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Category	Title	Rating
	RDF Underground Episode 159 "The Art of Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles" by Tommy Yune	Rating: 6 of 10
	>>Download Review \| Subscribe via RSS<< The Basics: As you may well know, the DVD "Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles" came out in early 2007 to mixed reviews. Some felt it was the best thing for anime fans since Jolt and Pocky. Others felt that it was the worst thing since somebody in Hong Kong thought it would be fun to dub Do You Remember Love. And most of them were pretty neutral. But, this isn't a review of the OVA, this is a review of a book. That book is a companion book for the Shadow Chronicles, "The Art Of The Shadow Chronicles"
	The Live Action Transformers Movie	Rating: 6 of 10
	Plot: After a war that left their planet dead, the Autobots and Decepticons have come to Earth in search of the “Allspark”, an alien cube that can create life from technology. Review: The effects were awesome. And when that's the first thing you have to say about a movie, you know you're not in for an Oscar winning movie (except for the Technical Awards). But this was "Transformers", so you don't expect that walking into it, even if Oscar Award Winning Actor Jon Voight (tm) plays the Secretary of Defense, John Keller.
	Review of Doctor Who "42" by Chris Chibnall	Rating: 10 of 10
	Plot: While traveling through the Time Vortex, the TARDIS picks up a distress signal, and materializes on a cargo ship on a collision course with a Sun. The Doctor and Martha only have 42 minutes to save the ship and her crew.
	Doctor Who TV Movie "The Enemy Within"	Rating: 6 of 10
	Plot: It starts on Skaro with the Master. He is "exterminated" by the Daleks, and it is up to the Doctor, the Master's arch-nemesis (and arch-nemesis of Daleks), to recover his remains, and escort them back to the homeworld of the Time Lords, Gallifrey. During the voyage home, the Master's remains escape the locked containment vessel they have been placed in, and short circuit the TARDIS's control console, causing it to make an emergency detour to San Francisco, 1999, right in the middle of a gang shoot out.
	"Grave of the Fireflies" from Studio Ghibli	Rating: 10 of 10
	Plot: This is the story of two children, Seita and his baby sister, Setsuko. The story takes place in early 1945, during the US's bombings of Japan during WWII. It's during a firebombing of Kobe in which Seita and Setsuko are orphaned when their immediate family are killed by our bombs. The rest of the story follows Setsuko and Seita as they move in with their extended family, run away from a less than pleasant situation with them, and Setsuko struggling to protect the childhood innocence of Seita
	G-Force from Turner Networks, Sandy Frank, and Tatsunoko	Rating: 1 of 10
	Sometime in Earth’s future, Earth faces alien invasion. Protecting the planet is a mission left to Dr. Brighthead and a team of five youths known as G-Force. Yep. It’s another dub of Gatchaman, but this time done by Turner. You know, the company that has TBS, TNT, TMC, CNN, amongst other companies. And this was even more Americanized in some ways than Battle of the Planets was. Okay, there was no 7-Zark-7, but still it was bad. In BotP, the names were Americanized, but it wasn’t to bad. There the names were Princess, Tiny, Keyop, Mark, and Jason.
	Battle of the Planets from Sandy Frank Syndication and Tatsunoko	Rating: 4 of 10
	Battle of the Planets, an American version of the anime series “Ninja Science Team Gatchaman”, takes place sometime in the future. Earth has discovered a new mineral that makes it a prosperous planet in many, many galaxies, Vitalumis. And the Earth is constantly fighting off invasions from the planet, Spectra, who wishes to claim the Vitalumis for themselves. Unfortunately, the military is no match for the Spectra forces led by Zoltar, so they have taken orphans, given them implants, and made them into the fighting team, G-Force.
	Starblazers from Voyager Entertainment	Rating: 8 of 10
	It is the late 22nd century, and Earth is not what it used to be. The population of Earth has moved underground due to war with an alien race known as the Gamilon. Their near constant bombing has left the Earth’s surface a barren, inhospitable radioactive wasteland. And to make matters worse, the radiation has begun seeping into the surface of the planet, making it’s way underground, and humanity only has one year left until they can’t even survive underground. And that’s where Iscandar comes in.
	Otaku No Video from Gainax/Youmex/AnimEigo	Rating: 8 of 10
	What is Otaku No Video? Technically, it's three shows in one. "1982: Graffiti of the Otaku Generation. Otaku No Video", "1985: Graffiti of the Otaku Generation. More Otaku No Video", and a series of interviews called "Portrait of An Otaku". Or you could say it's a dramatization of the founding of Gainax. First let's tackle for First Part, "1982: Graffiti of the Otaku Generation".
	Akira from Akira Committee/Pioneer	Rating: 10 of 10
	Here we have a story of kids. The kids of Neo Tokyo in 2019, 31 years after WWIII. Mainly, it's the story of four kids. Kaneda, leader of a motorcycle gang and owner of a suped-up motorbike. Tetsuo, Kaneda's friend who happens be jealous of Kaneda. Kei, an anti-government rebel who Kaneda has a crush on. And then there is Akira. For more, just check out the Wikipedia entry. Now, why should you watch it? Well, I wouldn't be that good of an otaku if I didn't recommend it. First, it's a classic science fiction anime.

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