Recently Japan's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine launched a mysterious "D" countdown site , and despite the fact that there's still time on the clock, early news reveals that a new Dragon Ball film is in development, with the announcement appearing in the next issue of …Read more »
During an event celebrating the 20th anniversary of Naoko Takeuchi's Sailor Moon manga, the wishes of many long time fans were fulfilled. Takeuchi joined idol group Momoiro Clover Z and publisher Kodansha in announcing a new Sailor Moon anime adaptation, planned for summer 2013. Momoiro …Read more »
Hello, everyone! It is a vacation season, and I am seeing more American tourists, cosplay and otaku culture fans visiting Akihabara! As you know, Akihabara is known as the center of otaku pop culture, electronic goods, and attracts people from all over the world. In …Read more »
Developer CyberConnect2 ( .hack , Asura's Wrath ) has yet another full-fledged Naruto fighter in the works, and this time it's Naruto Shippuden Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 . The first trailer made its debut on the VJump website , where you can watch it directly …Read more »
Fans of Capcom's Sengoku Basara series should get a kick out of the latest trailer for Sengoku Basara HD Collection , which brings together enhanced versions of the Warring States period brawling series in Japan on August 30. The PlayStation 3 collection features HD updates …Read more »
Viz Media unleashed a big announcement in advance of this weekend's Anime Expo convention, with the unveiling of Neon Alley, a 24-hour online anime network. Though Viz has yet to specify the specific platform for Neon Alley, they did reveal plans to debut it on …Read more »
Bandai has a fresh video up as part of its series of promotions for Tiger & Bunny Chibi-Arts figures. Next in line is the 10cm Kotetsu Kaburagi, due out June 30, followed by an equally diminutive take on Barnaby Brooks Jr., due out July 15. …Read more »
Yesterday rumblings about an HD upgrade of Okami in Japan quickly became great news for North America, too. Capcom has officially announced Okami HD , with plans to bring it to PlayStation Network as a digital download this fall. Okami HD will be priced at …Read more »
Commercials for Glico's Real Ice fruit candies have a special not-so-frozen treat for fans of both pop idol supergroup AKB48 and Gosho Aoyama's long-running Detective Conan series. Though the clip is in Japanese, it's not too difficult to catch what's going on, as the girls …Read more »
Tite Kubo's Bleach is next on Viz Media's speed-up plan, as the publisher uses 2012 to catch the North American print edition up to its Japanese counterpart. Starting this month and continuing through December, Viz will be publishing two new volumes of Bleach each month. …Read more »
Cue the classic Don LaFontaine style trailer voiceover: "IN A WORLD… where mankind has slowly declined and Earth has become the home of fairies." That's the situation in Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita ( Humanity Has Declined ), a light novel series by Romeo Tanaka, as …Read more »
This week Crunchyroll announced three new shows for the summer anime lineup, starting with Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse . Based on the spin-off to 2006's Muv-Luv Alternative visual novel, the anime is directed by Desert Punk 's Takayuki Inagaki. Here's the synopsis: The remnants of …Read more »
Hello, everyone! This is otaku and trend watcher Yunmao Ayakawa. It's getting hotter in Japan, summer is well on its way! Do you know that summer is the season for scary movies in Japan? Why? Because we want to enjoy a 'chilling feeling' to beat …Read more »
Pokémon Black Version 2 and Pokémon White Version 2 are both set to hit Nintendo DS in Japan on June 23, with North American and European releases slated for later this year. With the Japanese release so close, a bunch of fresh clips have surfaced, …Read more »
The next film from ever-prolific director Takashi Miike ( Audition , 13 Assassins , Ichi the Killer , the list goes on…) is an adaptation of the '70s shonen romance manga Ai to Motoko . The film version, For Love's Sake , has been promoted …Read more »
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