My Laptop Is Out Of Commission :-(

Just a quick update to let you all know that my blog posts may be coming out a lot slower than usual (i know I haven't been as good at posting them regularly recently, but I was about to improve that...) as my laptop is currently getting fixed :-(

It had been a little bit slower recently, and then the dreaded HP error code of (90b) reared its ugly head, meaning a fan had broken and it was warning me it will get a lot hotter than usual and probably melt in to an indistinguishable puddle of plastic if I carried on using it...

So we carried on using it.... Well I thought it wouldn't be a problem as it has 2 or 3 fans so surely the others would have takeb over and everything would be fine. That theory actually proved to be correct until my wife decided to stream a film on it and it shut itself down during the film, she panicked and asked me what was happening and a new error message appeared saying 'i took over and shut down the laptop, I don't care what you were doing, do you want a puddle of plastic on your sofa? I thought not...'

Long story short, it was still under the manufacturers warranty so I took it in to get repaired and should have it back in about 2 weeks. In the meantime I will be blogging from my phone (at least this shouldn't overheat...) so bear with me!

UK Anime & Manga Releases - 28/05/2012 to 03/06/2012

(Apart from being one day late) It's that time of the week again where we have a look at the new releases coming to you this week. Sorry for not putting this up over the weekend, I had to take our laptop in to get it repaired so I shall be attempting to post from my phone for the next week or two.

Quite a few releases this week, with quite an even spread of anime and manga releases. Although the releases that will overshadow everything else are the Bleach anime movies, all released today.

Without further ado, here are this weeks releases:

ANIME
Monday 28th May
Baka and Test: Summon the Beast - Complete Series 1
Clannad - Series 1 vol.1
Bleach Movies (1st, 2nd and 3rd)

MANGA
Tuesday 29th May
Fairy Tail - vol.19
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - vol.5
Puella Magi Madoka Magica - vol.1
Soul Eater - vol.9
Sumomomo, Momomo - vol.12
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya - vol.12

UK Anime & Manga Releases - 21/05/2012 to 27/05/2012

It's that time of the week again where we have a look at the new releases coming to you this week.

We have a couple of new anime releases due on Monday, one of these being an OVA 'spin-off' from one my favourite anime movies (the film is one of those that tends to be the first bite of the anime pie for a lot of people) which I have yet to see, but as I have already seen the other spin-off I may have to pick this up!

On the manga front there are few big Shonen Jump releases, and outside of those there is a huge stack of new manga coming at you early in the week again, so get ready for some serious reading time!

Without further ado, here are this weeks releases:

Pokemon Black and White - Darkrai Event Now Live

For those of you still playing either Pokemon Black or Pokemon White on the Nintendo DS a new treat arrived a little earlier in the month for you, the legendary pokemon Darkrai.

Darkrai is available via the Mystery Gift option on the main menu, the same as all previous legendary pokemon on the games, and once received you will need to speak to the delivery man in the Pokemon Centre to receive it. The Darkrai in question comes to you at level 50 with the Bad Dreams ability. The moves list it will have are: Dark Void, Ominous Wind, Faint Attack, Nightmare.

Be sure to get Darkrai before he disappears, as the event is only running between the 9th May and the 10th June.

NEO Magazine 98 out Today!

UK Anime, Manga and all-round Japan filled magazine NEO is out today in all good magazine stockists (or in your post box/on your doormat if you subscribe to them). This months magazine features all the articles you would expect, but a large section of the space including the cover is filled with one of the most popular anime series to ever hit these Western shores:

That's right, Dragon Ball Z! The entire first series is due to release in July and NEO are giving their readers who are unaware just who Goku is, or what the heck a Kamehameha is either, the low-down on all the characters, backstories and the related series' and movies.

NEO magazine is on sale today for £4.25