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
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.
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?
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.
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.
Title: Black Butler, Complete Season 1 combo Blu-ray and DVD
Director: Toshiya Shinohara
Studio: A-1 Pictures
U. S. Distributor: FUNimation
U. S. Release Date: April 3rd, 2012
Format and length: DVD, 24 Episodes
Genres: Action, Comedy, Dark Fantasy, Historical Fantasy, Shonen, Supernatural
Overall Personal Rating: B+
Similar Titles: Hayate the Combat Butler, Highschool of the Dead, Princess Resurrection, Rozen Maiden, Vampire Night, xxxHolic
Summary:
Title: Black Butler, Complete Season 2 combo Blu-ray and DVD
Director: Toshiya Shinohara
Studio: A-1 Pictures
U. S. Distributor: FUNimation
U. S. Release Date: April 3rd, 2012
Format and length: DVD, 24 Episodes
Genres: Action, Comedy, Dark Fantasy, Historical Fantasy, Shonen, Supernatural
Overall Personal Rating: B
Similar Titles: Hayate the Combat Butler, Highschool of the Dead, Princess Resurrection, Rozen Maiden, Vampire Night, xxxHolic
Synopsis:
Black Lagoon: The Second Barrage
Director: Sunao Katabuichi
Studio: Madhouse
U.S. Distributor: FUNimation
U.S. Release Date: April 14th, 2009
Format: DVD / 330 minutes
Genre: Seinen, Action, Adventure, Crime Drama
Age Rating: 17+
Overall Personal Rating: A
Similar Series: Birdy the Mighty: Decode 01 & 02 and Darker than Black.
Synopsis:
Blassreiter: The Complete Series S.A.V.E.
Director: Ichiro Itano
Studio: Gonzo and Nitroplus
U.S. Distributor: FUNimation
U.S. Re-Release Date: Nov. 15th., 2011
Format: DVD / 24 Episodes / 576 Minutes
Genre: Shonen, Drama, Sci Fiction, Action
Age Rating: MA (Mature Audiences)
Overall Person Grade: C
Similar Titles: Blue Gender, Corps Princess and High School of the Dead
Humanity often goes astray, even with the most worthy of intentions. Wanting to save the lowest of the low can backfire when ultimate power is gifted to those who have seen too much hatred first hand.
Bleach Box Set 10: Episodes 157-167
Director: Noriyuki Abe
Original Story: Tite Kubo
Studio: Studio Pierrot
Distributor: Viz Media
U.S. Release Date: Sept. 6th, 2011
Format: DVD / 275 minutes
Age Rating: T for Teen
Overall Personal Rating: B+
Synopsis:
Chad has worked way through a lower level Arrancar just to find himself confronted by an overwhelming force. He is taken down quickly by Nnoitora and appears to be gone. Everyone feels the drop in his spiritual pressure and fear the worst. At the same time Uryu and Renji are trapped by Szayelaporro in his testing chamber. They manage to get the upper hand just o discover that he must only go and change his cloths in order to fight them properly.
Bleach Box Set Eight: Episodes 134-145
Director: Noriyuki Abe
Original Story: Tite Kubo
Studio: Studio Pierrot
Distributor: Viz Media
U.S. Release Date: March 22nd, 2011
Format: DVD / 300 minutes
Age Rating: T for Teen
Overall Personal Rating: B+
Orihime Inoue, you silly girl. With all of your power and natural ability to empathize with others you are a prime target, your abilities don’t go unnoticed. Ichigo, you hard headed do-gooder, will you ever learn not to rush in were even fools are afraid to go?
Bleach Box Set Seven: Episodes 122-133
Director: Noriyuki Abe
Original Story: Tite Kubo
Studio: Studio Pierrot
Distributor: Viz Media
U.S. Release Date: Dec. 21st, 2010
Format: DVD / 300 minutes
Age Rating: T for Teen
Overall Personal Rating: B+
Ichigo, oh Ichigo, what test will descend on you with the sudden emergence of the Arrancar and the crazy Visored. Will you find yourself or will you become lost to the world of the Hollows?
Synopsis:
Bleach Box Set Six: Episodes 110 -121
Director: Noriyuki Abe
Original Story: Tite Kubo
Studio: Studio Pierrot
Distributor: Viz Media
U.S. Release Date: Sept. 28th, 2010
Format: DVD / 300 minutes
Age Rating: T for Teen
Overall Personal Rating: A-
Back in the real world, Ichigo and everyone would like to settle down and just live their lives, but a new force is now interested in Ichigo and they appear to be much more powerful that the Bounts. The Arrancar come from the world of the hollows and seem to have no regard for humans or life in general and then there are the Visored that are a shadowy group that might be just like Ichigo.
Bleach: Fade to Black
Director: Noriyuki Abe
Writer: Masashi Sogo, Tite Kubo (original manga)
Studio: Studio Pierrot
U.S. Distributor: Viz Media
U. S. Release Date: Nov. 15th, 2011
Format: DVD / 94 minutes
Genre: Action/ Adventure, Fantasy
Overall Personal Rating: B+
Similar Titles: Bleach: Diamond Dust Rebellion, Bleach: Memories of Nobody
What do you think would happen if the memories of one person were wiped clean? Would those people closest to you be able to remember you or would it spell the destruction of those you used to know?
Bleach: The DiamondDust Rebellion
Director: Noriyuki Abe / Authors: Masahiro Okubo, Michiko Yokote & Tite Kubo (original manga)
U. S. Distributor: Vis Media
American Release date: Sept. 8th, 2009
Format: DVD / 93 minutes
Genre: Fantasy, Shonen
Age Rating: T for teen
Overall personal Rating: B+
Similar Titles: Bleach: Memories of Nobody and the entire Bleach series.
Bleach: The Rescue, Season Three Box Set
Director: Noriyuki Abe / Studio: Studio Pierrot / Author: Tite Kubo
U. S. Distributor: Viz Media
U. S. Release Date: July 7th, 2009
Format: DVD / 550 minutes
Genre: Shonen, Bangsian Fantasy, Action
Age Rating: T for Teen
Overall Personal Rating: A
Similar Titles: Samurai Champloo, D. Gray-man and Soul Eater.
Blue Gender: The Complete Series Viridian Collection
Director: Koichi Ohata / Studio: AIC
U.S. Distributor: FUNimation
U.S. Reprise-Release Date: July 7th, 2010
Format: DVD / 750 minutes series and 95 minutes movie
Genre: Sci-Fi, Post Apocalyptic and Romance
Age Rating: M for Mature
Overall Personal Rating: A-
Similar Titles: Gad Guard, Vandread and Dragonauts
Something is happening, large numbers of people seem to affected with an unknown disease and are having doomsday nightmares. The best choice is to put them to sleep until there is a cure. So don’t go to sleep, you never know what you might wake up to.
Title: Broken Blade: The Complete Film Series
Director: Tetsuro Amino
Writer: Masashi Sogo
Studio: Production I. G., Xebec
U. S. Distributor: Sentai Filmworks / Section 23
U.S. Release Date: Feb. 21st, 2012
Format: DVD / 300 minutes / 6 Film Episodes
Genre: Shonen, Mecha, Action / Adventure
Age Rating: TV 14
Overall Personal Rating: B+
Similar Titles: Linebarrels of Iron, Evangelion and Burst Angle
