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El Cazador de la Bruja, Part 1 and 2

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El Cazador de la Bruja
El Cazador de la Bruja

 

Ellis is an amnesiac who exudes eccentricity. From her obsessive love of the “taco” song to her supernatural powers, this young girl is special. So special, in fact, that there is a bounty on her head, and no one knows why. To find the answer, Ellis must travel the dusty, Spanish roads south. With Nadie, the bounty that has supposedly caught her, these two girls will shoot their way to revelation! 

 

Viz Releases Manga Series Itsuwaribito

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Itsuwaribito
Itsuwaribito

 

Whether we like it or not, lying and deception are part of the heroic tradition. Enter Utsuho. A troublemaker at heart, he’s intent on using his wicked ways for good. 

Dorohedoro: 01

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Dorohedoro 01
Dorohedoro 01

 

The Hole. No, it’s not a muddy orifice in the Earth. In Hayashida’s alternate world the Hole is the industrial epitome of urban squalor, where users and non-users of magic loiter. The problem is, magic users tend to playfully experiment on the untrained, transforming their flesh into various mutated concoctions. Caiman is one such victim. His head has been mutated into that of a large reptile, and the process has left him with amnesia. Together with Nikaido, his female companion, they’re on the hunt for Caiman’s identity and the magic user that transformed him. 

FUNimation Announces Princess Jellyfish and Heaven’s Lost Property

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FUNimation
FUNimation

 

As you can see from the pr release below, the simulcast of both anime titles has already begun. And while I haven’t seen Princess Jellyfish yet, the story of Tsukimi Kurashita and her obsession with jellyfish has officially grabbed my attention. 

Sony Pictures' Mobile Voltron Game

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Voltron
Voltron

 

I love this game! Okay, surely there is some bias, since my affair with Voltron goes back to childhood – don’t forget, I still own the original Bandai GoLion. But this game should fulfill the expectations of mobile gamers. 

J-Pop Idol Mano Erina and Tales of Terror From Tokyo land at Club Nokia

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Mano Erina
Mano Erina

 

The J-Pop/J-Rock presence at the Los Angeles Anime Expo continues to grow. Yes, Mano Erina will be attending the world premiere screening of her first film Kai-Ki: Tales of Terror from Tokyo. She will also be performing.

 

Japan Society Announces Hiroki Otsuka as Mangaka Artist-in-Residence

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Otsuka
Otsuka

In conjunction with the Japan Society’s spring exhibition Graphic Heroes, Magic Monsters: Japanese Prints by Utagawa Kuniyoshi from the Arthur R. Miller Collection, the Japan Society (NYC) has named visual artist and professional illustrator Hiroki Otsuka as its official mangaka. As an artist-in-residence, Otsuka will create an original manga inspired by the work of Kuniyoshi. He will also be conducting illustration workshops open to the general public.

Emily Hu: Artist Profile

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“Hi hi! My full name is Emily Hu. I’m nineteen, I was raised in Taiwan but grew up in California. I’m currently majoring in comics at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. I started seriously drawing in the seventh grade and realized I wanted to be an artist after failing miserably at academics, namely math… haha…”

sellout
sellout

Aniplex Announces Durarara English Cast

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Durarara
Durarara

 

Here is the latest from Aniplex on Durarara.

Ergo Proxy: Complete Box Set

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Ergo Proxy
Ergo Proxy
On the desolated landscape of a lost Earth floats the city of Romdo, a persuasive utopia in which humans and robots coexist under the watchful eye of a fatherly government. Utopian that is, until an awakened consciousness, called the “proxy,” emerges and infects the life-blood of this displaced civilization.