Back to the Vaults — Lupin III: Castle of Cagliostro ルパン三世 カリオストロの城 Rupan Sansei: Cagliostro no Shiro SPOILER Summary/Synopsis: Lupin and Jigen pull off a heist at a large casino and get away clean when Lupin discovers that the money is all counterfeit. Dumping the money on the highway, Lupin decides they should head for the
Vacation’s All I Ever Wanted!
Vacation’s All I Ever Wanted! Hey gang! While I managed to get a long weekend off a couple of weeks ago, I’m finally getting some time away from work! And today, my plans are to goof off to the max! Of course as I write this (on Thursday), I’m on the bridge call from hell
Lupin the 3rd: Part II 16 (Jekyll and Hyde #LupinIII)
Lupin the 3rd: Part II 16 Lupin III Part 2 16 ルパン三世 – 新シリーズ Ep. 16 Lupin Sansei Shin Series Lupin III New Series SPOILER Summary/Synopsis Lupin, Goemon, and Jigen are in France, where Lupin announces he will steal the Star of Versailles jewel early in the morning. The owner gets worried, but Zenigata assures
What’s a Manga Everyone Should Read?
What’s a Manga Everyone Should Read? A long time ago, I got asked “What’s a manga that everyone should read?” I’d long planned to make it a one-time post, but never got around to it. However, there’s one obvious choice — Yotsuba&! –> Buy Yotsuba&! from Amazon.com! The Story, in Brief A man named KOIWAI
Serial Experiments Lain Review (Community Anime Reviews Rescue)
Serial Experiments Lain Review シリアルエクスペリメンツレイン Since the Community Anime Reviews site frequently goes down for long periods of time, I’m republishing some of my OG reviews from there. I have corrected obvious spelling errors though. I will add new notes in parenthesis, labeled “ANB note.” 😅 I won’t count these as part of the “Back
Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest Chapter 127 Manga Review (Sabertooth #FairyTail #FairyTail100YearsQuest)
Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest Chapter 127 Manga Review フェアリーテイル 100年クエスト SPOILER Summary/Synopsis: The members of Gagarock miners’ guild challenge Natsu. They attack, but Natsu doesn’t respond since he doesn’t want to anger Lucy. However, Natsu sneezes, causing a massive explosion, defeating the miners. Elsewhere, Erza and Jellal discover that they can use magic within
Back to the Vaults — Lupin III: Castle of Cagliostro
October 25th, 2009 
AstroNerdBoy 
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Tags: Back to the Vaults, Classic, Lupin III, Lupin III Castle of Cagliostro, What I'm Watching 
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LEGO Pop-up Kinkaku-ji レゴで飛び出る金閣寺(鹿苑寺)
October 25th, 2009 AstroNerdBoy Here’s a video displaying a Japanese person’s amazing work to create a “pop-up” book of the Temple of the Golden Pavilion (Kinkaku-ji) in Kyoto, created out of Lego’s. The diorama aspects are amazing enough but add to this that this “book” has a cover as well with an image out of the same Lego blocks
Astro Boy (2009) — Another Anime/Manga Adaptation Failure?
October 24th, 2009 AstroNerdBoy It seems that when it comes to manga and anime getting adapted by Hollywood, the powers that be first assume that since anime and manga are cool in the U.S., that will mean an automatic cool factor for the big screen. Then, they turn right around and do all sorts of stupidity which ends up
Negima! Chapter 268 SPOILER Images
October 24th, 2009 AstroNerdBoy Negima! 268 SPOILER Images 魔法先生 ネギま！Chapter 268 (Images) Here’s what I know many of you have been waiting for — the original-sized, sneak-peek images for Mahou Sensei Negima! Chapter 268 SPOILER Images as brought to you buy anonymous Japanese fans (click pic to make bigger, y’all). If what I see is to be believed, it
Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood – 28
October 23rd, 2009 AstroNerdBoy Hagane no Renkinjutsushi – Fullmetal Alchemist Ep. 28 鋼の錬金術師 FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST Episode 28 review Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood – 28 SPOILER Summary/Synopsis: Gluttony takes Al and Xiao Mei to their lair where Father resides. About that time, Gluttony goes into agony and soon the beast form of Envy as well as Ed and Ling emerge. After
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Natsu no Arashi! Akinai-chuu – 03
October 22nd, 2009 AstroNerdBoy 夏のあらし！春夏冬中 Episode 03 Review Summer Storm! Open for Business Ep. 03 Natsu no Arashi! Akinai-chuu – 03 SPOILER Summary/Synopsis: Murata is on a stakeout and orders a ham and cheese sandwich from The Ark. Yayoi and Kanako misunderstand and Yayoi delivers a Rubik’s Cube instead. Murata is annoyed as he returns to The Ark, stating
Natsu no Arashi! Akinai-chuu – 02
October 21st, 2009 AstroNerdBoy 夏のあらし！春夏冬中 Episode 02 Review Summer Storm! Open for Business Ep. 02 Natsu no Arashi! Akinai-chuu – 02 SPOILER Summary/Synopsis: Arriving at the onsen and inn, the others bathe while Jun tries to fend of Hajime’s aggressive attempts to get her into the onsen with him. Wanting to keep the secret that she’s a girl from
Inuyasha: Final Act – 02
October 20th, 2009 AstroNerdBoy Inuyasha Kanketsu-hen Ep. 02 犬夜叉 完結編 Episode 02 Review Inuyasha: Final Act – 02 SPOILER Summary/Synopsis: Sango and Kohaku pay a visit to their old village while the rest of Inuyasha’s group explores Midoriko’s Cave. That night, Inuyasha finds Kikyou nearby after Midoriko’s soul is taken by one of her Shikigami. Kikyou uses the soul
