Gladys Nickles

Never trust what you’re told. When Shion Sonozaki finally confronts her elder twin Mion, head of the Sonozaki family, about the mysterious deaths that have been happening in their town she begins to learn the cruel truths of those around her. Everything is chalked up to “Oyashiro’s Curse,” but the deaths and the events that lead to them are spoken in hushed whispers throughout the members of the t...[Read More]

A boy and his shikigami are rarely parted. Abe no Masahiro, heir and grandson to the famed onmyouji Abe no Seimei, must work hard to follow in his family’s footsteps. It’s his sworn duty as an onmyouji to banish demons and put the souls of the dead to rest, with his loyal shikigami deities at his aid. But this task becomes much harder when a vicious onryuo (vengeful spirit) is summoned to reap his...[Read More]

Did you ever have a dream that was just so real…? Yuichi Aizawa has had a rough time adjusting to life in his hometown has his tattered memories are finally beginning to surface. His dear childhood friends and family, all of whom he’d forgotten for seven years, continue in little ways to pry the lid off the memories that a childhood trauma had sealed away. His life-long friend Ayu has disappeared,...[Read More]

You can never have too much blood.But in Karin’s case, it would be nice to have limitations. Karin is the middle daughter in a family of vampires, but she’s noticeably different from her family. She’s bubbly and absolutely adorable, and she’s what they call an “un-vampire”—meaning she produces blood in excess at certain times rather than craves it. She goes to human school as all vampires do to le...[Read More]

I hope your favorite colors are black and blue.Let’s face it; we all love a good all-or-nothing fight against poor odds. Everyone’s favorite street-fighting spirit detective Yusuke Urameshi is back in season three with his rag-tag group of friends fighting their way through the heart of the Dark Tournament. The smart-mouthed street punk has grown and trained hard since the first season, when he wa...[Read More]

Swords, guns, and demons; who could ask for more?Devil May Cry is based on Capcom’s hit videogame franchise of the same name and is about a somewhat lazy “odd job man” named Dante. Dante is actually the son of legendary demon warrior, Sparda, and possesses unparalleled skill with both his large buster-type sword and handgun. Usually his jobs are as odd as his occupational title suggests—usually in...[Read More]

They prettier the male cast, the better the anime.Well, not really, but Shonen Onmyouji seems to correlate the points. The series is about Masahiro, the grandson and perceived heir of famed onmyouji Seimei Abe. In volume three, the action is seemingly nonstop. It picks up after Masahiro’s long-time childhood friend (and potential love interest) Akiko has been cursed by the demon Kyuuki. Masahiro h...[Read More]

Beaches, bathhouses, and other things beginning with “B.”The Negima Spring and Summer Specials are short OVAs (original video animations) that take place after the events of the television series. In the Spring special, Negi and Asuna have had a big fight and the Class Rep has decided to spirit Negi away to her family’s private island—only Asakura found out and all of class 2-A went along for some...[Read More]