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Emma: A Victorian Romance Season 1 Blu-ray Anime Review When Young Master William Jones meets a maid named Emma, he begins to face real choices about how his life will go in late 19th century England. What They Say: In 19th-century London, class lines are sharply drawn, and the social standing to which people are born dictates the path their lives will follow. Emma, an honest and hardworking young maid, never felt her place in life to be a burden. But then she met William, a member of the gentr...

A twisted world fighting for some form of survival. What They Say: In a battle against the klaxosaurs only the children, classified as parasites, are humanity’s hope in this dying world. Fighting in mechanized suits known as FRANXX, parasites are grouped up in male and female pairs to face the monstrous creatures. Hiro was once a prodigy FRANXX pilot. But when he gives up the fight, he meets Zero Two, the girl with the horns, and finds a new reason to keep going. The Review: Audio: The audio...

Both disturbing and depressing…perfect for a COVID world. What They Say: Ganta is the only survivor after a mysterious man in red slaughters a classroom full of teenagers. He’s framed for the carnage, sentenced to die, and locked away in the most twisted prison ever built: Deadman Wonderland. And then it gets worse. At Deadman Wonderland, convicts are forced into brutal death matches for the amusement of the masses, the cheers of the crowd drowning out the screams of the dismembered. Even w...

Ashiya’s tale continues as he works off that debt. What They Say: High school student Ashiya is just getting the hang of his unusual life as a yokai exorcist’s assistant when a foolish mishap sends him to the Underworld. It’s time to meet the Executive and the Justice, and all the trouble that comes with them! The Review: Audio: The audio presentation brings us the original Japanese language track in stereo while the English dub is done up in 5.1, both of which are encoded using the Dolb...

© Eiichiro Oda / Shueisha · Fuji Television · Toei Animation It took a few years but we recently got the word that Funimation was able to start rolling out more dubbed One Piece. The first round of new episodes landed with a June 2020 debut for episodes 575 through 587 dubbed and it’s been continuing on since with a couple more batches and slowly but surely filling out the 10th season home video releases as well as streaming. Recently, Funimation has revealed that the next batch of episod...

A complicated release on VHS that got a proper DVD treatment. Oh, those were the days. What They Say Hime, a seemingly normal girl, has her life forever changed when she witnesses the birth of an antibody (a type of mecha) and becomes its pilot. A new life full of danger, excitement, and intrigue awaits. But is that what she wants? The Review: Audio: The audio presentation for this series comes in its original Japanese language track in stereo along with the English language dub, both of which ...

© Eiichiro Oda / Shueisha · Fuji Television · Toei Animation It took a few years but we recently got the word that Funimation was able to start rolling out more dubbed One Piece. The first round of new episodes landed with a June 2020 debut for episodes 575 through 587 dubbed and it’s been continuing on since with a couple more batches and slowly but surely filling out the 10th season home video releases as well as streaming. Recently, Funimation has revealed that the next batch of episod...

Funimation Sets May 2021 Anime DVD/BD Release Slate It’s a weird time with the way releases are coming out a bit as Funimation has now announced their plans for May 2021 – with nothing coming out in April 2021. Of course, we haven’t had any review materials since February 2020 en masse come down from Funimation. It looks like the gap period in April was due to their disc distribution location was changing fulfillment locations and it takes a few weeks to do that. That said, they’ve got ...

From enchanting disguises to mysterious strangers, the colosseum isn’t the only place they’ll battle.