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Casshern Sins; The Complete Series

Director: Shigeyasu Yamauchi

Writer: Yasuko Kobayashi

Studios: Madhouse (animation) and Tatsunoko (production)

U.S. Distributor: FUNimation

U.S. Release Date: August 2nd, 2011

Format: DVD / 24 Episodes

Genre: Sci Fi, Psychological Drama

Age Rating: TV MA

Overall Personal Rating: A-

Similar Titles: Neo-Human Casshern

Ok, you are the one who set the world in a self-destructive cycle and managed to lose your memory. You now are looking to defend those who are most vulnerable to the ruin that has befallen the planet. Casshern Sins are heavy and wide reaching, he must find the truth he seeks.

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Title: Chaos;Head

Original Story: 5pb and Nitro+

Director: Ishiyama Takaaki (Madhouse)

American Publisher: FUNimation Entertainment

American Release Date: November 29, 2011

Format and length: DVD, 12 episodes

Genres: Action, Comedy, Romance, Sci-fi

Overall Personal Rating: B

Titles in the Radius: Steins;Gate, The World God Only Knows and >Welcome to the NHK

What is reality? Is it is what we perceive or is it something else? If everyone believes something, does that make the item real? Chaos;Head explores this concept, but with added level of augmented reality (virtual reality that interacts with the real world).

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Title: Chobits, The Complete Series

Artist/Author: Clamp

Distributor: FUNimation

American release date: May 10, 2011

Format and length: 4 DVD set,  24 episodes

Genre: Comedy, Romance, Sci Fi

Publisher/Industry Age Rating: TV 14

Overall Personal Rating: A

Similar series or titles to check out: The Chobits manga series

Personal computers have developed to the point of human companions called persocoms. They seem to be everywhere. When a country boy, Hideki Motosuwa, moves to the city to attend a college prep program, this emotional, enthusiastic, girl crazy, 18 year old longs to be able to afford a persocom for himself. The question will be, where is the line between human and machine?

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Chrome Shelled Regios the complete series

Studio: Zexcs

Writer: Shusuke Amagi

U. S. Distributor: FUNimation

U. S. Release Date: Feb. 14th, 2012

Format: DVD /  300 minutes

Genre: Shonen, Sci Fi, Action/ Adventure

Age Rating: TVMA

Overall Personal Rating: B+

Similar Titles: Desert Punk, Final Fantasy, Sands of Destruction, Full Metal Panic and even Claymore.

Humanity relies on its moving shelled cities for protection and the strength of it military artists to protect them against the outside world. Can the simple academic city, Zuellni,  hold its own against the elements and other cities that want their resources. Does Zuellni have a secret card that has just arrived in town?

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Title:  Chrono Crusade The Complete Series

Original Story: Daisuke Moriyama

American Publisher: Funimation Entertainment

American Release Date: February 22, 2011

Format: 4 DVD box set, 24 half hour episodes (600 minutes)

Genre: Supernatural, Drama, Comedy/Romance

Rating: TV14

Overall Personal Rating: B+

Title: Clannad: Complete Collection
Director: Tatsuya Ishihara
Distributor: Sentai Filmworks
American release date: June 15, 2010
Publisher Age Rating: TV PG
Format and Length: DVD, 26 episodes
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Supernatural
Overall Personal Rating: A
Similar titles to check out: Ah! My Goddess, Ai Yori Aoshi, Air, Air: The Motion Picture, Kanon, Love Hina Oh My Goddess, Tenchi Muyo

Imagine a world without anyone else, where nothing changes, where no one ever comes to visit and where there is nothing like games, videos or even books to while away the time.

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Clannad: Complete First Season on Blu-ray

Director: Tatsuya Ishihara

Studio: Kyoto Animation

U.S. Studio: Sentai Filmworks

U. S. Distributor: Section 23

U. S. Release Date: Nov. 8th, 2011

Format: Blu-ray / 600 minutes / 24 Episodes and 1 OVA

Genre: Shojo, Drama, Fantasy and Romance

Age Rating: TV PG

Overall Personal Rating: A-

Similar Titles: Air, Kanon

Being in High School and living in a small town with a dysfunctional family relationship, the only path to find a way out may be friends and love.

