The Radius
Title: Tiny Toon Adventures 2: Trouble in Wackyland
Platform: NES
Developer: Konami
Publisher/Distributor: Konami
American Release Date: April 1, 1993
Format: Cartridge
Genre: platform game
Replay Value: C+
ESRB: N/A, predated ESRB (Personal judgement of E, minor cartoon violence)
Overall Personal Rating: B
Similar Series: Super Mario Bros. (NES), Chip N’ Dale: Rescue Rangers (NES), Klonoa (PS1, Wii)
Air: Complete Series
Director: Tsatsuya Ishihara / Studio: Kyoto Animation / Author: Key
U.S. Distributor: FUNimation
U.S. release date: April 4th, 2009
Format: DVD / 375 minutes
Genre: Shojo, Romance, Fantasy and Drama
Age Rating: TV 14
Overall Personal Rating: A+
Similar Titles: Kanon and Clannad, Air the Motion Picture
Kenichi, The Mightiest Disciple; Season One Part Two
Director: Hajime Kamegaki / Studio: TMS Entertainment / Author: Syun Matsuena
U.S. Distributor: FUNimation
U.S. Release Date: June 16, 2009
Format: DVD / 312 minutes
Genre: Comedy, Martial Arts, Shonen
Age Rating: TV PG
Overall Personal Rating: B+
Similar Titles: Soul Eater, Samurai Champloo and Ikki Tousen.
Happy Boys, Volume 2 
Author: Makoto Tateno
Distributor: Digital Manga Publishing
American release date: 2010
Format/Genre: Emanga/Comedy/Drama
Publisher/Industry Age Rating: Young Adults/16+
Overall Personal Rating: A
As we return to our charming young butlers, in volume 2 of Makoto Tateno’s Happy Boys, we find some not so happy hosts in a nearby host club, who are complaining amongst themselves that the Cafe Lady Braganza is stealing all their ladies! So they decide to descend upon the establishment and spy on it!
Toriko, Volume 1 
Author: Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro
Publisher: Viz Media
American release date: June 2010
Format/ Genre: Manga/Comedy/Adventure
Publisher/Industry Age Rating: Teen
Overall Personal Rating: A
Similar series or titles to check out: One Piece
Alton Brown, rev up your ovens! Rachel Ray, take out your designer cookware! Toriko, the Gourmet Hunter is in town, and he’s determined to capture his food, or else!
Synopsis:
Lesson 8: Numbers
Now that we’ve covered counters in Lesson 7, let’s give you some numbers to go with them. Japanese has two sets of numbers.
For the most part, Japanese borrows the Chinese numbers, but for 1 through 10 it has its own. The number 1 through 9 are always paired with the generic counter “tsu” ?.
1 hitotsu ??
2 futatsu ??
3 mittsu ??
4 yottsu ??
5 itstusu ??
6 muttsu ??
7 nanatsu ??
8 yattsu ??
9 kokonotsu ??
10 tou ?
June Titles Come in Pairs
Next week starts a month, which means it’s time to pay rent, and then use whatever is left over to pick up some great new titles we’ve got coming out! And June has got some real winners, believe me.
Funn enough, then conveniently fall into sets of two. (Like us Geminus! More on that in our horoscope column next week.)
Here is a full list of titles coming in June
Another exciting event this Memorial Day weekend for those in the Pasadena CA area!
*ULTIMO co-creator Stan Lee will appear at Rock’n Comic-Con 2010 for an exclusive signing of ULTIMO Vol. 1! *
*Don’t miss this rare opportunity to meet with the legendary comic book creator at the Pasadena Convention Center (300 East Green Street), Booth 402 from 2-3PM on Saturday May 29th! *
Title: Pokémon: Heart Gold Version
Platform: Nintendo DS
Publisher: Nintendo, The Pokemon Company
Developer: Game Freak inc.
American release date: March 14th, 2010
Format: Nintendo DS Game Card
Genre: Role Playing Game
ESRB Rating: E (For Everyone)
Rating: A
Replay Value: B -
Similar titles:Other Pokemon Titles, Lost Magic (DS), The legend of Zelda Series.
A young Pokémon trainer’s first Pokémon, a friendship sure to unfold, and the adventure of a lifetime. Which starter Pokemon are you going to choose? Will it be the cute Cyndaquil, lovable Chikorita, or the energetic Totodile? Just make sure you make the right decision, because you are about to enter the region of Johto, in the unforgiving world of Pokémon.
