Space Battleship Yamato 2 — Final Thoughts Uchuu Senkan Yamato 2/宇宙戦艦ヤマト2 Having enjoyed Space Battleship Yamato well enough, I looked forward to seeing its sequel, Space Battleship Yamato 2. I liked the idea of “space marines” (“space cavaliers” actually) being added to the mix and for there to be other ships other than Yamato. Unfortunately,
Hand Maid May Blu-ray Review
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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
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Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest Chapter 130 Manga Review (Duke! #FairyTail #FairyTail100YearsQuest)
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Space Battleship Yamato 2 — Final Thoughts
February 27th, 2009 
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Back To The Vaults: Planetes
February 27th, 2009 AstroNerdBoy プラネテス ΠΛΑΝΗΤΕΣ Planetes ***SPOILERS*** Recently, I read some articles about two satellites crashing in space and the debris they create (here, here, and here). That reminded me of the anime Planetes, which features Earth of 2075 where the main characters are members of the Debris Section of a large company, charged with collecting all of
xxxHOLiC Manga Chapter 173
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Urusei Yatsura 106
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White Album 08 (or How Much Punishment Can a Girl In Love Take?)
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Urusei Yatsura 105 (What? A Good Episode?)
February 25th, 2009 AstroNerdBoy うる星やつら episode 105 (TV anime) Urusei Yatsura 105 SPOILER Summary/Synopsis: After Lum electrocutes Ataru for asking so many girls to do different things, she decides to spend the night on her UFO. She sees a warning indicator when she arrives, but it goes green and she’s not to worried. However, it ends up being bad
Slayers Evolution-R 06
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Save Me! Lollipop (FUNimation DVD Review)
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