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Japanese voice actress and singer Aya Hirano made an appearance at the 2019 FanimeCon held in the San Jose McEnery Convention Center. Hirano is best known for her iconic role as the protagonist of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya. Her other popular works include Lucky Star and Fairy Tail. Hear about what she has been up to in the past few years, including her studies in New York and her aspirations.

We sit down with veteran Japanese voice actor Nobutoshi Canna at his first FanimeCon to talk about his carrier in voice acting.  Mr. Canna is most recognized for his roles as the voice of Lancer in the Fate series, Guts in Berserk, and Basara Nekki in Macross 7, along with a magnitude of credits to his name in games and anime.  Hear what got him into the voice acting industry and his most memorable moments in his voice acting career.

Augmented Reality apps on mobile devices seem to be gaining in popularity.  Just recently COSPA announced that they are releasing a pair of T-shirts that take advantage of virtual augmentation on smart phones.  Obviously themed to match the recent virtual reality anime Accel World, one shirt gives you silver wings from Arita Haruyuki's (Silver Crow) Burst Avatar and the other shirt (made for girls) gives you Kuroyukihime's (Black Lotus) avatar butterfly wings.  The Silver Crow shirts come in sizes M, L, and XL while the Black Lotus shirts come in sizes S, M, and L.

Black Rock Shooter will be receiving a TV broadcasted anime in January of 2012. Black Rock Shooter as an animation started off with an OVA that was released in July of 2010. With the continued releases of anime figures and the recent announcement of a game in production, fans will be treated to even more Black Rock Shooter goods.

A website has been set up for the TV anime and can be found at: http://www.noitamina-brs.jp/ The website currently only has a flash video, which contains already animated scenes of Black Rock Shooter.

Black Rock Shooter originated from an original character illustration made by Huke, who later joined supercell.  Ryo from supercell was inspired by the illustration and created the song that is now known as, "Black Rock Shooter", using Vocaloid 2's Hatsune Miku as the vocalist.

The hit school romance, Amagami SS will be getting a second season. The news was announced earlier this month on August 13 at the TBS Anime Festa 2011 held at the Bunko Civic Hall in Tokyo. The singer for the opening theme songs for first season, azusa will return to perform for the new season. No additional information has been released yet but we will update this post as more information arises.

Amagami was originally an all age dating simulation game for the Playstation 2 developed by Enterbrain which was later adapted into an anime, Amagami SS. The series was broken up into several different chapters with each following the same time frame with the exception of the main male protagonist falling in love with a different female classmate.

I am definitely hoping to seeing more of my favorite character, the eccentric Haruka Morishima (pictured) in season two! Announcement trailer included inside.

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Arakawa Under the Bridge is an anime adaption of Hikaru Nakamura’s ongoing work in Young Gan Gan. It was produced by studio Shaft and broadcasted in Japan on April 2010.  Nakamura Sensei is known for her previous work, Saint Young Men, which was the tenth best manga series in 2009 and received the 2009 Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize for short work manga.  Arakawa Under the Bridge will have a live action film in the spring of 2012 in Japan. Hit the jump for the full review!

The-O Network Online has been undergoing some staff changes as of late, and we're all very lucky and very glad to have snapped up a new anime reviewer, Ken Ohata! Ken will be laying the smack down on the good, the bad, and the ugly of Japanese animation, so keep a lookout for more from him. After the jump we have his first official review, Working!! Read and enjoy! --Stephen Bajza, Editor

FUNimation Entertainment announced today that its previous owner, Navarre Corporation, has sold them to a group of investors for $24 million. The investor group includes Gen Fukunaga, FUNimation's chief executive officer. Navarre Corporation is a distributor of electronic goods and entertainment with a 25 year history. Although FUNimation Entertainment has been sold, Navarre will continue to act as the exclusive distributor. Much more after the jump.

Winter anime season! Listen to an hour long Ocast where we hype up what's good and tear down what's lame. There are a ton of new titles out there this season, so you're going to need a few educated opinions on what to watch. Also, the longest news segment in the history of the podcast! Complete with everything you need to know about the PSP2.

We also have a new guest this week! Our very own Ben Chu throws down with his very broad and very detailed knowledge of this season. Hopefully we'll hear a lot more from him in the coming weeks and months. Unfortunately, this comes at the temporary leave of Davis, so his silky man-growl shall not make an appearance on the podcast.

There's a lot of great stuff to check out so download and enjoy! And comment to your hearts content. To make this podcast better for you we need to hear what you want and what you hate.

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Chances are, if you're hardcore into anime, you know where to browse for deals. However, since not all anime fans are as fanatical as the rest of us, it's worth mentioning how to obtain some decent quality shows on the cheap. I'm not talking about browsing through eBay for someone's old collection or finding that "good-enough" bootleg, but directly supporting licensors by hitting them up for sweet deals.