Naruto Chapter 431 - Naruto Erupts

After a couple of weeks of a Weekly Shonen Jump-less existence, it's back! It really has been too long since the latest Naruto chapter, and the way the series is going I really hope we don't have a break for a very long time! The siege on Konoha has reached a climax, and Naruto has finally returned to defend Konoha. He's stronger; much, much stronger. This is a totally new Naruto; I think this is the first time he's pwned his enemy from the initial get go. The battle's not won yet though, as I'm sure Pein's got more nasty tricks up his sleeve. Not to mention the perilous situation Tsunade finds herself in not that she is drained of energy; and what about Kakashi?
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Eyeshield 21 Volume 33 Manga Cover

Monta and Taka's aerial battle of receiver-ness is featured on this latest volume of the Eyeshield 21 manga, released in Japan this month. I'll post a larger version as soon as I find it. Weekly Shonen Jump chapters come out next week!

Bleach Chapter 340 - The Antagonizer

Happy New Year everyone! I'm kind of late posting this so please forgive me, holiday partying can suck the work ethics out of anyone. An important bit of news is that there is obviously no Weekly Shonen Jump this week and there will not be one next week either; this means no Bleach, Naruto, Eyeshield 21, or anything else until next next week :(
Anyway, last weeks Bleach chapter was leaked early along with the rest of Weekly Shonen Jump, and it continues the pattern we've been having. Whenever we have an awesome Naruto chapter we have a rather lame Bleach one (and vice versa). Seriously, nothing happened this week. We caught up with Rukia, Renji, and co.'s fight with the skull faced peoples as well as Ichigo versus Ulquiorra, and it seems this was just an introduction to the drawn out fight these two are sure to have. Hopefully next chapter will be a bit more exciting.

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Naruto Chapter 430 - Naruto Returns

A Naruto chapter on a Tuesday? It's pretty weird but I'm sure you all know the reason why, as there wasn't really supposed to be a Weekly Shonen Jump last week but it was leaked early. I'm not really sure if there is going to be one this week, but until further notice I'm assuming yes.
Anyway, this was an excellent chapter of Naruto, praise which I have not given this series in quite some time. I think everyone has been waiting for Naruto himself to come back and actually pwn for once instead of screwing up, and if this weeks chapter was any indication this is what he'll be doing for a while. After last weeks Pain-explosion we see the aftermath; many are injured but it seems our favorites like Shikamaru, Kiba, and Hinata will be okay. We still don't know for sure if Kakashi is alive or dead, and I'm leaning towards the latter though praying for the former. As for Naruto...he has now donned a cloak similiar to the one the 4th Hokage wore, and it seems he's inherited his spirit as well as he crushes one of Peins bodies in a single attack. Hopefully he keeps up this awesome offensive next chapter too!

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A Little Self Promotion...

Last week's Shonen Jump chapters are really late, so far only Reborn has come out :( As soon as Bleach and Naruto hit the web I'll post them, but until then I thought I'd share some of my wallies with all y'all. You can check them out here at Animepaper.net, and if you have an account there I'd love to see your comments! My most recent one is a Yu Yu Hakusho wall, take a look:
You can click on it for a link to download the actual wall. Cheers!

Merry Christmas!

Best wishes to everyone out there, I hope you all have a wonderful holiday no matter how you celebrate it! And now I leave you with a mini Photoshop creation :]

Bleach Chapter 339 - The Death Bringer Numbers

Kubo Tite's kinda been showing a pattern with his chapters of Bleach; we'll have two kind of "meh" chapters that will have everyone getting nervous and then he'll bring out a chapter filled with awesomeness that has people sighing in relief. This was one of those chapters, and it was exceptionally important as it finally revealed the numbering of the final three espada; Halibel is number 3, Barragan is number 2...and that leaves Stark as the Primera Espada. The fact that he is now fighting Shunsui has me worried, as I could totally see Kubo using this as an opportunity to kill off a main character (or at least give the stronger ones a bit of a work out). Enjoy the two page spread promoting the new Bleach movie 3!
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Naruto Chapter 429 - Know Pain

...I really need to remember that I'm out of blogging hiatus :P Admittedly I was without internet for two days thanks to a power outage, but still this is quite embarrassing. Anyway, the latest chapter of Naruto gave the manga community quite a shock, as it showed a level of destruction I have not seen in a manga since Katsuhiro Otomo's Akira (well, maybe not that far back). The scene when Pain basically drops a ninja-equivalent of an atomic bomb on Konoha stopped my heart for a moment, and I'm sure for many Japanese it is a painful reminder of the war atrocities that took place more than 60 years ago. By the end of the chapter Naruto has finally returned to the scene, and we can only hope that he and the sage frogs will bring some sort of salvation to their war torn village.
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Bleach Episode 199 - Holy Birth, the Resurrecting Szayel Aporro

Holy birth indeed! I'm sure the first thing everyone was thinking about during this episode (at least those who read the manga) was how the rebirth scene would be handled, considering that in the original material it was pretty...weird. I'd say the animation studio handled it as well as they could, with a pretty decent amount of censoring while still keeping the creepy factor. I especially liked how they executed Mayuri's speech about the poison that would slow down time for Syazel, it was nice and claustrophobic. So that's two out of the three CaptainxEspada fights down, and it looks like next week we're back to Ken-chan and Nnoitra!
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