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Spring is finally in full swing here on the East Coast, bringing with it green trees, blue skies, chirping birds, and all of those things that don't really bring out a particularly strong impulse to sit inside and punch letters into a computer. But how could we possibly resist our inner bloggers, when there's so much to write about? In the coming weeks, we've got convention reports, long-overdue feature articles, and of course, Ink's new column – Fullmetal Alchemist: The Brotherhood Diaries!

Outside of that, I've just settled my plans for my first ever weekend at Otakon in Baltimore, where you should be able to find Ink, Karl, and I come this July. And in the next week, you just might see a new staff member on the team, and a special promotion for a current one. Stay tuned for all the fantastic things up ahead.

If you weren't paying attention, this month had some great developments in anime, with the streaming of tons of new spring season anime series (discussed in Podcast #014), as well as the first in what will hopefully be a major trend of free manga online – Viz's preview of Rumiko Takahashi's Rin-ne. We also had some bittersweet news of Will Wright's leaving EA, and tragedy in CPM's bankruptcy. Two anime reviews, a comic book review, CPAC 2009 coverage, and TWO chances to win Schoolgirl Milky Crisis (Enter the blog contest and the podcast contest) round off a fantastic month here at Ani-Gamers.

If you're man enough, read about all of this month's posts after the break.

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News:
Will Wright leaves EA to focus on Stupid Fun Club
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion now available on CrunchyRoll
Viz announces simultaneous release for new Takahashi manga, Rin-ne
Central Park Media breathes its final breath

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Reviews:
Dog Eaters (Issues 1 and 2)
School Days (Sub)
Ga-Rei -Zero- (Sub)

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Features:
CPAC09: Hey, you got your socio-political analysis in my anime!
Con Report: Castle Point Anime Convention 2009

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Columns:
Fullmetal Alchemist: The Brotherhood Diaries - Mission Statement
FMA: The Brotherhood Diaries - Episode 1
FMA: The Brotherhood Diaries - Episode 2

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Podcasts:
Ani-Gamers Podcast #014 - Offensive to Pretty Much Everyone

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Notices:
Win a copy of Schoolgirl Milky Crisis!

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On Deck:
[Review] Paranoia Agent (Hyb) - Uncle Yo
[Review] Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad (Hyb) - Vampt Vo
[Column] Otakudemia: Beck - Ink
[Con Report] Sakura Matsuri 2009 - Vampt Vo & Ink
[Review] Schoolgirl Milky Crisis - Vampt Vo
[Review] White Album (Sub) - Uncle Yo

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Hey there, readers. I hope you've been enjoying the posts over the last few weeks, despite the lower frequency of updates. I've tried to make sure that, since we're putting out less articles a week, the ones that we do put out are of better quality, so that you're still getting some good stuff from us week after week. On that topic, there are some nice feature articles in the pipeline that might finally see the light of day next month, so definitely watch out for those. Plus, we've got a contest coming up, and one has already started over on the Ani-Gamers Podcast.

In March, we had a bunch of reviews, for 5 Centimeters Per Second, the Afro Samurai video game, and much more. Some anime and game news trickled in as well, with news of Bioshock 2 and the stateside release date of Miyazaki's Ponyo movie. I missed my chance last week, but I might do a News Briefs post soon to round up our late coverage of the Game Developers Conference. Till next time, dear readers!

Check out this month's posts after the break.

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News:
Bioshock 2 will star Big Daddy, feature "Big Sister"
News Briefs - Ponyo dated, new FUNi and ADV shows on Hulu and iTunes

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Reviews:
5 Centimeters Per Second (Sub)
Afro Samurai (360)
Gurren Lagann (Hyb)
Tekkon Kinkreet (Hyb)

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Podcasts:
Ani-Gamers Podcast #013 - The Professional

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Notices:
Vampt reviews KRAZY! art exhibit at About.com
See us make fools of ourselves at CPAC tomorrow!

