Fans of A-1 Pictures and Satelight's anime adaptation of Hiro Mashima's Fairy Tail manga were treated to some good news in Kodansha's Weekly Shonen Magazine . The mag confirms the return of Natsu and the Fairy Tail guild for a 3rd year of animated adventures. …Read more »
What could possibly spur Nintendo, masters of profit, to suddenly drop the price of its Nintendo 3DS handheld from $249.99 to $169.99? How about the fact that it has only sold 830,000 units of the system since it launched in March? That's far below expectations, …Read more »
Consider this your video treat du jour. Longtime Vocaloid Artist, Oster Project, presents a new animated musical that dares to brew Vocaloids with the familiar characters of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland . That includes, of course, the unstoppable might of Hatsune Miku. Check it …Read more »
Whether or not we end up getting the PSP-bound Toriko Gourmet Survival in North America (doubtful), we can still marvel, mouths salivating, at the latest round of screenshots. Based on Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro's manga and billed as a "gourmet hunting action game," there's certainly some of …Read more »
Golden Fantasia is a PC fighting game developed and published by 07th Expansion, serving as a spin-off of sorts to the Umineko no Naku Koro ni visual novels. Alchemist is porting the fighter to Xbox 360 in Japan, and they just shared a couple of …Read more »
If all the news of Viz Media's manga app had you a little sore because you lack an iOS-ready device such as an iPhone or an iPad, fear not, VIZManga.com is here to the rescue. Announced during the publisher's 25th anniversary party at San Diego …Read more »
One of the best things about going to cons—you know, besides the dealers hall and industry panels and crazy costumes—is catching premiere screenings. Otakon's most recent announcement concerns just that, as they'll be premiering the latest from directo Makoto Shinkai ( Voices of a Distant …Read more »
When Capcom announced Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 today, along with four characters and the promise of more to come, we all thought we'd be waiting in anticipation, right? Come on, this is the Internet! The full roster for the upcoming retail expansion—due November 15 …Read more »
This has been a long time coming for fans of mangaka Taiyo Matsumoto, creator of such revered titles as Tekkonkinkreet and GOGO Monster . A new iPad app finally collects all of his series No. 5 , which previously only made it to the second …Read more »
Nearing the end of its development cycle, Final Fantasy Type-0 started its life as a cell phone game, and is well on its way to landing on Japanese PSPs. As a result, Square Enix has kicked off the marketing push for its title, starting with …Read more »
I didn't hear about the Fuji Television show Game Center CX until shortly before the release of the Nintendo DS game Retro Game Challenge . RGC —having miraculously made it stateside (unlike its sequel) thanks to Xseed Games—transported players back into the body of a …Read more »
New People has a couple of special screenings in store for those in the San Diego area during this year's Comic-Con. They'll be holding multiple screenings of both Gantz films—based on Hiroya Oku's manga of the same name—at the Pacific Gaslamp 15 Theatres. Gantz and …Read more »
Well it's about time, right? Set to kick off the third and final season of the Hellsing Ultimate OVA series—which will be comprised of three episodes—a trailer for the long-awaited eighth volume is here. Check it out below. The volume will ship on Blu-ray and …Read more »
The buzz this past week has been all about Square Enix's unexpected take on the rhythm game genre, Theatrhythm Final Fantasy . As one might expect, it mixes the world of FF with the world of music-based games, turning battles into rhythm-based takes on classic …Read more »
The official The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky website rolled out a 45-second teaser for the anime today. Based on Nihon Falcom's RPG franchise—which has sold over a million copies and inspired a promotional anime DVD bundled with its first manga volume—the anime …Read more »
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