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The Spring 2010 Anime Preview Guide
Our Spring Preview has begun! Keep checking back daily for new previews from our team of critics.

Previews Now Available:
Uraboku
Rainbow
SD Gundam: Romance of the 3 Kingdoms
Hime Chen!
Ichiban Ushiro no Daimao episode 2
Heroman Episode 2
Senkou no Night Raid
Big Windup! Season 2
Giant Killing
Mayoi Neko Overrun!
K-On! Season 2
Hakuouki
Working!!
Kissxsis
Arakawa Under the Bridge
Shin Koihime Musou: Otome Tairan
Angel Beats!
Kaichou wa Maid-sama!
B Gata H Kei
Ikkitousen: Xtreme Xecutor
2010-04-01

The X Button - State of the Nation
Todd tackles modern Japanese RPGs, plus the latest on The Last Story, a game about game consoles, another Harvest Moon, and the persistent rumor of Marvel vs. Capcom 3. 2010-04-14

Anime News Nina! - 2010-04-14
The pickings are slim at DokiDoKon. 2010-04-14

RIGHT TURN ONLY!! - Dororororosario!!
A garden of unearthly delights, including Dorohedoro, Rosario+Vampire Season II, and xxxHOLiC, is completely overshadowed by a World Manga of the Month by Stephenie Meyer. No lie. 2010-04-13

Shelf Life - Training Your Dragon Ball
Erin's back from her hiatus, and she's got plenty of shonen shows to shuffle off her stack.
- Dragon Ball s.3 - Evangelion 1.11 - You Are (Not) Alone
- One Piece s2. pt 6
2010-04-12

Living for the Day After Tomorrow DVD
A girl who wishes to be older and an adult woman looking to start anew exchange ages, and share in the complications that arise, in this well-written, well-paced, and carefully-crafted 2006 drama. It is one of the sublime jewels amongst American releases in the first half of 2010.

Honey and Clover II DVD
All payoff and no filler, it both builds on and demolishes the original's work, bringing it to a definitive close and in the process creating a powerful drama that speaks to universal emotions in all of us.

Fairy Tail GN 10
For all its fancy wizardry, idiosyncratic characters, and far-off adventuring, this series still carries a heavy whiff of the tried-and-true, the overdone, the familiar.

Strike Witches
Uses fanservice to appeal to one group of fans, but the series' high-action alternate history sci-fi world, great character development and well-executed comedy make it possible for others to enjoy as well.

The Twelve Kingdoms - Skies of Dawn (novel 4)
The paths of three 16-year-old girls from vastly different situations converge during a rebellion in the Kingdom of Kei in this fourth offering from Fuyumi Ono's acclaimed fantasy series. Ono's longest and most ambitious storytelling effort yet is a real page-turner but suffers from production problems.

You're Under Arrest: Full Throttle DVD part 1
The babes of Bokuto Traffic Section are back for another round of cases, looking sexier than ever! While the cases more commonly edge in the serious direction and some of the circumstances have been altered since the last series, this is really just same-ol', same-ol' as YUA goes.

Slayers Revolution DVD
As with past installments in the franchise, this one offers lots of high-spirited, typically light-hearted fun populated densely with flashy displays of magic and wanton destruction. It even has an actual plot and the same English dub cast, too! Though hardly fresh, it can be entertaining.

Final Fantasy XIII
Final Fantasy XIII is an experiment in some ways and a throwback in others, streamlining combat while indulging in the glitzy theatrics of its predecessors. It's also a test of just how much bland introduction a player can take.

Aria the Origination DVD
Fourteen episodes (and one OVA) of elegiac beauty that soothe even as they mourn the franchise's passing.

Soul Eater DVD Part 2
Juicy entertainment, fully fortified with all the laughs, gasps and style necessary for a full-course shonen fightin' meal. And without the after-meal bloating often associated with such eating.

Ayashi no Ceres DVD 3 - C-Genome