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Hey, Answerman! - Netflix Violation
This week on Hey, Answerman! Brian opens up some deep wounds as he admits some painful truths about differing tastes between us old codgers and you unkempt youngsters, peers into the dark heart of Harmony Gold, and dishes the straight dope on Netflix! 2012-05-11

ANNCast - Poke-Maughan The Movie 2000
Returning champion and author of Paintwork Tim Maughan rejoins Zac and Justin for about 90 minutes of nonsense! We talk Kimi Ni Todoke, Kids on the Slope, Tenchi Muyo, Alien vs. Aliens and oh, so much more! 2012-05-10

Jason Thompson's House of 1000 Manga - Dragon Head
Jason encounters the apocalypse in Minetaro Mochizuki's Dragon Head. 2012-05-10

Bunny Drop: Ask A Question, Win A Script
Win a one-of-a-kind piece of production history from the acclaimed series Bunny Drop! All you need to do is ask a question! 2012-05-09

The X Button - Digital Division
This week, a frank discussion about the digital future of games! Plus Ragnarok Odyssey, Sol Trigger, and at least two different games of thrones. 2012-05-09

Anime News Nina! - 2012-05-09
Note: product not representative of reality. 2012-05-09

RIGHT TURN ONLY!! - X Game
Could the appearance of X and Cross Game in the same column be a sign of the apocalypse? More importantly, did they get good review scores? Read on and find out! 2012-05-08

Shelf Life - Magic Users Club
Erin dives deeper into the darker world of magical girls, while mourning the magic-users of Fairy Tail.
- Fairy Tail pt 4
- Legend of Legendary Heroes pt1
- Puella Magi Madoka Magica v2
2012-05-07

Blue Exorcist DVD 3
Lets the action run wild for an episode before taking a big, jolting leap forward and then settling back down for a couple of episodes of easygoing character-building.

Cherry Tree High Comedy Club
There simply aren't enough modern games like this: a dialogue-propelled adventure that avoids the pitfalls of its hazily defined genre. Neither uncomfortable nor mundane, Cherry Tree High Comedy Club is an endearing pleasure.

Black Rock Shooter Episodes 1-8 Streaming
A TV series where psychedelic sci-fi trip and coming-of-age drama cross paths. This unlikely combination is surprisingly effective, if a little unbalanced at the end.

Kekkaishi DVD Set 4
The leads take a trip to Kokuboro as this TV series wraps up. Though it satisfactorily resolves its major story arc, it leaves some long-term objectives hanging at the end.

Skip Beat! [Omnibus] GN 1-3
What is the most often aired complaint about Yoshiki Nakamura's infectious shoujo revenge story? That each volume is too short and therefore over too quickly. That is certainly not the case with this volume, which packs in all three of the series' first books in 562 pages of revenge, grudges, and generally enjoyable lunacy.

Legend of the Legendary Heroes Blu-Ray + DVD
Swords and flashy magic rule in this sprawling fantasy tale which bounces between being silly, serious, and extremely graphically violent. Ultimately it gets more ambitious than it can smoothly handle.

Black Butler Season 2 Blu-Ray + DVD
Still a decent piece of entertainment, but not much more. Intelligently written but lacking in audacity and imagination.

Spirit Camera: The Cursed Memoir
The Fatal Frame legacy is now bound up with Spirit Camera: short, and finicky, and not all that engaging. Compared to decrepit mental hospital or a decaying mansion, the well-lit confines of your living room never stood a chance.

Inu X Boku Secret Service Episodes 7-12 Streaming
The last two episodes are mighty fine: sad, unsettling, achingly sweet; the kind that change how you look at previous episodes. It's a shame in its own way. Why couldn't the rest of them have been that good?

A Bride's Story GN 3
With a slightly more urgent storyline than the previous two volumes, a change in point of view character, and even more exquisite artwork, this installment of A Bride's Story continues to be an impressive addition to the catalog of English language manga.

Hyakka Ryōran Samurai Girls Blu-Ray
Samurai, harem romantic comedy, and magical girl elements combine with a unique visual style and plentiful fan service to create one of anime's weirdest cross-genre experiments. Though the content is often stupid, the concept works better than it probably should.