We’ve got a review for you of the first installment of the “Compilation of Final Fantasy VII” series that Square Enix was putting out. Yes, it’s been out for 3 years, but it still may be worth a shot.
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Author Archives: Alexander Case
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Series 2 starts in April
AnimeVice.com is reporting that the upcoming March issue of the Japanese version of Newtype (which has not hit newsstands yet) Japan will reveal the long-awaited 2nd series of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya will start running in April. We know this before the issue actually comes out because it’s the cover story and a TV ad ran on Japanese television showing the cover.
Toonami Jetstream shuts down.
The last vestage of Toonami is gone. Anime News Network.com is reporting that Cartoon Network has shut down their free online streaming anime service Toonami Jetstream. This service previously streamed episodes of a rotating lineup of series, starting originally with Dominion Tank Police, Cowboy Bebop, and other older series when it orginally started, and continuing to change it’s lineup over time to reflect the programming on Toonami, with a bit of a focus on anime adapted from Shonen Jump manga, particularly Naruto and Hikaru No Go. Viewers are being directed to other sites, including Viz’s own streaming anime service to pick up where they left off on the series they were watching.
Weekend Review – Bleach (Season 2)
Moving Right Along with Bleach, we continue to the first half of the Soul Society Arc – Season 2. Does it continue to build up momentum from Season 1, or does it squander it?
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Latest Hidden Messages in Bandai Entertainment’s HTML.
Bandai Entertainment, the company which (among other series they’ve licensed) released all of the various Mobile Suit Gundam series stateside, likes to put hidden messages in the HTML code of their web page to tease future releases. I’m bringing this up because AnimeVice.com has the latest messages.
Analysis of my own below the cut
Red Dwarf Returns!
The BBC is reporting that they will be transmitting a new Red Dwarf series after going 10 years without any new episodes being aired. The BBC’s own article contains material that I would vaguely consider to be spoilers – though these spoilers would be in the title of the two-part special itself. Nonetheless, I’m not giving the title of the episode, or even the headline of the article (which is slightly spoileriffic as well) so consider yourself warned if you read the article and get spoiled.
Correction: Apparently the show will not be broadcast on the BBC, but rather on a Digital Station called Dave. Which, as far as station names go, is slightly worse than A Radio Station Called Frank.
Weekend Review – Bleach (Season 1)
Alright, this weekend I’ll be starting off one of the biggest Shonen Anime to be released stateside in the past few years that don’t involve knucklehead ninja – Bleach. I’m not going to do a “Complete Bleach” thing this time – the show is still running and and not all of the currently released seasons have been released in the US yet.
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Atlus Teases New Shin Megami Tensei Game
I subscribe to Atlus’s E-Mail bulletins, to get teasers for their new games. I recently received an E-Mail with a subject line of ??? and a body of this picture and (basically) nothing else. My analysis and theories below the cut.
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Haruhi Gag-Anime to stream online Feb. 13
Anime News Network is reporting that the “Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi-Chan” gag anime (which is not a second season of the show, unfortunately) will stream it’s first episode online through Kadokawa’s YouTube channel. Later episodes will be put online as per “the whim of the SOS Brigade Leader.”
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Oscar Nominations Out
The nominations for the 2009 Academy Awards are out. Among the Genre nominations on there are Heath Ledger for The Dark Knight in the Supporting Actor category, Brad Pitt for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button in the Leading Actor category, Kung Fu Panda and Wall-E for Best Animated Feature, Best Original Screenplay for Wall-E and a host of technical nominations (as usual).