I actually had the chance to finish this show a long time ago (though... less honorable means), but things was a little crazy back then, and the show was put on the backburner for a little while. And then, as I was about to turn my attention back to this neato little sequel of Clannad's, Sentai Filmworks went ahead and licensed and released it.

And that's why I finally got around to watching and reviewing Clannad ~After Story~ for you guys. So come on in and have a read. If you've got the time and haven't done so already, we've got Tim's review for the first season right here. (And, if you're a completist, Tim's review for the movie made by Toei, can also be read on this site.)

Next up, I've got yet another review for you just in time for Valentine's. Now, I could've played the evil route and reviewed some tedious run-of-the-mill harem stuff, but no; I've got something a little bit better than that. Stay with us.

- Stig Høgset.

Hang with me here. For the last month we've been bringing you one Best of the Decade list after another after another, and guess what, I got another for you. It's my baby this time around, and since it clocks in at around three thousand words, you'd best get reading this sprawling list.

Next week, same Battime same Batplace, will be the final entry in our really long celebration of the last ten years in anime. We'll be wrapping things up with our forum users votes for the Best of the Decade, as more or less written by the forum users.

Until then,

Bradley

(PS I've also written a guest post for Tim Maughan's site about Urusei Yatsura and Beautiful Dreamer. If you haven't heard of either of those titles, you owe it to yourself to see one of the classics. Read my primer to find out more.)

This title is another from my list that was the result of my special offer at the end of last year. But more importantly, the movie I'm reviewing is Tales from Earthsea, directed by Goro Miyazaki. It's also one of the very few titles I feel somewhat guilty for not being very excited about. It was not an easy review to write, so I can only hope I didn't come across as either pompous or presumptuous.

And that's about it. Next up is the sequel series to a show made by another fairly well known animation house. See you guys again for that.

- Stig Høgset.

We continue our tradition this month of Top 20 Anime Lists of the 00's on Fridays. Today we have fellow staff member Robert Lu sharing his top 20 list. Click here to see his Top 20.

Next week we should wrap up the Top 20 lists with Bradley, who will finally share with us his own list. We should also (hopefully) have the top 20 list based on compiled data from our readers on the forum as well.

See you next time, and have a great weekend!

- Tim Jones

If any of you have checked my profile on this site, or read my recently added top 20 list, you might have noticed that You're Under Arrest ranks as one of my favorite shows. The first season, while not specifically applicable on that list, is still one of the best things ever, and the second season actually did a fairly good job upholding that tradition.

So when the third season, Full Throttle, rolled around (no pun intended), I jumped at the chance to watch and review it. To put it shortly, it's... not quite up there with the other seasons (THE "NO MERCY" SPECIAL DOESN'T EXIST!!!!), but it's alright. Really.

Next Monday I'll return with something a bit more Ghibli-ish. Stay with us.

- Stig Høgset.

Next up on our "best of the aughts" project is Chad Clayton, one of the reviewers from Anime Jump, a now (sadly) inactive anime review site. He's also written some reviews for various manga in PopMatters.

So, without further delay, here is his list. See you this upcoming Monday for a review, and we also have yet another list for you next Friday.

- Stig Høgset.