The excitement for the live-action TV drama adaptation of Death Note rises as the actress who will play Misa Amane has finally been revealed in costume, and she’s a popular photo idol in Japan named Hinako Sano. From her photo reveal, it seems that this photo idol may be getting part of Misa Amane’s character right...
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While Bandai was busy over at Belle Salle Akihabara with their Tamashii Summer Collection 2015 event, the other big-name figure makers such as Kotobukiya, Megahouse, and Alter, were also in a big figure event of their own last weekend with the spring edition of the MegaHobby Expo 2015, which is held at the AKIBA SQUARE,...
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The Seventh servant has now been added to Type-Moon’s Fate/ Grand Order smartphone RPG, and as expected, the new servant is from the Archer class, much like Gilgamesh and Fate/ Stay Night’s Archer (Shirou Emiya). Designed by PAKO (Rental Magica) and voiced by Nobunaga Shimazaki (Haruka Nanase from Free!), this new Archer seems to hail...
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Bandai showed off their figure-making prowess as they held an event called Tamashii Summer Collection 2015 over at Belle Salle Akihabara yesterday, which showcased some of their upcoming articulated figures from their various Tamashii Nations lines. One of the event’s highlights is a life-size version of Kamen Rider Drive’s car, Tridoron, which was presented alongside the...
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Fans have shown that they have a lot of imagination (as well as a lot of time in their hands) when it comes to their fandom, and one fan has actually showed just that as she has modded a Pokemon game for the Nintendo 3DS to make it look like you are playing a Madoka...
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The Mishima family situation gets even more complicated as Bandai Namco adds a new Mishima to Tekken 7‘s already-loaded playable character roster, and she’s none other than Kazumi Mishima, the wife of Heihachi Mishima, mother of Kazuya Mishima, and grandmother to Jin Kazama. Here she is handing some “domestic abuse” to her poor husband So...
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In fiction, there will always be those characters who are sly and cunning, and even though most of them are actually good guys, you can’t help but think they are up to something nasty. For this week’s Charapedia anime poll, the Japanese anime character database has ranked these sly anime characters, who might turn out to...
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The over-the-top action video game and anime franchise based on Japan’s Sengoku era (warring states era), Sengoku Basara, has been one of Capcom’s most successful titles, and to celebrate its 10th anniversary, as well as the release of the latest game in the franchise, Sengoku Basara 4 Sumeragi, Sony has unveiled a special Sengoku Basara 10th...
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Bandai Namco’s Sword Art Online: Lost Song game for the PlayStation 3 and the PlayStation Vita has just undergone one major update, and part of that update is the introduction of another one of light novel author, Reki Kawahara’s most popular characters, Kuroyukihime from Accel World. Kuroyukihime, who has long been theorized by many fans (though...
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Japan’s leading prize figure companies like Sega, Banpresto, Furyu. and many more, have once again gathered to show everyone their very best upcoming releases during the 40th Prize Fair, which not only include figures, but also several other anime-themed prizes from bath towels and pillows to key chains and cups. Let’s start things off with Banpresto,...
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Dragon Ball creator, Akira Toriyama, named his Saiyan characters with vegetables like Goku (Kakarot/ Carrot), Napa (Napa Cabbage), Raditz (Raddish), and of course, Vegeta, which is short for Vegetable. Now, Dragon Ball’s Saiyan prince is seen taking on vegetables being dropped by his wife, Bulma. The ad was shown to promote Nissin’s new cup ramen...
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The romantic comedy anime, My Love Story, or Ore Monogatari!, has become one of this year’s most popular romance anime titles, but did you know that it is also getting itself a live-action movie? The upcoming movie’s official website has revealed the three actors portraying the main characters and released a new visual revealing them in...
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Much like Studio Ghibli co-founder Hayao Miyazaki and Gundam creator, Yoshiyuki Tomino, Evangelion creator, Hideaki Anno is known in the anime industry to be pretty outspoken about his views, and during a recent interview with the Russian news agency RIA Novosti, he predicted that in 5 – 20 years, the Japanese anime industry might disappear. According the...
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Sega’s highly-rated 2D cross-over fighting game between Dengeki Bunko’s most beloved light novel characters will be getting a new game slated for summer 2015 and it is tentatively titled Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax New. According to the announcement, The Devil is a Part-Timer‘s Emi Yuusa (or Emilia the Hero) will be joining the game as a...
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As we are heading towards the end of the first half of 2015, the Japanese anime blog, Yaraon!, has shown a new ranking for female voice actresses, which ranks them on who has been shining the most for this year’s first half. These voice actresses are not ranked in their anime voice over work alone...
