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After the Cel Shading – One Punch Man – Trim Engaging Spectacle [REVIEW]

Imagine if you will that you’re the strongest person in the world. You got there by rigorous training regimens that pushed you to your limits. The raw power of your attacks against the forces of evil put everybody into shock and awe, and you even have the magisterial JAM Project singing your opening theme before each big adventure. You should be somebody who’s living on Cloud 9…

…But then again you’re so bald as a result of the training and every enemy you fight can be ended with a well-placed fist. Worse, that really REALLY irks you. Even worse, nobody don’t give you no respect. C’est le One Punch Man, the latest anime adaptation of a popular manga that hits its stride without missing any beats before it stumbles at the finish line. Even so, it brings in enough to enjoy that one can briskly watch all twelve episodes and be endeared the way through. read more

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20th Century Boys Movie 3: Redemption Review

20th Century Boys Movie 3: Redemption (Starring: Toshiaki Karasawa, Etsushi Toyokawa, Airi Taira, Teruya Kagawa, Takako Tokiwa)

Synopsis (Spoiler Free):

In the Friend Era Year 3 (2017), a lethal virus has wiped out a large portion of the world’s population and Tokyo has been closed off from the rest of Japan with a wall around the city. Otcho (Tokoyawa) manages to climb over to search for Kanna (Taira). He finds that both Kanna and Yoshitsune (Kagawa) have groups rebelling against Friend, but Kanna’s is more hardcore. Friend, meanwhile, plans his final push to complete his goals, which might mean the end of humanity itself. However, Kanna’s long-lost uncle Kenji (Karasawa) reappears, determined to set things right again., read more

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Mom blames manga, library, for putting her son into “home for extensive therapy”

Looks like ignorant, irresponsible, parents are at it again…

A Japanese serial graphic novel genre popular with young teens has raised the ire of a Crestview mother whose teenage son got hold of an adult version of the genre from the Crestview Public Library. “Manga” depicts highly stylized adventure and, occasionally, violence in fantasy settings.

Margaret Barbaree, founder of a citizens’ group called Protect Our Children, presented examples from a manga book to the Crestview City Council Monday evening that she described as “graphic” and “shocking,” taken from material she said is “available to children” at the Crestview Public Library.


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“My son lost his mind when he found this,” Barbaree said of the manga book from which her examples were taken. She said her son had removed the book unsupervised from the library’s general stacks last summer and put it in his backpack. “Now he’s in a home for extensive therapy.” Earlier this year, Barbaree had circulated a petition bearing 226 signatures of citizens protesting the availability of manga, which she mistakenly referred to as “anime,” which is actually Japanese animation. However library said some patrons complained they were misled when they signed the petition. “They told us she (Barbaree) approached them at the Christmas parade and asked them to sign a petition protesting pornography in the library,” said Resource Librarian Sandra Dreaden. Barbaree said Library Director Jean Lewis explained to her that there is a demand for manga, and that the library strives to meet the needs of its patrons. Council President Charles Baugh Jr. assured Barbaree that “We have safeguards in place to protect our children and we have committees that review library purchases so they meet the standards of the [American] Library Association.” The books that concerned Barbaree “are in the library for those who wish to partake of them and they are in a section of the library” for adult patrons, said Baugh, who visited the library himself the day after the council meeting and said he found the manga available in the young adult section perfectly innocuous. “We follow up with our citizens’ concerns,” Baugh said after meeting with library staff and viewing the young adult manga. Baugh also confirmed that the book Barbaree’s son had accessed was in the general stacks well away from the children’s and young adult books. “Our library is well managed and well staffed,” Baugh told Barbaree while assuring her, “I am a family man and I understand what you are saying.” Lewis said the manga available in the young adult section of the library is oriented toward young teen readers and does not contain the adult themes of the book Barbaree’s son took. That book had been in the general stacks, on a top shelf in a section with other graphic novels and comic books not geared toward young readers. “We have policies and procedures in place to prevent underage children from accessing those materials,” Baugh said. [Crestview News Bulletin]


Nothing makes me want to stab an innocent bunny like outcry from a group called Protect Our Children. Do us all a favor and actually raise your own children and leave everyone else alone. You’re responsible for the development of your child and his understanding of the world around him. If some lousy manga is going to push him over the edge it’s safe to say you’ve failed at your job of being a parent. Imagine what would’ve happened had he read American Psycho or bothered to read up on human history. As for the manga he was reading? Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources reported that Barbaree mentioned the comics, "The Naked Suicide Girl," and, "Psychic Academy." Psychic Academy is mundane. Skimming through the first volume, there’s some definite fan service, but no real violence or nudity. At it’s worst, near the end, the main character trips into his love interest, only to accidentally cop a feel. Terrible, just terrible. Every measure should be taken to prevent young boys from encountering any knowledge of sexuality. read more

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Fullmetal Alchemist Chapter 108 (END) (SPOILERS)

My thoughts on Fullmetal Alchemist chapter 108 (THE END):

One hundred and eight chapters of Hiromu Arakawa’s fantasy-action-drama. Nine years of it. Granted, I haven’t been following it for nine years (more like six), but I feel like I’ve invested quite a bit of time reading, discussing, debating, arguing, ranting, raving, theorizing, fankwanking, reviewing, and spriting the characters, storylines, and mysteries of this epic tale of two brothers looking to get back what they lost in a terrible mistake, guided by the principal they had so tragically ignored. read more

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Predictions for FMA Chapter 108 (THE END)


So, over time, I’ve made a lot of predictions about what’s going to happen next in the manga of Fullmetal Alchemist (though I haven’t shared many here). Sometimes I’ve been right (though mostly only "sorta" right, like Hohenheim’s spreading parts of his Philosopher’s Stone and sometimes I’ve been wrong (I thought Marcoh would be a sacrifice and Greed would finish Wrath off). I wanted to take the last opportunity to predict what will happen in the finale. read more

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