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Nuraruhyon no Mago Anime

Manga series Nurarihyon no Mago has been announced for an anime adaptation planned to be aired in July 2010. The series follows 13 year old Rikuo Nura whose grandfather is ...

Theodore Mak | Tuesday, 2 March 2010

NIS America Now Licenses Anime: Toradora

In an odd twist, video game publisher NIS America, has sent us information that they will be now licensing anime to the United States starting with the highly successful high ...

Theodore Mak | Friday, 12 February 2010

Spring Anime 2010 List

An impromptu list for the upcoming Spring anime season has been released with brief descriptions by the denezins of popular image board, 4chan. Leading the list, K-ON! returns with a ...

Administrator | Tuesday, 9 February 2010

K-ON! Manga Licensed in the US

Yen Press has announced that they have acquired the rights to publish the hit high school girl band manga, K-ON! coming this November, 2010. Interestingly, they have also acquired the ...

Theodore Mak | Friday, 5 February 2010

(Updated) High School of the Dead Return

Zombie action manga, High School of the Dead has been recently announced to be relaunched in the March issue of Monthly Dragon Age with new chapters as well an animated ...

Theodore Mak | Tuesday, 2 February 2010

Gurren Lagann Movie DVD Phone Cards

The DVD of the final chapter of the two part Gurren Lagann movie, Gurren Lagann The Movie 2: The Lights in the Sky are Stars (Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann: Ragan-hen), ...

Theodore Mak | Monday, 18 January 2010

Fate/stay night Movie Trailer 2

The second trailer for the upcoming Fate/stay night movie adaptation has been posted online. The 2006 anime adaptation followed the original PC game's "Fate" scenario, while the upcoming movie will ...

Theodore Mak | Sunday, 10 January 2010

Comic Market 76 Adventure

With Comic Market 77 currently in full swing, we present to you our belated report from Comic Market 76. Comic Market (most commonly referred to as Comiket or Comike) is ...

Theodore Mak | Tuesday, 29 December 2009

1/1 Scale Gundam Returns

Lucky fans and tourists who missed the 1/1 scale commemorative Gundam statue that was taken down from Odaiba earlier in August 2009 will get a second chance. The statue will ...

Theodore Mak | Thursday, 24 December 2009

Winter 2009 Holiday Wallpapers (Updated)

With the holiday season in full swing, why not change that drabby desktop wallpaper with something more festive? We've collected a few more recent wallpapers that we would like to ...

Administrator | Monday, 21 December 2009

Bakuman Anime Coming Fall 2010

Shonen Jump's Bakuman has been announced that it will be receiving an anime adaptation for Fall 2010. Bakuman is written by Tsugumi Ohoba and illustrated by Takeshi Obata, both who ...

Theodore Mak | Sunday, 13 December 2009

Decline of Anime in the USA Timeline

We're all quite aware that apart from the economic downturn in the United States, anime has been steadily declining for quite some time. Instead of discussing the causes or laying ...

Stephen Bajza | Wednesday, 9 December 2009

Galbraith Holds Otaku Conference in Otta

Otaku scholar, Patrick Galbraith will be be holding a conference at Ottawa University on Friday January 8, 2009 1PM to 5:30PM. The lecture will be a discussion on the otaku ...

Theodore Mak | Wednesday, 9 December 2009

Railgun's Misaki to Appear in Shin Megam

A Japanese magazine scan has appeared online announcing that online RPG Shin Megami Tensei: Imagine will be collaborating with the popular series Toaru Kagaku no Railgun. Story events, characters, and ...

Theodore Mak | Tuesday, 8 December 2009

New Ikki Tousen and Code Geass Projects

Yuki Siozaki's high school fighting series Ikki Tousen is getting a fourth season dubbed Xtreme Xecutor with a new added original character not seen in the manga. A special volume ...

Theodore Mak | Sunday, 6 December 2009

Gurren Lagann Movie 2 Impressions

It's been roughly 5 months since I sat down with the director for the second Gurren Lagann movie, Hiroyuki Imaishi, and I finally got to see the film a few ...

Theodore Mak | Saturday, 21 November 2009

CG Anime "To" Trailer

Japanese entertainment company Avex Network has released a ten minute trailer of Fumihiko Sori's To on their Youtube channel. The film is an adaption of Yukinobu Hoshino's 2001 Nights science ...

Theodore Mak | Sunday, 15 November 2009

Winter 2009-2010 Anime (Updated)

A preliminary list for the upcoming winter season of anime has been released. Gainax's Hanamaru Kindegarten adaptation announced eariler this year at Anime Expo will be debuting. We'll keep you ...

Theodore Mak | Sunday, 1 November 2009

2nd Gurren Lagann Movie US Debut

The November lineup is out for the San Francisco theater, Viz Cinema, and local fans are rejoicing. The second Gurren Lagann movie, Lights in the Sky are Stars will be ...

Theodore Mak | Saturday, 31 October 2009

(Video) Gundam 00 Movie Trailer

A new trailer for the Gundam 00 movie has appeared online. The trailer starts with the production staff working together, Seiji Mizushima (Director) and Yosuke Kuroda (Writer) both can be ...

Theodore Mak | Wednesday, 28 October 2009

Live Action Gantz Movie Announced

Announced a couple days ago, fans of the popular sci-fi manga Gantz can either rejoice or cringe in fear as a two part live action adaptation is on the way. ...

Theodore Mak | Saturday, 10 October 2009

ItaG Festival 2009

ItaG Festival happened earlier over this weekend in Odaiba, filling up parking lots with itasha, anime themed decaled, vehicles. Some of you may recognize the parking lot as it is ...

Administrator | Tuesday, 6 October 2009

Billy Herrington: Whopping Ass in Japan

On Aug. 16, 2009, after the last grueling day at Comic Market 76, we were invited to an event host by Dwango, parent company of the popular video sharing site ...

Osman Numair | Saturday, 26 September 2009

Otaku Interviews: Patrick Galbraith

Patrick W. Galbraith is the author of the recently published The Otaku Encyclopedia. He is currently a Ph.D. student at the University of Tokyo where he is doing his cultural an...

Tomoaki Hirai | Tuesday, 15 September 2009

Fall Anime 2009 List (Update 2)

Better late than never, here's the preliminary list of anime titles airing Fall 2009 inside. A lot of exciting titles debuting this season including the popular manga title Fairy Tail, ...

Theodore Mak | Thursday, 27 August 2009