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On Deck:
[Review] Ga-Rei-Zero (Sub) - Uncle Yo
[Review] Paranoia Agent (Hyb) - Uncle Yo
[Review] School Days (Sub) - Uncle Yo
[Feature] Socio-Political Analysis at CPAC - Ink
[Review] White Album (Sub) - Uncle Yo

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February was Comic Con month for us here at Ani-Gamers, with news, previews, and more from the massive New York Comic Con 2009 coming out throughout the month. (Don't forget to read my convention report!) Now that I've exhausted most of my NYCC content, we should be back to regularly scheduled programming in the future (excepting a few non-Comic Con-specific feature articles that I researched while at the con).

Other than that, I'm also looking to our future as a moneymaking blog by figuring out ways to optimize our ad structure so that I can pay our current and future staffers. Oh, and you might notice that the "On Deck" section is filling up down there. I've been meaning to weed through some of our old reviews (especially some of Karl's) for a while now, so expect them to be published pretty frequently in the coming weeks while I prepare some new feature articles.

February was fun, but March is bringing with it Castle Point Anime Convention, where Ink and I will be hosting an "Anime Blogging" panel. More details on that one as we prepare for the con. Thanks for reading, and make sure to check out all of this month's posts after the break.

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News:
Reed Exhibitions to begin new pop culture event in Chicago
NYCC09: Vertical to partner with unnamed Japanese publisher
NYCC09: Day One, complete!
NYCC09: Del Rey / Yen Press / CMX panel reports (Yen gets Yotsuba!)
NYCC09: Bandai Entertainment / FUNimation panel reports
NYCC09: Takahashi manga joins nearly a dozen new Viz licenses
News Briefs - FUNi licenses, Best Buy, DSi, and more

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Reviews:
Shikabane Hime - Corpse Princess (Sub)
Mega Man ZX Advent (DS)

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Features:
Preview: Velvet Assassin (360)
Interview: Melinda Cohen (Voice actor, Velvet Assassin)
Con Report: New York Comic Con 2009
Interview: Brian Wheeler (Designer, Warhammer Online)

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Podcasts:
Ani-Gamers Podcast #012 - NYCC09 Blogger Roundtable

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Notices:
Come meet us at New York Comic Con!

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On Deck:
[Review] 5 Centimeters Per Second (Sub) - Vampt Vo
[Review] Afro Samurai (360) - Ink
[Review] Ga-Rei-Zero (Sub) - Uncle Yo
[Review] Gurren Lagann (Hyb) - Uncle Yo
[Review] Paranoia Agent (Hyb) - Uncle Yo
[Review] School Days (Sub) - Uncle Yo
[Review] Tekkon Kinkreet (Hyb) - Vampt Vo

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Hey there, welcome to the first "This Month in Ani-Gamers" post. Unlike our previous column, "This Week in Ani-Gamers," I'll now be posting the latest stories on a monthly basis, along with some editorial commentary on where the site is headed.

On to business. In January, Ani-Gamers kicked off its first month of the year with a high concentration of editorial content like reviews, columns, and features. We announced our Top 3 Anime, Manga, and Games of the Year, and even talked about our favorite titles in the two-part Ani-Gamers Podcast #011 (part 1, part 2). Rounding it all off, Ink finally posted his second Otakudemia column, providing a brilliant look at Speed Grapher's noir themes. And yes, there was some big news, such as the announcement of the Cowboy Bebop Hollywood movie and the call to arms for Kamina as MTV's Baddest Badass.

In the future, Ani-Gamers will be moving toward a slightly more opinion-based model, meaning that we will balance our simple news posts with some more opinion content such as reviews, critiques, and columns. Will news go away? Of course not! How will our readers stay up-to-date with current events in geekdom without reading our site? Actually, don't answer that one.

Anyway, the Super Bowl party is getting started around here, so I've gotta take a break from blogging to pretend that I care about any football game that doesn't feature the Devil Bats. In the meantime, check out the month's posts after the break.

