Review: Rozen Maiden (Season 1)

You know, I’m really getting a lot of new anime added to my favourites list lately. Guess what just got added? Release Date: 21/10/2009 Audio tracks: Dolby Digital 2.0: English, Dolby Digital 2.0: Japanese Languages: ENGLISH, JAPANESE Genre: Anime, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy Subtitles: ENGLISH subtitles Number of Discs: 2 Runtime: 300.0 mins When you were younger, did you always wish to some degree that one (or more) of your toys would spring to life and interact with you as a person? In Jun Sakurada’s case he gets this wish granted, but not in the way I imagine he would have hoped. Jun is a reclusive young teen when we first meet him. He refuses to go to school, and is rude to his sister Nori a lot. He also likes to buy things over the internet, but not your usual items. Things like voodoo dolls. One odd item that he

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Live Musicians score M.U.D TV soundtrack

The people at Kalypso Media (UK) and AFA Interactive have let us know about a new PC game in development called “M.U.D TV” which is due out in March 2010. In “M.U.D TV” (Mad, Ugly, Dirty Television) you play as a top TV Executive who has to nurture a troubled TV station in to a success story by raising the ratings and bringing in the advertising revenue. The game also needs music to set the mood – enter 4 musicians to compose and record a soundtrack. Musicians Johannes Semm, Boris Royko, Cornelius Ulrich and Michael Pätz composed the score as well as playing the instruments themselves and recording it in a studio. This resulted in a mixture of funk, chill out and soul music. A 5 minute medley of their efforts is available for download at www.kalypsomedia.com/downloads/mudtv-medley.zip. “M.U.D TV” is being developed by Kalypso Media’s own studio Realmforge. If you’d

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Leverage returning to TNT in 2010

I cannot even tell you how much I like this show.  I’m super excited to say that Leverage is coming back for it’s THIRD! season in January.  If you haven’t had a chance to watch Leverage, you’re missing out on one of the funniest and clever con shows, pretty much ever.  I’m a huge fan of crime comedies, and this show is just perfect.  You can watch pretty much all the episodes of Season 1 and 2 either on TNT in reruns or on the TNT website to get all caught up before the new season starts.  If you’ve been watching, but need a recap of last season, take a look at the video below.  Keep an eye out once the new season starts, the past two seasons, TNT has hosted a website crime game where you can try and be like one of the team, and the mini-games are

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Sex and the City 2 Trailer

Grab your girlfriends and a cosmo!  Just in time for the holiday is a Sex and the City Trailer teaser trailer for the upcoming Sex and the City II . I remember when the first movie came out, and a few of us at Gaming Angel.com where super excited. A few of us even planned movie dates with other girls.  Well, take a little peek of the trailer, and tell us what you think.

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Fresh from the Section 23 presses…

2 new releases are out this week thanks to Section 23′s clients Sentai Filmworks and Switchblade Pictures, with a new Anime and a new J-Horror film to add to your bulging collection. Sentai Filmworks have brought us a brand new Anime in the form of Special A Collection 1 (also known as “S.A,”), which has been on Japanese TV since April 2008. The release contains 12 episodes, and is rated PG. It is also in Japanese with English subtitles, and is expected to cost $39.98US. Here is a series synopsis: At age six, Hikari Hanazono was the best at everything, so when she challenged Kei Takishima to a wrestling match, she naturally assumed she would win. Unfortunately, she lost; he won; and the natural order was disrupted. Ever since, Hikari’s entire life has been structured around beating Kei at SOMETHING. Unfortunately, try as she might, Hikari always comes up just

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PlayOn(TM) brings entertainment to Wii, Xbox 360, and PS3

PlayOn is a service that brings high-quality and free movies, tv shows and video from the internet to your television. It can do that through networked Wii, Xbox 360 or Playstation 3. The software runs on a Windows PC system and can run across a wireless network. Today the system is being honored by Popular Science with the “Best of What’s New Award”. “For 22 years, Popular Science has honored the innovations that surprise and amaze us – those that make a positive impact on our world today and challenge our views of what’s possible in the future,” said Mark Jannot, Editor-in-Chief of Popular Science. “The Best of What’s New Award is the magazine’s top honor, and the 100 winners – chosen from among thousands of entrants – represent the highest level of achievement in their fields.” “PlayOn makes it simple and affordable to enjoy a virtually endless number of

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2nd Ben 10 Live-Action film coming to DVD

If you have not heard of Ben 10 by now, maybe it’s time to pay attention. Just about every kid I’ve seen that comes close to anything related to the series, whether it’s a DVD or a toy, has to have it despite their parents constant refusals. It is seriously bigger for them than Pokemon was for us. Anyway, it appears that Ben 10 has gotten a second live-action film titled “Ben 10: Alien Swarm”. It is directed by Alex Winters who most of us would know as Bill from the “Bill and Ted” movies. Way. The cast is different from the first live-action film and is lead by 4 young people (below), with Ryan Kelley in the role of Ben Tennyson. The story of the movie sees Ben break ranks of the Plumbers (the secret group he is in that battles alien forces) to assist Elena (a mysterious young

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Review: Buso Renkin (Collection 1)

Release Date: 20/05/2009 Languages: ENGLISH, JAPANESE Genre: Action/Adventure, Anime, Science Fiction Subtitles: ENGLISH subtitles Number of Discs: 2 Runtime: 325.0 mins Format: DVD, Region 2 & 4 (PAL) Aspect Ratio: 16:9 Widescreen Full Height Anamorphic Buy it from RightStuf Buy it from Amazon “Buso Renkin” is an anime based on the manga by Nobuhiro Watsuki (creator of “Rurouni Kenshin”). The story follows main character, Kazuki Muto. Kazuki is a high school student who lives in the school dorm with his friends Okakura, Rokuhasu and Daihama. His little sister Mahiro has just joined them for her first year, and is also staying in the dorms. Our story starts with Kazuki waking up from a nightmare – or so it seems. We soon find out that his nightmare was actually real. What happened is that Kazuki was in an abandoned warehouse in town. He notices a girl walking through the place, seemingly

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Solve some Christmas dilemmas thanks to Section23

Thinking of getting some Anime for a loved one (or yourself) for Christmas? November is set to be a busy month for the folks at Section23 thanks to their clients Sentai Filmworks and Switchblade Pictures, and if you have a habit of buying gifts around the last minute you should probably keep an eye out for some of the below mentioned titles! Sentai Filmworks are bringing out 5 new series that haven’t been released in North America yet: You’re Under Arrest Season 2 (pictured, out Nov 3rd), Special A (out Nov 10th), Blue Drop (out Nov 17th), Polyphonica (out Nov 17th), and Tears to Tiara (out Nov 24th). They are also bringing out the 2nd season of Little Snow Fairy Sugar (out Nov 17th). They are all expected to be priced at $39.98 US each. Switchblade Pictures are set to release 2 titles for Sci-Fi fans: the horror collection Ki-Gai

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Reading Rainbow to air final episode today

“Butterfly in the sky, I can go twice as high Take a look, it’s in a book – Reading Rainbow. I can go anywhere! Friends to know and ways to grow – Reading Rainbow.” I guess all good things do come to an end. I always thought I would one day watch Reading Rainbow with my child the way my mom watched it with me. I remember as a kid being addicted to Reading Rainbow. I also read a ton, dragging my mom to the library as I checked out 10 books at a time. That’s why it’s so disheartening to have to write that after 26 years, Reading Rainbow will air it’s final episode today. The show began in 1983 and is right behind Sesame Street and Mister Rogers for longest running children show. The show is ending due to financial reasons. To renew the show would have cost

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