The Anime Music Tournament 2013 Bracket Alpha &Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo Round 2 "Analysis"

We move into the second round, where some of the competitors have been weeded out, the rounds and time between them are shorter, and we start to get a little tired of some of the songs already presented. The five polls have already been set up, and I'll try to get to them as fast as I can, starting with the brackets here.



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Cool Products Friday, October 11, 2013

For the new update, we've got some excellent products from Japan for you. You can view all new J-List products by clicking .



TODAY'S NEWGate, Demon Queen Maoyu, Rei from Vividred Operation + more.

Japanese Films at the Leeds International Film Festival 2013 Part 1: Anime

The takes place from NOVEMBER 06TH TO THE 21ST and there is plenty of anime getting screened on theon SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 17TH. There are so many Japanese live-action films that they will get a separate post. Here is the selection of anime titles on offer and these are just as great. Just click on the titles to get more information such as times and ticket prices:



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IS: Infinite Stratos 2

Adapted from the light novel series by Izuru Yumizuru, the anime returns with more harem silliness and mecha action. While the first season of "IS: Infinite Stratos" is not without fault because it succumbs to the usual pitfalls and issues most franchises in the harem genre suffer from, it was nonetheless a very enjoyable series full of cute girls.



"IS: Infinite Stratos 2" is a fun series to watch when you keep in mind that next to a sci-fi action show about girls doing battle in flying mecha suits, it is at its core a predictable harem series. Its strong suit however is a main cast of lovely girls that are the staple of their character type.

Hangers: Summer Shutdown 2013

THIS WEEK: Free! - Iwatobi Swim Club, Watamote, Silver Spoon, Attack on Titan, Monogatari Series: Second Season, Miss Monochrome, and Uchouten Kazoku



While we're into October, Summer anime season for 2013 has now officially closed up shop for the year and it's time to lock all the toys back in the box and do at least a little light clean up before we have company over for Fall season and get everything strewn about right and proper all over again.

Toeing the Boundary; Impressions of Kyoukai no Kanata

Time to talk the first episode of the promising Kyoukai no Kanata! Now with 100% more exploding youkai.



Three things immediately stand out about Kyoto Animation's new effort, Kyoukai no Kanata (or Beyond the Boundary.) The first is the animation, which true to the studio's standards is expressive and first-rate throughout. The second is that OP and ED are both fantastic stylistically (though closer to standard j-pop musically.) The third is the show's focus on "dark fantasy," a clear deviation from the majority of KyoAni's work. Rejoice, those sick of school life hijinks, cute girls and low stakes! Kyoukai no Kanata has girls who conjure swords out of their blood, monsters that explode into green goo and the fight scenes you've been waiting for since Nagato cleaned house in the first episode of Haruhi. The show even has a sense of humor! But don't worry KyoAni fans, all those school life hijinks and cute girls are right there where you last saw them, with the exception that the characters are now fighting for their lives. With all this in place, you'd think that Kyoukai no Kanata stood a chance of being not just the most unusual KyoAni series in a while, but one of the best anime of the year.

Otaking 8

Talk about the Occult. Maybe it's a popular subject within the anime genre. With that in mind, any type of genre concerning fantasy is the norm anyways so I shouldn't be suprised. I liked Occult Academy so why not this right?



What the heck does a "Tsundere" character mean? Ooooooh...