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AnimeNation Ends Its Retail Business...

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I stopped by AnimeNation  today and found the following note from Gene Field : After 20 years, we've decided to get out of the retail game. A heartfelt thanks to all our great customers over the years, and all of the terrific employees that made AnimeNation a fun & dynamic place to work. At times it's been a dream come true. We've been doing this a long time though, and it's just time to move on to new and different challenges. If you have an existing order with us, you will receive an email with details specific to your order. If not, you can still contact [us] with questions about cancellations, refunds, shipment tracking, etc... To all in the anime community who have supported us over the years, again, thank you. It's been quite a while (almost seven years) since I last ordered anything from AnimeNation , preferring instead to support another, much larger anime e-tailer. I suppose that might have been one of the issues that plagued the AnimeNation bus

Princess Jellyfish...

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A couple years ago, I picked up Princess Jellyfish ... Plain, timid and obsessed with jellyfish, Tsukimi is a far cry from her idea of a princess. Her tepid life as a jobless illustrator comes complete with roommates who harbor diehard hobbies that solidify their status as hopeless social rejects. These wallflowers run a tight nun-like ship, but their no-men-allowed-not-no-one-not-no-how bubble is unwittingly burst after Tsukimi brings home a rescued sea jelly and a beauty queen - who's actually a guy. When threat of losing their cozy convent inspires this glamour boy to turn the neurotic entourage into a portrait of success, will Tsukimi take her chance to bloom or will she end up a hot mess? It took a while, but, I've finally gotten around to watching Princess Jellyfish . Coming right on the heels of Squid Girl , I decided to set Princess Jellyfish aside for a while. Recently, I came across a preview for Princess Jellyfish . Apparently, the series is being re-released i

Yuyushiki...

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Recently, I picked up Yuyushiki ... Everyone knows you can learn a lot on the internet, and some of it is even true. But if you want to know what's REALLY going on and important, then there's just one place to go: the computer club! Okay, so maybe it's not the club itself, but the three girls you're most likely to find there. And maybe they do spend more time chatting about their social lives and debating things like the virtues of ketchup versus mayonnaise than they do learning about the ins and outs of a keyboard, but whatever they're up to, it's sure to put a smile on your face. So come learn what the mysterious YuiYukari Formula is all about and join serious Yui, hyperactive Yuzuko and lovable but not quite in touch with reality Yukari as they experience life's ups, downs, surprises, and occasionally, the internet! According to Wikipedia ... Yuyushiki is a Japanese 4-panel manga series written and illustrated by Komata Mikami, which began serial