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· Cover Recent Anime News, including new releases in anime, manga, and games, the passing of Yu-Gi-Oh’s creator, Ultraman Marvel crossover, Macross finally getting releases, The Pillows returning to FLCL, some Godzilla related news, the reality of secret con previews, more whining, and the yawn-inducing return of in person E3

· Discuss latest watches, including Black Rock Shooter

· Ponder properties that need to return

· Review the final two episodes (mini OVAs?) of the latest adaptation of SPRIGGAN, from Studio David (of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure fame) and airing on Netflix

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· Cover Recent Anime News, including new releases in anime, manga, and games, anime sequels this summer, more ports of very popular games heading to the Switch, ZZ Gundam now available on Crunchyroll, some good news for English language manga fans, more news from the Seven Seas union saga, and Netflix continuing to tank

· Discuss latest watches, including Love After World Domination and The Executioner and Her Way of Life

· Review the new Beavis and Butthead movie

· Review the second two episodes (mini OVAs?) of the latest adaptation of SPRIGGAN, from Studio David (of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure fame) and airing on Netflix

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· Cover Recent Anime News, including new releases in anime, manga, and games, the return of No More Heroes, Lollipop Chainsaw, and Trigun, a Dark Souls novel, release information for the last Evangelion movie, more Gundam news, and a really cool Shigeru Mizuki (GeGeGe no Kitaro) art exhibition in Tokyo

· Discuss latest watches, including Love After World Domination and Amaim

· Pontificate on what is the first form of entertainment to bounce back from rock bottom

· Review the first two episodes (mini OVAs?) of the latest adaptation of SPRIGGAN, from Studio David (of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure fame) and airing on Netflix

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· Cover Recent Anime News, including new releases in anime, manga, and games, a new CG Astro Boy, Castlevania returning, an update on the actually good Lord of the Rings project, the return of Gungrave, Xbox on the ascent, Comiket getting more sane, and a burger that’s three times as fast

· Review the very excellent Gundam movie Doan’s Island

· Dig into the nostalgic mess that is Transformers The Movie

· Review the oft overlooked 1998 movie SPRIGGAN, which has a new series debuting soon on Netflix

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· Cover Recent Anime News, including new releases in anime, manga, and games, Berserk continuing, Junji Ito’s spookytime on Netflix, the strangeness of live action One Piece, Live Action Tiger and Bunny, Eiichiro Oda actually taking a break (surely one of the signs of the apocalypse), and finally a warning on anime cons

· Discuss recent watches including Rising of the Shield Hero, Black Rock Shooter, The Executioner and Her Way of Life, and Love After World Domination

· Ponder other series that could have gotten the Voltron or Robotech treatment in the west

· Review the last parts of what may be the edgiest anime of the 90s GENOCYBER

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· Cover Recent Anime News, including new releases in anime, manga, and games, a Lupin remaster, the wacky Godzilla cartoon, more Star Wars Visions, a Gundam Pavilion at the World Expo, and a strange tale of unions on the Seven Seas

· Discuss recent watches including Rising of the Shield Hero, Black Rock Shooter, and Love After World Domination

· Figure out which western properties that received the anime treatment are any good

· Review what may be the edgiest anime of the 90s GENOCYBER

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· Cover Recent Anime News, including new releases in anime, manga, and games, the return of Hunter x Hunter, more Lovecraft manga, quirky Gundam characters, more live action Speed Racer (pray it won’t suck), some great album art from a legendary mangaka, the strangeness of Japanese copyright law, some potential undue influence on Nintendo, and the terror of being judged by Oshii

· Discuss recent watches including Rising of the Shield Hero, Legend of the Galactic Heroes, The Executioner and Her Way of Life, Black Rock Shooter, Love After World Domination, and 86

· Ponder anime from the 90’s that wouldn’t fly today

· Review the underrated 90s OVA BIO HUNTER

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· Cover Recent Anime News, including new releases in anime, manga, and games, manga getting some Eisner Award recognition, Anno’s cool Ultraman and Kamen Rider updates, PS Plus games, some ACEN “issues”, Japan offering “prison” tours, and the continuing death spiral of Netflix

· Discuss recent watches including Rising of the Shield Hero, Black Rock Shooter, and Love After World Domination

· Rank anime villains that are utterly unsympathetic

· Review the classic 90s OVA GUNSMITH CATS

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· Cover Recent Anime News, including new releases in anime, manga, and games, the return of Mob Psycho, Gundam raking in the dough, more crazy merchandising, somebody’s video game hall of fame, the corpse of live action Robotech shows signs of unholy life, and the immolation of Netflix

· Discuss recent watches including Rising of the Shield Hero, The Executioner and Her Way of Life, Amaim, and The Batman

· Ponder anime’s unique quirks

· Review the classic 80s OVA RIDING BEAN, from the creator of GUNSMITH CATS

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· Cover Recent Anime News, including new releases in anime, manga, and games, the successor to Initial D, Bean Bandit, the end of Break Blade, Sonic raking in the ducats, Bandai expanding production, a Moby Dick themed manga, the relaunch of Golden Kamuy creator’s hockey manga, an award for Anno (not for budget control), and finally glorious Nippon finally letting filthy gaijin back into the country

· Discuss recent watches including Rising of the Shield Hero, Black Rock Shooter, and the Warhammer Plus release The Interrogator

· Get deep like a Navy Seal on favorite and no so favorite character archetypes

· Review the forgotten 80’s anime anthology from Madhouse founders Masao Maruyama and Rintaro, NEO TOKYO

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Tears of Joy

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