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Title: Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Part 5

Director: Yasuhiro Irie

Original Story: Hiroshi Onogi

Studio: Bones

Distributor: Funimation Entertainment

American Release Date: Aug. 2nd, 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: Last Exile, D. Gray-man

Every time there is a full Solar Eclipse, something bad happens or at least that is what the crazy people would like you to believe. Now that the eclipse is closing in on Alphonse and Edward, it looks like Father just might make the crazy people seem not so crazy.

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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.

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Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos Blu-ray / DVD Combo Pack

Director: Kazuya Murata

Writer: Yuichi Shinbo

Studio: Bones

U. S. Distributor: FUNimation

U. S. Release Date: April 24th, 2012

Format: Blu-ray / DVD / 110 minutes

Genre: Action / Adventure, Supernatural, Fantasy, Shonen

Age Rating: TV 14

Overall Personal Rating: B+

Similar Titles: Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood

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Title: Ga Rei: Zero

Original Story: Hajime Segawa (Kadokawa Shoten)

Director: Ei Aoki (AIC Spirits & Asread)

American Publisher: FUNimation

American Release Date: April 12, 2011

Age Rating: TV 14

Format and length: DVD/Blu-ray, 12 Episodes

Genres: Action, Drama, Shonen, Supernatural

Overall Personal Rating: A

Titles in the Radius: Berserk, Black Lagoon, Gantz, and Highschool of the Dead

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Title: Gakuen Alice

Distributor: Nozomi

American release date: November 1, 2011

Format and length: 26 episodes, 650 minutes, 5 DVDs

Publisher/Industry Age Rating: 13+

Overall Personal Rating:A-

Mikan follows her heart and never gives up. Even if she can’t win, she’s still going to try her best.

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Gantz: The Complete Series
Director: Ichiro Itano
Writer: Hiroya Oku
Studio: Gonzo
U. S. Distributor: FUNimation
U.S. Release Date: Jan. 25th, 2011
Format: DVD / 650 minutes
Genre: Drama, Psychological Thriller, Sci Fi
Age Rating: TVMA
Overall Personal Grade: C
Similar Titles: Phantom, Requiem for a Phantom and Death Note

You just died and now you find yourself in a room full of other people and a large black ball. Suddenly the ball starts playing a morning exercise song and then distributes funny tight jump suits and strange weapons. You then find yourself out in the world looking to kill aliens. What happened to just going to heaven?

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Gasaraki: The Complete Series

Director: Ryousuke Takahashi

U.S. Distributor: Right Stuf / Nozomi

U.S. Release Date: Feb. 7th, 2012

Format: DVD / 625 Minutes / 25 Episodes

Genre: Mecha, Supernatural

Age Rating: 13+

Overall Personal Grade: A-

Similar Titles: Evangelion

One of the most poignant phrases that haunts humans is “History always repeats itself”. There are many tragic dances that burn in the flames of time and never quite seem to be completed.

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Title: Gin Tama The Movie

Author/Artist: Hideaki Sorachi

Director: Shinji Takamatsu

Distributor: Sentai Filmworks

American Release Date: May 29, 2012

Format: Blu-ray, 95 minutes

Genre: Science Fiction, Action, Comedy, Parody

Publisher Age Rating: A

Overall Personal Rating: A-

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“A sword kills, a swordsmith forges…but what does a samurai do?” – Takasugi Shinsuke

Title: Girls Bravo
Director: Ei Aoki
Original Author: Mario Kaneda (Kadokawa Shoten)
American Publisher: FUNimation
American Release Date: November 23, 2010
Format and Length: DVD, 24 episodes
Genres: Comedy, Fantasy, Harem, Romance, Sci-Fi, Shonen
Age Rating: TV MA
Overall Personal Rating: B-
Titles in the Radius: Ikki Tousen, Rosario + Vampire, To-Love-Ru

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Grave of the Fireflies Remastered Edition

Writer & Director: Isao Takahat

Studio: Studio Ghibli

U. S. Distributor: Sentai Filmworks / Section 23

U. S. Release: March 6th. 2012

Format: DVD / 89 minutes

Genre: War Drama

Age Rating: PG

Overall Personal Grade: A

Have you ever felt like war doesn’t seem to care about the civilians that get in the way? Well, if so, then you just might find that Grave of the Fireflies gets right to the heart of the issue.

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Gun X Sword: The Complete Box Set

Director: Goro Taniguchi

Author: Hideyuki Kurata

Studio: AIC A.S.T.A

U. S. Distributor: FUNimation

U. S. Release Date: Dec. 14th, 2010

Format: DVD / 650 minutes

Genre: Shonen, Mecha, Space Western

Age Rating: TV 14

Overall Grade: A-

Similar Titles: Trigun, Evangelion, Heroic Age, Full Metal Panic and even The Outlaw Josey Wales.