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Claymore: The Complete Series

Director: Hiroyuki Tanaka / Studio: Madhouse / Author: Norihiro Yagi

Distributor: FUNimation

American Release Data:  Feb. 16th, 2010

Format: Blu-ray / 620 minutes

Age Rating: TV MA

Overall Personal Rating: B+

Similar Tittles:  D. Gray-man, Heroic Age and even Dragonaut or Devil May Cry.

Even the best shows don’t always translate into the next hot technology. In the case of Claymore I was afraid that it would be too flat to properly translate to a high def. format.

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Title: Corpse Princess
Original Story: Yoshiichi Akahito (Square-Enix)
Director: Masahiko Murata
American Publisher: FUNimation
American Release Date: Sept. 14th, 2010
Age Rating: TV MA
Format and length: DVD, 13 Episodes
Genres: Action, Dark Fantasy, Shonen, Supernatural
Overall Personal Rating: B+
Titles in the Radius: High School of the Dead, Persona: Trinity Soul, Princess Resurrection

When someone dies, they may have regrets about things they didn’t do or people they left behind. They wish they could stay around long enough to fulfill those desires.  In Corpse Princess, those beings become Shikabane, undead demons who kill others to eternally fulfill those regrets.

Title: Corpse Princess
Original Story: Yoshiichi Akahito (Square-Enix)
Director: Masahiko Murata
American Publisher: FUNimation
American Release Date: Sept. 14th, 2010
Age Rating: TV MA
Format and length: DVD, 13 Episodes
Genres: Action, Dark Fantasy, Shonen, Supernatural
Overall Personal Rating: B-
Titles in the Radius: High School of the Dead, Persona: Trinity Soul, Princess Resurrection

Just as those who die can have regrets, the living they leave behind can also. While many of us may have one answer for whether we would choose immortality at a cost, it is another matter if the choice was shifted to a loved one.  Many times someone may not want themselves to come back, but if they had a way to bring back a loved one, even if they were cursed, they might do so.

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Coyote Ragtime Show: Complete Collection (S.A.V.E.)

Director: Takuya Nonaka

Studio: UFO TABLE

Authors: Tartan Check Team Coyote

U.S. Distributor: FUNimation’

U.S. Release Date: Sept. 9th, 2010 S.A.V.E.

Format: DVD / 300 minutes

Genre: Shonen, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi

Age Rating: TV 14

Overall Personal Rating: B

Similar Series: Burst Angle, Sands of Destruction and Heat Guy J.

Planet Grace Land is about to be destroyed by the Federation and there is a treasure buried there that holds more than riches. The notorious criminal known only as Mister is destine to be the one who gets there first. Can he do it?

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D. Gray-man Season 1 Part 1 Blu-ray

Director: Osamu Nabeshima / Studio: TMS Entertainment / Author: Katsura Hoshino

U.S. Distributor: FUNimation

U.S. Release Date: Jan. 21st, 2010

Age Rating: TV 14

Overall Personal Rating: B+

Similar Titles: Rental Magica, Heroic Age and a little Witchblade.

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Dance in the Vampire Bund: Complete Series L .E.

Director: Akiyuki Shinko

Studio: Shaft

U.S. Distributor: FUNimation

U.S. Release Date: June 14th, 2011

Format: DVD/ 12 Episodes / 300 minutes

Genre: Supernatural, Shojo, Romance

Age Rating: TV MA

Overall Personal Rating: B+

Similar Series:  Vampire Knight and Tsukuyomi: Moon Phase.

The Vampire society has lived behind veils of secrecy for centuries, so what has prompted the Princess and ruler of the Vampire world to expose them and try to create a place they can all call home?

