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#releases: This week is packed with new releases, from the heavy hitters like Evangelion 1.01, and other great releases from Black Jack and Pluto. Some re-releases as well, but overall a good week for anime...

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#Video games: Those who pre-order a copy of Luminous Arc3:EYES, the next installment in the semi-popular SRPG/dating sim series for the Nintendo DS, will receive a bonus DVD when the game comes out in Japan. T...

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#yen press: Did you watch Soul Eater the other day when FUNimation had it streaming? I hope so. What did you think?If you enjoyed it and know it's one you have to get your hands on, FUNimation has announced ...

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#releases: Finally, we've hit a light week when it comes to releases. Some of the big items this week are Inu Yasha hitting the VizBIG format, the new volume of Ikigami and Jormungand finally starts up. The...

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#releases: Looking for a stocking full of shojo manga? Now would be the perfect time to pick up a ton of it, as Viz has dropped more than you could shake a stick at. There are a ton of series continuing in ...

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#releases: Section 23 Films has announced list of titles -- both anime and live action -- that will be released in January. Some of these are complete sets, and others are season box sets, so this...

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#releases: Welcome once again to the column that guarantees to make you poor: this week's releases! There are plenty of manga releases this week to eat up your wallet, and for the 18+ crowd, a good chunk of...

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#releases: No! Why must today's release list look so good? Why? Why? Why?I can't spend money! And yet, there's Blood+, Escaflowne, Clannad, Vagabond, and Ichi the Killer all on this week's list of releases....

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#releases: Good morning there! It's time to rise, shine, and pull out your credit card. We're seeing the companies here in America expand, and that's all thanks to you loyal readers and your spending habits...

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#releases: It's that time again: time to celebrate the world of capitalism here in the US of A by buying all the anime and manga you can afford. And there's quite a bit to pick up, as always. This week, we'...

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#releases: Good afternoon readers! Once again we've got the latest and greatest releases to hit the US from all major otaku companies. Looking for some gun-toting action? FUNimation has a complete box set o...

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#releases: 'Sup? We've got new manga and anime this week. The releases list is actually surprisingly small, with a disproportionately large amount of adult releases coming out this week. There are two thing...

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#releases: Welcome once again to this week's release list! FUNimation has unleashed a slew of titles on us, from Dragonball to Shakugan no Shana. So, if you're looking to pick up some DVDs on the cheap, thi...

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#releases: Labor day weekend has thrown a bunch of the scheduling off, so you're just hearing about this week's releases now. Thankfully, we don't have the same deluge of titles coming at us. There are stil...

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#releases: Wow, we've got a ton of manga releases this week. It's almost like Viz wants to dump all these titles on us at once, so that we go broke buying them. Well, I suppose that isn't such a bad thing -...

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#Tsundere: Look, releases of the week just sort of fell into my lap. It's not like I especially enjoy doing this or anything. But since you're here and you're reading it, I went through all the trouble of l...

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#TV and Film: This week's dose of of manga and DVD releases is on the sparse side of things with only a handful of stuff you'll probably care about. Starting off with the stuff you'll probably care about is th...

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#TV and Film: This week's releases feature pretty vampire boys, stray dogs, and a socially-inept teenage mercenary. First up, this week is the first volume of the gritty action manga Dogs by Shirow Miwa. For y...

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#TV and Film: You lovers of the random and super deformed moe are in a treat this week, with the release of the Lucky Star OVA which is sure to excite collectors who've been waiting to finish their collection....

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#TV and Film: This week, we get quite the treat as we get a re-release of Ichi the killer - Special Edition, not quite as cool as the blood pack we got back in the day but this one features over 2 hours of ext...

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#releases: Another week of releases comes our way with subbed collections (just the way SOME of us like it) with titles such as teh very yuri Strawberry Panic! and the very wacky Hayate the combat butler. M...

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#releases: A new week, a new set of releases! This week's crop of releases favor the DVD buyers out there with quite a couple of complete collections. Such notable collections up for releases this week is G...

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#releases: With summer in full swing right after the 4th of July celebration for a lot of you Americans out there, it's most certainly likely that you've more time on your hands. This week's releases are pl...

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#releases: Much like last week, we're seeing a bit of re-releases come out of older anime titles. One of these is the original Appleseed film which came out around 2005, and the other is Blade of the Phanto...

