The Hanasaku Iroha movie, Hanasaku Iroha: Home Sweet Home , is set to debut at a preview screening in Japan on March 9, and a new trailer has arrived to promote the feature. Home Sweet Home , which has a run time of 66 minutes, …Read more »
CLAMP's xxxHOLiC is going live-action with the debut of a drama on February 24, and a new promo arrived just in time to give us a taste. The series will run for eight 50-minute episodes, and features actress/model Anne as dimensional witch Yuuko. The rest …Read more »
While Akihabara is sold to the west as the anime capital of Tokyo, the truth is a little more complex. While Akihabara caters to both Japanese otaku and foreign shoppers interested in anime and comics, there’s relatively anime actually produced there. The majority of actual …Read more »
One of the biggest draws to anime conventions is always the chance to meet American voice actors, whose panels and events draw huge crowds and whose adoring fans come in droves to be regaled with insights, behind-the-scenes stories and voice acting tips. But despite their …Read more »
I admit it – it’s a little early in the year to be thinking about baseball. But with the Super Bowl over and done with and the World Baseball Classic coming to Tokyo Dome next month, I’ve got America’s and Japan’s combined pastime on the …Read more »
Tsutomu Nihei is a wild man of an artist and writer, probably best known for series like Blame! and Biomega . His visions of the future are dark and vividly illustrated; even if some of his stories aren't exactly known for their coherency, they're a …Read more »
The shonen gods have been smiling down upon their fans quite a bit recently, from new One Piece games to full-color Dragon Ball manga and more, and the latest collaboration between three shonen heavy hitters is a real doozy. One Piece , Dragon Ball , …Read more »
January went out like a sheep but February is coming in like a lion. An extra-long list of titles deserves an extra-long installment of On The Shelf, so let’s get started on my look at some of the over two dozen books out this week! …Read more »
By now you should be able to enjoy the first installment of Viz's Weekly Shonen Jump localization of the full-color Dragon Ball manga. The colorized series hits stores in Japan today with the Saiyan Saga, and the five-volume Frieza saga is scheduled to arrive over …Read more »
Disclaimer : It’s the same disclaimer as my Getter Robo: Armageddon review, which I’m just going to assume everybody reading this has read, only with the added statement of “all I am talking about in this article, by and large, is the anime described in …Read more »
Having spawned from a passionately loved TV series that was nevertheless cancelled due to low ratings (the original Mobile Suit Gundam ), the giant robot anime franchise has a tendency to keep its projects alive. For example, Gundam AGE – the kid-targeted project spearheaded by …Read more »
In a culturally significant (or just very telling?) moment, the Japanese government has officially designated February 2nd as Twin-Tail Day, after the hairstyle favored by favorite otaku characters such as Hatsune Miku. Fans had designated the date a long time ago – 2/2 or 02/02 …Read more »
In what is certainly this week's otaku shock-and-outrage headliner, AKB48 idol Minami Minegishi is elaborately, publicly humiliated for having acted like the rest of us. On one side of this or the other, people are mad. Seen leaving the house of male idol Alan Shirahama …Read more »
If you're a fan of electronic dance music, this message from up-and-coming electro Vocaloid music producer, Ku-Tyu-Bunkai, is for you! Ku-Tyu-Bunkai is a new artist in the electronic music scene causing a buzz after the 2012 release of his highly anticipated debut album Luminastar , …Read more »
Leiji Matsumoto's Captain Harlock has been in the works as a CG-animated feature, first showcased in 2010 as a proof of concept alongside a CG Gaiking project. Well, it looks like things are moving along smoothly, as Captain Harlock has been confirmed, with a release …Read more »
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