On the fateful night when ace teen detective Jimmy Kudo was attacked by two mysterious strangers and forced to ingest a poison, he was on a date with his sweetheart Rachel Moore at a popular theme park. Now, when a horrific murder has shocked Rachel into amnesia, he must solve the mystery as quickly as possible before the murderer returns to eliminate her as a loose end. As Rachel tries to recover her memories, will she be able to see past Conan’s disguise, and does he even want her to? When a return to the theme park might spark Rachel’s memories, can they risk a return with the killer still on the loose?

Jimmy Kudo is just your average high-school detective: brilliant, popular, and on the fast track to success. Even the police department don’t hesitate to call him in on their toughest cases! However, when an attempt to thwart a crime (while on a date with his probably-sweetheart Rachel Moore) finds him at odds with a mysterious duo, they poison him to eliminate witnesses. Fortunately, the poison was apparently untested, and Jimmy didn’t die. Unfortunately, his body has shrunk to that of a grade-schooler, and he must conceal his identity to protect himself and those around him. Will the world’s greatest new detective be able to solve cases as child prodigy Conan Edogawa?

Death gazes on with silver eyes. Vicious monsters known as Yoma ravage a medieval world, terrorizing the human race as they hunt down and devour any and every human in their wake. A highly specialized organization has been established to create an army of female mercenaries, infused with Yoma blood, to hunt and kill the Yoma. Clare is one such warrior, a Claymore, alienated from the rest of humanity by her unnatural powers and fearful ability with the blade. In saving his life and dispatching the Yoma that was threatening his village, Clare meets a young boy named Raki and decides to let him follow her in her endless travels. (Though he’s more of a load than any sort of asset.) Privately, Clare is pursuing her own personal mission—to hunt down Priscilla, a former Claymore who fully Awakened to the Yoma blood inside of her and killed Teresa. In the winding path to that end, Clare begins to realize that the Organization knows more about Awakened Beings than they let on to the Claymores, and when she is sent to what would surely be death with several other Claymores that are marked as possible trouble makers Clare...

Based on the video game(s) of the same name, Devil May Cry is the ultimate payoff for those of us who greatly enjoyed the sardonic humor of the game, but are too busy to devote hours to puzzle-solving and random battles.  Dante, the sword-swinging, gun-wielding, but-kicking proprietor of Devil May Cry detective agency, lives a day-to-day existence like anyone else:  ordering pizza on an ever-growing unpaid tab, trying to find a decent strawberry sundae, and goading otherworldly horrors into fights.  Wait...what?  There's also the constant stream of wry humor, the occasional irritating orphan, and drop-ins from friends, allies, and friendly rivals who aren't above charging a finder's fee to include him on jobs.  With friends like these, who needs enemies?

It’s more wacky adventure on the high seas as the Straw Hat Pirates continue their adventures on the Grand Line. Their newest mission? Protecting Princess Vivi until she can be safely delivered to her homeland of Alabasta, preferably before Crocodile, the leader of the elite assassin group Baroque Works, can completely destroy her kingdom. With enemies on all sides, who has time for the minor annoyances, like landing on an island populated with warring giants and hungry dinosaurs?

Director Shinichrio Watanabe has quite a resume in the anime industry. I'm not all that familiar with anime, but even bystanders to the genre like me have heard of and seen some of Cowboy BeBop, one of Watanbe's most popular works. Another series he was behind that recently came to Blu-ray is Samurai Champloo. The complete series set includes all twenty-six episodes of the series that was shown on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim. Perhaps the biggest question to ask here is if owners of the DVD collection should upgrade to this blu-ray set? The short answer? No, but let's take a closer look at this set in general.

  12,000 years ago, Shadow Angels ruled the world.  They harvested human being for a life force energy called Prana to sustain the Tree of Life.  However, it was all changed when the Shadow Angel Apollonius fell in love with a human Seliane.  He betrayed the Shadow Angels and destroyed their homeland Atlandia forcing them to retreat and recoup.  Now, the Shadow Angels have returned to once again harvest Humans.  However, humans aren't going to take it lying down.  They have trained pilots to fly a large mechanical angel named Aquarion.  In order to fly it though, three people must Merge (also referred to as Gattai) their souls as well as their Vectors (the separate parts that make up Aquarion). However, things become difficult after Sylvia and Pierre discover Apollo.  Apollo is a brash young man who grew up on the streets.  He's also believed to be the reincarnation of Apollonius and Solar Wing, the hero destined to save humanity.  Apollo must realize who he is and learn to get along with his fellow pilots if they have any hope of stopping the Shadow Angels and saving humanity. This series focuses more on how each person must overcome their own...

    The last part of Heroic begins where the first part took off.  After the battle of Jupiter, the Tribe of Iron fights their way to earth finally freeing it from the oppression of the Tribe of Silver.  From this, the Tribe of Iron realizes it can accomplish anything and moves in to take on The Tribe of Bronze and the Tribe of Silver.  After a quick and brutal battle the Tribe of Iron conquers the Tribe of Bronze's home world and realize that not only is it poorly defended that it is where the Tribe of Bronze raise their young.  Moving from that disaster they maneuver toward the Tribe of Silver's home planet, Codomos.  Once there, the Tribe of Silver engages the Tribe of Humans in a relentless all out battle.  Dhianeila meanwhile makes her to the surface to speak with the only member of the Tribe of Silver not to hold hostility toward the Tribe of Iron.  The two realize that in a lot of ways they are both looking for the same thing.  The gift of wisdom left behind by the Tribe of Gold. They realize quickly that this gift is on the planet, Elysium. ...

