Maria-sama ga Miteru 4th, White Album, and Maria†Holic, go!

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Ghosts, ghouls and goblins don’t generally march across TV screens after October, but that’s about to change thanks to the second half of FUNimation Entertainment’s R1 DVD release of the 2006/2007 series Ghost Hunt.

This review covers Part 2 of the FUNimation DVD set, which includes episodes 14 through 25 of the 25-episode series. (A review of Part 1, which was released in October, is available here.)

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Note: If the picture above looks pixellated to you, congratulations! You’re having the same problem as me and I haven’t the foggiest idea why this happened. orz Click on the image to view a full-sized, high-quality, non-****ed-up version. Now, on with the show.

Your friendly Wolf Hurricane DVD critic is back from a long hiatus with a piping-hot review of Kadokawa/Bandai’s limited-edition R1 DVD release of the 2006 animated film Toki o Kakeru Shoujo (The Girl Who Leapt Through Time).

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Those who can subsist on yuri scraps, seek here.

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Because, unfortunately, Gonzo didn’t see fit to bring us an animated version of Titus Andronicus.

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I didn’t do it, I swear! They were like that when I got there!

I haven’t done much in a while, but I don’t need to explain myself to you Blog readers!

So, games. I’ve been recently playing Dead Space, Fallout 3, and Red Alert 3. Might not cover them all, but I’ll cover Dead Space that’s for sure. I will cover, the Plot, the Gameplay, Presentation, and Miscellaneous stuff.

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The wonderful world of Chroma City has been conquered, overrun by terrible baddies called Inkys. They suck the color out of everything in favor of monochromatic boredom and enslave the inhabitants called Raydians. Your character, de Blob, was out of town when the attack occurred and now he and a small crew of “Color Revolutionaries” who evaded capture are now charged with bringing color back to Chroma City and to drive the Inkys out of town.

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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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Kara no Kyoukai’s third chapter takes the story to July 1998. As is the norm in this series, more bizarre murders are happening in the city. On his way home one rainy evening Mikiya happens upon a girl named Fujino Asagami, and being the naive guy he is, he brings her home for the night. Meanwhile, Tohko and Shiki undertake a job to find the murderer and bring her back dead or alive.

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Well, it’s over. Perhaps the greatest American animated series in recent memory just ended its three-year run on TV, and it did so in spectacular fashion. If you haven’t been following Avatar: the Last Airbender, let me state my opinion that you’re missing out. The fighting and effects are brilliant, the drama’s solid, the characters are lovable, and I keep saying over and over that what really makes the show shine are its villains. A cartoon needs good villains, whether they’re bumbling, a la Yosemite Sam, or downright sadistic, like Vincent of Cowboy Bebop. And boy, howdy, did the villains come to play in the final episodes–the series ended with a two-hour finale that tied up most loose ends, showed some spectacular pyrotechnics, and hopefully really jerked the chains of the worst part of the Avatar fandom–the shippers. Read on for a spoiler free review!

Fire Nation princess Azula (L), the titular Avatar Aang, and Zuko, exiled Fire Nation prince.

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