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News:
FUNimation to announce ten new series before year's end [EDIT 4]
Legend of Koizumi plays Mahjong with your world leaders
Show MTV your otaku chops: vote for Kamina!
Cowboy Bebop live-action announced, Keanu Reeves to star

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Reviews:
Black Jack vol.1 (Manga)
Origin: Spirits of the Past (Hyb)
Eyeshield 21 vol.1 (Manga)

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Features:
Ani-Gamers' Top 3 Manga of 2008
Ani-Gamers' Top 3 Video Games of 2008
Ani-Gamers' Top 3 Anime of 2008

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Columns:
This Week in Ani-Gamers ~ 12.28.08-01.04.09
This Week in Ani-Gamers ~ 01.04.09-01.11.09
Otakudemia: Translation as the Definitive Noir Element in Speed Grapher

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Podcasts:
Ani-Gamers Podcast Promo#02
Ani-Gamers Podcast #011a - Goodbye 2008! (part 1)
Ani-Gamers Podcast #011b - Goodbye 2008! (part 2)

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Notices:
A proposition from the Reverse Thieves
"This Week in Ani-Gamers," Newsletter goes monthly

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On Deck:
[Review] Ga-Rei-Zero (Sub) - Uncle Yo
[Review] Gurren Lagann (Hyb) - Uncle Yo
[Review] Mega Man ZX Advent (DS) - Pigeonflu
[Review] Paranoia Agent (Hyb) - Uncle Yo
[Review] School Days (Sub) - Uncle Yo
[Review] Shikabane Hime (Sub) - Uncle Yo
[Review] Tekkon Kinkreet (Hyb) - Vampt Vo

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It's a short article this week, guys. I think it's safe to say that our new staff member Pigeonflu is adding a lot to our news team, what with our new wave of news. Check out the week's news, reviews, and more after the break.

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News:
New Dragonball poster looks... bad!
Puzzle Quest Expansion Coming to XBLA
FUNimation licenses Baccano!, streams first ep online
Microsoft's Games for Windows Live goes free
On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness Slides onto PSN
Super Street Fighter II Turbo: HD Remix to receive an OC Remix
Digital manga to be released via WiiWare

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Reviews:
Baccano (anime)
This is still on the ".ms11" site, rather than the blog for now.

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Articles:
Con Report: AnimeNEXT 2008
Up for Download: 7.21.08 Edition

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Notices:
Ani-Gamers version 2.1 (aka ninja update)

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On Deck:
[Podcast] Ani-Gamers Podcast #004
[Review] FFVII: Crisis Core - Pigeonflu
[Review] Kurenai - Uncle Yo
[Review] Paradise Kiss - Uncle Yo
[Review] The World Ends with You - Pigeonflu

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Wow, this was a packed week indeed! Regardless of the reports from the show floor asserting that E3 sucked this year, we here at Ani-Gamers finally were able to muster up real-time coverage of Los Angeles's Electronics Entertainment Expo. No, we didn't have reporters at E3, but boy did live streaming of the press conferences help us out! Make sure to check out the three big posts that our new staff member Maxwell "Pigeonflu" McGee put up for Microsoft, Nintendo, and Sony's press conferences, among the many other E3 news bites scattered around the blog.

We still need more votes in the poll on the sidebar, since at present there aren't enough to warrant a final decision on the news change. Read this post if you want to find out more.

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News:
Final Fantasy XIII coming to Xbox 360
Microsoft's E3 2008 Conference Highlights
Nintendo's E3 2008 Conference Highlights
Sony's E3 2008 Conference Highlights
Dead Rising shambling onto Wii
Miyamoto confirms new Pikmin title in development

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Reviews:
Lone Wolf and Cub Vol.1 (manga)

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Podcasts:
Ani-Gamers Podcast #003 - Fansubbing Panel w. Greg Ayres

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Notices:
Restructuring at Ani-Gamers, how you can help!
New Staff Welcome: Pigeonflu

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On Deck:
[Review] Baccano - Uncle Yo
[Review] FFVII: Crisis Core - Pigeonflu
[Review] Kurenai - Uncle Yo
[Review] Paradise Kiss - Uncle Yo

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Finally, "This Week" is back in business, even if it is a day late. Due to the lateness of today's article, it will not discuss any posts that came out today or yesterday. News was slow this week since I was spending a lot of time planning out the Ani-Gamers restructuring, which may or may not actually contain news. More on that in this post. Meanwhile, the only real news posts that went up were about the dub cast for Gundam 00 and the Haruhi sequel (hint, it exists). Goddammit, if only I had asked Brad about 00 in the interview I did a mere two weeks before the announcement!