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It is clear that Digimon fans are greatly divided when it comes to Digimon Adventure Tri.’s official character designs a many of them are very unhappy with it while others find the new mature look a bit refreshing. Because many fans are unhappy with the new designs made by Atsuya Uki, some of them have made an online...
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Death Note is getting a live-action TV drama which will premiere this July 2015, and they have now released the big costume reveal for three of the show’s main characters, L, Light Yagami, and Near. Masataka Kubota, who appeared in the live-action Rurouni Kenshin movies as Akira, will play the maon protagonist, Light Yagami while...
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Bandai Namco Games Europe has started streaming the latest English-subtitled trailer for the upcoming Shounen Jump! crossover fighting game, J-Stars Victory VS+, and it features two classic Shounen Jump! main characters duking it out as Hunter X Hunter’s Gon Freecs takes on Kochikame’s wacky police officer, Kankichi Ryotsu. J-Stars Victory VS+ is scheduled for release this June for...
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For this week’s new servant reveal, Type-Moon introduces a new Berserker-class servant for their upcoming Fate/ Grand Order smartphone RPG, and here’s a hint, this one is just like the one in Fate/ Stay Night because he’s just massive at over 3 meters tall! Fate/ Prototype designer, PFALZ, designed this new Berseker, who is voiced by Kunihiko...
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The theme for 2016’s Snow Miku Design Contest is Hokkaido Winter Sports, and as the Hatsune Miku Time 8 live streaming event was being shown, it was revealed that the new Snow Miku 2016 is just that as she shows some love for skiing and snowboarding. The new Snow Miku design is called the Owly Owl...
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With Hestia becoming an internet craze and and ‘Is it Wrong to Pick-up Girls in a Dungeon?‘ or DanMachi for short, becoming one of this season’s most popular anime, it wasn’t long before its official merchandise are announced, and Movic is giving some of the “loli oppai” goddess’s fans a special treat. Anime merchandise makers, Movic,...
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The 2.5D theater stage plays are the latest trend in Japan with anime, manga, and video game series such as Naruto, Gurren Lagann, Sailor Moon, and even Persona 3 and Phantasy Star Online 2, are getting live-action stage play adaptations, and the latest one to join the list is Sui Ishida’s bestselling horror manga, Tokyo...
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For this week’s Charapedia poll, the Japanese anime character database has taken it to a much more serious note as they asked their readers, If you only have ONE more day to live, what anime would you watch? The poll garnered over 10,000 votes as usual, 54% of whom were male while 46% were female. With 10,000 votes, it is clear...
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Watch out Singapore, because the Titans are definitely coming and they will be “attacking” Singaporean cinemas this August as Encore Films and Golden Village Cinemas are bringing the first live-action Attack on Titan movie to Singapore. Here is the Singapore-release trailer: Also revealed are the movie’s posters for its Singaporean release, and it features Eren Yeager...
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The upcoming live-action adaptation of Bakuman is riling up many anime fans and aspiring mangakas (manga artists) and the Toho Movie Channel has started streaming the anime’s first official teaser trailer and it really teases the hardships and trials aspiring mangakas are about to face. Narrated by Mayumi Tanaka, the voice behind Luffy from One Piece, the...
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The anime adaptation for Kazune Kawahara and Aruko’s beloved romance manga series, My Love Story!, or Ore Monogatari!, has captured the hearts of many around the world. But before the series has reached worldwide acclaim, the series’ two main characters, Takeo Gouda and Rinko Yamato, teamed up with Hirohiko Araki’s Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure back in...
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According to the July issue of Tech Gian Magazine, there will be a new Muv-Luv Alternative anime spin-off titled Muv-Luv Schwarzesmarken, and that the anime is already in its planning stage. The announcement is also confirmed by the official twitter page for the eroge developer, âge, which also announced the Muv-Luv Schwarzesmarken anime adaptation. 『シュヴァルツェスマーケン』のアニメ化企画進行中！新たな外伝『隻影のベルンハルト』の新連載も来月より開始！詳しくは本日発売のテックジャイアン7月号をチェック！ #agesoft#muvluv#schwarzesmarken — アージュ...
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Hatsune Miku fans, we have some good news and some bad news for you and its regarding the western release for Sega’s super-deformed Hatsune Miku rhythm game for the Nintendo 3DS, Hatsune Miku Project Mirai DX. Let’s start with the bad news first as Sega has announced that the game, which was originally slated for release later...
