フェイト／ステイナイト Ep 09 Fate/stay night episode 09 SPOILER Summary/Synopsis: Saber faces her opponent, the Servant “Assassin” who was known as SASAKU Kojirou. Saber feels duty bound to give her real name as well, but Assassin is not interested. They exchange blows and while Assassin is able to counter Saber, he is not able to land
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Lupin the 3rd: Part II 16 (Jekyll and Hyde #LupinIII)
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What’s a Manga Everyone Should Read?
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Serial Experiments Lain Review (Community Anime Reviews Rescue)
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Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest Chapter 127 Manga Review (Sabertooth #FairyTail #FairyTail100YearsQuest)
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Natsu no Arashi! – 06
May 15th, 2009 
AstroNerdBoy 夏のあらし！ Episode 06 (Summer Storm) Natsu no Arashi! – 06 SPOILER Summary/Synopsis: Jun talks with Kaja about the time period they are from, showing her the research she’s done on the subject. Jun tells Kaja that she won’t help Kaja by forming a connection with her. Kaja, thinking Jun is a boy, assures Jun that
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Tags: KOBAYASHI Jin, Natsu no Arashi, Natsu no Arashi franchise, What I'm Watching 
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Another Live-Action Anime Title — Bubblegum Crisis
May 14th, 2009 AstroNerdBoy Another Live-Action Anime Title — Bubblegum Crisis The stream of live-action adaptations of anime titles continues, this time the old-school Bubblegum Crisis is on the table (Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040 being the reboot, but I don’t think it is being considered). I knew of Bubblegum Crisis when I was in Japan and I’m sure saw
Fate/stay night – 08
May 14th, 2009 AstroNerdBoy フェイト／ステイナイト Ep 08 Fate/stay night episode 08 SPOILER Summary/Synopsis: Shinji (with Rider behind him) and Shirou talk about the Holy Grail War. Shinji denies being the one causing all of the unconscious people. He explains that the force field at the school is designed to protect him since he has no interest in fighting. He
Negima! Manga Vol 28 Ch 250 Review (Houston , we have a story problem.)
May 14th, 2009 AstroNerdBoy 魔法先生 ネギま！Volume 28 Chapter 250 (manga) Mahou Sensei Negima! Manga Chapter 250 Negima! Manga Vol 28 Ch 250 Review Summary/Synopsis: Negi and Kotaro return to their normal size and are greeted by Nodoka, Konoka, and Shiori-Asuna whereby Konoka gives some lovin’ to Negi. Then Akira, Yuuna, Ako, and Makie arrive and after seeing how Ako
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Pai Check! (Vandread Image)
May 13th, 2009 AstroNerdBoy Pai Check! (Vandread Image) I just recently finished rewatching Vandread 2nd Stage and am getting ready to write a “Back to the Vaults” article on it. As I was cruising my images though, I noticed one I’d saved of Pai, the young medic who went around with the frog puppet and took notes and pictures
Fate/stay night – 07
May 13th, 2009 AstroNerdBoy フェイト／ステイナイト Ep 07 Fate/stay night episode 07 SPOILER Summary/Synopsis: Saber confronts Shirou about his confrontation with Rider and the fact that he did not summon her. She also does not like it that he has partnered up with an enemy – Rin. He tries to play down her concerns and Saber does agree that a
Urusei Yatsura 114
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