In the spirit of our giveaway, we though we’d share our own holiday wishes for anime and/or manga!
All Points Bulletin: Mamoru Hosoda’s Ambition
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Narutaki’s picks:
- LEGO announces Lord of the Rings and Hobbit Sets
Do not worry internet, I will be getting these. - Mamoru Hosoda’s Next Film
Is about wolf children! Don’t ask me what that means because there is no real information out on the plot side. On the other hand, we do know that the staff from The Girl Who Leapt Through Time and Summer Wars will be working together again. YAY! - Preview New Comic: Saga
Brian K. Vaughan returns to comics with a new science-fiction story. Everyone including me is looking forward to this epic described by Brian as “Star Wars meets A Game of Thrones.” - New Studio Ghibli Posters
Have a clean and simplistic look. I’d love to own these limited-edition prints but that isn’t going to happen as they are sought after collectibles. Still they sure are pretty to look at. - Build a Custom Robo
Just heard about this site and am disappointed I didn’t know about it sooner before the holidays. I haven’t experimented too much yet but there are tons of options (of course the also means price, too).
Hisui’s picks:
- Type-Moon New Roundup
I might as well just gather all the Type-Moon news in one little section .- Mahotsukai no Yoru gets a new releaste date. FINALLY.
- The latest Type-Moon Ace reveals the first details on the Fate/Apocrypha novel. Sadly they start with Jack the Ripper and her master.
- They made a full-sized version of Saber’s motorcycle from Fate/Zero.
- Naturally You Would Put These Two Things Together
The next Pokemon game is a cross over with Nobunaga’s Ambition. Pocket monsters plus historical turn based strategy. I will just place that on the table and let it sink in.
- Fourze is the new Furby
While it is no surprise that they a making a toy of Kamen Rider Fourze’s Belt (which is totally awesome) it might be surprising how popular they are. Apparently even after upping the number of belts built they are still going to have to hold online lotteries. By the way you can also buy additional switches to plug into the belt as time goes on. - The WORLD of Jojo’s Merchandise!
25 years of Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure is quite an accomplishment and for the big anniversary there is even more wonder swag than ever before. Get your own ancient invincible Mesoamerican vampire named after a New Wave band figure today!
- See What the Gundam Fans are Currently Hating.
Enter the world of unhappiness as the guys from Gundamn look at the latest episodes of Gundam Age and Unicorn. Also Andrew shows his distaste for Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team on the Veef show. I like all three of those but I guess I just am easily amused.
Merry Merry Christmas!
Fate/Zero TV #012: Just when I thought I was out . . . they pull me back in.
If anyone read this article on Sunday and has come back they will notice I just edited it. ToastCrust thankfully pointed out that Fate/Zero is 13 and not 12 episodes long this season. That explains SO much about the pace of this episode. So I decided that everything in the middle of the post is fine but I had to update the introduction and conclusion if for nothing else so it looks a little nicer in the archives. Hey I can still use the opening next week as it is no less true next week than is today. Otherwise this would have rather anticlimactic for a final episode. It would be like having your cliff hanger season finale be the infamous soccer episode of Eureka Seven. While important things happen in that episode and revelations are made it would still feel a bit odd to end at that point. What would leave you with this burning desire to finish the next season? Thankfully this is just the penultimate episode and the series will end the season with a major confrontation with Caster. Until then it is time for Kirei to do some soul-searching (or more exactly an examination of his lack thereof) and Irisviel to be filled with tragic illness. Continue reading
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