The Next Generation World Hobby Fair 2016 event has kicked off at the Makuhari Messe Hall in Chiba, Japan, and several hobby companies like Bandai, Banpresto, Takara Tomy, and others were all present to show off their new and up and coming goodies to hurt your wallet. Chiba was the first stop in the tour,...
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Last time, the screenshots from the upcoming Kantai Collection movie were revealed, now however, the video from the special event PV itself has finally surfaced, and it is reportedly the very same video from the game’s 2nd Naval Review event last year. Here its is: The footage confirmed that the three main characters, Destroyers Fubuki,...
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Chandelure is coming to the Pokemon fighting game, Pokken Tournament, and we are now given a preview of its moves as they have now streamed the Ghost/ Fire Pokemon’s announcement PV! Check it out: An official preview video for Chandelure as a fighter in Pokken was revealed during the Game Party Japan 2016 event on January 31. The game, which was...
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Fairy Tail’s Grey Fullbuster just loooooooooooves to take his shirt off, and for the live-action stage play adaptation of Hiro Mashima’s Fairy Tail manga, it seems that Grey will be retaining that stripping tendency as actor Atsushi Shiramata goes topless as he is revealed in costume as the wacky ice mage. The play is in...
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Get your tissues ready, because you might be tearing up a lot later this year as Kodansha’s Comic Plus twitter page made one very important announcement, and it concerns the live-action film adaptation of Naoshi Arakawa’s beautiful musical manga, Your Lie in April, which now has a release date, and it will be slated for September...
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The second episode to the four-part web anime adaptation of Yasuo Ohtagaki’s Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt manga has finally been exclusively released to subscribers of the Gundam Fan Club app in Japan for early access, and to further hype up its wide digital release next month, Bandai Visual has started streaming a brand new PV: The...
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In anime, one of the most thrilling and heart-pounding events just have to be the love confession, and when characters say “I like you” or “I love you,” many fans just can’t help but squee while they feel the love. For this week’s Charapedia poll, they asked 10,000 fans (53.9% male, 46.1% female) which confession...
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An English version for the Nitroplus crossover fighting game for the PS3/PS4, Nitroplus Blasterz -HEROINES INFINITE DUEL-, has been announced, and XSEED Games is streaming new character videos to preview the fighters. Their latest one features Saber from the Fate series, who is seen kicking butt with the “Sword of Promised Victory,” Excalibur. Previously, XSEED Games...
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The iDOLM@STER is finally having its very first game for the PlayStation 4, and Bandai Namco Entertainment has just started streaming the very first PV to that very game, which is titled The iDOLM@STER: Platinum Stars. Chick it out: Featuring the song titled “Happy,” the video reintroduces us to the 13 idols of 765 Pro, who...
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After introducing us to “Anime Batman” himself, Hachiman, My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU author, Wataru Watari’s other light novel project, Girlish Number, is also getting itself its very own TV anime adaptation, as announced by Dengeki G’s Magazine. Illustrated by Celestial Method illustrator, QP:flapper, the light novel will begin serialization inside the pages of Dengeki G’s Magazine starting...
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DMM and Kadokawa’s popular PC browser game, Kantai Collection, is getting itself an animated movie adaptation, as well as a second TV anime. This was announced during a special event for the game last year, and it was revealed via a special promotional video. Now, screenshots for that special PV have surfaced, and it reveals...
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The long wait is over, and after having a lot of fans and gamers around the world frustrated about the exclusion of a Tekken stalwart like Nina Williams in Tekken 7, it was revealed that she will finally be joining the updated version of the game, Tekken 7: Fated Retribution, as announced during the Evo 2016...
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Move over sexy turtleneck sweater, you are now out of fashion and so 2014! This year is all about the new Cat Keyhole Bra Set by Pocket Tokyo, which has now taken Japan by storm. And as expected, the wonderful and magical place known as the Internet wasted little time in making this set of...
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The latest episode of Man At Arms REFORGED has now been streamed, and for this week, they have featured Hiro Mashima’s international bestselling manga, Fairy Tail, as the Stagmer Brothers from Baltimore Knife and Sword try to forge Erza Scarlet’s sword and armor. Of course, since Erza has countless armors and swords, the Stagmer Brothers have focused...
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The iDOLM@STER is getting a brand new game for Sony’s PlayStation 4 consoles later this year, and the official website for Famitsu magazine has now revealed a few more details about the upcoming game, including one new screenshot and its title, which will be The iDOLM@STER: Platinum Stars. Here is the screenshot: More details about the...
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It was 23 January and Singapore’s historic Fort Canning hill was alive with the earth-shattering sounds of ONE OK ROCK and the roar of the fervent, 5000-strong crowd that seemed to know the words to all their songs. It was a perfect testament to how music has the power to bring people together despite language...
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The popular anime thriller about terrorism is getting adapted into a live-action stage play, and the character visuals for two of the play’s male leads, have now been revealed in costume. One of the two terrorists plotting attacks around Tokyo, Nine, will be played by Ryunosuke Matsumura. While his partner, Twelve, will be played by Mashuu Ishiwatari....