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Title: Gungrave The Complete Collection Blu-ray

Director: Toshiyuki Tsuru

Studio: Madhouse

Distributor: FUNimation

American Release Date: July 19, 2011

Format: Blu-ray

Length: 26 Episodes/ 650 Minutes/ 3 Discs

Genre: Mafia, Action, Slice-of-Life, Drama

Distributor Age Rating: 16 Up (Older Teen)

Personal Review Rating: A-

Similar Series: Baccano!, Heat Guy J

They were best friends since they were little kids in an orphanage, what went wrong?

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Gunslinger Girl, IL Teatrino: The Complete Series

Director: Rei Mano / Studio: Artland / Authors: Yu Aida & Tatsuhiko Urahata

U. S. Distributor: FUNimation

U. S. Release Date: Aug. 18th, 2009

Format: DVD / Genre: Action Sci-FiL / 315 minutes

Age Rating: TV MA

Overall Personal Rating: A+

Similar Titles: Last Exile and Air

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Title: Guyver: The Bioboosted Armor

Director: Katsuhito Akiyama

Original Story: Yoshiki Takaya

American Publisher: Funimation Entertainment

American Release Date: June 15, 2010

Format: 4 DVD box set, 26 half hour episodes

Genre: Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure, Drama

Rating: TV MA (violence, language)

Overall Personal Rating: B+

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Heat Guy J: The Complete Series

Director: Kazuki Akane / Studio: Satelight / Author: Chiaki Ogishma

U. S. Distributor: FUNimation

U.S. Release Date: Sept. 29th, 2009

Format: DVD / 650 minutes

Age Rating: TV 14

Overall Personal Rating: B+

Similar Titles: Linebarrels of Iron and Heroic Age

To help prevent crime, there is the “Special Services” group located within the Police Force with three members.  Together they have to figure out how to stop crime before it happens.  Working with a small budget and just a little luck on their side maybe they can do something of lasting impact for this odd town of the future.

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Title: Heaven’s Lost Property – season 1

Original Story: Suu Minazuki (Kadokawa Shoten)

Director: Hisashi Sato (AIC)

American Publisher: Funimation

American Release Date: December 20, 2011

Format and length: DVD, 14 episodes

Genres: Action, Comedy, Mythic, Romance, Sci-Fi

Overall Personal Rating: B+

Similar Titles: Chaos; Head, Girls Bravo!, Inukami! and Steins;Gate

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Title: Heaven’s Lost Property Forte

Director: Hisashi Saito

Studio:  AIC

Author: Suu Minazuki

US Distributor: FUNimation

US Release Date:  March 20th, 2012

Format and Length: DVD Series

Genre: Sci fi, Comedy, Romance

Publisher/Industry Age Rating: TV MA

Overall Personal Rating:  C-

Similar titles: Motto To Love Ru, Sekirei, High School of the Dead

All he wanted was a life of peace and quiet.  And of spying on girls.  But his dreams are shattered when a mechanical angel almost literally falls into his lap.  His life thereafter is forever changed

Director: Takahiro Oumori
Publisher: FUNimation
Release date: January 6, 2009
Genre(s): Supernatural, Occult, Philosophical
Age Rating: 17+
Overall Personal Rating: B
Similar series: Mermaid Saga, Berserk, Dolls, Mushishi, xxxHolic

We all have dark desires of hatred and revenge to the point of wanting someone to die, but for most of us, we never pursue these feelings for whatever reasons.  Studio Deen’s Hell Girl tells a story about those who do and seek out Ai Enma, Hell Girl, to exact their revenge for them, but at a cost. While Ai Enma sends the person exacted upon to hell immediately, eventually the person who sent them will go to hell when they die. In addition, the story of season one follows Hajime Shibata and his daughter, Tsugumi, as they try to unravel the secrets surrounding Hell Girl and her past.

Title: Hell Girl: Two Mirrors
Director: Takahiro Omori
American Publisher: Sentai Filmworks
American Release Date: May 25, 2010
Age Rating: TV 14
Format and length: DVD, 13 episodes
Genres: Drama, Occult, Supernatural
Overall Personal Rating: A-
Similar Titles: Mushishi, xxxHolic

What if there was a way you could kill someone you had a grievance with without fear of repercussion until you died and were sent to hell? In Hell Girl this question is more than philosophical; there exists a way to fulfill those desires.

Title: Hell Girl: Two Mirrors
Director: Takahiro Omori
American Publisher: Sentai Filmworks
American Release Date: July 27, 2010
Age Rating: TV 14
Format and length: DVD, 13 episodes
Genres: Drama, Occult, Supernatural
Overall Personal Rating: A
Similar Titles: Mushishi, xxxHolic

Just as humanity is capable of many wonderful things when we band together, such as starting neighborhood watches, we are equally capable of turning that mentality into more destructive pursuits, such as persecution and violence.  Many of these ideas are veiled in the shrouds of superstition and spirituality and by our nature we do not want to look at that ugly side. When it rears its head often many excuses are made to help justify the actions. Hell Girl: Two Mirrors – Collection Two deals with one such community.