The only thing better than a great show with one season is a great show with two. Emma: A Victorian Romance was a real breath of fresh air, a meticulously detailed and precisely observed story of life in an age of strict social standards. Now comes a reissue of the show's second season on DVD (compare prices), courtesy of the ever-excellent Nozomi Entertainment, an arm of anime distributors The Right Stuf International.

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Yoko Kanno, composer of the soundtracks for anime as diverse as Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, Cowboy Bebop, MACROSS Frontier, and many others, will have the world premiere of her new music project, "Piano Me," at Otakon 2013.

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Mecha lovers, pop the champagne: Anime distributor Right Stuf, Inc. has signed a distribution deal with Sunrise, creator of the beloved Mobile Suit Gundam giant-robot franchise. Starting in August, Right Stuf will be doing Stateside distribution for the most recent entry in the Gundam lineup, Mobile Suit Gundam UC (aka Gundam Unicorn) (compare prices).

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With Mother's Day just around the corner and your lunch reservations already locked in, how about a movie afterwards? Or a whole TV series, although you'll probably only be able to slip in the first few episodes. To that end, here's a few anime of recent note with motherly themes that might have slipped below your radar.

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