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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.

Title: Shattered Angels
Original Story: Kaishaku (Kadokawa Shoten Publishing)
Director: Tetsuya Yanagisawa (TNK)
American Publisher: FUNimation
American Release Date: August 24, 2010
Age Rating: TV 14
Format and length: DVD, 12 Episodes
Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Magical Girl, Romance, Shonen
Overall Personal Rating: B+
In the Radius: Magic Knight Rayearth, Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha, Magical My HiME, My Otome,Revolutionary Girl Utena, UFO Ultramaiden Valkyrie

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Title:  Shiki: Part One

Director: Tetsuro Amino

Studio: Fuji TV

Author: Fuyumi Ono

US Distributor: FUNimation

US release date: 5-29-2012

Format: DVD/Blu-ray  approx 300 mins

Genre: mystery, psychological thriller, supernatural

Publisher/Industry Age Rating: TV-14

Overall Personal Rating: A-

Similar Titles: Titles similar to Shiki might be Hell Girl, Death Note, or Monster

Many writers today are jumping on the vampire romance bandwagon.  Not Shiki!  This thriller portrays vampires as evil.  Like they should be!

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Title: Shin Chan Season 3 part 2

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Original Story: Yoshito Usui

American Publisher: Funimation Entertainment

American Release Date: September 27, 2011

Format: 2 DVD box set, 325 minutes

Genre: Comedy, adult humor, slice of life

Rating: TVMA

Overall Personal Rating: C

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Shin Chan: Season 3 Part 1

Director: Mitsuri Hongo (1992-1996), Keichi Hara (1995-2004), Yuji Muto (2004-present)

Studio: Shin-Ei Animation

U.S. Distributor: FUNimation

U.S. Release Date: July 26th, 2011

Format: DVD/ 325 minutes / Episodes 53-65

Genre: Comedy

Age Rating: TVMA

Overall Personal Rating: C

Similar Titles: My Neighbors the Yamadas

Ever wish you had a small child, oh let’s say 5 years old, to break the ice by trying to hit on every sexy woman you come across. Well, if you’re Shin Chan’s parents, you would be very happy. Shin Chan Season 3, Part 1 is full of moments where this 5 year old breaches the bounds of correctness and proves that the younger you are, the more you can get away with.

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Title: Shuffle!

Original Story: Navel

Director: Naoto Hosoda (Asread)

American Publisher: Funimation

American Release Date: November 15, 2011

Format and length: DVD, 24 episodes

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-fi, Seinen

Age Rating: MA (Mature Audience)

Overall Personal Rating: B-

Titles in the Radius: Air, Clannad and Kanan

What would the world be like if humans co-existed with mythical beings such as gods and demons? Could all live peacefully? Would humanity be envious of the powers of these mystical beings? Would those beings be afraid of our technological destructive capabilities? Could we coexist without prejudice? Shuffe! tries to depict a world where all three live together in a Utopian environment, at least insofar as inter-species relationships go.

Solty Rei: The Complete Collection  

Director: Hiraike Yoshimasa

Publisher: Funimation

American release date: March 24, 2009

Format/Genre/Length: Anime DVD/Action/615 minutes

Publisher/Industry Age Rating: R/17+

Overall Personal Rating: B-

Similar series/titles to check out: Trigun, Darker Than Black, Burst Angel

In a world torn apart by tragedy, mercenary Roy makes a living hunting down the dredges of society. While on the job, he meets the mysterious green haired girl soon named Solty. A girl with no past and no memories and a man with a painful past who hunts down the remnants of his memories. Will this unlikely duo find what they are looking for? Anything is possible in the post-blast world, even miracles.

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Someday’s Dreamers: the Complete Collection
Director: Masami Shimoda
Studio: J. C. Staff, Viewworks
U. S. Distributor: Sentai Filmworks / Section 23
U. S. Release Date: April 17, 2012
Format: DVD / 12 episodes / 300 minutes
Genre: Supernatural , Slice of Life
Age Rating: PG
Overall Personal Rating: B
Similar Titles: Kiki’s Deliveries Service, Yawara! Fashionable Judo Girl

If we lived in a world where certain people had special magical powers, would they need to be controlled and regulated?

