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The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya – Episode 17 Review

Episode 17, "Endless Eight (Part 2)"


*****SPOILERS*****

Synopsis: Two weeks before the end of summer break, Haruhi calls together the SOS Brigade to cram in as many activities as they can before school starts again. These events include going to the public pool, attending a festival, shooting off fireworks, cicada catching, working part time, and stargazing. However, he experiences strong deja vu. Called at night to meet with Mikuru, Itsuki, and Yuki, it’s revealed that the world is in a time loop, and they’ve experienced the same two weeks 15,479 times, all observed by Yuki. The reason is apparently Haruhi’s lingering dissatisfaction with how summer ended. Despite Kyon wracking his mind, he can’t come up with a way to stop it from reoccuring.

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Dragon Ball Z Kai- Episode 12 Review

Episode 12, "The Tears Piccolo Shed… Son Goku’s Furious Counterattack!!"

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Synopsis: Piccolo jumps in front of Nappa’s attack, and takes a lot of damage in place of Gohan. As he lie dying, he tells Gohan how much he appreciated the time with him. Piccolo passes, as does Kami. Enraged, Gohan attacks Nappa, who simply defects it. Before Nappa can stop Gohan, he’s whisked away by Kintoun. Vegeta notices something then: Goku has arrived! Goku gives half a senzu to Kuririn and his son, then prepares to fight Nappa himself. Nappa is confident, but Goku proves to be extremely fast, harming Nappa more than he expected to be. Irritated, Vegeta tells Nappa to quit the fight- he’ll take care of Kakkarot read more

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Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood – Episode 12 Review

Episode 11, "All Is One, One Is All"


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Synopsis: Edward and Alphonse arrive in Dublith, to the home of their alchemy teacher, Izumi Curtis, and her husband Sig. Izumi is angry at Edward for becoming "a dog of the state", but welcomes them anyway. Izumi casually mentions meeting the brothers’ father, Hohenheim, which upsets Edward. Later that night, Edward recalls how he and his brother met Izumi when she came through Risembool and helped stop flooding with her alchemy. Ed and Al begged Izumi to train them and she left them on an island for a month with the condition of surviving without alchemy. On the island, they learned about the flow of life and recieved further training after the trial period. The next day, Ed asks Izumi about her ability to transmute without a circle, and Izumi confronts Ed and Al about their bodies. Izumi tells the brothers about her own failed attempt at human transmutation, and holds them to comfort their pain. read more

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Shin Mazinger Shougeki! Z-Hen – Episode 11 Review

Episode 11, "Pincer Attack! Operation: Mechanical Beast"

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Synopsis: Baron Ashura tries to prevent Kouji from docking the Pilder with Mazinger, but despite even having Boss and his lackies stowing away, Kouji manages to dock before Mazinger can be taken into the fortress Saluud. Kouji engages Ashura’s Mechanical Beast minions underwater, even managing to stop the fortress sub with Mazinger’s hands. Meanwhile, Tsubasa has one of the wrecked Gamia androids looked at by the scientists at Photon Power Labs, where they’ve already prepared a new module for docking with the Mazinger. Back on the surface, Kouji encounters more Mechanical Beasts, one of which has taking Sayaka hostage. Kouji has no choice but to surrender to Ashura and go into Saluud. read more

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Anime Voice Talent Highlight #1

Anime Voice Talent Highlight #1: Yoshiko Sakakibara

Yoshiko Sakakibara has been in some of the greatest female roles in anime. During the 1980s, she was a staple of anime, as ubiquitous as Megumi Hayashibara during the 1990s or Rie Kugimiya in the past decade. Playing largely powerful, strong-willed women, leaders and stateswomen, Sakakibara’s carefully measured tone and leveled pitch, even in histerics, make her an indispensible talent in the industry for over two decades.

Sakakibara’s earliest memorable role is the female villain of Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam and Mobile Suit Gundam Double Zeta, Haman Karn. Delivering power and believability to the role in every scene, never faltering, it’s no wonder that she garnered a reputation for strong performances in similar roles. read more

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The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya – Episode 16 Review

Episode 16, "Endless Eight (Part 1)"

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Synopsis: Two weeks before the end of summer break, Haruhi calls together the SOS Brigade to cram in as many activities as they can before school starts again. These events include going to the public pool, attending a festival, shooting off fireworks, cicada catching, working part time, and stargazing. Kyon, however, has still not completed his summer homework by the end of the two weeks, but decides not to bother. Exhausted, he goes to sleep early for school the next day. read more

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8 Reasons why the new Sirius XM iPhone app is rip

Some of you may have noticed that today Sirius XM, with some exuberance, released a streaming radio application for the iPhone. Apparently it’s such a huge event that both Sirius’ and XM’s web sites are plastered with the news. While I don’t have an iPhone I don’t need one to know how awful this application is.

1. You already have all of the music, and more

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