STACK #137 Mar 2016

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ANIME ROUND-UP

Shinichiro Watanabe

Well known for directing the amazing Cowboy Bebop , which is arguably one of the greatest anime series of all time, Watanabe has an incredible and diverse body of work under his belt as director.

Terror in Resonance

T he Terror in Resonance: Complete Series reunites longtime collaborators and legends of the anime industry, Shinichiro Watanabe and Yoko Kanno, for this alternate timeline of Tokyo's present. Plagued by domestic terrorist attacks, Tokyo's residents find themselves at the mercy of a mysterious group who are continually one step ahead of authorities. Collecting Battle of Gods and Resurrection 'F' , the Dragon Ball Z: Super Saiyan God Double Pack will get you up to date with the most recent DBZ films in no time. Be forewarned, this collection is intense with battles more or less from start to finish, which is no doubt music to the ears of DBZ fans. Containing 1150 minutes of wizarding

Cowboy Bebop

Azumanga finds herself enamoured with the target. I guess that changes the numbers to 11 assassins and two targets. In its post-Universal Century setting, the world of Gundam Reconguista in G: Part 1 has finally achieved a modicum of peace, with all-out war seemingly a thing of the past. That is until Capital Guard cadet Bellri Zenam is attacked by a mobile unit. The animation style in this series is a throwback to the original series, while the character and mecha designs are completely new and fresh. One thing is certain – for Gundam fans like myself, more Gundam is never a bad thing. With their school due to close down, a group of enterprising teenagers do the only thing to keep the school afloat. Protest? No. Approach the board of education? Nope. The girls in Love Live!: Season 1 form an idol group. Yep, that oughta do it. More fantastic mecha drops this month with the complete series of Eureka Seven AO hitting shelves on Blu-ray and DVD. More Eureka on the screen can only be a good

Cowboy Bebop is one of the greatest anime series of all time, not only due to its genre-bending story of Cowboys, bounty hunters and space rangers, but also due in no small part to the fantastic score by Yoko Kanno and the animation which holds up incredibly well 17 years after the fact. Six years later, Samurai Champloo , the hip hop-driven feudal samurai story came along and, while not as critically acclaimed as its predecessor, still hit a chord with fans. Eight long years after that, the tender and jazz-driven Kids on the Slope showed a more earnest side to Watanabe's directorial regarded and absurdity- infused story and equally ludicrous animation style. Rounding out his body of work, this month's release of Terror in Resonance shows that Watanabe truly is a master of anime in delivering a suspenseful thriller which is at complete odds with anything he's done before. By consistently delivering such varied styles and genre, Watanabe proves that he really is a master of anime. abilities, while Space Dandy revealed a more surrealist, comedic streak, with a well

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awesomeness, Fairy Tail Guild Collection 3 is a fantastic way to catch up with the best long term shonen series if you're not yet across it. However, if you've been keeping

Space Dandy

up since the get go, Fairy Tail Collection 18 hits shelves just in time for Natsu and friends to triumphantly return from the Grand Magic Games. You'd think that with 12 assassins on the case, there'd be a corpse by day's end, but in Riddle Story of Devil: Complete Series , assassin Toukaku

thing and will definitely make you want to revisit the original series, which is one of the best mecha series of all time, in my opinion. Is it just me or does Okinawa seem like a must- visit holiday destination?

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