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Dagashi Kashi has renewed the interest in cheap Japanese snacks and candies, and the anime adaptation of Kotoyama’s bestselling food comedy manga has teamed up with two well-known Cheap Japanese snacks, both of which have touched the childhoods of many Japanese, as Oyatsu Company is introducing the Dagashi Kashi Butamen and the Dagashi Kashi Baby Star...
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NFL’s Super Bowl is not only the highlight event of American Football, but its ads are often showcases themselves, and for this year, Pokemon has participated in the event, with a special TV commercial celebrating its 20th anniversary. You can check it out here: You wanna be the very best, like no one ever was?...
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Girls und Panzer has done plenty of positive things for Japan’s Self Defense Force. From helping out in recruiting civilians to join to making Japanese citizens actually get even more interested in the JSDF, Girls und Panzer has been quite a huge boost to Japan’s security. During a performance at the Ibaraki Prefectural Cultural Center last...
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Mobile Suit Gundam Iron-Blooded Orphans is getting a very warm reception among Gundam fans, and has fared far better than G-Reco or Gundam AGE. However, a listing in Amazon is suggesting that the anime might go the way of Gundam 00, and actually be a 2-season anime. The anime has only been listed for 25...
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When Dragon Ball Super was announced, fans were rejoicing as we are finally getting to have a new Dragon Ball TV anime after Dragon Ball GT was aired. However, when it finally aired, it did not receive the same amount of love as Dragon Ball or Dragon Ball Z, and its animation quality has left many...
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The Asterisk War PS Vita game, titled The Asterisk War: The Academy City on the Water – Houka Senran, is already getting released later this month, and Bandai Namco has released a new gameplay video, this time, featuring three characters from rival schools, Wernher, Li Shenhua and Li Shenyun, and siscon “Gravity Vampire” herself, Irene Urzaiz. The publisher,...
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One Punch Man and Street Fighter have a lot in common, and now, one of them is having renowned mangaka, Yusuke Murata, who is also responsible for creating the Eye Shield 21 manga, as an illustrator. The renowned mangaka has designed new HDD art for the limited edition Street Fighter V consoles. Each console comes...
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If you felt that the first episode to Sunrise’s new Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt left you hanging at the edge of your seats, fret no more, because Bandai Visual has started streaming a brand new PV, which will definitely excite you for the next episode. They announced that the new anime’s second episode will be available...
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Anime has introduced us to some pretty wacky siblings, and anime has also introduced us to some pretty unusual ones. For this week, the Japanese anime character database, Charapedia, has polled its readers on which anime siblings are the most charming. With a total of 10,000 votes, 48.6% of whom male, while 51.5% are female,...
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Rumiko Takahashi’s Urusei Yatsura is considered a classic, and its heroine, Lum Invader, is getting herself a life-size statue, which will be sold for a whopping one million yen. Previously, when the statue was being teased, they only featured shots of an incomplete and unpainted figure. Now, she is revealed in all her alien glory! Measuring...
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The highly controversial Dead or Alive Xtreme 3 game for the PlayStation 4/ PlayStation Vita is getting released next month after a delay, but to whet the appetite of fans even further, the Koei Tecmo Official YouTube page has started streaming a brand new “heart-throbbing short movie” featuring your favorite DOA girls playing with each...
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After teasing fans by just revealing the actor for Yato in costume, the official website for the live-action stage play adaptation of Noragami has finally revealed the other actors in costume as their respective characters, together with a brand new key visual image: The live-action Noragami stage play will include a cast which comprises of:...
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NHK World’s Anime World+ blog has revealed new details on the upcoming second anime adaptation for Rumiko Takahashi’s RIN-NE manga, which includes this brand new key visual image, featuring some of the first anime’s returning characters, as well as a few new ones who will be introduced this season: The second anime will introduce a damashigami...
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Hiro Mashima’s beloved fantasy manga, Fairy Tail, is getting the live-action stage play treatment, also known as the 2.5D play. As Japanese 2.5D plays would often feature its actors in costumes which are very similar to the original source materials, it would often get fans hyped up for the play, and Fairy Tail is certainly...
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Last night, Japanese rock band, ONE OK ROCK, visited Manila for the very first time, and rocked the SM MOA Arena in Pasay City. The band was very happy to have performed in the country for the very first time, that band member, Toru Yamashita, posted this image on instagram: Other band members, like Taka...
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In the One Punch Man anime, Saitama is always hounded by the ultra-fast ninja, Speed-o’-Sound Sonic. Now, this lightning-fast ninja assassin will be starring in his own OAD, which will be coming bundled with the anime’s Blu-Ray/ DVD Vol 3. The OAD will be bundled with the limited edition of the anime’s Volume 3, and it will...
