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Welcome back to the TicketVerse, you stand-up readers, you! That's right, time to return to the section of the interwebs where I make nonsense make sense, and make sense that makes no sense. Just ask literally anyone I've ever talked to. Or go back and read the materials I have for you today. Digital Trade:  Return to Wonderland GFT  Retrospective #17: Return to Wonderland - Return to Wonderland  #0-6          

Hi, everybody. These are the facts, Anime-niacs: Sometimes, anime are just shallow, breast-filled, limited series cranked out by a small group of people locked in a basement somewhere because some Japanese guy who likes money more than he likes the company that makes it for him wanted them to make a six hour commercial for a generic, below-average video game directed at perverts and obsessive-compulsive recluses with giant vacancies in their souls. And sometimes, by which I mean a one-in-a-million rarity, promotional anime can actually have compelling stories and be worth watching. Here, as usual, are three examples that run the spectrum from Best  to Worst  and something in between. Best:  King Of Fighters: Destiny-- Does it try to force the Fatal Fury Motion Picture plot into the Rugal Saga? Yes. Does the King Of Fighters Tournament blatantly rip off the World Martial Arts Tournament from Dragon Ball Z ’s Buu Saga? Yes. Is the CG animation goofy as hell sometimes? Ye...

No intro, no filler. Just another collection of Zenescope comics  and reviews for my stand-up readers! Digital Trade:  Grimm Fairy Tales - Volume #3 GFT Retrospective #14: The Beauty And the Beast Collection          - Grimm Fairy Tales #13: Beauty And the Beast (Part 1)          - Grimm Fairy Tales #14: Beauty And the Beast (Part 2) GFT Retrospective #15: The Redemption Arc          - Grimm Fairy Tales  #15: The Three Little Pigs          -  Grimm Fairy Tales  #16: Little Miss Muffet          -  Grimm Fairy Tales  #17: The Juniper Tree          -  Grimm Fairy Tales  #18: Three Billy Goats Gruff GFT Retrospective #16: Wicked Ways          - Volume #3 Short Story: Wicked Ways Stand-up? Comics? Did anyone get that? If not, it's probably bec...

Greetings, Anime-niacs! As I talked about in my last status update , the list is complete, the reviews are written, and the yatus is over, so it's time to put out yet a third issue on the harem genre. This time, supernatural fan-service harem series are the order of the day. Prepare to be turned on and underwhelmed.... Best: High School DxD (New/BorN/HERO)-- When proud high school pervert Issei is murdered by his fallen angel girlfriend, a demon girl named Rias resurrects him so he can get his revenge, but also help her out with Occult Research Club activities, like exorcising evil spirits and killing fallen angels, demons, angels, and pagan gods. Of course, Issei is usually more interested in Rias and engaging the club in…other activities. Things never get to pure hentai territory, but High School DxD is definitely not a family-friendly anime, as a ridiculous (but not entirely unwelcome) amount of the series is focused on breasts of such size as to make a chiropractor qui...

Apologies for the lack of content these last few weeks. While working on an issue of Anime-BAW , my anime list was deleted, and I had to re-compile it. I also decided that while I was putting it together, I would just write offline reviews of all of the series on my list and figure out what went together genre-wise when I was done. That, combined with my continued work on  GFT Retrospective  material, home and work life, writing and then re-writing a novel that I've been obsessing over for five-plus years now, and putting all the pieces together to go back to college, I haven't been in a frame of mind to put together a string of diverse content like I have in the past (and keep in mind that I'm doing this all by myself...). Rest assured, though, that when things quiet down here, I will be returning with fresh issues of Anime-BAW , GFT Retrospective , New Piece Offerings , and TicketVerse Throwbacks . Until then, Stay Tuned  patiently and enjoy your independence. Se...

Harems.... So. Many. Harems. Anime has so many harem series that it's practically a harem of harems out there. That's why I'm doing a multi-part Best/Average/Worst  (now officially titled Anime-BAW  for short) on the genre. Today, we'll look at a few sci-fi harem series that I've seen recently. Best: Hundred-- This is your typical sci-fi/future school anime, wherein the protagonist becomes the only male student at an all-girls school because of his high " Hundred  score," a compatibility statistic that determines whether or not someone can summon a magical girl/mecha-style battle armor called a " Hundred"  and pilot it against mysterious alien creatures termed "Savages." Of course, the hero has the highest Hundred score ever recorded because as a child, he was infected with Savage blood and became a "Variant." That means that under times of extreme stress, his Hundred changes form and he loses control of himself against wh...

Hey, comic book fans! It seemed ridiculous to just post a link to something that two dozen of you have glanced at already, so instead, I'm going to do it twice! That's right, everyone; today's TicketVerse Trade  brings you two full Digital Trade Volumes and two of my Retrospective  reviews, all for the low, low price of a single goose egg. First up, it's The Piper.... Digital Trade Volume:  The Piper Grimm Fairy Tales  Retrospective #12:  The Piper And next came Sinbad & the Eyes Of Fire .... Digital Trade Volume: 1001 Arabian Nights - The Adventures Of Sinbad Volume 1: The Eyes Of Fire Grimm Fairy Tales Retrospective #13: Sinbad & the Eyes Of Fire Wow, that last title required hella typing...and I'm suddenly using ellipses a lot.... Stay Tuned for another harem-filled edition of Anime-BAW  and have a good night.... Ticketmaster..., out....