In what seems to be repeat of NEXT Love Live! 2014 Endless Parade concert, Love Live! fans have once again proven that they are in fact one of the most dedicated fandoms on Earth as they braved yet another harsh snow storm, but this time, it is to get their hands on several exclusive Love...
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The iDOLM@STER: Cinderella Girls has already become one of this season’s hottest titles, and the series’ producer (no, not that producer), Hironori Toba, has recently sat down with Dengeki Online and talked about the new anime, the new idols, the new producer, and how it is different from the original iDOLM@STER series. Toba is no...
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Naruto‘s final chapter may have put the beloved manga series to a close, but for its 72nd and final compiled volume, or Tankoubon, there will be a “Secret” going to be revealed in its wrap-around jacket What will this secret be? We will never know until February 4, 2015, which is when the final volume...
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The 10th edition of this year’s Weekly Shounen Jump! magazine will be announcing that One Piece will be going on a hiatus, however, fans should not be worried as manga creator Eiichiro Oda will be back real soon. The hiatus will only be for one week, or one issue of Weekly Shounen Jump, which will...
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Funimation Entertainment, together with Kodansha and video game publisher, GameSamba, are currently developing a free-to-play online RPG based on Hiro Mashima‘s highly-popular manga and anime series, Fairy Tail. This new Fairy Tail game will be turn-based and will allow players to not only create and customize their characters, but also create their own type of...
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When Pokken Tournament‘s gameplay was unveiled during a recent Niconico live stream, fans have been talking about it. Now, new screenshots from the upcoming Pokemon fighting game have been released and they are looking quite awesome. So far so good as the screenshots show how beautiful the game is shaping up to be. The recent...
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During the Sword Art Online: Lost Song stage event during the 2015 Taipei Game Show, the game’s latest PV was revealed, and developer Bandai Namco Games has now streamed the new video The video talks about ALO and its connection to Kayaba Akihiko, the genius behind the original VRMMO game, Sword Art Online, as well...
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Phantasy Star Online 2 has announced their latest anime collaboration, and it is none other than one of the most successful visual novel and anime franchises in Japan, the Fate series, particularly, Fate/ Hollow Ataraxia and Fate/ Kalaid Liner Prisma Illya 2wei! Fate-themed AC Scratch items will be available in PSO2’s Japanese server starting January...
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In the northern Japanese prefecture of Hokkaido, test scores are going down, and unfortunately, video games are getting the blame as Hokkaido Prefecture’s Board of Education has proposed a ‘No Game Day’ which will not only happen once, but twice a month. The test scores in the prefecture have now fallen below the National Average,...
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With JKT48 and SNH48 idol groups already representing the massive AKB48 banner abroad, idol group founder, Yasushi Akimoto, has announced his plans to form yet another sister group, this time in the Philippines. Akimoto has said he wanted to spread idol culture around the world, and Philippines, which also has legions of J-pop fans, would...
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Just like last year, Ibaraki-based professional football club, Mito Hollyhock FC, has once again channeled the support of the popular tank battle anime, Girls und Panzer, for this year’s campaign as their jerseys will again be featuring the Angler Fish Team logo. The new uniform was unveiled during the club’s fan appreciation event and it...
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The Tokyo One Piece Tower official website has announced two more attractions which will be placed high up in one of Tokyo’s most iconic landmarks, the Tokyo Tower. They also previewed the other attractions which are all inspired by the wacky Straw Hat Pirates crew. The Luffy’s Endless Adventure will be a walk-through attraction which...
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With Sailor Moon Crystal‘s upcoming Black Moon Arc finally beginning this February 7, the anime’s official website has unveiled the villains and their voice actors, and they are led by none other than one of today’s hottest male voice actors, Mamoru Miyano. Miyano, best known for his roles as Stein; Gate’s Rintarou Okabe and Gundam...
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Kantai Collection and iDOLM@STER: Cinderella Girls have certainly become two of the most talked about anime series this young Winter 2015 season, and a couple of manga heavyweights has shown that they are fans of the series by showing everyone some of their new fan artworks. Squid Girl creator Masahiro Anbe has shown that he...
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The official live stream of the upcoming Pokemon fighting game, Pokken Tournament, has many fans and gamers talking, and previously, it announced the three new entrants, Pikachu, Suicune, and Gardevoir. The live stream featured not only Tekken creator, Katsuhiro Harada, but also several key gameplay videos of the five revealed fighters beating the tar out...
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The annual Sapporo Snow Festival will not only be featuring a snow sculpture of Snow Miku (again), but it will also feature a snow sculpture of three of the second year school idols from Love Live!, Honoka, Umi, and Kotori. That very Love Live! snow sculpture is currently being built and a preview image of...
