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No matter what holidays you celebrate, November and December are the months for family. You go home, you eat food, you argue about your obsession with Japanese “cartoons”, and then retreat to different corners of the house to get separately drunk. Good times, right?  Well, if you think your family is pretty representative of dysfunction junction, there are some notable examples in anime that might put things in perspective. While an abusive father or dead mother might be cheaply used in many anime series to create plot drama or even character development, many series often go far beyond that. So, get ready because there is physical, sexual, and emotional abuse a-plenty in these 14 dysfunctional anime families. *Note: Spoilers. There are spoilers ahead. 1. The Izumi’s – Lucky Star The Izumi family is the least dysfunctional family on our list, but they are still pretty odd. With a dead mother, a bachelor father is left to r

Atlus USA to release 3DS game on October 17 Atlus USA began streaming a new trailer for its upcoming Etrian Odyssey V: Beyond the Myth Nintendo 3DS game on Thursday. The video previews the Pugilist class. The company previously streamed trailers for the Fencer, Dragoon, Warlock, Masurao, and Botanist classes. Atlus USA will release the game on October 17. The launch edition for the game will include a 24-page art book, six-track music CD, and outer box. The game will have English audio. Atlus released Etrian Odyssey V for Nintendo 3DS in Japan on August 8. Like previous installments in the series, the game features dungeon mapping and turn-based battles. There are four races of playable characters and 10 classes.

No matter what holidays you celebrate, November and December are the months for family. You go home, you eat food, you argue about your obsession with Japanese “cartoons”, and then retreat to different corners of the house to get separately drunk. Good times, right? Well, if you think your family is pretty representative of dysfunction junction, there are some notable examples in anime that might put things in perspective. While an abusive father or dead mother might be cheaply used in many anime series to create plot drama or even character development, many series often go far beyond that. So, get ready because there is physical, sexual, and emotional abuse a-plenty in these 14 dysfunctional anime families. *Note: Spoilers. There are spoilers ahead. The Izumi’s – Lucky Star The Izumi family is the least dysfunctional family on our list, but they are still pretty odd. With a dead mother, a bachelor father is left to raise his otaku and increasingly odd daug

Hessia and her valiant band of Amazon warriors fight for control of the Black Sword that will, if seized by the Jotuns, bring about Ragnarok. But the Jotuns are joined by the new and more deadly Amazon-Jotun hybrids who may be more powerful than everyone. Amazons and Valkyries battle side by side and to the death in this dramatic series conclusion.

The Amazons return from Valhalla, more powerful than ever. They are going to need every ounce of their strength as the Storm Giants face off against the fire demons of Surtr, lord of Muspell, in a battle that could bring about the arrival of Ragnarok and the end of the world. Hessia battles the Queen of the Storm Giants and learns, to her horror, the real reason why her Amazon sisters were kidnapped.