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The March 2016 edition of Dragon Magazaone announced new details on the second season of Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend, which had its “bland and boring” main girl be featured as the March 2016 edition’s cover girl. According to a scan, A-1 Pictures will once again be animating Saekano, and the staff from the...
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DMM and Kadokawa’s Kantai Collection has turned World War II warships into anthropomorphic moe anime girls, and now, automobile giant, Toyota, is following the trend, but instead of ships, they are turning car parts into anthropomorphic moe anime girls! Teaming up with DMM, Toyoto has reintroduced these car part girls, who are called the “Prius!...
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In Magi, Sinbad is the mighty King of the Seven Seas, and after a great run with a few OVAs, he is finally getting himself his own TV anime, which like the OVAs, will serve as a prequel to the current Magi storyline. A new PV announcing the anime has been streamed as well, check...
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Japanese rock band, ONE OK ROCK, has arrived in Manila yesterday as a part of their tour as a part of their 35xxxv Asia Tour, which will include a stop in Singapore this weekend. The band has prepared a special message for the Filipino fans before their arrival: Their concert will be held later tonight...
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During the UtaPri event, “Uta no Prince Sama Maji Lovelive 5th Stage,” it was announced that the fourth UtaPri anime will be slated for Fall 2016, which would be around October until December. The announcement during the event follows up the promise made last June, when the third anime ended by teasing a fourth new anime...
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Houkago Tea Time’s Bassist, Mio Akiyama, celebrated her birthday last January 15, and she is getting some new anime merchandise just to celebrate her birthday. The character is a reason why many anime fans started playing the bass, and Japanese anime goods store, Animaru, has started offering a special light-up bass effector during her birthday. Called the K-ON!...
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Nami Sano’s critically acclaimed and bestselling comedy manga, Haven’t You Heard? I’m Sakamoto, is finally getting itself a much-needed anime adaptation, as Kadokawa launches a new official website to announce the new anime. The website has also revealed the upcoming anime’s key visual, which features the titular main character, Sakamoto. The website also revealed that Sakamoto...
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On February 7, one of Japan’s biggest and most important figure events will finally be kicking off at the Makuhari Messe in Chiba. As usual, this year’s edition of Winter Wonder Festival will be featuring several event-exclusive merchandise, and Good Smile Company is one of them. This year, GSC is having two sales corners, and...
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The March 2016 edition of Manga Time Kirara Max Magazine has made a very special announcement, which ststes that Cloba-U’s hilarious 4-koma comedy manga, Magic of Stella, is getting itself a TV anime adaptation. Not much details have been made about this new anime so far, but more details are expected to arise in the...
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The official website to the Pokemon fighting game, Pokken Tournament, which is developed by the same team behind Tekken, has made a few major announcements, and one of them is the addition of the Ghost/ Fire-type Pokemon, Chandelure, who will be the game’s second Ghost-type after Gengar. An official preview video for Chandelure as a fighter in...
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The legendary and infamous anime and visual novel scenario writer responsible for hits like Psycho-Pass, Madoka Magica, Aldnoah.Zero, Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet, Expelled from Paradise, and Fate/Zero is finally making his long-awaited return, as Nitroplus announces a new project by Gen Urobuchi, which now also gets its own twitter page, @TBF_PR. Not much has been...
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MaidigiTV has started streaming a brand new PV for the upcoming second part of Digimon Adventure tri., which is titled Ketsui. The PV finally gives us a look at the Mega form of Mimi’s partner Digimon, Rosemon, as well as the Mega form of Joe’s partner Digimon, Vikemon. The video also makes one very important...
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The Ponytail is one of the most common hairstyles in the world, and many can look quite good in them. For this week’s poll, the Japanese anime character database, Charapedia, has asked 10,000 fans (53.7% male, 46.3% female) which female anime character looks best when rocking a ponytail. Here are their Top 20: 20 –...
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2015 is already over, however, there will be anime characters from that year who will stay in our hearts for a long time. But the questions on many people’s minds last year was: Who is the “BEST GIRL” of 2015?! The Japanese anime and media website, animeanime.jp carefully looked at last year’s anime and carefully...
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The Pokemon fighting game, Pokken Tournament, is headed for the Wii U, and a magazine scan from the latest edition of CoroCoro Magazine has revealed three new additions for the Wii U version. According to the scan, Mewtwo, Garchomp, and Braixen will be joining the game as playable characters. Previously, a unique Pokken-exclusive version of Mewtwo,...
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20 years ago, Nintendo introduced two games which have revolutionized the gaming world, they were called Pokemon Red Version and Pokemon Blue Version. These two classics went on to spawn various other Pokemon games, but without the original two, we would not have even gotten started in our unforgettable Pokemon journey. To kick off the...
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Fans of the hit anime series, Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend, rejoice! Because as promised, the life-size statue of the anime’s “bland” and “boring” main heroine, Megumi Kato, has now been fully revealed during the Saekano SHOP 2016 event over at Akihabara UDX. And the thing is, Aniplex+ is making 10 of them, and they are all...
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