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Winter 2015 has been packed with some anime titles which have so far proven that their hype is all too real, like Kantai Collection, iDOLM@STER: Cinderella Girls, and Assassination Classroom. There are also several returning anime and continuing anime which actually need no introduction like Aldnoah.Zero and Kuroko’s Basketball. However, there are also several titles...
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Anime songs, or anisongs, are one of the most important parts of the anime as they make the anime livelier and more interesting. In Japan, Karaoke joints would always feature these songs whether they are an anime’s OP, ED, or insert song. Japanese anime character database, Charapedia has featured anisongs for this week’s poll, and...
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Considered one of the world’s biggest anime conventions, Anime Japan will finally be coming back this March, and its official visual reveals a few very recognizable characters like Gundam’s Char Aznable, Kantai Collection’s Fubuki, Astro Boy, Fate’s Rin Tohsaka, Pycho-Pass’s Akane Tsunemori, Oregairu’s Yukino Yukinoshita, and many more. The event will also be offering up...
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The official website of the iDOLM@STER: Cinderella Girls has confirmed that the first volume of the anime’s Blu-ray and DVD release will indeed come bundled with a PlayStation 3 game which allows players to become photographers and go with the idols of 346 Pro to perform various gravure photo shoots. The game will be a...
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The third batch of actors on costume have finally been unveiled for the upcoming live action Naruto musical, and they include two of the series most recognizable villains as well as the character considered one of the greatest perverts in anime. The new visuals reveal two of the three legendary ninjas, Orochimaru and Jiraiya, as...
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Since 2010, Snow Miku has been a fixture in Hokkaido’s annual Sapporo Snow Festival, and to promote the event, the Virtual Diva-turned-Snow-Queen has starred in a new TV ad, which is currently being shown in the Hokkaido area. The ad features Snow Miku 2015, also known as Snow Miku, Snow Bell Ver., as well as...
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With Bandai’s very first Love Live! SH FiguArts articulated figure, Honoka Kousaka, already about to be released this February, Bandai has announced that the bubbly school idol will be backed by her two best friends, Umi Sonoda and Kotori Minami. Like Honoka, both Umi and Kotori will be wearing the costumes which were featured in...
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With the Winter edition of Wonder Festival 2014 (Winter WonFes) already happening just a few weeks away, Sega has announced that they will also be participating in the bi-annual figure extravaganza, and they are also offering up a few exclusives. Sega’s booth offerings will be highlighted by limited edition figures of Love Live!’s Nico Yazawa...
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A leaked image has unveiled that the popular volleyball anime and manga series, Haikyuu!, will be getting itself its very own anime movie. The image shows the spikers of Karasuno High about to take on the team from Aoba Johsai. It states that this new Haikyuu! movie will be a recap of the anime’s first...
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The year has only begun and Universal Studios Japan has now started one of their most anticipated events ever, which not only includes the life-size recreation of the battle between Titan Eren and the Female Titan, but also life-size monsters from Monster Hunter, a Resident Evil real escape game, and the Evangelion 4D attraction. Perhaps...
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American Cosplayer, Jessica Nigri, is known for her sexy and often revealing cosplays, Sentai Filmworks has announced that the world-renowned cosplayer will be voicing a character that is considered very similar to her – Super Sonico. She even wore Sonico’s iconic headphones, which she wears even when taking baths. The cosplayer has previously voiced Cinder...
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Japan is known for a lot of weird and wacky inventions, and a heart-shaped cellphone is one of them. Developed by Willcome in collaboration in Yahoo! Mobile, this phone is, well, shaped like a heart. However, Bandai is taking this heart phone into a whole new level by giving it a Sailor Moon motif This...
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As part of Digimon Adventure’s 15th Anniversary celebrations, Bandai has teased fans about the release of the official Digimon Tags and Crests (called Tags and Emblems in Japan). They only features silhouettes of the final product, but now, after the release of Taichi’s new character design, they have finally unveiled how they will really look...
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Sometimes, long-running anime like Pokemon and One Piece would feature several changes in their artworks as they move on through all the years of being loved by fans. With Youkai Watch looking like it might just last more than 10 years because of its immense popularity (it is considered the most popular anime in Japan...
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With Kantai Collection being one of the hottest and most popular anime series this Winter 2015, it did not take long for one particular fan to identify the locations of the Naval Academy where Fubuki and her friends study in order to fight the dreaded Abysmal Fleet. Kantai Collection player Bradbury404 went on an anime...
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Legendary anime director Hayao Miyazaki is a huge friend of the environment, and the Oscar-winning director has been known to donate tons of money and effort into the preservation of one particular forest in Japan which was said to inspire him to make one of his greatest masterpieces, My Neighbor Totoro. The 5,700-square-meter Fuchi no...
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With iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls being one of the hottest anime series this season, Japanese anime merchandise store, Animate, has asked its customers in one of its shops which Cinderella Girls character is their favorite. The results so far are a bit surprising. While fan favorites like Anya, Rin Shibuya and Ranko Kanzaki got more votes...
