.bioniccommando.com/en/pages/BCR_Game_Overview

Releases for the week of August 11th

gainer7 — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 22:41:44 +0000

List of anime dvd’s and manga for the week of August 11th:

Anime:

August 12th:

Angelic Layer Box Set

Beast King GoLion #2

DNAngel Complete Collection

Humiliated Wives

Naruto Box Set #9

Sasami Season #1

School Rumble Season #1

Super Robot Wars: OG #9

Manga:

August 12th:

Black Lagoon #1

Boys Over Flowers #31

Enchanter #9

Flame of Recca #28

Gimmick! #2

Hayate the Combat Butler #8

Inu Yasha – Ani Manga #28

Nightmare Inspector: Yumekui Kenbun #3

O-Parts Hunter #11

One-Pound Gospel #2

The Law of Ueki #13

The Rocord of a Fallen Vampire #2

Toto #2

Tsubasa, RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE #18

Wild Butterfly

With the Light #3

Zatch Bell #20

August 13th

Blood+ #3

Dokkoida?! #3

Swan #14

Releases for the week of August 4th

gainer7 — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 22:58:16 +0000

List of anime dvd’s and manga for the week of August 4th:

Anime:

August 5th:

Barely Legal Hentai Hotties

Code Geass Part 1

Code Geass #1

Code Geass #2

Godannar Cpmplete Collection

Gokusen Collection

Gurren Lagann #2

Jiburiru Second Coming #1

Kodacha Box Set #2

Simoun #5

Zegapain #6

Manga:

August 5th:

B.O.D.Y #2

Baby & Me #9

Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo #1

Boys Be… #17

D.Gray-man #10

Dragon Ball-BIG Edition #2

Dragon Drive #9

Eyeshield 21 #21

Fairy Cube #2

Haruka – Beyond the Stream of Time #2

Hell Girl #3

Hoshin Engi #8

iD_eNTITY #12

JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure #11

Kaze Hikaru #10

Kitchen Princess #7

Muhyo & Roji’s Bureau of Supernatural Investigation #6

Rosario + Vampire #2

Short-Tempered Melancholy

Sugar Princess – Skating to Win #1

Tail of the Moon #12

August 6th

King of Card #5

Two Flowers for the Dragon #2