A new trailer has arrived for the upcoming CG-animated feature based on the classic Captain Harlock saga by Leiji Matsumoto ( Galaxy Express 999 , Space Battleship Yamato ). The adaptation is set to open in Japanese theaters in both 2D and 3D on September …Read more »
San Francisco's 5th annual J-Pop Summit Festival is getting ready to take place July 27-28 across Japantown, and the lineup that's been trickling out over the past months is full of live music, films, and more. Now that the programming has been detailed, it's time …Read more »
Survey media catering to foreign fans and you’ll typically find that coverage of Tokyo-based otaku hotspots eschew any sort of legitimate local flavor or personality for pure commercialism. Extensive photographic coverage of toy shops, book shops, porn shops, maid cafes, outlandish signage and the occasional …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 »
We Heart Japan, a charity founded after this year’s devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan, is set to hold its third event, entitled We Heart Performing for Japan. Taking place this Saturday, October 1st in Los Angeles, the show comprises two performances: a concert by …Read more »
Unsure whether or not to get pumped for the 13-episode retelling of Masamune Shirow's Appleseed manga? Let the trailer below either heat you up or cool you down, depending on where you stand with the animation style. It's very similar in look, but not directly …Read more »
Whoa there, don't get too jazzed. Unfortunately, nothing's going to pop out at you even if you put on that pair of Real-D 3D glasses you kept after seeing Avatar last year, but hopefully this two-dimensional trailer will suffice in the meantime. One Piece and …Read more »
Toshio Saeki is a Japanese artist most known for his strange, erotic, and often controversial works. One of the aspects that helps him stand out in the pack is the way he combines his oddball style with traditional Japanese techniques, specifically woodcut printing. Starting later …Read more »
The latest in Capcom's mass hack-and-slash series—which began in 2005 on Playstation 2 with Devil Kings and is in its second season of anime adaptation—is finally making its way to North America next month. Sengoku Basara: Samurai Heroes will offer more than 15 playable characters …Read more »
Anyone that thinks North American anime DVD buyers have ever been given the shaft on disc content probably hasn't purchased many Japanese discs. It's kind of like a more expensive trip to the starry Suncoast-ruled past, with two-episode DVDs and Blu-rays reminding one of those …Read more »
This definitely ranks near the top of places I'd like to visit in the not so distant future. After all, who wouldn't want to sample something called "Gun-Pla-yaki," a tasty and nerdy sounding dish modeled after the first 1/144 Gundam model kit? That is but …Read more »
About that headline... there's good news and there's bad news. The bad news is you're not going to be able to stroll over to Universal Studios and hop on the Going Merry any time soon; pardon the disappointment. The good news is anyone near the …Read more »
Not terribly shocking considering the series' popularity, but the tenth One Piece film, Strong World , had a killer debut in Japanese theaters, ultimately toppling the opening weekend box office gross of Hayao Miyazaki's Ponyo . The first filmgoers to attend Strong World screenings received …Read more »
The perils of budding mangaka have been illustrated in Weekly Shonen Jump since August 11, 2008 in the pages of Bakuman , the latest series from Death Note writer/artist team Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata. Now, as was surely destined from the start, the manga …Read more »
Tokyo Scum Brigade is another one of those killer blogs like Same Hat that everyone would do well to keep an eye on. They post a ton of great Japanese obscurities that would do a smashing job of titillating many of our readers, but perhaps …Read more »
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