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With the Psycho-Pass movie currently experiencing much success in the Japanese box office, two of Japan’s most well renowned illustrators have payed some homage to the movie with several new artworks which are certainly a treat for fans. Best known for turning Marvel, DC, and video game characters into bishoujo figures, Shunya Yamashita has already...
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With its March 26, 2015 release fast approaching, new details on the latest Sword Art Online game by Bandai Namco, titled Sword Art Online Lost Song, have finally been unveiled and they focus on the gameplay and the new original characters who will be introduced in the game. A new key visual has also been...
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What happens when an “ordinary boy” gets enrolled in a school full of rich yet innocent girls who have grown isolated from the world? Hilarity of course as a wrap-around jacket is seen bundled along with Volume 6 of the light novel’s manga adaptation, and it announces that an anime adaptation for harem-comedy light novel...
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As Universal Studios Japan prepares for their Cool Japan event attractions, which feature Attack on Titan, Monster Hunter, Evangelion, and Resident Evil, they have teased fans with one of the most important parts of what is perhaps one of the event’s most highly anticipated attractions. They revealed a full length photo of Attack on Titan’s...
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On February 8, 2015, the Winter edition of Wonder Festival, or Winter WonFes 2015, will finally kick-off and introduce new upcoming figures which will certainly damage a whole lot of wallets. Good Smile Company and Max Factory will certainly have the spotlight in their hands, however, in their sales booth, they will also be offering...
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Japanese TV broadcasting company, Fuji TV, has recently asked its viewers which upcoming shows in 2015 do they think will be the best. They divided the shows into Tokusatsu, Drama, and Anime, and during a special show which was broadcast last night in Japan, they have revealed the Top 3 upcoming anime. These Top 3...
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The oifficial youtube channel of Noitamina has started streaming the opening of the new Psycho-Pass movie which has certainly been quite the success in the Japanese box office as of late. The video features the movie’s theme song, Who What Who What, by Ling Tosite Sigure. It also features a text narration describing the Sybil...
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In anime, there are times where the supporting characters are much more loved than the main characters themselves, and this is the subject of this week’s Charapedia poll as they asked 10,000 anime fans which supporting character do they want to see in a leading role. We have already revealed the male support characters that...
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Have you ever wondered what happened to Kakashi, Shikamaru, Gaara, and others in the period between chapters 699 and 700 of the now-concluded Naruto manga? The 8th issue of this year’s Weekly Shounen Jump! magazine will reveal six (6) new original epilogue novels which will focus on several characters of the manga and what happened...
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Sometimes, people are more interested in seeing support characters or side characters shine more than the main characters, and sometimes, they even get more love from fans than the main characters themselves! Japanese anime character database, Charapedia, has asked its fans which supporting character in anime is the one they want to see depicted as...
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With 2014 now over, figure makers Good Smile Company has now counted their annual sales and their very own Kahotan has finally announced their Top 10 best sellers via her official blog. So which figures did GSC sell the most last year? Here are the results: 10) Nendoroid Levi (Attack on Titan) 9) Nendoroid Akagi...
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The music genre has always been one of the most popular ones in anime, however, it is also the same for mangas, which may not make readers hear the music, but they have surely inspired a lot of people and have gained a huge following. Japanese women’s website, MyNavi Woman has taken a look at...
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With anticipation already high for the live action Naruto stage musical, the play’s version of Kakashi, Zabuza, Haku, Iruka, and the 3rd Hokage have all been revealed. This follows the previous reveal which featured Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura, and Gaara, and just like the first four costume reveals, these guys look just as stunning. Yuuki Kimisawa...
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The iDOLM@STER: Cinderella Girls has finally made its long-awaited premiere, and was even streamed globally via Daisuki.net. In Japan however, the anime was also streamed via Niconico, which usually polls its viewers on how much they liked the episode. It seems that the series premiere had a lot of loves from the fans as they...
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What happens when American teenagers watch a J-pop music video for the first time? It seems that some of them have been taken to a completely alien world so to speak. For the latest Teens React video by the Fine Bros. uploaded to youtube, they made several American teens watch J-pop videos for the first...
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We’ve said it time and time again, Love Live! fans, also known as Love Livers, are some of the most dedicated fans in anime, and it could not be truer than a certain fan who actually had a very interesting Love Live! twist to a Japanese tradition. The Japanese Coming-of-Age ceremony known as Seijin-no-Hi, is...
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With the help of series such as The iDOLM@STER, Love Live!, and Wake Up Girls!, the idol anime genre has become one of the most popular ones in the Japanese animation industry, and Japanese media website, Goo, has asked anime fans to vote for their favorite idol anime. Only 2D anime with idols were ranked,...
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