With Halloween just around the corner, anime enthusiasts might wish to add a little spook to their viewing schedule with FUNimation Entertainment’s R1 DVD release of the 2006/2007 series Ghost Hunt.

This review covers Part 1 of the FUNimation DVD set, which includes episodes 1 through 13 of the 25-episode series. (Part 2 is scheduled for release next month.)

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Note:  Yamcha wrote about the same episode a few days back - I’m just here to offer a second opinion.  (That, and a different gallery of screencaps.)

This one has “required viewing” written all over it, so let’s embrace the inevitable and jump right into KyoAni’s entry for the 2008 fall anime season. Whether we actually want to matters not a whit.

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The PM-to-be’s unofficial (???) cameo in Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu, episode 6

It’s official.

Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party has picked self-professed manga fan Asou Tarou to succeed outgoing premier Fukuda Yasuo as party president, which puts him squarely on the path to become the country’s first Roman Catholic prime minister.

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Pull out those discount cards, lads!

In the latest version of its “In Pictures” photo gallery feature, the BBC News website takes us on a shopping tour of Tokyo’s world-famous otaku paradise, Akihabara.

Many of the featured items aren’t new, but I always get a kick out of seeing these delightful little oddities. Here’s my pick of the lot:
- A USB-powered microscope
- A necktie with a built-in cooling fan (also USB-powered)
- Tinned pasta (best eaten with tinned bread!)

Today the spotlight falls on the third volume of Kadokawa/Bandai’s special edition Region 1 Lucky Star DVD series.

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It’s that time of year again. Trees will shed their leaves, birds will flee to warmer climes - and otaku will barricade themselves in their rooms with ample supplies of Cup Ramen and bottled water.

The fall season is nigh!

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Diego here.  I’ve just joined the blog as a staff contributor and this is my way of saying “howdy” to the readership.

I’ve been in the anime blogosphere since 2006 (via ディエゴの日々), writing about DVDs, manga, figures, and pretty much anything that strikes my fancy.  I hope this experience will serve me in good stead as I branch out into group blogging through Wolf Hurricane - a unique opportunity for which I have Yamcha to thank.

So, what can you expect from the new kid on the staff roster?  I specialise in DVD reviews, but during those long dry spells between releases I enjoy churning out news bites and manga write-ups.  I’m not an episode blogger, but I might take a whack at it if anything good comes out during the fall anime season.

My posts here will be mirrored back on my existing blog and vice versa, with the exception of purely personal stuff, lunatic rants, careless ramblings and filler posts that aren’t worthy of general distribution (which will stay on ディエゴの日々).  Hopefully this filtering will help keep the overall quality of Wolf Hurricane publications to a high standard.

I’ll try to put up at least one new post each week, although work tends to cut very deeply into my personal time so there may be some extended silences now and then.

Well, I guess that’s about it; feel free to check out my staff profile on the About page for more details.  Later days!