The Radius
Title: .hack Quantum Blu/Ray DVD combo pack
Writer: Tatsuya Hamazaki
Director: Masaki Tachibana
American Publisher: FUNimation Entertainment
American Release Date: Feb. 14th, 2012
Format: 2 DVD/Blu Ray combo box set, 3 OVAS (75 minutes)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Fantasy
Rating: TV 14
Overall Personal Rating: B
009-1: The Complete Series 
Director: Naoyuki Kanno
Studio: Ishimori Entertainment
Publisher: FUNimation
American release date: July 13, 2010
Format/Genre/Length: DVD/Action&Sci-Fi/325 minutes
Publisher/Industry Age Rating: 17+
Overall Personal Rating: B-
Similar series/titles to check out: Casshern Sins, Noir, Cowboy Bebop
In a time and on a planet like ours – only the Cold War never ended and still rages on after 140 years – beautiful cyborg spy Mylene Hoffman carries out top secret missions under her codename “009-1″, living a life of secrecy and lies as her agency works to keep alive the illusion of peace between Western and Eastern blocks of the world. It’ll be up to Mylene and her sleek team of spies to save the people from their own government’s hypocrisy.
Title: 11 Eyes
Director: Masami Shimoda (Dogakobo)
American Publisher: Sentai Filmworks
American Release Date: January 11, 2011
Age Rating: TV 14
Format and length: DVD, 12 Episodes
Genres: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Overall Personal Rating: B+
Titles in the Radius: Persona: Trinity Soul, Utawarerumono
Innocence can be quite a powerful defense. If you know nothing to the contrary, you will believe your cause is just even if others try explaining otherwise. People always believe their view of the world is the correct way and it can take a lot to shake that view, even if that view is flawed. People always try to construct reality to have themselves playing the role of the savior, victim or good guy while those who oppose them as the bad, even if their goal would bring about disaster.
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5 Centimeters Per Second
Director: Makoto Shinkai
Author: Makoto Shinkai
Studio: CoMix Wave Inc.
U. S. Distributor: Bandai Entrainment
U. S. Release Date: April 26th, 2011
Format: DVD/ 65 minutes
Genre: Romance, Drama, Slice of Life
Age Rating: TV 13 +
Overall Personal Rating: A
Similar Titles: Voices of a Distant Star
The speed that a Cherry Blossom Petal falls my seem short but in the heart of the young it can take an eternity fraught with plenty of regrets and longings.
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Title: Ah! My Goddess Flights of Fancy S.A.V.E. Edition
Author: Kosuke Fugishima
Distributor: FUNimation
American Release Date: August 9, 2011
Format, Genre and length: DVD, Comedy, Romance 24 episodes
Publisher/Industry Age Rating: TV-PG
Overall Personal Rating: A
Similar Series/Tittles to check out: Chobits
Keiichi is a Tech School student who inadvertently wished for a someone to be his girlfriend. He should be careful what he wishes for, it may, and did, come true.
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Air Gear: The Complete Series S.A.V. E.
Director: Hajime Kamegaki
Written by: Ito “Oh! Great” Ogure
Studio: Toei Animation
U.S. Distributor: FUMimation
U.S Re-Release Date: May 24th, 2011
Format: DVD/ 650 minutes
Genre: Action, High School Gang Life and Comedy
Overall Personal Rating: C+
Similar Titles: Tenjho Tenge
He always knew that there was something in the sky that called him. There had to be a way to learn how to fly. Maybe, just maybe, the powerful Air Trecks, powered rollerblades, hold the key to that calling.
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
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Title: Air: The Motion Picture
Studio: Toei Animation
Distributor: FUNimation
American Release Date: April 21, 2009
Format: Anime DVD Movie
Genre: Shojo, Supernatural
Length: 85 minutes
Industry Age Rating: TV 14 (brief nudity, Alcohol)
Overall Personal Rating: B+
Similar Titles: The Count of Monte Cristo: Gankutsuou, Oh My Goddess, Grave of the Fireflies, Air: The Series
The tale of the legendary winged people continues to live on. Misuzu contains within her the curse of the Princess Kanna, who was the daughter of an immortal winged woman, isolated from society because of her heritage. What is a full length series is now also a motion picture!
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And Yet the Town Moves: The Complete Series
Director: Akiyuki Shinbo
Studio: Shaft
U. S. Distributor: Sentia Filmworks / Section 23
U. S. Release Date: Jan 3rd, 2011
Format: DVD / 300 minutes / 12 episodes
Genre: Comedy, Slice of Life
Overall Personal Rating: B
Similar Titles: Lucky Star, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
Synopsis:
Hotori Arashiyama just might be one of the most awkward girls in town. She has difficulty making it to school on time, she is very clumsy and is known for being rather delusional, but she does have a special ability to make those around her realize how special life really is.
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Title: Antique Bakery
Author of the manga: Fumi Yoshinaga
Animators: Nippon Animation and Shirogumi Inc.
Distributor: Right Stuf
American release date: April 5, 2011
Format, Genre and length: Drama DVD, 3 disc, 12 episodes in a single box set
Publisher/Industry Age Rating: 16+
Overall Personal Rating: A
Similar series or titles to check out: Happy Cafe, or Antique Bakery the manga series
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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
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Title: Arakawa Under the Bridge-Volume One Premium Edition
Artist/Author: (original manga artist) Hikaru Nakamura
Director: Akiyuki Shinbo
Distributor: NIS America
American release date: July 5, 2010
Format and length: DVD, Comedy Romance
Publisher/Industry Age Rating: Teen
Overall Personal Rating: A
It takes spending time together, getting to know someone to really understand why they act the way they do. Finding that understanding for the nonsensical people who live under the bridge is something Rec and you will never forget.
