First off the bat are three reviews from Editor Ryu, the first of which actually is baseball anime! Click here to find out why Ryu feels the first volume of Princess Nine is a home run. Next up is his review of the final volume of Boogiepop Phantom: click here to decide whether the denoument was worth the price of admission. Lastly, Ryu checks out the second volume of Saint Tail. To learn exactly how Tokyopop has improved their series release in this volume, click here.

Ryu down, Angelo to go...with the full volume of this week's by-volume review session. Of course, four out of the five reviews touch on a single series - Lain - covering the full progression of this acclaimed series. Click here to start with Angelo's exploration of the first volume of Lain. (Ed. note: Here are the second, third, and fourth volume reviews for Lain.) Lastly, Angelo finishes out the review roll-out with a review of the third volume of El-Hazard's TV series, which you can read here.