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I almost skipped the movie mention, because the only release I am aware of, Earth’s Final Hours, is a made-for-Syfy schlockfest that even the Syfy channel won’t admit to any more. If you have to have a movie this week, at least Freeloaders is silly fun, even if it isn’t genre.

TV does better, with Douglas Adam’s holistic detective Dirk Gently coming out. If you haven’t seen the show yet, it is quite true to the book. Also out, Dark Matters: Twisted but True is hosted by John Noble (the mad scientist from Fringe) and run on the Science Channel. considering the subject matter they made an excellent selection for the host.

In Anime, Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan is a story about a boy who is a middle school student by day, and a Yokai, or Spirit/Monster/Demon, by night. His grandfather is leader of the clan, and he must decide whether to take over in his grandfathers place, or become fully human and abandon his heritage. Hyakko: Complete Series is about a crazy school girl who makes robot clones of herself and creates havoc wherever she goes. You guessed it, Hyakko is a comedy.

Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 is a much more serious tale, following the struggles of two children and an adult who band together in their fight to return home to their families in the aftermath of a quake centered on Tokyo itself. They make their way through seemingly insurmountable obstacles past heartbreaking scenes without knowing if their families are even still alive.

I would have loved a copy of this game if it had only existed, but this very funny video was put together by the folks at Collage Humor. The site has a large number of highly skilled contributors with a range of different talents, so you can find all kinds of amusing content there.

Yes, this Saturday is the start of the new season of Doctor Who, and the premier of the new series Orphan Black on BBC America. If that wasn’t enough, Chris Hardwick will be following that block up with the new season of The Nerdist. I have already programed my DVR to grab all 3 shows each week, and I am really curious to see how Orphan Black works out. It is a new BBC America production, and I was quite impressed with what they did with Copper, I am hoping this new show will be every bit as twisted and convoluted.

Rooster Teeth, the folks who brought us that masterpiece of combat comedy Red Vs. Blue, have a tasty new animation project: RWBY. The latest trailer is the top one, the Black trailer. After that are the earlier trailers, the White and Red. They haven’t released the Yellow trailer yet, but this will give you an idea of what the new series is up to. I find the style on these very interesting, almost like they recorded Machinima and then rotoscoped them into Anime. Which wouldn’t be a huge surprise, since Red Vs. Blue was some of the finest machinima ever made.