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Title: Soul Eater: The Meister Collection part 1 & 2

Author: Atsushi Okubo

Director: Takuya Igarashi

American Publisher: Funimation Entertainment

American Release Date: May 24, 2011

Format: 4 DVD box set, 26 half hour episodes (650 minutes)

Genre: Supernatural, Action, Comedy

Rating: TV14

Overall Personal Rating: A+

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Soul Eater: The Weapon Collection on Blu-ray

Director: Takuya Igarashi

Studio: Bones

U. S. Distributor: FUNimation

U. S. Release Date: Aug. 9th, 2011

Format: DVD / 625 minutes / Episodes 27-51 / 40 minutes Extras

Genrre:  Shonen, Action, Comedy and Supernatural

Age Rating: TV 14

Overall Personal Rating: A+

Similar Titles: Heroic Age, WitchBlade and Burst Angles

Lest get this party started, the fun and games are over and the stage is set, will the evil of the Kishin take over the world or will the sworn protector, Shinigami-sama, stop the pure madness that has begun to envelop the earth.

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Sound of the Sky (Soro no Wata) Complete Set LE

Director: Mamoru Kanbe

Writer: Hiroyuki Yoshino

Studio: A-1 Pictures

U.S. Distributor: Nozomi / Right Stuf Entertainment

U.S. Release Date: July 5th, 2011

Format: DVD/ 12 episodes/ 355 minutes

Genre: Sci Fi, Slice of Life, Comedy, Drama

Age Rating: 16+

Personal Rating: A

Similar Titles: Air, Kanon

Sometimes our goals in life lead us to do things and impact others in way we would never expect. They also put us in situations that just might make all the difference in the world.

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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.

Title: Spice & Wolf Season 1 and 2

Director: Takeo Takahashi

Studio: Imagin

American Distributor: FUNimation

American Release Date: August 30, 2011

Format: Season 1 Blu-ray, Season 2 Blu-ray and DVD

Genre: Shojo, Drama, Fantasy, Supernatural

Distributor Age Rating: TV 14

Personal Review Rating: A

There are but a few stories about a harvest goddess running around, and when Lawrence actually finds this goddess, things start looking better for him.

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Title: Strike Witches - The Complete Collection Season 1

Original Story: Noboru Yamaguchi (Kadokawa Shoten)

Director: Kazuhiro Takamura (Gonzo)

American Publisher: FUNimation Entertainment

American Release Date: July 26, 2011

Format and length: DVD, 12 episodes

Age Rating: TV MA

Genres: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Historical fiction, Sci-Fi

Overall Personal Rating: B+

Titles in the Radius: Girls Bravo, Ikki Tousen, Kenichi: the Mightiest Disciple, Koihime Muso and Popotan

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Summer Wars
Director: Marmoru Hosoda
Story by: Marmoru Hosoda
Studio: Madhouse
U. S Distributor: FUNimation
U. S. Release Date: Feb. 15th , 2011
Format: DVD / 115 minutes
Genre:  Sci-Fi, Romance, Drama
Age Rating: PG
Personal Rating: A

Summer Wars may just be destine to be a classic, but it takes on a contemporary
Topic that lends itself to making it a hit today. It asked the question “What happens when we rely too much on a social network to guide our life?”

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Title: Suzuka
Director: Hiroshi Fukutomi (Studio Comet, Marvelous Entertainment)
Original Story: Kouji Seo (Kodansha)
American Publisher: FUNimation
American Release Date: June 22, 2010
Age Rating: TV PG
Format and length: DVD, 26 episodes
Genres: Comedy, Romance, Shonen, Slice-of-life, Sports
Overall Personal Rating: B
Titles in the Radius: Ai Yori Aoshi, Maison Ikkoku

Losing a loved one is a tragic occurrence no matter who it is, but when the death is an untimely one caused by an accident it can be much worse. Suzuka Asahina of Suzuka lives on as she copes with the grief of the loss of a beloved sempai who she was unable to confess her feelings for and now is confronted with another teenager, Yamato Akitsuki, who is remarkably similar.

Title: The Sacred Blacksmith
Original Story: Isao Miura (Media Factory)
Director: Masamitsu Hidaka (Manglobe)
American Publisher: FUNimation
American Release Date: January 25, 2011
Age Rating: TV MA
Format and length: DVD, 12 Episodes
Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Overall Personal Rating: B
Titles in the Radius: Berzerk, Record of the Lodoss War & Sands of Destruction

There is a saying in the fantasy world that no writer be they for book, film, video game or animation can escape the clutch of Tolkien. Few authors can claim to have had such a profound effect on an entire genre. Even today, titles like The Sacred Blacksmith, hearken back to his books.