TOKYO GAME SHOW 2011 will be held from September 15 - 18 in Chiba, Japan. This is the biggest computer entertainment show in Japan and 180 computer game companies are expected to attend the show. About 750 new products will be introduced to approximately 180,000 …Read more »
Let us journey backwards through the misty veils of time to a far off, foreign place: the demon-plagued realms of Japan during the Sengoku Period, where the samurai prey upon the peasants, the ninja prey upon the samurai, and demons and devils prey upon everyone. …Read more »
In the city of New Babylon, only ninety percent of the population consists of humans. The other ten percent is, by the book’s own definition, “officially God-only-knows.” Actually, they’re vampires, werewolves and ghouls—but mostly vampires. Isaac juggles being a college student and a vampire hunter, …Read more »
Those looking forward to the upcoming K-ON! anime film will be delighted to know that the movie's official site is now streaming the full trailer. However, if you don't want to watch it there, you can always dig into the recently uploaded YouTube embed below: …Read more »
Did everyone have a nice long weekend? Labour Day proved the perfect opportunity to get caught up on last week's reading. Good thing too since there's so much out this week! As the first shipping week of the month, it's another Viz Media domination. Kodansha …Read more »
For a while no one was quite sure what to expect from a collaboration between Namco Bandai and Tecmo Koei, but in retrospect it all seems so obvious! After a countdown finally ended recently, One Piece Kaizoku Musou ( One Piece Pirate Musou ) was …Read more »
Hello Everyone, While writing this followup to my article in this month’s Otaku USA an earthquake shook Virginia, and Hurricane Irene hit the U.S. just this past weekend. This article relates to the Earthquake and Tsunami that took place in Japan earlier this year so …Read more »
Last week Warwick University hosted one of England’s premier Anime conventions, called Ayacon ! Ayacon comes around every two years and typically hosts about 2,500 people on an average size college campus just outside of Coventry, England. A great time was had with many similarities …Read more »
Hey, remember back when they used to release anime and the Japanese would include professionally made AMVs of their own stuff, such that when the show got released in the US, companies would just use the AMV as the trailer to sell the show? And …Read more »
Does the existence of the upcoming live-action adaptation of Nobuhiro Watsuki's Rurouni Kenshin still seem a little tough to swallow? Can't quite picture the sets and swords of the beloved manga and its subsequent anime come to life? Well the film is happening, and set …Read more »
What would you do if, moments after what you took to be your dying breath, you found yourself in an eerily sterile room surrounded by complete strangers… and one large, menacing black ball? Gantz may not explicitly ask that question of the viewer, but it's …Read more »
Perhaps it’s just the nostalgia talking, but I believe the eighties were a magical time for anime, when production budgets were padded out by the laughter of unicorns and all the tedious in-betweening was accomplished by teams of mystical pixies high on fairy dust. Then …Read more »
Can you believe summer is already coming to an end? This week's new batch of comics marks what for many will be the last before the new school year begins. That makes this Wednesday's new books a great chance to buy yourself a back to …Read more »
Shin-chan really loves his own butt. This is consistent in both the Japanese original and this dub-only US release; most everything else, however, is not. You see, Crayon Shin-chan , as it's known in Japan, is a nightmare of a show to westernize. The trademarks …Read more »
Last time we had a look at Mobile Suit Gundam AGE was via a paltry 15 seconds of footage, so the latest promo for the anime—clocking in at about 5 minutes—is a welcome one. Akihiro Hino, president of game developer Level-5 ( Professor Layton ), …Read more »
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