Military might with a bow on top. After the great dragon Shen Long was summoned back in season one, Goku and Bulma find that now they have to repeat the process all over again. The dragon balls have scattered to random locations all over the world, but the tenacious Bulma won’t stop till she gets her wish and Goku wants his grandfather’s four-star ball back. However, once again, they aren’t alone in the hunt for the dragon balls and the Red Ribbon Army has emerged from the backdrop. Goku must now fight his way through the entire hierarchy of the Red Ribbon Army if he wants to achieve his goal. If the RRA wins, then they will use the balls to conquer the world. More dire circumstances hang in the balance than Bulma getting a cute boyfriend, and Goku must grow stronger to overcome enemies stronger than he has ever faced. In the race for the seven dragon balls, who will win? (Yeah, we know who.)

Before there were Super Saiyans there was one small boy. Son Goku was the most cheerful and most freakishly strong boy an old man could raise. After finding him abandoned as a baby, Son Gohan, a kindly old martial artist, took the boy in and raised him as a grandson. After the death of his grandfather, Goku continues to go about his daily life in the wilds while keeping his grandfather’s most prized possession safe as a memento. Enter Bulma, the plucky young daughter of the world’s most premier inventor. After literally running into Goku on the road, she discovers that this strange boy is holding on to one of the seven mystic dragon balls—items she covets to have the great dragon grant her wish. Being unable to talk Goku out of his cherished possession, the two set off together on a globe spanning adventure to find the rest of the set together. Along the way they meet the most ragtag cast of misfits (the least of which being the persistent Emperor Pilaf) and get into the most outrageous trouble imaginable. It makes one wonder if getting any wish your heart desires is worth being kidnapped, chased...

The second installment of Season One of D. Gray-Man sees Allen Walker and the Black Order as they continue to gather Innocence to combat the Millennium Earl.  They're first stop is a city which seems to be under the state of perpetual winter.  They run across an older gentlemen and his daughter whom are trying to find the Leaf of Revival to bring back his son. It is discovered that this Leaf of Revival is actually a tree and not only the cause of the perpetual blizzard, but is also of course Innocence.  Their next mission has them investigating a "vampire".  Things get hairy when it's discovered that this "vampire" is actually an Accommodator whom is capable of draining an Akuma and becoming more powerful in the process.  Even worse is that this "vampire" is in love with Akuma.  To top it all off, the Millennium Earl decides to make his move and declares all out war on the Black Order and the rest of the world. This installment of D. Gray-Man goes into some of the various character's history and personalities and gets more into the meat of the storyline.  It’s a bit deeper then the first half of...

Wishes, desires, and bad luck. For all of Kimihiro Watanuki’s young life, he has been plagued with the ability to see and be effected by spirits all around him. All he wanted to do was live a mostly normal high school student’s life and get closer to his adorable classmate Himawari. In a stroke of luck that’s either good or bad (depending on your viewpoint), Watanuki finds himself stumbling into the wish-granting shop of the witch Yuuko. She agrees to remove Watanuki’s ability to see spirits under the condition that he work as her assistant till the value of his work efforts has become equivalent to the value of his desire. That seems simple enough, right? But when Watanuki’s life becomes even stranger because of Yuuko’s customers, acquaintances, and the tasks he’s assigned to do it begins to seem a little more trouble than the reward could be worth to normal people. Instead of seeing fewer spirits, now he comes face to face with more of them than he ever had a desire to! Will Watanuki ever have a normal existence? And will Yuuko ever stop drinking?

Ten years after Hell’s Gate appeared in Tokyo, a final confrontation has come to light: Whether the Pandora organization will be able to destroy the gate (and with it, the remarkably changed and empowered humans known as Contractors), or whether Evening Primrose will be able to convince the Black Reaper to use his own strange power to avert disaster. Unfortunately, Hei’s own past with Amber and the mysterious disappearance of his sister leave him with blatant mistrust of mission endorsed by her. Will he be able to choose a side before his indecision results in the destruction of every contractor and doll, regardless of their individual alliances or motives?

She goes boom, boom, boom. The Slayers all began with an underdeveloped sorceress, Lina Inverse, and her quest for fame and fortune. After thinking he saved her from some revenge-seeking bandits, Gourry Gabriev joins her as her self-proclaimed protector. It’s only Lina’s misfortune that his wit isn’t as sharp as his skills with a sword. From there, the two set out looking for rare treasures and spells and find themselves constantly getting swept up in plots larger than themselves. Constantly meeting allies along the way, such as the taciturn Zelgadis and the energetic Amelia, the main cast of Slayers always finds themselves one step away from danger rather than closer to their individual goals. People of the world might revere them as heroes and saviors from plans to destroy the world. However, the destruction they seem to cause in the meantime seems to override any respect people might have for them. Comedy and adventure is in high quantity as Lina Inverse shoots for the stars to become the most powerful sorceress there is.  

Many years ago the Tribe of Gold put out a call for all the other races to join them in space.  Three answered.  They were The Tribe of Silver, the Tribe of Bronze, and the Tribe of Heroes.  However, just as the Tribe of Gold was about to leave the universe for other places, a fourth one answered the call.  This was The Tribe of Iron or mankind.  A great civil war broke out amongst the Tribe of Heroes causing great devastation, and all but five of the Tribe of Heroes was wiped out.  Those remaining five were placed in bodies of the other races so that they might better serve them.  Each Tribe was then allowed to place labors upon these remaining Tribe of Heroes and renamed them Nodos.  Now, several years later the Tribe of Silver has conquered much of space and even overtaken the earth.  The Tribe of Iron is threatened with extinction.  However, Princess Dhianeila manages to find the fifth Nodos.  The one whom will be the savior of the Tribe of Iron, a young feral boy named Age.  They then begin the long trek back to mankind's new headquarters, constantly besieged by the Tribe of...