Our Aestivalis Are Invincible

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Ichi, ni, san, shi, ni, ni, san, shi!

Patz and I look at the classic mecha show Martian Successor Nadesico on his podcast the Cockpit. The series is one part comedic parody of all things sci-fi, one part loving homage to anything that would be in a Super Robot Wars game, and one part serious mecha drama. While the show has never been king of the roost it has always had a unique place in mecha fandom. Now that Nozomi Entertainment recently license rescued Nadesico it is a great time to not only examine what makes this show special but what the RightStuf has added to this release of the show.

In Part One we look at just the TV series. Part Two (which will hopefully come out soon) will examine the Gekigangar 3 OVA, The Prince of Darkness Movie, and briefly touch upon some of the oddity with the games and the ultimate fate of the series.

The Cockpit – Episode 2A – You Get To Burning

New Josei Manga of 2012

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Once I started working on the shojo list, it was only natural for me to move on to a josei list.

There is a distinct lack of information on a lot of the josei work coming out in Japan currently as opposed to new shojo titles. So while I am much less familiar with the many titles and manga-ka, there was still plenty that caught my eye. The list is not as crazy as the shojo one, but it is by no means short.

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New Shojo Manga of 2012

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This year we started a new monthly column The Line-Up that complies the new anime and manga news for that month. This has also allowed me to keep track of some of the new shojo titles premiering. Thanks to that I found myself checking out the year’s worth of releases as listed by Baka-Updates Manga so I thought I’d roll that into a post about some of the new shojo titles I’m most interested in that started in Japan in 2012.

This list got crazy long pretty quickly! Honestly, it is as much to help myself keep track of things as it is a post for others.

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