Seiho Boys’ High School!: volume 5

Author: Kaneyoshi Izumi

Publisher: Viz Media

American release date: April 5th 2011

Format/Genre/Length: Manga/Comedy/ pages

Publisher/Industry Age Rating: Older Teen/T+

Overall Personal Rating: B+

Similar series/titles to check out: Otomen; Dengeki Daisy; Flower In A Storm

Reviews of previous volumes: Volume one; volume two; volume four

Ghosts in the dorm! Relationships on the rocks! Secret photography for gifts! And possibly a brand new romance between the campus prince and his not-so-secret admirer? Life in Seiho Boys’ High School may never be easy but it will always be fun!

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Title: SGT FROG, Season one, part 2

Studio: FUNIMATION

Genre: Comedy

Format: DVD/ 300 Minutes

Age Rating: TV PG

Overall Personal Rating: A

Similar Titles: Jin the King of Bandits, Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo, Ninja Nonsense

Finally all five froggy members of the ARMPIT platoon have been reunited, and are now ready to take over the world.  Keroro had a whole new arsenal of plans for world conquest, from flaming death gorillas, to filling the world with flowers. Okay, so maybe taking over the world is a little much too expect from a bunch of frogs, but hilarity is sure to ensue.

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Title: Speed Grapher: The Complete Series S.A.V.E.

Director: Kunihisa Sugishima

Studio: Gonzo

U. S. Distributor: FUNimation

U. S. Re-Release Date: March 8th, 2011

Format: DVD / 575 minutes

Genre: Supernatural, Drama, Action

Age Rating: TV MA

Overall Personal Rating: B

Similar Series: Black Lagoon, Darker than Black and Gantz

If you were given a gift to be able to transform your secret desires into reality and a deadly weapon, what do you think your power would be? In a world where corruption and vice are supreme, a photographer with an addiction to the thrill of battle is given such a gift and it changes everything for him.

LIFE ISN’T EASY WHEN YOU’RE A FULLTIME SUPERHERO IN HOT NEW ANIME ACTION SERIES TIGER & BUNNY, SIMULCASTING ON VIZANIME.COM

A Washed-Up Veteran And A Rookie With An Attitude Team Up To Become The Best And Worst Superhero Duo Of All Time!

San Francisco, CA, March 24, 2011 – VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry’s most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing companies, invites fans to dive into the crime-fighting action of one of the most anticipated anime series of 2011 with the simulcast premiere of TIGER & BUNNY on Saturday, April 2^nd. The new series launches on VIZAnime.com, the company’s exclusive web destination for anime, the same day it debuts in Japan! New FREE weekly episodes (subtitled) will be available to stream on VIZAnime beginning at 12:00pm (PST) each Saturday.

Latest Gundam UC Blu-Ray Discs Also For Sale Ahead Of General Release Date In The NEW PEOPLE Store For Special Discounted Price

San Francisco, CA, March 22, 2011 – NEW PEOPLE, the nation’s only entertainment complex dedicated to Japanese popular culture, brings the latest chapter of the venerable Gundam saga to the Bay Area for an exclusive series of weekend screenings. Prepare for big screen sci-fi action and impressively designed mobile suits with the premiere of the 3-episode Gundam UC (Unicorn) anime series throughout the weekend of Saturday April 2^nd and Sunday April 3^rd.

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Title: Captivations (book one)

Author: Julie Hayes

Distributor: Wicked Nights

American release date: 11-12-11

Format, Genre and length: Electronic reader, Fantasy, 11 pages

Age Rating: Over 18

Overall Personal Rating: A-

Jillian arrives at Captivations, a club in New Orleans. She is there to do a job and not an ordinary job. It couldn’t be, after all, it involves vampires.

Synopsis:

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Title: Itsuwaribito vol. 2

Author/Artist: Yuuki Iinuma

Distributor: Viz Media

American Release Date: April 12, 2011

Format: Manga

Genre: Adventure, Comedy

Publisher Age Rating: T+ for older teen

Overall Personal Rating: B

Synopsis:

The Secret of the Urn  

Director/Studio/Authors: Hideo Gosha/Toei Co Inc./Hideo Gosha and Kei Tasaka

Distributor: AnimEigo

American release date: April 12, 2011

Format/Genre/Length: DVD/Samurai/91 minutes

Publisher/Industry Age Rating: Not rated/contains violence, treachery and pottery

Overall Personal Rating: A

Similar series or titles to check out: Samurai Vendetta

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Title: Chobits

Author: Clamp

Distributor: TokyoPop

Format and Genre: Science Fiction manga

American Release Date: 4-25-02

Publisher’s age rating: 16+

Personal Rating: B+

The lines between computers and people have become blurred as Persocom computers become the norm. They look and feel like humans, but only function with programming, not thinking for themselves. But when they are really, really cute, a guy just might fall in love.

Synopsis

Title: Dragon’s Heart  

Author: Nicki J. Markus

Distributor: Wicked Nights

Format and length: Electronic Novella, 33 pages

Genre: Fantasy

Overall Personal Rating: B

Laoise is a young lady learning the art of magic. Avoiding her studies, she has not won the favor of the elders around her. In spite of this, they choose her to calm the dragon that threatens their people. She will undertake the dangers of the forest in this adventure.

