Followers of all the latest video game-related merchandise in Akihabara spotted this product September 18 — an officially-licensed PlayStation watch. No, it doesn’t beam information from your PS4 to your wrist or anything like that. This is a purely nostalgia-invoking piece that looks like a …Read more »
Watch maker Seiko has been getting in on some big anime collaborations lately, including a recent partnership to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Mobile Suit Gundam anime. The next anniversary project to get in on the fun is the Haikyu!! anime, which commemorates five years with a pair …Read more »
Winter is coming. The winter 2017 anime season, that is! If you’re curious what series Japanese fans are most looking forward to, be curious no longer, for pollsters Charapedia have today revealed that very information. What nice folks! 20. Granblue Fantasy The Animation 19. Chaos;Child …Read more »
Okay, so they aren’t exactly Apple Watch-level smart. But for fans of Evangelion , which turned 20 this year, two new Eva -branded watches from Epson might be just the thing. They’re a part of Epson’s “smart canvas” brand of wristwatches, which also includes Star …Read more »
Anime pollsters, it appears, are on a parents kick. Last week we featured a controversial poll about anime’s worst dads , and this week the question posted by ranking site Charapedia asked Japanese fans, “what anime would you like to show your parents?” As many …Read more »
Released in 1993, Mamoru Oshii’s Patlabor 2 was a stunning work of hyperreal animation that touched on politics, war and technology and in many ways prefigured Oshii’s work on the legendary Ghost in the Shell . Now it appears Oshii is returning to the story …Read more »
Cowboy Bebop is like anime's White Album. In the 15 years since the crew of the Bebop—Spike, Faye, Jet, Edward and the highly intelligent Welsh Corgi Ein—blasted onto TV, it's become one of the most well-known anime series of all time. But there's still plenty …Read more »
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