Title: Pikmin 2
Platform: Nintendo GameCube
Developer: Nintendo EDA
Publisher/Distributor: Nintendo
American Release Date: August 30, 2004
Format: Nintendo GameCube optical disc
Genre: Real-time strategy
Replay Value: B+
ESRB: E (For Everyone)
Overall Personal Rating: A
Similar Series: Pikmin (GC, Wii), Chi-Bi Robo (GC). Chi-Bi Robo: Park Patrol (DS)
Synopsis:
VIZ MEDIA LICENSES 
KEKKAISHI ANIME
SERIES TO ADULT SWIM
Life Is A Wild Adventure For A Teenager Balancing Girls,
Junior High School And Nighttime Demon Slaying
San Francisco, CA, March 31, 2010, – VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry’s most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing companies, has licensed 52 episodes of the popular Shonen Sunday KEKKAISHI anime series to Adult Swim for domestic broadcast. KEKKAISHI will begin airing on May 29th.
Anime Expo® 2010 Announces Japanese Voice Actresses, YUI HORIE and ERI KITAMURA as Official Guests of Honor
Anaheim, CA – May 26, 2010 – Anime Expo® is pleased to announce today that Japanese voice actresses Yui Horie and Eri Kitamura will be official Guests of Honor at its July convention. Anime Expo, North America’s largest anime and manga convention, is scheduled for July 1 – 4, 2010, at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Yui Horie and Eri Kitamura will participate in attendee panels, meet-and-greets and autograph sessions.
“The Radius”:
-Title: Charlie Bone and the Shadow
(Book)
-Author: Jenny Nimmo
-Release date: 2008
-Genre: Fantasy Book
-Target Age: Juvenile
- Overall Personal Rating: B
-“In the Radius”: A Wrinkle in Time, all the books in the Charlie Bone series
“The Radius”:
Title: I’ll Give It My All… Tomorrow
Author: Shunju Aono
Distributor: VIZ Media
American Release Date: March 18, 2010
Format: VIZ SIG Manga
Genre: Real life, Comedy, Inspirational
Publisher Age Rating: T+ (for Mature Themes (sexual situation), Alcohol and Tobacco use)
Overall Personal Rating: B+
Similar Titles: Solanin, What a Wonderful World
Shizou Oguro is over the hill, and… that’s about it. He was working a desk job, but eventally decided to quit to “discover” himself, and that’s where he’s been. Then, one day, Shizou decided to become a Manga Artist! And he’s still trying to get published… Oh well, maybe tomorrow.
“The Radius”
Appleseed
Director: Shinji Aramaki / Studio: Geneon / Produced by: Fumihiko Sori, Naoko Watanabe, Hidenori Ueki / Author: Haruka Handa, Tsutomu Kamishiro
U. S. Distributor: Sentia Filmworks / Section 32 Films
U. S. Release Date May 10th, 2005
Format: DVD / 105 minutes
Genre: Sci-Fi, Action Adventure 105 minutes
Age Rating: R
Overall Personal Rating: A
Similar Titles: Appleseed ExMachina and Vexille
HELL GIRL: TWO MIRRORS
ON SALE TODAY
HOUSTON, May 25th 2010 – Section23 Films, America’s fastest-growing anime distributor, is pleased to announceHELL GIRL: TWO MIRRORS goes on sale today on DVD across North America.
HELL GIRL: TWO MIRRORS collection 1 contains 13 episodes of the second season on 2 discs.
They say Revenge is a Dish Best Served Cold…..But What if You’re the Second Helping?
Platform: Playstation 2
Developer: Sega
Publisher: Nippon Ichi Software
Release date: March 30, 2010
Genre(s): Comedy, Romance, Mecha, Steampunk, Bishoujo
Format: Visual novel/ Role-playing game
Age Rating: Teen
Replay Rating: A-
Overall Personal Rating: A
Similar games: Rune Factory series, Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 & 4, Thousand Arms, Azure Dreams, Ar Tunelico series and Star Ocean series
It’s Wednesday, the day when we start a new poll. The new question is: Have you been to an anime convention? The poll is located on the right hand column, please scroll down and vote.
Last week’s result were:
How do you like animeradius.com?
It is awesome 56%
It is cool 44%
It is average, not so cool and not for me all got 0%
Looks like awesome won!
Thanks to all our participants!
The Radius
Title: Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga
Platform: Wii (Also available on Xbox360, Playstation 3, Nintendo DS and Windows PCs)
Developer: Traveller’s Tales
Publisher/Distributor: LucasArts
American Release Date: November 6, 2007
Format: Wii Optical disc
Genre: 3D Action-Adventure
Replay Value: A+
ESRB: E10+ (for Cartoon Violence)
Overall Personal Rating: A-
Similar Series: Lego Indiana Jones (Wii, 360, PS3), Lego Batman (Wii, 360, PS3, PS2), Crash Bandicoot (PS1), Super Mario Galaxy (Wii)
V For Vendetta 
Director: James McTeigue
Distributor: Warner Brothers
American release date: March 2006
Format/Genre/Length: DVD/Sci Fi/132 minutes
Publisher/Industry Age Rating: R
Overall Personal Rating: A-
