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W
riter Gen Urobochi is responsible for
many of my most loved sci-fi anime
series in recent years, and right on
top of that list is
Psycho-Pass
. Thankfully Gen
has returned to pen
Psycho-Pass:The Movie
,
which sees the Ministry of Welfare's Public
Safety Bureau tackling terrorism in Japan
before shipping Inspector Tsunemori offshore
to deal with the threat at its source. The
film also sees the return of animation studio
Production IG who are at their best when
working in this sort of dystopian sci-fi space.
Needless to say, this is a must-buy for fans of
the franchise.
Psychic SchoolWars
somewhat answers
the age old school year question of "what
does everyone see in this jerk?". If anime
teaches us anything, it's that the jerk in your
Year 9 Geography class who seemed to have
bewitched everyone but you was a powerful
psychic. Just like Ryoichi Kyoguko, who all
but takes control of his Kamakura Junior High
School. The takeaway – jerks are psychic.
One of the most successful trapped-in-an-
MMORPG series gets a sequel in the form
:of
Log Horizon: Season 2, Part 1
. After six
months of forced play time in the world of
Elder Tales, the People of the Land (NPCs) are
locked in conflict with Goblins while Shiroe and
company are forced to decide whether to stay
or leave Akihabara with the news that... wait
for it... winter is coming. Exclamation point!
Love Live!The School Idol Movie
continues the crazy popular school idol series
that has the anime world in a flap. Think of it
as a sickly, double saccharine, extra golden
syrup with a dash of honey version of K-On!
As defending champions of the school
idol tournament, the LL girls are forced to
question "who am I?" in a form of Zoolandian
introspection.
I'm not sure that you can actually work out
the bugs, and I wouldn't be keen on having
a number of testers, but
Girl Friend Beta:
The Complete Series
also hits shelves this
month. This series is nowhere near as sinister
nor tawdry as I imply, quite the opposite. This
is some top shelf, tune in, zone out, feel good
marshmallow fluff.
Also out this month is
Naruto Spin-Off:
Rock Lee and his
Ninja Pals
,
Shonen
Hollywood - Holly
Stage for 49 Season
1
,
Your Lie in April
Part 2
,
Yurikumi
Arashi Complete
Series
,
Cute High
Earth Defense Club
Love! Complete
Series
and
Gonna
Be theTwin-Tail!!
Complete Series
.
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ANIME
ROUND-UP
Fate/Stay Night: Unlimited
Bladeworks
A slash and a colon plus amazing
animation and rich story as well?!
Sign me up!
To-Love-Ru Darkness
This one isn't actually so wacky and
actually uses this orthographic standard
to play on the Japanese translation of
"trouble" as an English loan word.
K-On!
Not only does the series proper use an
exclamation mark, but the sequel is
double excited with the title K-On!!
.Hack//Quantum
The whole dot Hack series is littered
with punctuation but how do you
pronounce /? Answer: you don't.
DVD&BD
Psycho-Pass:The Movie
Anime titles have a weird
habit of using punctuation and
typography more for visual
effect than for its intended
use. Here's a few corkers
from the Madman catalogue.
.Hack//Quantum
DVD&BD
Girl Friend Beta:The Complete Series
Fate/Stay Night: Unlimited Bladeworks
Anime
Punctuation
is
Weird