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Axis Powers Hetalia: Season One 
Director: Scott Sager
Studio: Studio DEEN
Publisher: FUNimation
American release date: September 14, 2010
Format/Genre/Length: DVD/Comedy/130 minutes
Publisher/Industry Age Rating: Older Teen/17+
Overall Personal Rating: B+
Similar series/titles to check out: Lucky Star; Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei; Gintama
History class has never been this funny – or this cute! You’ll be looking at the history of the world – and especially the politics of World War Two – in all new ways after watching the adventures of the Axis and Allies countries, all represented by various characters with their own quirks and stereotypes, from the loud and arrogant Germany to the boisterous hamburger fanatic America. Pasta, anyone?
Axis Powers Hetalia: Season Two
Axis Powers Hetalia season 2
Director: Scott Sager
Studio: Studio DEEN
Publisher: FUNimation
American release date: October 26, 2010
Format/Genre/Length: DVD/Comedy/130 minutes
Publisher/Industry Age Rating: Older Teen/17+
Overall Personal Rating: B+
Similar series/titles to check out: Kyou Kara Maou!; Gintama; Sengoku Basara
History class is back in session! Forget everything you know about World War Two and global politics – Hetalia has returned to turn those notions upside down! Whether you’re Axis or Allies or hunkering down in a crate pretending to be a tomato box fairy, you’ll certainly find something in the latest volume of episodes to cheer about! H-hey, who wrote that last part about the tomato fairy — Italy!
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Title: B Gata H Kei: Yamada’s First Time
Original Story: Yoko Sanri (Shueisha)
Director: Yusuke Yamamoto (Hal Film Maker)
American Publisher: Funimation
American Release Date: Jan. 31st, 2012
Format and Length: Blu-ray and DVD/ Complete Series
Genres: Action, Comedy, Romance, Seinen
Age Rating: TV MA
Overall Personal Rating: B
Many titles come out for males with male protagonists and vice versa for females. This makes sense, since people tend to prefer to read about subjects they are comfortable with and those usually include subjects they know about, ie their own gender. However, occasionally there is the kind of title that can cross the genre boundary and bring topics that aren’t usually discussed. Yamada’s First Time comes close to that kind of story.
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Title: Baka & Test: Summon the Beasts Season 1
Original Story: Kenji Inoue (Famitsu Bunko)
Director: Shin Onuma (Silver Link)
American Publisher: FUNimation Entertainment
American Release Date: Aug. 2nd, 2011
Format and length: DVD, 13 episodes
Genres: Action, Comedy, Romance, School-life, Sci-Fi
Overall Personal Rating: B
Titles in the Radius: Dragon Drive, Soul Eater and Summer Wars
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Bamboo Blade: The Complete Season S.A.V.E.
Director: Hisashi Saitou
Studio: AIC A.S.T.A.
U.S. Distributor: FUNimation
U.S. Release date: Oct. 18th, 2011
Format: DVD/ 650 minutes / 26 episodes
Genre: Slice of Life, Comedy, Seinen
Age Rating: TV PG
Overall Personal Rating: B
Similar Titles: Yawara; Fashionable Judo Girl
Having a sheltered existence can make life difficult and also prove to be a real barrier in making friends, but when the right thing comes along, all of those barriers can just melt away.
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Birdy the Mighty: Decode 01
Director: Yoshiaki Kawajirl
Writer: Masami Yuki
Studio: A-1 Pictures and Aniplex
U. S. Distributor: FUNimation
U. S. Release Date: Nov. 30th, 2010
Format: DVD/ 325 minutes
Genre: Shonen, Sci Fi, Comedy and Drama
Age Rating: Not Rate (17+ suggested)
Overall Personal Rating: A-
Similar Titles: Eden of the East, Canaan, Burst Angle and even Corps Princes
Just another standard rundown, until the fugitives get away and end up hiding on Earth. That low tech backward world proves to be less than helpful and now that the bad guy is cornered a Earthling has to get in the way and get himself killed. Now what to do?
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Birdy the Mighty: Decode 02
Director: Yoshiaki Kawajirl
Writer: Masami Yuki
Studio: A-1 Pictures and Aniplex
U. S. Distributor: FUNimation
U. S. Release Date: Nov. 30th, 2010
Format: DVD/ 325 minutes
Genre: Shonen, Sci Fi and Comedy
Age Rating: Not Rate (17+ suggested)
Overall Personal Rating: A-
Similar Titles: Eden of the East, Canaan, Burst Angle and even Corps Princess.
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Title: Black Blood Borthers
Original Story: Kouhei Azano (Fujimi Shobo)
Director: Hiroaki Yoshikawa (Group TAC and Studio Live)
American Publisher: FUNimation Entertainment
American Release Date: September 6, 2011
Format and length: Blu-ray, 12 episodes
Genres: Action, Drama, Romance, Supernatural
Overall Personal Rating: A-
Similar Titles: Chrono Crusade, Full Metal Alchemist and Vampire Hunter D
It’s a common saying that life is a circle and we continue to repeat the things we once did in different ways. Black Blood Brothers takes this to heart with constant referencing to a war that happened in the past and by the end of it, it’s clear it will happen again.
