Minami-ke’s Chiaki vs. Toradora’s Taiga When I first became aware of Toradora!, I noticed that the lead female character (Taiga) had a character design similar to Chiaki’s from Minami-ke, especially with the hair style. So the other day when I saw an image of the two of them together, I laughed and had to share
Hand Maid May Blu-ray Review
Hand Maid May Blu-ray Review In my earliest days of anime fandom, I came across an eleven episode series called Hand Maid May. Despite its ecchi nature, it had such a level of charm to it that I bought the DVDs as soon as I could afford them. I didn’t plan to get the Blu-ray
D-Frag! Volume 18 Manga Review
D-Frag! Volume 18 ディーふらぐ! D-Fragments 18 –> Purchase D-Frag! Volume 18 from Amazon.com! Wow. It has been a year since I reviewed the previous volume of D-Frag! Time to get back into it. NOTICE!!! In the interest of full disclosure, I should mention that I am the adapter for the official English translation of the
Lupin the 3rd: Part II 18 (Pink Panther Parody #LupinIII)
Lupin the 3rd: Part II 18 Lupin III Part 2 18 ルパン三世 – 新シリーズ Ep. 18 Lupin Sansei Shin Series Lupin III New Series SPOILER Summary/Synopsis Lupin steals The Black Panther emerald from an art gallery, which has an image of a black panther in it when lit a certain way. Lupin puts it in
Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest Chapter 130 Manga Review (Duke! #FairyTail #FairyTail100YearsQuest)
Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest Chapter 130 Manga Review フェアリーテイル 100年クエスト SPOILER Summary/Synopsis: Athena claims to use alchemy to cause Natsu, Lucy, Sting, and Happy to cry. Lucy claims this is a lie, considering alchemy is mixing components to create something. Natsu boils away the tears from his eyes. Athena is surprised when Natsu tells
More Negima! 244 SPOILER Images
March 7th, 2009 
AstroNerdBoy More Negima! 244 SPOILER Images 魔法先生 ネギま！Chapter 244 (Images) Here’s the 2nd round of spoiler images from Japan, y’all (click pic to make bigger, y’all). Looks like desperation time for Negi with Jack making sport of Negi. First spoiler images can be found –> HERE! Third spoiler images can be found –> HERE!
Minami-ke Okaeri 09
March 7th, 2009 AstroNerdBoy Minami-ke Okaeri 09 みなみけ おかえり Episode 09 SPOILER Summary/Synopsis: Its nearly time for Christmas and Kana grabs some mandarin oranges from a case of them in the Minami residence for consumption. Eying the oranges on the table, Touma and Chiaki go for them at the same time. The next day at school, Uchida reports to
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Got $220,000 Laying Around? A Collector Has Anime Figures, Macross, Gundam, and Transformer Stuff to Sell You.
March 6th, 2009 AstroNerdBoy Got $220,000 Laying Around? A Collector Has Anime Figures, Macross, Gundam, and Transformer Stuff to Sell You. I was astonished when an eBay auction came to my attention. Nightslayer442 is selling what has to be the most impressive collection of anime figures, Gundam models (both made and still in the box), Macross models (both made
Negima! Chapter 244 SPOILER Images
March 6th, 2009 AstroNerdBoy Negima! Chapter 244 SPOILER Images Negima! 244 SPOILER Images 魔法先生 ネギま！Chapter 244 (Images) Here’s what I know many of you have been waiting for — the original-sized, sneak-peek images for Mahou Sensei Negima! 244 as brought to you buy anonymous Japanese fans (click pic to make bigger, y’all). This is an early snapshot and hopefully
Slayers Evolution-R 07
March 6th, 2009 AstroNerdBoy Slayers Evolution-R 07 スレイヤーズ EVOLUTION－R Episode 07 SPOILER Summary/Synopsis: It’s morning at Radok’s mansion and after getting up, Lina and company discuss current events including the relationship between Ozel, Zuuma, and Radok (which causes Gourry to short circuit). After breakfast, Lina, Gourry, and Pokota observe the ever suspicious Abel talking with Ozel as she hangs
xxxHOLiC Manga Chapter 174
March 5th, 2009 AstroNerdBoy xxxHOLiC Manga Chapter 174 SPOILER Summary/Synopsis: Watanuki sees Yuuko-san dissolve away and vanish and when he awakens, he has a butterfly in his hands which too dissolves away. On the way to school, Watanuki tells Doumeki that he cannot find Yuuko-san anywhere. While he concedes that there are possibly hidden rooms within Yuuko-san’s store-residence, the
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White Album 09 (or More Babes Than I Can Shake A Stick At)
March 5th, 2009 AstroNerdBoy White Album 09 ホワイトアルバム Episode 09 SPOILER Summary/Synopsis: The school festival is nigh and Misaki has the costumes all prepared. However, Tamaru rejects the costumes as too colorful, telling Misaki that even though he approved the designs, he didn’t think she’d be childish enough to create such loud costumes. So with Touya and his father’s
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