Reviews didn't take a dive due to my vacation, seeing as I published two of Uncle Yo's reviews: Slayers (just in time for the Slayers Revolution premiere) and Shigofumi. Thanks Karl, now that you've compared it to Lain and Boogiepop, I'm gonna have to go buy Shigofumi!

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News:
Gundam 00 trailer, Meister cast released
Haruhi Rumors: Main site down

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Reviews:
Shigofumi (anime)
Slayers (anime)

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Podcasts:
Ani-Gamers Podcast #002 - Interview with Drummonds and Swaile at AN08

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Notices:
Finally back in the game

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On Deck:
[Con Report] AnimeNEXT 2008 - Vampt Vo
[Review] Baccano - Uncle Yo
[Article] Dallas Middaugh at AN08 - Vampt Vo
[Podcast] Greg Ayres' Fansubbing Panel
[Review] Kurenai - Uncle Yo
[Review] Paradise Kiss - Uncle Yo

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This was one of the most action-packed weeks we've had yet on Ani-Gamers, and I don't really know why. Anyway, we started off the week with a horrible tragedy: the attack on over 24 people in Japan's otaku shopping district, Akihabara. Other highlights for the week include Media Blasters licensing the short anime series Bokusatsu Tenshi Dokuro-chan, and Production I.G announcing plans to release a revamped Ghost in the Shell in Japan this July.

In terms of reviews, we got two awesome reviews from our prolific reviewer Uncle Yo: One for Production I.G's twentieth anniversary project Ghost Hound, and another for Gainax's re-envisioning of Hideaki Anno's classic anime Neon Genesis Evangelion. Look forward to more reviews and a con report or two in the future. Oh, and Uncle Yo and I will both be at AnimeNEXT in New Jersey, so watch out people!

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News:
7 dead, 17 wounded in Akihabara attack
Bo Diddley's guitar to be featured in Rock Band 2
Final Fantasy XIII's presence at E3 remains a mystery
Bokusatsu Tenshi Dokuro-Chan licensed by Media Blasters
Ghost in the Shell 2.0 announced, releases this July

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Reviews:
Ghost Hound (anime)
Rebuild of Evangelion 1.0: You Are [Not] Alone (anime)

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On Deck:
[Review] Baccano - Uncle Yo
[Article] Can The Conduit Turn the Wii Around? - Vampt Vo
[Con Report] Castle Point Anime Convention - Vampt Vo
[Review] Shigofumi - Uncle Yo
[Review] Slayers - Uncle Yo

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This week was a little slow, but we did have some interesting anime news. Tokyopop split their company in two, laying off nearly 40 employees in the process, and Newtype released a ton of stills and pieces of production art from the upcoming second season of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya. I've still got a ton of reviews to edit and post. See you all next week!

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News:
Rumor: Haruhi Suzumiya Season 2 info expected soon [EDIT 1]
Tokyopop splits company in two, halves production

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On Deck:
[Review] Baccano - Uncle Yo
[Con Report] Castle Point Anime Convention - Vampt Vo
[Review] Ghost Hound - Uncle Yo
[Review] Rebuild of Evangelion 1.0 - Uncle Yo
[Review] Shigofumi - Uncle Yo
[Review] Slayers - Uncle Yo

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Welcome to the first "This Week in Ani-Gamers" column. Yes, I know that it's on the blog, and we don't post columns on the blog, but the purpose of this is to give everyone a chance to read what's been going on lately here at Ani-Gamers, so the blog is the best place for it. Expect a combination of links to the latest posts and editorial commentary in this space every week.

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News:
Ubisoft announces Beyond Good & Evil 2
CrunchyRoll and ADV partner to stream dubbed Welcome to the NHK

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Reviews:
Spiral (anime)
CLANNAD (anime)

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Notices:
Review Restructuring in Progress

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On Deck:
[Review] Baccano - Uncle Yo
[Con Report] Castle Point Anime Convention - Vampt Vo
[Review] Ghost Hound - Uncle Yo
[Review] Rebuild of Evangelion 1.0 - Uncle Yo
[Review] Shigofumi - Uncle Yo
[Review] Slayers - Uncle Yo

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