STACK NZ July 2016 Issue 75

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T o be completely frank, I did none too
good with the book learnin' at skool,
but I would have performed even worse
in Assassination Classroom, lovingly known
as the Class 3E. Season 1, Part 1 introduces
us to the teacher, an alien who resembles
an overgrown balloon animal, can move at
the speed of sound, and has just destroyed
70 per cent of the moon. So not only do you
need to focus on your reading, writing and
arithmetic, you also need to brush up on
your assassination skills and kill the big squid
before he finishes the job.
Rounding off the second season of the
ubiquitous magical series, Sailor Moon R,
Part 2 sees Usagi and co. take on the Black
Moon Clan and their ongoing plan to destroy
Crystal Tokyo. Now to keep our fingers
crossed for a local release of season 3, Sailor
Moon S.
The imaginatively named Ghost in the
Shell:The New Movie is, well, a new Ghost
in the Shell movie. That is to say, there have
been old Ghost in the Shell movies, but this
Ghost in the Shell movie is a new one. This
new movie ties up the loose ends left in the
Pyrophoric Cult storyline of the recent Arise
5 episode OVA, so isn't actually a standalone
film. Regardless, it's always great to see our
pals from Section 9 and beautifully animated
as expected.
The fan favourite demonic duo of Ciel
and Sebastian return in Black Butler: Book
of Circus, Season 3. At the behest of the
Queen, Ciel and Sebastian are summoned to
investigate the mysterious disappearance of
local children. This leads the two to Noah's
Ark Circus, probably just because circuses are
generally creepy as all get out. Prepare for the
usual amount of violence and veiled intimacy
because this is every bit the series that you
already know and love.
Other new anime
titles to look out
for this month
include Kamisama
Kiss: Season 2,
Mekakucity Actors:
The Complete Series,
Tokyo Ghoul: Season
Two, The Boy And
The Beast Collector’s
Edition, Fairy Tail
Guild Collection 4
and Naruto – The
Complete Collection.
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ANIME ROUND-UP
5 Gosick
How the heck do you say it? Is it
goss-ick? Is it go-sick? Well I'll tell
ya, it's how you'd pronounce gothic
in Japanese... kinda. The silly part is
that if you actually said "gothic" in
Japanese, it'd come out "goshikku".
4 Madlax
This is a completely personal dislike. It's
just... this title sounds like something
that helps you poop easier.
3 Puella Magi Madoka
Magica
What a mouthful! The original title,
Mahou Shojo Madoka Magica,
translates to Magical Girl Madoka
Magica, but why use English when
you can use Latin? Let go. It's a dead
language, along with Aramaic and 1337
speak!
2 The Severing Crime Edge
I kinda get it, sorta. I mean, I know
what all of those words are, I just don't
understand what they're doing next to
each other.
1 The Legend of the
Legendary Heroes
Double the legend, double the the. I'm
quite sure this tale has been told at
many a drinking establishment at 2am
on a Saturday.
DVD&BD
Assassination Classroom
With Ghost in the Shell: The
New Movie dropping this
month, I thought I'd look at
questionable titles, some
of which actually belong to
really good series'!
ODD TITLES
Ghost in the Shell:The New Movie
DVD&BD