It is amazing how international cosplay has become! Otaku Unite! This past weekend was JapAniManga Night in Winterthur, Switzerland, one of two anime conventions in this amazing country. Located in the Swiss and German speaking region of Switzerland, JapAniManga is a rapidly growing convention. In …Read more »
Dark Horse provides some eye-candy to start out the week with Bride of the Water God (Vol.11). A pretty cover preludes a dark interior, however. Habaek and Soah are finally reunited, but they've got a lot of things to work through before they can find …Read more »
The anime adaptation of Another hit the streaming circuit back in January , but that's not all that's in store for fans of Yukito Ayatsuji's high school horror manga. A trailer recently dropped for Another 's live-action adaptation—directed by Takeshi Furusawa ( Avec Punch , …Read more »
Most reviews of Capcom's Devil May Cry HD Collection should read pretty similarly. Devil May Cry and Devil May Cry 3 get the majority of the coverage while the borderline putrid Devil May Cry 2 gets swept under the rug. It's the big, blood-drenched elephant …Read more »
Michael Sinterniklaas is no stranger to the world of voice acting. Founder of New York-based recording studio NYAV Post, Sinterniklaas is well-known not just as the voice of American cartoon characters like Leonardo in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003 TV series) and Dean Venture in …Read more »
Popular anime song unit Kalafina held a special event at the LAZONA Kawasaki Plaza to celebrate their newest single, “to the beginning.” This is the second season opening theme of the popular anime series Fate/Zero . Kalafina members Wakana, Keiko, and Hikaru showed up with …Read more »
I'm back from the Toronto Comics Art Festival, which took place this past weekend, and I'm charged for comics! I returned with a stack of manga and an even bigger stack of original works from artists all around the world. It was indeed a great …Read more »
Dragon Age: Dawn of the Seeker is a unique co-production that puts BioWare's RPG franchise in the hands of studio Oxybot and director Fumihiko Sori ( Ping Pong , To , Vexille ). FUNimation is releasing the CG-animated film on DVD and Blu-ray May 29, …Read more »
It's always fun to see how the pros work, especially when said work is done on a high end Wacom Cintiq 24HD liquid crystal pen tablet. IDOLM@STER animation director Sunao Chikaoka shows off some real skill in a live Wacom painting demonstration, which you can …Read more »
The near future: A cargo plane crashes in Tokyo Bay, scattering debris as it plummets from the sky. Among the wreckage is a ruptured container belonging to a biological research firm—a container that seems to have been torn open from the inside out. Some time …Read more »
Fans on Japanese message boards have uncovered more info about the upcoming Steins;Gate anime movie thanks to the June issues of Shōnen Ace and Young Ace magazines. According to those sources, the film will open in Japan this fall. The excitement of the date has …Read more »
Medaka Box follows the misadventures of the Hakoniwa Academy Student Council, ruled with a power-loaded fist by first-year student and fresh elect Medaka Kurokami. The premise is pretty straightforward: folks pop problems in the suggestion box, and Medaka and her council work to resolve the …Read more »
Hello, everyone! This is otaku and trend-watcher Yunmao Ayakawa! Today I will introduce you to wonderful dictionaries for anime, game, and manga artists. As a creator myself, it's always a challenge for me to come up with cool names for the characters. I need to …Read more »
Maria Kawai, the lead character of A Devil and Her Love Song , remains an enigma for the first volume. She’s been expelled from her previous school — for beating someone up, apparently — and at her new high school, she’s quickly the victim of …Read more »
This week's Nintendo update is fairly sparse, but there is one fresh Virtual Console addition to make up for an otherwise barren set of offerings. Arcade sequel Super Hang-On joins the VC lineup courtesy of Sega, and the only thing it's missing is a stationary …Read more »
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