Fairy Tail's Laxus Dreyar Spinoff manga Launches 

Fairy Tail\'s Laxus Dreyar Spinoff Manga Launches

spinoff manga in "Magazine Pocket" last November, and ended it on March 30. That previous manga centered on Gajeel Redfox.

Spinoff: Twin Dragons of Sabertooth) in the "Magazine Pocket" app last July as a part of the app\'s launch.

released the manga in one compiled volume in Japan in January.

will publish the compiled volume in English this fall.

Answerman - Will Anime Discs Keep Being Sold At Major Retailers?

Many fans have noticed the dwindling real estate held by anime DVDs and blurays on retail shelves nationwide - is this trend eventually going to spell the end of anime in major retail locations? ― Dominic asks: When it comes with selling anime to physical retailers, some publishers, such as Aniplex of America, PonyCan USA and NISA, only sell to specialist anime stores (for example: Anime Jungle in L...

Paul takes on the second season of Date A Live, which unbelievably manages to cram in even more superpowered girls than the first season. PLUS: This week\'s new anime releases! ― I had a very small, very nerdy epiphany this week. I was shopping around for some new miniatures for the X-Wing tabletop game when it occurred to me that some things change very little from childhood to adulthood. I still pl...

The second series for this fan service fest is a slight improvement over the first, but that isn\'t saying much. ― Heavy fan service shows may have gotten more sophisticated in their characterizations and storytelling over the past few years, but that is only on the average. The classic big, dumb booby show still pops up on a regular basis because they still sell well enough on both sides of the Pacif...

The new SPJA Youth Protection Policy might seem like a good idea, but it could well destroy Anime Expo. ― On Tuesday, at an SPJA board meeting, the SPJA board of directors will be making a very important decision that could have long reaching consequences for Anime Expo. During this meeting the board will decide how to address problems with their new Youth Protection Policy, problems that many AX par...

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The Mike Toole Show - Night of the Hunter x Hunter

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When you\'re in trouble, call the police - just hope you don\'t get any one of these particularly unqualified officers. ― Incompetent cops are a common foil in Western fiction, especially if the main character is a vigilante superhero or the victim of a crime that\'s gone unpunished. It isn\'t nearly as common in anime though, where blue bloods are filled with types like Akane Tsunemori, Natsumi Tsujimo...

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Answerman - What Determines Whether Songs In Anime Get Dubbed?

When an anime has a musical number or an insert song, they\'re only occasionally dubbed into English - why is that, and how are those decisions made? ― Dustin asks: The English dub of Love Live! transitions from English dialogue to the original song performances of the Japanese seiyuu. In other cases like The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, the insert songs are sung in English. What\'s the process of d...

Anime has a ton of different ways to travel through time, but which one of them seems the most plausible? Paul Jensen straps in to determine which method makes the most sense, from Haruhi Suzumiya to Re:Zero! ― Re:Zero has been making a bit of a splash this season, thanks in part to its time-bending premise. Every time the main character dies, he gets a chance to go back and try again, sort of like h...

Theron\'s favorite part of Sword Art Online shows up in its original light novel form, and he finds the experience a little diminished from its anime adaptation. ― The seventh novel in the core SAO storyline corresponds to episodes 18-24 of Sword Art Online II, which in my evaluation is the best SAO story arc released in the U.S. to date. I expounded on the merits of its storytelling in great detail i...