Title: Otomen Vol. 7
Manga Author: Aya Kanno (Hakusensha)
American Publisher: VIZ Media
American Release Date: August 3, 2010
Age Rating: T+
Format and length: Manga, 4 chapters
Genres: Comedy, Romance, Satire, Shojo
Overall Personal Rating: A-
Titles in the Radius: I My Me! Strawberry Eggs, Ouran High School Host Club, Sayonara, Zetsubo Sensei
Nintendo Download: Paper Worlds and Infectious Rhythms Drive
Rules are made to be broken – or at least bent a little, right? This week, the latest downloadable games for the Wii™ and Nintendo DSi™ systems offer some fun ways to defy convention. The award-winning And Yet It Moves for the WiiWare™ service invites players to mess with the laws of physics and turn their worlds upside-down. In the imported NES™ classic UFROURIA™: THE SAGA, you’ll need to switch between characters and do whatever it takes to complete a challenging quest. On the Nintendo DSiWare™ service, Rytmik lets you create your own musical compositions, while G.G Series NINJA KARAKURI DEN lets you play by your own rules as a stealthy ninja. If there’s one rule you shouldn’t break while using Nintendo systems, it’s this one: Have a blast!
Title: Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Part Two
Director: Yasuhiro Irie
Original Story: Hiroshi Onogi
Studio: Bones
Distributor: Funimation Entertainment
American Release Date: August 24, 2010
Format: Anime DVD
Length: 320 Minutes, 2 DVDs
Genre: Steampunk, Action, Adventure
Publisher Age Rating: TV 14
Personal Review Rating: A+
Similar Series: The Qwaser of Stigmata
Where there’s a government, there’s some sort of corruption. The only problem for Alphonse and Edward is that they work for the government that wants to use them as human sacrifice.
Synopsis:
“The Radius”:
Title: The Witch of Artemis: Vol. 1
Author: Yui Hara
Distributor: TokyoPop
American Release date: 9/1/2010
Format: Manga
Genre: Fantasy
Publisher Age Ratting: T (13+)
Overall Personal Rating: C+
Similar Series: Fruits Basket
There are stories of another world, different from our own, but with a few key similarities. Once upon a time, long ago, a group of people left Earth. This wasn’t the people’s choice to leave, but they were forced to leave because they were different, they had magic powers. The rest of the people of Earth feared these powers, and drove the power users out. These “witches” moved to a new star and started a new civilization on a planet called Artemis.
Title: Honey and Clover
Director: Masahiro Takata
Written by: Masahiko Kawahara and Masahiro Takata
Based on the series by manga artist Chika Umino
Distributor: Viz Pictures
American release date: 5/13/08
Format, Genre and length: DVD, Romantic Comedy, 116 minutes
Publisher/Industry Age Rating: Teen
Overall Personal Rating: A
Similar series or titles to check out: Honey and Clover (manga), Honey and Clover (anime), Makoto Aida: Cynic in the Playground
TOKYOPOP’s industry panel at San Diego Comicon, where he and I got to chat a little about the series. But if you missed out, he was kind enough to write us a special few words about his perspective on the work in its final volume:
It’s been 24 years since Labyrinth first captured the dreams of filmgoers with its unique blend of music, puppetry and magic. In the years since, the movie has been rediscovered by new generations, with Jareth and the cast of creatures becoming as much a part of our fantasies as they are to Sarah in the original story.
Train Man: Densha Otoko
Director: Shosuke Murakami
Written by: Arisa Kaneko
U. S. Distributor: Viz Pictures
U. S. Release Date: Feb. 6th, 2007
Format: DVD / 101 minutes
Genre: Shojo, Romance, Comedy
Age Rating: Not Rated, (PG 13 )
Overall Personal Rating: A
Similar Titles: Love*Com and The Taste of Tea.
Many of us look to find the courage to step out and find our place in the world, finding the first step to be the most difficult. For some, it will be a stumble that gets them moving and for Densha Otoko, Train Man, this is just the case.
Title: Happy Cafe Volume 4
Author: Kou Matsuzuki
Distributor: Tokyopop
American release date: available 7/9/10
Format, Genre and length: Comedy Shojo Manga, 192 pages
Publisher/Industry Age Rating: T for teen age 13+
Overall Personal Rating: B-
Similar series or titles to check out: Happy Cafe Volumes 1, 2, 3. Love*Com, Itazura na Kiss
Uru Takamura bubbles like usual, and it seems almost every guy around her is taking notice. Are those little hearts we see beaming from Shindo?
Synopsis:
Alice in the Country of Hearts, Volume 3 
Author: Quin Rose/Art: Soumei Hoshino
Publisher: Tokyopop
American release date: June 1, 2010
Format/Genre/Length: Manga/Fantasy/192 pages
Publisher/Industry Age Rating: OT/16+
Overall Personal Rating: A
Similar series or titles to check out: Alice in Wonderland, Alice (ScyFy)
Alice is becoming so involved with the inhabitants of Wonderland, that one has to begin to wonder – does she truly wish to leave? In fact, I cannot remember the last time she spoke of doing so. Hmmmm?
