
Ghibli’s latest joint, THE SECRET WORLD OF ARRIETTY, is coming stateside soon. In anticipation of that, I figured it’d be fun to catch up on as many titles from the studio as I can, since I know my exposure’s woefully incomplete (to count, I’ve only watched PRINCESS MONONOKE, CASTLE OF ...

Greetings yet again, Anime Vice Community. Hope everyone had a great January. I finally made my back order of manga using some of my Christmas money. Pretty soon, I'm gonna need a new bookshelf to hold them all. Though we didn't have many wiki submissions last week, we have plenty ...

More randomness spreads as this two segment episode focuses on two of my favorite supporting characters of Sket Dance. Want to learn how to publish your own manga? Want to learn how to act? Everything you need to know is in episode.Episode 42: Suddenly, Momoka's Road to Being a Stage ...

Welcome to Winter Watch, a look at the latest anime season. The odd siblings are back, only this time we focus on Atsushi's school day.Episode 4: Atsushi and Grade SchoolSummary: The new teacher, Nukimura is uncomfortable with Atushi's… size. But it’s not just Nukimura, the local P.T. doesn’t understand him.Air ...

Welcome to Winter Watch, a series of articles taking a look at some of the shows in the winter anime season. This week in Bodacious Space Pirates of motley cast ...

For the record, this new intro isn’t that inspiring compared to the previous ones. On one level, it’s good and audacious to have it just be this simple, symbolic scene ...

Welcome to Winter Watch, a look at the latest anime season. From the Onegai Teacher! franchise the story of Kaito and Ichikacontinues.Episode 3: Senpai Says...Summary: Kaito keeps imagining bad things ...

Are you tired of the same old turn-based battle system in Pokémon games? Do you want something a little faster? A little more frantic? How about something a little more ...

I have this enduring wish that one day I’ll open up my mailbox and find a letter with an ominous wax seal inviting me to compete in a death tournament ...

Well, we’ve reached the point where a regular series would wrap up. Considering how minimalistic this show’s been about addressing the sort of expectations usually put on a mecha show, ...

The Straw Hats have officially entered into the New World! We’ve only seen one page of this sea so far, and it is already crazier than the first half of ...

Check out the review of the first live-action GANTZ movie here.The problem with being mysterious is that, sooner or later, you have to offer up some explanations. People will only ...

The Quick Picks are back!This week we have a beautiful selection of shounen and magic. Want to know what trouble Negi and his friends are getting into lately? Then you're ...

I’m always impressed by how shonen fighters can be so self-aware that they can calculate exactly how much of their strength they’re using at any given time. I can understand ...

Saturday afternoons at the library just hardly ever involve ninjas, pirates, reapers and yellow bears walking around in the flesh (or the felt, as it were,) but one room in ...

Welcome to Weekly Ponies, where Daniel Newton takes a look at My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, the charming kid's show that's taken the internet by storm and somehow amassed ...

Welcome to Winter Watch, a look at the latest anime season. Among the many shows being broadcast, Nisemonogatari is perhaps the most anticipated one as it is a direct sequel ...

Welcome to Winter Watch, a look at the latest anime season. Among the many shows being broadcast this season, Another finds itself as the sole horror series in the slate.Episode ...

One-time Republican contender Herman Cain’s affection for the inspirational theme songs of children’s fantasy films apparently runs deeper than anybody would’ve suspected. You’ll recall that he admitted later last year ...

The mecha gets a little meditative in this one. This episode felt like the sort of reflective interlude that would’ve likely been excised if this story was a novel getting ...

“My body’s sensing something. There’s something big in this room!”A line uttered by Yusuke in this episode. that further proves how much fun the dub team is having with this ...

See, here’s another example of behavior girls can get away with that would otherwise get boys branded as creepers, perverts, weirdos, etc., by society. Eureka’s longing for Renton so bad ...