夏のあらし！春夏冬中 Review Summer Storm! Open for Business Natsu no Arashi! Akinai-chuu – Final Thoughts SHAFT is always hit-or-miss when it comes to comedy anime titles. When they get a hit, they can knock the ball out of the ballpark. When they miss, it can be so bad sometimes as to have the bat fly out
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xxxHOLiC Shunmuki/Tsubasa Shunraiki OADs — Final Thoughts
August 7th, 2009 
AstroNerdBoy When CLAMP kicked off xxxHOLiC and Tsubasa -RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE-, it was always with the idea of the two series crossing over, to say nothing of CLAMP bringing back a whole host of characters from their other different series. While the two TV anime series were divorced from each other, the mangas continued to link more
Fate/stay night — Final Thoughts
July 16th, 2009 AstroNerdBoy フェイト／ステイナイト Fate/stay night – Final Thoughts Review I was first introduced to Fate/stay night through my regular search for interesting anime images, which leads me all over the place. I saw some cool picture of Sabe, the blonde babe in the blue outfit and armor, with her sword on the attack and it really caught
Natsu no Arashi — Final Thoughts
July 15th, 2009 AstroNerdBoy 夏のあらし！/Natsu no Arashi Review Summer Storm Natsu no Arashi is the latest anime adaptation from manga-ka KOBAYASHI Jin, creator of the popular School Rumble series. Since the anime is produced by SHAFT, we have a classic example of how SHAFT can make things outrageously funny at times and mind numbingly idiotic at others. The story
The Manga Guide to Physics
June 29th, 2009 AstroNerdBoy The Manga Guide to Physics –> PURCHASE FROM Amazon.com For this newest entry into the “Manga Guide” series, the story centers around Megumi, who is good at athletics but not good at physics. Her rival, Sayaka, has challenged Megumi to a tennis match and has thrown Megumi for a loop by relating physics to the
Shōgun — Why You Should Watch This 1980 Mini-series
May 26th, 2009 AstroNerdBoy Shōgun — Why You Should Watch This 1980 Mini-series –> Purchase the Blu-ray or DVD from Amazon.com Shogun Mini-series Review (DVD) I was 10-years old when this mini-series was released in the U.S. As such, I would not have been allowed to watch this back then. Naturally, now that I’m into things Japanese, I had
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Slayers Evolution-R — Final Thoughts (SPOILERS)
April 27th, 2009 AstroNerdBoy Slayers Evolution-R — Final Thoughts (SPOILERS) While taking the 2nd-half of Slayers Revolution and turning it into a separate series may have been a marketing ploy on the part of the Japanese, I decided that I didn’t mind this if the writers continued to attempt to shift the anime in line with how the novels
Mahou Sensei Negima! ~ Shiroki Tsubasa~ ALA ALBA — Final Thoughts
April 26th, 2009 AstroNerdBoy Mahou Sensei Negima! ~ Shiroki Tsubasa~ ALA ALBA I love the Negima! manga. Akamatsu-sensei has crafted a well-written story with interesting characters and fun to boot. So when an anime adaptation was announced, I was happy. However, the Negima! adaptation ended up falling well short of the mark for a whole slew of reasons. Then