Synopsis:
Author: Shigeyoshi Takagi
Publisher: Viz Media
American release date: August 3rd 2010
Format/Genre/Length: Manga/Shoujo/200 pages
Publisher/Industry Age Rating: Older Teen/T+
Overall Personal Rating: A-
Similar series/titles to check out: Hot Gimmick, Ouran High School Host Club, Hana Yori Dango
Riko Kunimi is just your average high school girl who happens to be extraordinary in terms of her physical prowess. When Ran Tachibana blows into her life like a storm announcing she is to be his bride, Riko never expected to fall for him. But can their turbulent romance survive when everyone is literally gunning for Ran’s head? Love may be the only thing that will save Riko and Ran from this final storm . . .
Written by Guest Author, Emma
“The Radius”
Coraline
Director: Henry Selick
American DVD Release Date: July 21, 2009
Format: DVD 1hr 41mins
Genre: Fantasy
Age Rating: PG
Overall Personal Rating: A
Similar Titles: The Nightmare Before Christmas, The Spiderwick Chronicles, Corpse Bride.
Coraline discovers a fantastic world created just for her! It takes elements from her real house and neighbors, and makes them “better.” It seems fantastic until she then discovers the price for this perfect world.
Synopsis:
The Taste of Tea
Written and Directed by: Katsuhito ISHII
Distributor: Viz Pictures, Inc.
American Release Date: July 3rd, 2007
Format: DVD / 143 minutes
Genre: Comedy
Age Rating: Not Rated, but Parental Guidance Suggested for language.
Overall Personal Rating: A
Similar Titles: Funky Forest and Departures
To be 8 years old and have a giant version of yourself pop up and just watch, can be very unnerving and would drive a young lady to want this apparition to go away. Sachiko is one such girl and her days are filled with thoughts of how to rid herself of this giant, this is just the tip of the iceberg for her family and their unusual existence.
Title: Chibi Vampire: Airmail
Author: Yuna Kagesaki
Publisher: TokyoPop
American Release Date: August 31, 2010
Format: Traditional Manga (single volume)
Genre: Comedy, Supernatural, Vampire
Publisher Age Rating: OT (Older Teen)
Personal Review Rating: B+
No, Chibi Vampire is not really over. Take a look at what some of the loved characters are up to, now that the series is over.
Synopsis:
Chibi Vampire: Airmail has four mini stories that look at what some of the side characters are up to.
Title: Vampire Knight Episodes 1-4
Director:Kiyoko Sayama
Studio:Studio Deen
Distributor: Viz Media
Format: Anime DVD
Genre: Gothic, Supernatural, Vampire, Romance
Publisher Age Rating: Not Rated (But, the Manga is T+, Older Teen)
Overall Review Grade: C
Yuki Cross is daughter of the headmaster’s from Cross Academy. Cross Academy is an experiment between Humans and Vampires to see if they can live peacefully.
Synopsis:
VIZ MEDIA ANNOUNCES THE PREMIERE OF THE LATEST SEASON OF BLEACH ON ADULT SWIM
Episode 168 Of The Smash Hit Supernatural Action Series Launches This Month
San Francisco, CA, August 18, 2010 – VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry’s most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing companies, has announced the nationwide premiere of the latest season of BLEACH on Adult Swim. The latest English-dubbed installment – Episode 168 – of the hit animated action series will air on August 28th. Check local times for availability (http://www.adultswim.com/shows/bleach/).
Alice in the Country of Hearts, Volume 2 
Author: Quin Rose/Art: Soumei Hoshino
Publisher: Tokyopop
American release date: March 2, 2010
Format/Genre/Length: Manga/Fantasy/208 pages
Publisher/Industry Age Rating: OT/16+
Overall Personal Rating: A
Similar series or titles to check out: Alice in Wonderland, Alice (ScyFy)
A world in which everyone seems to be in love with Alice. Dream come true, or nightmare? It’s not like she wants or asks for all the attention. And she just can’t be sure about the one guy she does want it from, unsure of her feelings for him, and his worthiness of those feelings.
Here’s the Poll results for August 17th. Look’s like most of
our viewers have grown up with Anime. I had expected that more
people had discovered Anime years ago, and although that wasn’t
the top answer, it did come in second. Some people have
told me, and this includes me, that at the time, they didn’t
know that’s what it was called. In my generation, where
I lived, it was Speed Racer on TV. My kids had Ghibli
videos and Cartoon Network Series, like Naruto. It’s been
amazing to see how this all has expanded, even into
the world of conventions. The new poll is about Manga. I
The gigantic Akrid, epic environments, and heavily-armoured vital suits of Lost Planet 2 come to PCs beginning October 15!
Featuring support for DirectX® 11 and DirectX 9, Lost Planet 2 delivers its Akrid-infested world in even greater detail. Through DirectX® 11 features, smoke will have lifelike volume and depth, water surfaces react realistically to player interaction and bullets, and level bosses are rendered with more detail than ever before. Lost Planet 2 will also feature support for NVIDIA® 3D Vision™ and 3D Vision™ Surround technologies (wireless 3D Vision glasses sold separately) bringing the on-screen action to a whole new dimension.
Dates Announced for New Kirby, Donkey Kong and Pokémon Games
REDMOND, Wash.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– The summer is heating up, which means it’s a great time for Nintendo to announce some of the cool games it will have available in the coming months for its Wii™ home console and portable Nintendo DS™ family of systems.
“Everyone wants fun, engaging experiences, and they want great value,” said Cammie Dunaway, Nintendo of America’s executive vice president of Sales & Marketing. “Nintendo games give you both. And no matter what your taste, you’ll find exclusive experiences that just aren’t available anywhere else.”