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Darker Than Black : Complete Season One – Anime Classic

Director / Author: Tensai Okamura

Studio: Bones

U S Distributor: FUNimation

U S Release Date: April 14th, 2011

Format: DVD/ 625 minutes

Genre: Drama, Sci Fi, Supernatural and Neo-Noir

Age Rating: TV MA

Overall Personal Rating:  A

Similar Series: Baccano and Gunslinger Girls

At what point is a human life more important than any other life? Also, what makes one a human being, is it the ability to live based on emotion or is the inability to utilize cool logic to control your action?

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Darker Than Black Volume 4

Director / Author: Tensai Okamura / Studio: Bones

U S Distributor: FUNimation

U S Release Date: May 5th, 2009

Age Rating: TV MA

Overall Personal Rating:  B+

Similar Series: Baccano and Gunslinger Girls

A strange celestial gate has ascended to Earth and it changes the stars, but the stars are connected to humans. These humans have special powers but have lost their humanity and become contractors. These contractors are used by both government agencies and underground organizations to wage a secret war. When they use their powers they must make payment, it may be as simple as drinking a hot mug of milk or has harmful as loosing time from your life and aging in reverse.

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Darker Than Black: Gemini of the Meteor season 2 + 4 OVAs

Director: Tensai Okamura

Studio: Bones

U. S. Distributor: FUNimation

U. S. Release Date: Nov. 8th, 2011

Format: Blu-ray and DVD/ 400 Minutes / 12 episodes and 4 OVAs

Genre: Sci Fi, Action / Adventure, Drama

Age Rating: TV MA (due to violence)

Overall Personal Rating: A

It’s been 2 years and everything is all messed up. It looks like something big is about to happen, Hei and Yin appear to be at the heart of it, but why?

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Darker Than Black: Volume 6

Director / Author: Tensai Okamura / Studio: Bones

U S Distributor: FUNimation

U S Release Date: Aug. 11th, 2009

Age Rating: TV MA

Overall Personal Rating:  B+

Similar Series: Baccano and Gunslinger Girls

The Darker Than Black saga comes to an end in Volume 6, but the story of the Contractors and the Syndicate is left open for more to come. The high drama is clear evidence that the Japanese take their Anime seriously. The imagery and plot stand out and reflect a very Eastern mindset and general life philosophy.

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Death Note Box Set Volume 1 Episodes 1- 20
Director: Tetsuro Araki
Studio: Madhouse
U. S. Distributor: Viz Media
U.S. Release Date: Nov. 18th, 2008
Format: DVD / 500 minutes
Genre: Drama, Supernatural
Age Rating: T+ for Older Teen
Overall Rating: A+
Similar Titles: Monster, Gantz and  20th Century Boys

What would you do if you were given the power to kill with the stroke of a pen? Would you become a self proclaimed vigilante who dispenses justice when the system fails to follow through, or would you let the opportunity pass you by?

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Desert Punk: The Complete Series (Viridian Collection)

Director: Takayuki Inagaki

Studio: Gonzo

Author: Usune Masatoshi

U. S. Distributor: FUNimation

U. S. Re-Release Date: Oct. 20th, 2009

Format: DVD / 600 minutes

Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi, Action/Adventure

Age Rating: TV MA

Overall Personal Rating: B+

He is only 17, known as the Demon of the Desert and trying to deal with being sex starved at the same time. Desert Punk is a hilarious romp through a futuristic desert of bad guys and stupid villagers. Desert Punk is a legendary mercenary who always completes his job, at least in his own mind.

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Devil May Cry: The Complete Series on Blu-ray

Director: Shin Itagaki / Studio: Madhouse

U. S. Distributor: FUNimation

U. S. Release Date: Sept. 1st, 2009

Format : Blu-ray / 300 minutes

Age Rating: TV MA

Overall Personal Rating: C+

Similar Titles: D. Gray-man, Burst Angel and Claymore.

Having heard a good deal about the series and games, I was very interested to find out what all the buzz was about. Dante, a tall, thin, youngish man with white hair and a really big sword is out to kill the Devils for a price. His agency, Devil May Cry, is all about the eradication of Demons that are in the human world.