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FUNimation Entertainment today announced that it will premiere the English dubbed version of Hideaki Anno’s EVANGELION: 1.0 YOU ARE (NOT) ALONE. at Anime Expo held this year at the Los Angeles Convention Center July 2-5, 2009.
“EVANGELION: 1.0 YOU ARE (NOT) ALONE” is the film sequel to the sci-fi animated series blockbuster Neon Genesis Evangelion (also [...]

When things go bump in the night, we generally assume it’s the wind, or maybe some neighbor’s cat. We’ve all grown up with stories of hauntings and cursed houses but as we grow older we discount those tales as childish and untrue. But not every bump in the night is the wind and not every [...]

YouTube is hosting full episodes of the following Funimation anime series: Blue Gender, Kiddy Grade, Peach Girl and Slayers. I guess it’s part of the ongoing battle against illegal anime downloads (i.e. BLASSREITER on Crunchyroll.com)
I noticed one odd detail, and this is the first time I’ve seen this on YouTube – the embed feature has [...]

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Ai begins to show some emotion, but the series still hasn’t shown its focus.
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Ai’s been busy lately with Hell Link, and Hell doesn’t seem big enough for all the cases she’s been taking on. Hajime Shibata, the [...]

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Check out my reviews of the Hell Girl anime starting with Volumes One, Two and Three.
Ai continues to tantalize audiences with her personal tale, but still fails to deliver.
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Hajime Shibata and his daughter, Tsugumi, have become obsessed with finding Hell Girl, and will go to any lengths to travel to the places she’s [...]

Every now and again, anime gets a chance to impart some wisdom or express a valid point of view. Hayao Miyazaki is a master at making highly entertaining anime which doubles as commentary. His movies have a clarity which is subtle and obvious, depending on how you view them.
Origins: Spirits of the Past, [...]

Mystery anime is a genre I haven’t watched much of. Not that I’m averse to it, just I haven’t found any which make sense or seem believable. Spiral, the anime, is a mystery anime based off the manga by Kyou Shirodaira. The manga was first inked in 2000 with fifteen volumes being produced. [...]

You might want to read my review of School Rumble, Volumes One, Two, Three and Four before you read my review of Volume Five!!
Things get weirder and have a slightly disjointed feel in Volume Five, but the series still manages to entertain.
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Tenma’s younger sister, Yakumo, is starting to be drawn into her older sister’s [...]