Previews Orders Due: Friday, June 27th

Holiday Closure:

Please note we will be closed Monday, June 30th, and Tuesday, July 1st for Canada Day, and renovations! Come in on the 2nd to see just how much more shelving we can fit into the store!

Ordering by Email:

There's a new email address to make orders with The Dragon - orders@thedragonweb.com - simple and easy! If you are making a Previews order or want to update your current subscription, please email us at that address, so that we can process your order more quickly and easily! Thanks!

Secret Sale!

We've returned from Anime North, and brought the deals with us! $5 manga! That's right, $5! We have a selection of manga that you must ask to see that will cost you merely $5 a book! So, if you're in the mood for a cheap manga deal, just ask to see the $5 manga.

Shipping Next Week:

Diamond has stopped listing manga in their Upcoming Shipments list. We no longer know in advance what will be shipping each following week. The New This Week list will include items shipping this Wednesday and the previous Friday.

New Manga This Week:

Anima vol.8 gn
Apple Anthology vol.1 gn
Battle Vixens vol.13 gn
Black God vol.3 gn
Cat Eyed Boy vols.1 and 2 gns
Chibi Vampire vol.8 gn
Don't Blame Me vol.2 gn
Dot Hack Gu vol.2 gn
Dot Hack XXX vol.1 gn
Fallen Moon gn
Fruits Basket Ultimate Ed vol.3 hc
Full Metal Panic Novel 3
Gakuen Alice vol.3 gn
Gantz vol.1 gn
Gothic and Lolita Bible 2
Hero Heel vol.2 gn
Like a Love Comedy Novel
Love Recipe vol.2 gn
Me and My Brothers vol.4 gn
MPD Psycho vol.3 gn
Oh My Goddess vol.9 gn
Pet Shop of Horrors Tokyo vol.2 gn
Rurouni Kenshin Big Ed. Vol.2 gn
Saiyuki Reload vol.8 gn
Shojo Beat vol.4.7
Sleeping With Money Novel
Suzuka vol.8 gn
Tarot Cafe vol.7 gn
Tomcats gn
Trinity Blood Rage Against Moon Novel 3
Vampire Hunter D vol.2 gn
Welcome to the NHK vol.7 gn

New Anime for Rent This Week:

(Please note that DVDs may not be shelved immediately)
Death Note vol.5 DVD
Emma Season 1 Box Set DVD
Kujibiki Unbalance vol.2 DVD
My Otome vol.6 DVD

New Merchandise This Week:

Wizard 201

For more items shipping this week, check the Comics Newsletter.

Previews orders are due June 27th
DO NOT FORGET TO GET YOURS IN ON TIME!!

Cool Items to Order: Janes in Love

Cecil Castelluccci and Jim Rugg team up again for another Plain Janes adventure. The Janes are playing cupid and competing in a high profile art contest, but how will that affect the group? If you haven't picked up the first quirky and fantastic Minx graphic novel The Plain Janes then you definitely should. You will then understand why you should check out page 113 of the June Previews.

Anime Review: Beck

Yes, I know what you are thinking. Why would I be reviewing Beck now when it has already shown on Much Music? For one very good reason, what you saw on television was the dubbed version, with a special series like Beck you should really see both.
Beck is the story of a young musician named Koyuki who crosses paths one day with a very strange looking dog named Beck and his owner, Ryusuke. Over time a bond forms and Ryusuke helps Koyuki enter the world of rock music, they form a band and name it after that weird dog. As Beck tries to make it into the music mainstream in Japan they get picked up for a US indie record deal and things start to spiral out of control.
This may seem like a simple plot line, especially in the world of series like Fullmetal Alchemist and Bleach, but the pacing of Beck makes it unbelievably engrossing to watch. The reason that both the subbed and dubbed versions should be watched is the music. A good portion of the music was re-recorded by the English voice actors, and though they all have perfectly fine voices, they lack a quality that only the Japanese actors have, the heart. All of the tracks on the Original Soundtrack for the series are listed as being performed by the character, not the actor. Other bands in the dub have had their music replaced totally with many indie bands from across North America, which was a great way to get said bands more attention. The both can be said for the original Japanese music, if you liked what you heard from Beck in English you may be surprised by the Japanese.
There are six volumes to Beck, with five episodes on the first two discs and four on the rest. I would recommend this series to anyone who likes good rock music or is looking for something different than the anime norm of magic powers and mecha. Beck has a PG rating due to Corse Language.

Make sure to check out our DVD Rental selection. We add new titles regularly! Over 1000 DVDs to choose from! Only 4.50 for THREE nights!

 
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