Sometimes you don't know just how good you've got it until it's gone. When one of the oldest anime publishers in America, Central Park Media, went out of business earlier this year, most fans didn’t really notice. The company had been largely dormant for the …Read more »
When They Cry 3: Umineko no Naku Koro ni (“When the Seagulls Cry”) is not, in the strictest sense, a sequel to the events of the first two When They Cry/Higurashi game/anime series. Indeed, most of the main cast of Umineko are in no way …Read more »
Neon Genesis Evangelion came out at an interesting time, which is one of the reasons it has such a bizarre collection of videogame adaptations under its belt. Technically, around the time of the show's debut in 1995, some regions of the world still tolerated vaguely …Read more »
I'm not sure if Yoshi's has ever had a crowd surfer before. The venue, near San Francisco's Japantown, is primarily a jazz lounge, but Sunday night it hosted the Japan Nite Special Girl Rock Explosion! + Harajuku Kawaii Experience presented by NEW PEOPLE, and all …Read more »
I had set my alarm for 8:00, but ended up waking up around 7:00, perky with J-pop glee. It was a lot like Christmas, only instead of a tree incubating brightly wrapped packages, I got a building in San Francisco's Japantown made of windows, full …Read more »
It's forgivable if A Boy and His Blob doesn't immediately strike a chord of nostalgia in some of you out there. After all, many of our readers likely weren't on this Earth for its original 1989 NES debut, and the rest could have understandably locked …Read more »
In the world of anime fandom, there’s a term used to define what other “normal” people might call gratuitously placed bouncing breasts and asses, and it’s known simply as “fan service.” Out of the dozens of anime features that go about including fan service in …Read more »
Fujiko-chan is a four-member Japanese rock band formed and based in San Francisco, consisting of one female vocalist and three male musicians, two on guitar and one on drums. They incorporate a wide range of styles—punk, heavy metal, hard rock, and a form of Japanese …Read more »
As the tale of Naoki Urasawa and Takashi Nagasaki's Pluto branches out and more characters emerge, the spotlight is beginning to shift and expand, ushering others toward center stage and crafting an ensemble piece of mystery and taut suspense. Thus, Inspector Gesicht gets in the …Read more »
You'll probably think me insane for this, but I sacrificed this year's Otakon for the first year of the ScrewAttack Gaming Convention. Why!? First year cons always make people a bit nervous as there have been a few memorable disasters. The one I'll always remember …Read more »
Filler, thy name is disc one of One Piece season two. So begins a few paragraphs of grand disparagement then, right? Maybe if we were talking about a lesser series, but One Piece even manages to make the additives taste fairly fresh, and the filler …Read more »
The Raiden Fighters series dates back to 1996, when arcade manufacturer Seibu Kaihatsu ( Stinger , Raiden ) released the original pseudo- Raiden -spin-off in Japanese arcades. Now, thanks to the magic of our futuristic game boxes, both Fighters and its two sequels— Raiden Fighters …Read more »
On what has become almost akin to San Diego Comicon's Preview Night, thousands of attendees came in and out of cosplay to pick up their badges and get a taste of downtown Los Angeles at the largest Japanese animation event in the country. Stay tuned …Read more »
Save me! Lollipop is a series you can safely skip over. That seems mean, though, and I don't want to be mean to a series with a such a good message to teach us: Be Strong and protect the people you love! It's almost a …Read more »
The best part of Anime Boston is the killer location. Right in the middle of Boston's Back Bay, the Hynes Convention Center is connected to an upscale mall in the Prudential Center, (called "The Pru" by locals), home to the only good mall food court …Read more »
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