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#releases: Another week, another set of releases for you to be able to...uh, "release" your love for some anime and manga. One of such titles, is Colorful, is a collection of loosely-related short...

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#releases: This week proves ripe for those who are seeking to grab entire anime series in huge chunks with complete collections of such anime as Venus Versus Virus, Elfen Lied and Black Cat. Also, the first...

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#releases: Another week, another set of new releases. This week's we get really great first volumes of stuff you've prbably hear of before. First up is the first volume of Detroit Metal City, which is one o...

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#releases: This week's releases is rather scarce in the DVD department but the long awaited complete version of Final Fantasy VIII: Advent Children Blu-Ray/DVD hits stateside for those of you who didn't get...

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#releases: As Memorial Day weekend comes to an end, a week of really good releases greets us after a weekend of much drinking and barbecue. Start the week off with some of the most fanservice martial arts a...

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#releases: We have a fair amount of releases this week, though a lot of them are rehashes of older shows. Everyone has seen the Dragon Ball Z movies 12-13, but have you seen them on Blu-Ray? Well now is you...

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#releases: As promised, FUNimation delivers on its releases this week; much like it does every week, and every week to come. Soon anime will be known only as FUNimation, like how we used to call anime MANG...

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#releases: We have a literal mountain of manga, and a hill of anime this week, so get your otaku purses ready for some spending. Gurren Lagann part 3, with English/Japanese voices will be released this week...

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#releases: This is one of those catch-up weeks where it is a good opportunity to buy some older anime series that you might have passed up in the past; such as Beck, Gankutsuou, and the Third. I always hear...

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#releases: Welcome to releases for the week of 4/20. We do not have many releases this week, maybe because they are too scared to go outside because it's 4/20, the most evil day in the world. The ones to be...

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#releases: Welcome to this week’s releases! Have a drink and sit down, we have shrimp on the barbie in the back. This week we have only two measly anime DVD releases this week; but one of them is Blac...

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#releases: Let’s see… Hunter X Hunter, check. JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, check. Eyesheild 21, check—all I need is a sandwich and I have an epic picnic on my hands! Yes, I’m eas...

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#releases: I have to admit this week is pretty damn good; though not so great if you are looking to pick up some new manga. Though who needs manga when you got Broly? And not just one Broly, but three! Also...

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#releases: It’s Monday, time for another weekly list of everything you must buy in order to be considered an otaku. This week we have a lot of re, re, re-releases; Viridian collection this, or complet...

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#releases: It is the dawn of a new week, another chance to spend money on our beloved anime and manga. Someday in the future this won’t matter; when we move anime and manga out of Japan and into a new...

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#releases: Time to look at the menu for this week’s anime and manga feast. First off we have part one of the first season of KenIchi the Migtiest Disciple; meaning you get the first 13 episodes. If yo...

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#releases: Hello, and welcome to releases of the week. I hope you have your reading glasses, your manga buying shoes, and your page turning gloves on, because a semi-trailer truck worth of manga titles jack...

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#releases: What do you know, the tide is high once more with lots and lots of releases this week. First off we have Akira in beautiful Blu-ray. There are billions of Akira releases out there already, but no...

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#releases: Sad week for anime and manga releases. A grand total of 11 releases will be born into the American market this week, and the ones that are going to be released are forgettable. However, there are...

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#releases: We had a lot of releases last week, so of course this week is going to be a little slow. Despite the small amount of releases, there are a lot of great titles populating this list. Death Note fan...

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#releases: Get your bank robbing hat on, because we have a lot of releases this week. If you don’t have a bank robbing hat, any type of cosplay costume will work; especially Vash cosplay. Afro Samurai...

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#releases: Lots and lots of releases this week, and good ones at that! Not too many super, awesome, fantastic anime releases this week, though we do get volume one of the 1920’s, Pulp Fiction like ani...

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#releases: Wow, this week we are up the creek without any releases; I’m not sure that makes any sense, but I’m using it anyways. The anime titles that are to be released this week are mostly sea...

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#releases: Konban wa! It is time to sell another kidney, or take that extra shift, because it is once again time to spend your money! Do you know what would look great on Blu-Ray? Ghost in the Shell 2: Inno...

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#releases: First releases of the new year, and what a great start this year gets. Unlike weeks of yesteryear, we have a large number of releases, and a lot of great titles being released as well. Gurren Lag...

