Finished the Alabasta story arc in One piece - along with the Chopper orgins arc this has really raised the bar on quaity with this series that keeps getting better. The arc was so long and hard fought the end of it felt like a massive sigh of relief and there were some real magical moments in the last couple of episodes. I can see why One Piece is so popular and these two story arcs were chosen to redo as movies, I can see why.
I don't like this Nico Robin character they've brought into One Piece, she doesn't really gel with the rest of the cast and is very boring on screen.
One Piece: Episode of Chopper Film Gets New Animated Epilogue
Crunchyroll Streams Almost All One Piece Episodes
Angel Beats! Starts Countdown on Website oh hells no
Attack on Titan's Universal Studios Japan Attraction Teased in Video
Saw Bersek Movie 3: the best of the movies as it's based on the last few episodes of the series.
It's glossier, but apart from the Skull King doesn't feature too much new content. I would advise watching the series and then follow that up with movie 3. Movies 1 and 2 are truncated and the series - bar its creaking animation - does the story at a better and more in depth pace.
Summer Wars' Mamoru Hosoda Makes 1st New Film in 3 Years
Bakemono no Ko (The Boy and the Beast), the latest film from The Girl Who Leapt Through Time and Summer Wars director Mamoru Hosoda, will open in Japan on July 11, 2015. It will be his first film since 2012, when his relatively new animation movie company Studio Chizu released Wolf Children as its first project.
In a Tokyo press conference, Hosoda talked about the new project: "The movie is a training story about a boy who was separated from his parents and becomes a disciple of a bakemono (supernatural creature). It's going to be a traditional yet novel story."
The story is set in the human realm (Tokyo's Shibuya ward) and the bakemono realm ("Shibutenmachi"). In these two worlds which must not intersect, there lives a lonely boy and a lonely bakemono. One day, the boy gets lost in the bakemono world, becomes the disciple of the bakemono Kumatetsu, and is renamed Kyūta.
Hosoda explained that he set the movie in Shibuya since he "thought that there are thrilling things hidden in this town of adventure." He added, "There are surprisingly few animated works set in Shibuya. Even though it's a famous place, it'll be novel as a movie setting."
The tagline on the movie's poster reads, "A new adventure flick." Hosoda's previous films depicted various relationships, such those between mother and child or relatives, and he commented that this movie's theme is, "Are they going to be father and son…?" He said that he is still thinking about how to cast the film, since "there's lots of ojisan (older guys)."
Hosoda created and scripted the movie, and plans to complete it next June. Theatrical screenings have already been set for France, and the major French movie studio Gaumont will handle international sales outside Asia. General producer Seiji Okuda (Summer Wars, Wolf Children) of NTV (who is producing the movie), NTV's movie division head Daisuke Kadoya, and Studio Chizu producer Yuichiro Saito (The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, Summer Wars, Wolf Children) attended the press conference.
Source: Oricon
I've been marathoning a 2nd viewing of Attack on Titan in HD.
English dub is great and you hear little things you probably missed in the Japanese dub. What I noticed is that unlike most anime series which take 13-20 episodes before they start getting better, this is right there from episode 1 - grabs your attention an keeps it.
I think that's why its been so popular. It's a great show but I have seen better, but none that have gripped from ep1.
Mamoru Hosoda's The Boy and the Beast Film's 1st Teaser Unveiled
Yeah, I find that animes usually have pretty awful openings.
ah I see, I was reading the booklets in the Attack on Titan Blurays and it has an interview with manga creator. He says that the animation team added and fixed things for the DVD release over and above the broadcast versions. That must be why I keep seeing little scenes and snippets I don't remember seeing on Crunchyroll.
biggest revelation is that the manga creator says the walls weren't built by humans and that the walls extend below ground. Also the final episode wasn't in the manga. There wasn't enough material to continue the anime so it was going to end with the female Titan beating the shit out of everyone with lots dying. Then they added the comeback which the creator initially didn't like but likes now.
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Live-Action Attack on Titan Film Poster Unveils Titan Taller Than Godzilla
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I just watched the 24th and last episode of Akame ga Kill. Epic. Great anime. The 1st volume of the manga will be published in NA in January 2015. I've heard it's different than the anime, so I'm definitely looking forward to reading those.
I also watched all 13 episodes of Deadman Wonderland on Bluray this week. Very interesting anime that, unfortunately, was cancelled far too soon, so the story just ends without any resolution. I'm reading the manga now. There are 13 volumes, and the anime stops around vol 4, so there's a LOT more to this story.
Hate that^ when it's cut off. IMO the manga writer should ditch the manga and just write anime episodes of it.
There's a review here: Akame ga KILL! ‒ Episode 24
I've been watching DENKI-GAI, which is a hilarous anime about a group of kids running a Manga store. I've seen 7 episodes so far, and I've enjoyed all of them greatly. 
On Crunchyroll?
Yes.
I just finished the 12th and final episode of DENKI-GAI. I really, really hope there's another season coming. This anime had me laughing my ass off on every episode. 
Akame ga Kill Manga to Start Last Arc in 12th Volume
Luffy Leads in One Piece Character Poll
Funimation to Stream Assassination Classroom Anime
Nobunaga the Fool Anime Gets English Dub
Terrorize Your Figure Collection With A Fully Articulated Titan Model
One Piece: Episode of Chopper Film's New Edition Teased in Ads
Two television commercials aired this week and last week for the 2014 special edition of the 2008 film One Piece: Episode of Chopper + Fuyu ni Saku, Kiseki no Sakura. The new edition will add new animated footage to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the One Piece television anime. The new special edition will air on Fuji TV and its affiliates on December 31 at 9:00 p.m. (7:00 a.m. EST).
The movie depicts how Tony Chopper, the cute blue-nosed reindeer who serves as the ship doctor for the Straw Hat Pirates, met Luffy and the others during the Winter Island/Drum Kingdom arc. Livedoor News describes the film as the story that fans praise as the "most tearful in One Piece history."
Original manga creator Eiichiro Oda contributed to the film during its early planning stages. The film featured Nico Robin and Franky (even though they did not appear in the original manga's Drum Island arc) and the screen debut of the Thousand Sunny ship.
The original manga had opening page art that depicted what happened to the characters after this story. That art was the only depiction of the story's epilogue until now; the 2014 special edition of the film will add special footage that animates the epilogue with Dolton, Dr. Kureha (who taught medicine to Chopper), and others. The New Year's Eve airing will also end with a special message from the Straw Hat Pirates to the fans, to show their gratitude for the 15th anniversary.
The ninth film in the One Piece anime franchise premiered in Japan in 2008, and ran at the Italian Future Film Festival the next year. This year's 52nd issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine announced the special edition airing of the film last month. In its New Year's Eve time slot, the movie would go up against NHK's Red & White Song Battle, the most popular music program of the year.
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-12-21/one-piece-episode-of-chopper-film-new-edition-teased-in-ads/.82454
VIDEO: Fairy Tail Panel Comic Con 2011
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Anime's Egypt Arc Teased in Video
One Piece - On the Boat with Brina Palencia (Tony Tony Chopper | FUNimation)
So remember when I said not to show One Piece to kids? Here's why. A nice clip of Nami brutually stabbing herself in the arm.
This is my very favourite part of One Piece, very spoilerish, beautiful sad moment in the Chopper intro story arc. I think I rewound and watched this part about 4 times in a row. It's the kind of thing Fairytail does so well. The comments are great too, you can see other people loved it.
ooooneeee