Synopsis:

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Kingyo Used Books Volume 3

Author: Seimu Yoshizaki

Distributor: Viz Media

American Release Date: April 19th, 2011

Format: Manga (Viz Sig)

Genre: Real Life, Comedy, Adventure, Drama

Publisher Age Rating: T+ (Older Teen)

Personal Review Rating: B

Similar Series: What a Wonderful World

Some things are so important  that you must go the extra mile in order to finish the job.

Synopsis:

Articel provided by our friends at TokyoPop and written by: Nagisa Toyooka

Hi you guys! How are you? I hope your doing well..and Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Hehe.

Anyway, I was wondering what to write about today for learning Japanese when I came up with the idea while on work yesterday at my Ramen job.

I work at a food court where we serve ramen and udon and one of the most frequent questions we get is ‘what is the difference between ramen and udon?’ and so I would like to take this opportunity today to go over the variations between the two.

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Title: Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Part 4

Director: Yasuhiro Irie

Original Story: Hiroshi Onogi

Studio: Bones

Distributor: Funimation Entertainment

American Release Date: April 5th, 2011

Format: Anime DVD

Length: 320 minutes, 2 DVDs, Episodes 27-39

Genre: Steampunk, Action, Adventure

Publisher Age Rating: TV 14

Personal Review Rating: A

Similar Series: The Qwaser of Stigmata

The Promised Day is nearing, Edward and Al are about to take on Father, Father of the Homunculus, but first they will need to work their way through Pride and the other Homunculus. Can they reach Father before he completes his evil deed or will all their efforts be futile.

SECTION23 FILMS ANNOUNCES

JUNE SLATE

HIGH SCHOOL OF THE DEAD COMPLETE COLLECTION Available on June 28th

HOUSTON, March 16, 2011 – Home video distributor Section23 Films today announced its June slate of releases, including the highly anticipated complete collection of High School of the Dead to be released on DVD & Blu-Ray by Section23 client Sentai Filmworks.

Product details follow, in order of release

Coming June 2011

Title:                 MAID SAMA COLLECTION 1

Published by:    Sentai Filmworks

Distributed by:  Section23 Films

From Atlas Games in August

Atlas Games has announced the August release of Cthulhu Gloom, a deliciously macabre, Lovecraftian take on Atlas’ downbeat Gothic card game romp Gloom. Designed by Keith Baker and featuring art by Todd Remick, Cthulhu Gloom can be played as a standalone game or used as an expansion for Gloom.

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Title: Cross Game Volume 3
Author: Mitsuru Adachi (Shogakukan)
American Publisher: Viz Media
American Release Date: April 12, 2011
Age Rating: T
Format and length: Manga, 3 volumes
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Shonen, Sports
Overall Personal Rating: B+
Titles in the Radius: 20^th Century Boys, Kingyo Used Books & FLCL (aka Fooly Cooly)

Betting on baseball games is something that goes back to its founding, whether it be for money or other things. It’s one of the main reasons it survived to become the major sport it is today. Cross Game gives a nod to this with a not-so-friendly bet on one last game between the Portables and Varsity.

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Rin – Daughters of Mnemosyne the Complete Series Classic

Director: Shigeru Ueda

Written By: Hiroishi Onogi

Studio: Xebec, Genco

U. S. Distributor: FUNimation

U. S. Re-Release Date: March 22, 2011

Format: DVD / 270 minutes

Genre: Supernatural, Tech-noir, Mystery, Action / Adventure

Age Rating: TV MA

Overall Personal Rating: B+

Similar Titles: Gantz, Claymore and Witchblade.

The span of a single life is a precious thing and a mere blink of an eye in all of eternity. How precious would mortals be to you if you were immortal? Would you use them as playthings or would you want to protect them just as a gardener protects their flowers?

VIZ MEDIA ANNOUNCES NEW VAMPIRE KNIGHT, BLEACH AND POKÉMON DVD RELEASES

San Francisco, CA, March 16, 2011 – VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry’s most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing companies, has announced their new DVD releases for this month. These include the first episodic volume of VAMPIRE KNIGHT GUILTY (the second season of the hit gothic melodrama VAMPIRE KNIGHT), the latest Box Set for BLEACH, and 3 new releases from the latest installment of POKÉMON, POKÉMON DP GALACTIC BATTLES.

NEW VAMPIRE KNIGHT RELEASE:

Award Winning Film Set In Fukushima Prefecture Plays On

March 26^th And Offers A Heartwarming Story That Is A Testament To The Enduring Human Spirit

San Francisco, CA, March 16, 2011 –NEW PEOPLE, the nation’s only entertainment complex dedicated to Japanese popular culture, will present a special screening of director Lee Sang-il’s celebrated film, HULA GIRLS, to raise funds for Japanese earthquake and tsunami relief. HULA GIRLS will screen on Saturday, March 26^th at 2:00pm, 4:30pm and 7:00pm. Suggested donations are $10.00 or more per person. NEW PEOPLE is located in the heart of San Francisco’s Japantown at 1746 Post St.