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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
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Sands of Destruction: the Complete Series S. A. V. E.
Director: Shunsuke Tada
Author: Murao Minoru
Studio: Production I.G.
U S Distributer: FUNimation
U.S. Release Date: Feb. 24th, 2012
Format: DVD / 13 Episodes, 325 minutes
Genre Fantasy
Age Rating: TV14
Overall Personal Rating: A-
Similar Titles: Tower of Druaga, Heat Guy J and Nabari no Ou.
“There are two kinds of Heros. Ones who saves the World and ones who save one person at a time”
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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: Alien Vs Ninja
Writer: Seiji Chiba
Director: Seiji Chiba
American Publisher: Funimation Entertainment
American Release Date: February 22, 2011
Format: DVD film (81 minutes)
Genre: Science Fiction, Horror, Comedy
Rating: MA
Overall Personal Rating: B-
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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
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Title: Sengoku Basara Samurai Kings 2
Writer: Yasuyuki Muto
Director: Kazuya Nomura
American Publisher: FUNimation Entertainment
American Release Date: Feb. 7th, 2012
Format: 2 DVD/Blu Ray combo box set, 13 half hour episodes (325 minutes)
Genre: Action, Period Piece, Drama
Rating: TV 14
Overall Personal Rating: B-
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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: Sengoku Basara: Samurai Kings season one (Combo Pack)
Director: Itsuro Kawasaki (Production I.G)
American Publisher: FUNimation
American Release Date: Feb. 7th, 2012
Format and Length: Blu-ray and DVD, 12 episodes + OVA and Extras / 325 minutes
Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Historical parody, Period drama
Age Rating: TV 14
Overall Personal Rating: C+
Similar titles: Samurai 7, Hoshin Engi (Soul Hunter)
With Japanese video games becoming ever more popular, it is no surprise that many of them have anime adaptations. While almost everyone has heard of Pokemon, there are plenty that deal with more complex and slightly more adult themes like Sengoku Basara.
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Title: The Art of The Secret World of Arrietty
Artist: An Art book on the film by Hiromasa Yonebayashi (Director)
Author of Original Story: Mary Norton
Screenplay Author: Hayao Miyazaki and Keiko Niwa
Studio: Studio Ghibli
Distributor: Viz Media
American release date: February 7, 2012
Format and length:Art Book 248 pages
Publisher/Industry Age Rating: Not rated, but is for everyone
Overall Personal Rating: A+
Similar series or titles to check out: The Art of Ponyo
The Story of Saiunkoku
Author: Sai Yukino (Kadokawa Shoten)
Illustrator: Kairi Yura
American Publisher: Viz Media
American Release Date: February 7, 2012
Age Rating: T
Format and length: Manga, 4 chapters
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Shojo
Overall Personal Rating: B
Titles in the Radius: Cross Game, Honey & Clover, kimi ni todoke: From Me to You and Ouran Highschool Host Club
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Blue Exorcist Volume 6
Author: Kato Kazue
Distributor: Viz Media
American Release Date: Feb. 7th. 2012
Format: Manga
Genre: Fantasy, Action
Publisher Age Ratting: T+ (for older teens)
Overall personal ratting: B-
Similar Series: Naruto, Bleach, D. Gray-Man, Soul Eater
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Bakuman Volume 9
Authors: Story By Tsugumi Ohba
Art By Takeshi Obata
Distributor: Viz/Shonen Jump
American Release Date: Feb. 7th, 2012
Format: Traditional Manga/ 192 pages
Genre: Shonen, Comedy, Slice-of-life
Publisher Age Rating: T (for Teen)
Personal Review Rating: B+
Similar Series: Kingyo Used Books, Solanin, Yawara!
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Title: Dawn of the Arcana volume 2
Artist/Author: Rei Toma
Distributor: Viz Media
American release date: Feb. 7, 2012
Format and length: Shojo manga, 192 pages
Publisher/Industry Age Rating: T for Teen
Overall Personal Rating: A-
Similar series or titles to check out: Sakura Hime
Keep your friend close and your enemies even closer.
Synopsis:
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Ai Ore! volume 4
Author: Mayu Shuijo (Shogakukan)
American Publisher: Viz Media
American Release Date: 2-7-12
Age Rating: T+
Format and length: Manga, 6 chapters
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Shojo
Overall Personal Rating:
Titles in the Radius: Ottomen and Ouran Highschool Host Club
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Sword of Desperation
Directed By: Hideyuki Hirayama
Written By: Based on Novel by Shuhei Fujisawa
Staring: Etsuhi Toyokawa, Chizuru Ikewaki and Koji Kikkawa
U. S. Distributor: AnimEigo
U. S. release date: Feb. 14th, 2012
Format: DVD / 114 minutes
Genre: Edo Period, Drama
Age Rating
Overall Personal Rating: A
Similar Titles: The Samurai I Loved
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Title: Slam Dunk vol. 20
Author: Takehiko Inoue
Artist: Yusuke Murata
Distributor: Viz Media
American Release Date: Feb 7, 2012
Format: Manga
Genre: Sports, Drama, Comedy
Publisher Age Rating: T for older teens
Overall Personal Rating: B+
Synopsis:
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Maoh: Juvenile Remix Volume 9
Author: Megumi Osuga (Original Story by Kotaro Isaka)
Distributor: Viz Media/Shonen Sunday
American Release Date: Feb. 7th, 2012
Format: Traditional Manga
Genre: Supernatural, Apocolyptic, Action, Shonen
Publisher Age Rating: T+ (Older Teen)
Personal Review Grade: B
Similar Series: WaqWaq, Dorohedoro
Synopsis:
The twists just keep on coming. Junya makes a move to avenge his friend Shima and plays right into the hands of Fraulein to exact his revenge. This also draws out what his special power is and how he can use it to help fund his march to revenging his brother. As he moves through the underground, he has attracted the leadership of Fraulein and they are biding their time before they draw him out into the open.
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Title: Naruto
Manga Author: Masashi Kishimoto (Shueisha)
American Distributor: Viz Media
American Release date: January 3, 2012
Format: Manga, 10 chapters
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Shonen
Age Ratting: T
Overall personal rating: C+
Similar Series: Bleach, Dragon Ball, Full Metal Alchemist, Hunter x Hunter, Kekkaishi and One Piece
Series with a large cast of characters sometime go and prune a lot of characters at a certain point. Sometimes these characters just fade away, sometimes they move away and often in action series where the creator isn’t afraid to pull punches like Naruto and kill characters, they die. Of course, sometimes, like Naruto, the creator also allows characters to be revived.
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Title: Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s vol. 2
Author: Masahiro Hikokubo
Artist: Masashi Sato
Distributor: Viz Media
American Release Date: Feb 7 2012
Format: Manga
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Card Battles (Not specifically a genre, but it’s what it is)
Publisher Age Rating: T for teen
Overall Personal Rating: C
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