| 5:07pm | Anime DVD and Manga Releases for June 9 - 15 | | | | Anime DVDsJune 9, 2009 Aquarion - Box Set King of Bandit Jing in Seventh Heaven Law of Ueki - Box SetMangaJune 9, 2009 Ballad of a Shinigami - Volume 1 Black Lagoon - Volume 6 Boys Over Flowers - Volume 26 Detroit Metal City - Volume 1 Excel Saga - Volume 19 Future Diary - Volume 2 Gimmick! - Volume... |
| 3:55pm | Cardcaptor Sakura - Episode 09 | | | | It’s Cardcaptor Sakura episode 9, and Sakura has to deal with one of her friends getting taken control of by a rather dangerous Clow Card. Sakura is still feeling down from Shaoran crapping on her the night before, and he rebufs Sakura’s attempt to thank him for giving her advice from the... |
| 8:23pm | Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom - Episode 10 | | | | It’s Phantom episode 10, and Reiji is sent with a team of Inferno members to hunt down Scythe Master. However, Ellen’s loyalty to Scythe Master and the Inferno member’s distrust of Reiji throw the mission into jeopardy. We learn that Scythe Master’s real name is Dr. Giuseppe,... |
| 3:40pm | Cardcaptor Sakura - Episode 08 | | | | It’s Cardcaptor Sakura episode 8, and a mysterious boy from Hong Kong shows up, demanding that Sakura give him all her Clow Cards. Sakura has a repeat of the dream she had before discovering the Clow Cards, but this time it includes a boy she doesn’t wearing Chinese clothes - seemingly... |
| 10:35pm | Anime Credits - Eden of the East OP | | | | A couple months ago I posted what I figured would be as close to shoe-in for the #1 ED of the year (the Munto TV ED). Now I’ll post what I think is probably currently in the #1 spot for the top OP of the year for 2009. |
| 4:30pm | Cardcaptor Sakura - Episode 07 | | | | It’s Cardcaptor Sakura episode 7, and it’s time for Sakura to have her own night at the museum. Sakura takes a class trip to a local museum for her art class and she and Tomoyo stake out a place to sit and draw. Once Sakura is done drawing, Chiharu waves to her to join them on in the courtyard.... |
| 4:36pm | Cardcaptor Sakura - Episode 06 | | | | It’s Cardcaptor Sakura episode 6, and there are rumors of a ghost hanging out in the woods behind the school. However, Sakura is shocked to learn that the ghost might be of her own mother. Naoko tells Sakura and Chiharu about a story of her following a glowing ball into the woods which turned... |
| 3:40pm | Anime DVD and Manga Releases for June 2 - 8 | | | | Anime DVDs and Blu-RaysJune 2, 2009 Detective Loki - Box Set Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children (Blu-Ray)MangaJune 2, 2009 Baby & Me - Volume 14 Bleach - Volume 27 Dragon Drive - Volume 14 Eyeshield 21 - Volume 26 Happy Happy Clover - Volume 2 Honey and Clover - Volume 6 Hoshin Engi - Volume 13... | | |
| 4:05pm | Cardcaptor Sakura - Episode 05 | | | | It’s Cardcaptor Sakura episode 5, and a new shop is opening in town. However, mysterious things start happening right away regarding some of the shop’s items. Sakura and her friends check out a store, Twin Bells, that has just opened in Tomoeda. While there, a stuffed panda randomly bounces... |
| 3:58pm | Cardcaptor Sakura - Episode 04 | | | | It’s Cardcaptor Sakura episode 4, and Sakura discovers that a couple of Clow Cards never even made it out of her own house. Sakura is stoked to spend the day with Tomoyo, only to be reminded by Toya that it’s her day to do the chores around the house. While cleaning, she discovers the... |
| 6:56pm | Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom - Episode 09 | | | | It’s Phantom episode 9 and Reiji and Ein are on the run, but Inferno isn’t far behind. Ein finally wakes up in the car, but demands that Reiji let her out so that she may rejoin Scythe Master. Reiji tries to tell her that Scythe Master betrayed Inferno and abandoned her, but she still... |
| 8:00pm | This is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things | | | | Two issues tangently (or not so tangently) related to anime and manga have suddenly popped up their ugly heads and are causing quite a debate, both within and outside of the anime community this week: the conviction of a US comic book collector for having “Japanese manga books depicting illustrations... |
| 3:32pm | Anime Credits - K-ON ED | | | | I thought I’d get this section restarted with a pretty good one from the Spring season |
| 3:46pm | Cardcaptor Sakura - Episode 03 | | | | It’s Cardcaptor Sakura episode 3, and Sakura is suddenly faced with the second of the four elemental cards - a card for which she’ll need more than just the cards she’s collected to capture. Sakura takes a class trip to the aquarium, which includes them viewing the penguin exhibit.... |
| 4:08pm | Cardcaptor Sakura - Episode 02 | | | | It’s Cardcaptor Sakura episode 2, and Sakura isn’t able to keep her secret for very long from a certain someone - a fact which is doomed fated to affect her for the rest of the series And sorry for passing on this for so long, this was the first thing cut when I had hell month and it’s... |
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