
Adult Swim is nothing if not direct.If you needed anything spelt out, Toonami will be officially returning in just ten days, bringing Adult Swim air time up into its own unique corner of the cosmos on the night of Saturday, May 26nd. Seeing as how Toonami’s been away since ’08, ...

You’ve got to wonder how scary a show can actually get when it’s rendered in such a cute style. I imagine ANOTHER might be a demonstration in how effective music, sound effects, framing and context - - basically everything except the visuals - - can be at instilling terror in ...

None of the details here are especially shocking, perhaps...Undoubtedly coinciding with THE WOMAN CALLED FUJIKO MINE, a new set of life-sized statues are being offered up in the likeness of Lupin III, Jigen and, of course, the titular Ms. Mine. The lady will be 5’6 tall, while the dudes will ...

Here’s some POKEMON news that, for once, doesn’t involve Republican presidential candidates. ANN relayed a few details about which characters will be appearing in the forthcoming Second Season of BLACK & WHITE.You’re looking at few Pokemon and trainers like…CynthiaDawnPiplupGiovanniA mysterious, unnamed new rival for AshMeloettaHere are some visual aides for ...

Well, this show sucker-punched me pretty soundly. In a good way, of course. A good way.Certainly, this might be a case of apples and oranges, but whenever I do my ...

The Otaku King takes on another Toonami standard this week with “Leyline Rhymes” - - an ode to OUTLAW STAR. To be truthful, the Outlaw Star left orbit before I ...

Even taking the re-visitation of jazz into account, this show is still a really unexpected offering from COWBOY BEBOP alums. I just wasn't seeing anything in that show that screamed, ...

Slot another point or two on that chart comparing and contrasting how things are done in Japan and in the States - - the one you know everybody here has ...

FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST: BROTHERHOOD OVA COLLECTION isn’t all too attractive as a title. It’s plainly descriptive in the same way that stickers labeling the inventory boxes in Square Enix’s official tape ...

I still stand by my assertion that TIGER & BUNNY has serious potential to be a real crossover hit once it gets properly dubbed. When Anime Expo runs in a ...

Ah, yes… I do smell a back-to-basics, closer-to-the-source approach, I do, I do.I haven’t ever even gotten to read the original LUPIN III manga and I can sense - - ...

Maybe I was just in too sour a mood to fully appreciate the simple appeal of SHIKI, but I was so very close to invoking Wolpaw’s Law while watching this. ...

OK. Before any else… I want to say that there is no way that the clip below doesn’t contain any CG whatsoever. Go on and watch it and come back ...

I want you all to know that I’m trying real hard - - fighting real hard, in fact - - to not refer to this as HEAVEN’S LOST TITTIES because, ...

Another week and a filling wiki database is a good enough reason for yet another Anime Vice Community Spotlight. Tom was able to share with us a lot of new ...

The blurb we ran last week about the professional baseball debut of THE RING’s vengeful spirit, Sadako, might as well have just been the seal atop the proverbial well that ...

What wonderful timing! I finally get around to checking out EUREKA SEVEN for myself… and it turns out it was just in time for the sequel series.As they did with ...

For as much hot air gets blown around about the differences in Japanese and Western culture - - with academics trying to present the contrast in high-minded terms - - ...

When people look back on the 2012 election someday, I imagine there’s going to be an eyebrow raised (only slightly, though, let’s be real) over how POKEMON music somehow wound ...

Trust a man for his word - - no matter what seemingly-insurmountable hurdles lay in sight.Despite the apparent irreconcilability of his statement that BATTLE ANGEL ALITA would have to be ...

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Hello Anime Vice readers, I am back from my week long vacation and ready to rock. Last chapter of One Piece we were told the truth about the children and ...