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#releases: Welcome Japanatorians to another edition of releases for the week; I hope you have your money ready because things just got real. Last week we didn’t have much to dance over, but this week ...

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#releases: This week is the best week out of all the weeks in the year, because its the week of all those crazy holidays that we celebrate; meaning free gifts, overtime, and angry customers. However, anime ...

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#releases: If you are a good shopper you probably already have all your Christmas presents purchased; which leaves you either broke, or able to buy more stuff for yourself now! Though you probably shouldn&r...

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#releases: It’s not the amount of the releases that count, but the quality of the shows released. This week we have some great releases, practically something for everyone; especially if you’re ...

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#releases: It’s Cyber Monday, that special holiday that is a Frankenstein mash up of Black Friday with internet shopping. There has to be some deals out there today in regards to anime and manga, thou...

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#releases: Does Black Friday exist in the anime retail world? Well not exclusively for anime, but I bet there are some deals out there within some major retail stores like Best Buy or Walmart; hopefully. Ho...

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#releases: You know its bad week when they re-releases My Santa on DVD once again; isn’t once a lifetime enough for us all, or are we going to be seeing this DVD every Christmas season until we die? I...

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#releases: It’s that time of the week to start making friends with your wallet again, so that you can eventually rip out its innards for your own pleasure. As wrong as that is, it is necessary for the...

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#releases: I hope you’ve caught up reading all your manga volumes, because the next shipment is here waiting for you. We have a good size amount of releases for this week’s Releases for the week...

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#releases: We don’t need this now, money is thin thanks to the fourth quarter video game release schedule and previous anime spending sprees. Once again the Gods of anime have opened up the heavens an...

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#releases: Monday, time for another edition of Releases of the Week, so get your party hats on. This is going to be one of those money retention weeks, or money spirit bomb weeks for those of you who dig DB...

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#releases: Before we get started, here is some recommended reading music while you peruse through God Len’s shopping list. With music in hand, welcome to this week’s releases of the week! We don...

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#releases: We have beaten the drums of anime, and did the dance of manga, and the gods of our hobby have answered our prayers by supplying us with lots and lots of goodies this week. Both anime and manga, f...

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#releases: It is once again time for all of us to run to the store and bailout the anime industry with our well-earned money. However, this week we don’t have many “blockbuster” releases t...

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#releases: The last couple of weeks we had been inundated with manga and anime releases; so according to Japanator analysts we will enter a state of recession this week. It isn’t so bad, because we al...

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#releases: Wow, lots and lots of things are coming out of the woodwork this week, which is a very good thing for those of you who like to watch and read things from Japan; though I’m not talking about...

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#releases: Well it’s that time of the week again for me to coax you to spend more money. Though this week will be a little more difficult for me seeing as there aren’t that many good releases he...

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#releases: Welcome to September! And what a welcome do I have for you with this week’s releases. Too many releases this week, so much that some of you will be living out on the streets if you end up p...

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#yotsubato: ...I mean, of course, Yotsubato! Vol. 8, and it's out in Japan.Over on Kiyohiko Azuma's blog, he says that whenever a new volume comes out, people immediately ask "when's the next volume com...

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#releases: To be honest with you, there isn’t a lot of releases this week that will make you drop whatever you are doing and run to the store. Well, unless your heart belongs to Devil Hunter Yohko and...

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#releases: Today is a very special week in the American anime and manga industry. This is not because of anything special or life changing, but because the anime releases outnumber the manga releases this w...

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#releases: Manga will fall from the sky like rain this week, which will undoubtedly leave anime stuck within a drought of shitty releases. However, not all is bad since we have the box set of the first seas...

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#releases: Welcome to the month of August, better known as the month of fire according to most Native American cultures. August was originally named Sextilis, because it was the month that the Gods of ancie...

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#releases: Those of you waiting for the Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad box set, your time to act is now! (or maybe in a couple days from now, but you get the picture.) If that box set is not enough box set for ...

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#Viz Media: Viz announced today at San Diago Comic Con that it has acquired the license for both Naoki Urasawa’s 20th Century Boys, and Pluto, completing Urasawa’s trilogy of awesome with the ma...

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#releases: I have bad news for you all, and I don’t want to say it but I must. The releases for this week suck hardcore. You know something’s wrong when the best anime release just might be Papr...