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With 3-meter Gundam and Char’s Zaku II statues coming to Singapore for Gundam Docks in Singapore, Singaporean Gundam fans have definitely have a lot to be happy about, and they are about to become happier. The special guests for the event have finally been announced, and the biggest one may be the legendary anime mecha...
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We are now midway through the Spring 2015 anime season and most certainly, some fans already have their own personal favorites, and with that, the Japanese music and entertainment website, Recochoku, has asked fans to vote for their favorite titles of the season. The online poll garnered 811 votes, an overwhelming 59% of which were...
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For its upcoming May 28 update, the Nitroplus and Examu cross-over fighting game, Nitroplus Blasterz: Infinite Heroines Duel, will be adding three new characters to their already-all-star line-up of Nitroplus heroines, and two of the are coming from series created by the infamous Urobutcher himself, Gen Urobuchi. From his popular science fiction crime drama, Psycho-Pass, comes...
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On the outside, Japan may seem to be a peaceful and modern country which accepts foreigners to visit with whole heart, however, there is still a bit of a dark side to that as racism and xenophobia are still rampant in the country. Japan is currently plagued by anti-immigrant and anti-ethnic Korean demonstrations led by...
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Monster Musume is without a doubt one of the most highly awaited anime adaptations this upcoming summer 2015 season, and TOHO Animation has started streaming the upcoming monster girl anime’s very first PV The video features the six main girls for the anime, Miia the Lamia (CV: Sora Amamiya), Papi the Harpy (CV: Ari Ozawa),...
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Seven Eleven Japan previously sold 25 limited edition Eva-01 figures from Neon Genesis Evangelion measuring 2 metres in height, and now, they are selling another duo of gigantic anime figures, this time, featuring Eren Yeager and Levi Ackerman from Attack on Titan. Eren measures in at 172cm while Levi, who is infamously short, only measures in...
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Strike Witches fans rejoice! Because during a special theater screening event for the third Strike Witches OVA titled Strike Witches: Operation Victory Arrow part 3: Arnhem no Hashi, it was reportedly announced that there will be a new TV anime from the franchise, and it will feature the witches of the 502nd Joint Fighter Wing, also...
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Crypton Future Media, Inc., which brought us vocaloids like Hatsune Miku, Kaito, the Kagamine twins, and others, has launched the new Megurine Luka V4X software, and to help promote their new product, as well as celebrate its launch, they have teamed up with legendary French champagne makers, Champagne Cattier, for a special limited edition Luka champagne. Cattier...
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Spring 2015 is currently in its midway point, and is currently showing some of this year’s best anime. But which one is truly the best of the best? Shogakukan’s women’s magazine, Woman Insight, has recently polled anime fans on which Spring 2015 anime is the one they think is the very best “gem”. The poll asked...
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Fate has a new Lancer, and the latest TV ad for Type-Moon’s upcoming smartphone game, Fate/ Grand Order, it was revealed that the next Lancer would be female and voiced by Mamiko Noto (Hell Girl’s Ai Enma), who also voices the new dark-skinned Saber in the game. This new Lancer is designed by Hirokazu Koyama, who...
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Love Live! has teamed up with Amazon to promote the upcoming Love Live! School Idol Movie, which premieres this July 13 in Japan, and they have asked fans to vote for their favorite school idol or the school idol they think would best represent Amazon.co.jp. The results are now in and the winner is none...
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Code Geass: Akito the Exiled won’t be ending with episode 4 as announced earlier this month, and they are tweaking the story for that fourth episode, titled “Nikushimi no Kioku Kara”, to make room for an episode 5, and with that, the anime’s official website has unveiled the latest trailer for this upcoming and highly awaited...
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Fairy Tail fans have a lot to rejoice about because the cover of next week’s issue of Weekly Shounen Magazine, to be released this Wednesday, features an important announcement for the fantasy shounen series. According to the cover, which features Fairy Tail main character, Natsu Dragneel, the series will be having a second anime movie,...
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The 54th Shizuoka Hobby Show has kicked off at the Shizuoka Twin Messe Hall in Japan yesterday and it featured plenty of new and upcoming plastic models and figures from some of the biggest manufacturers in the world, including Bandai, Tomy Tech, Hasegawa, Fine Molds, Aoshima, and many many more. Let’s start things off with...
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Parasyte fans in Singapore rejoice, Because Golden Village has announced that they will be showing both live-action Parasyte movies back-to-back for a very special movie marathon over at the GV Plaza. This will also count as an advance screening for Parasyte Part 2, which will be shown in Singapore a bit later as it will...
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Love will always have complications, including fans who would want to break up an official couple who are clearly happily in love. For this week’s poll by the Japanese anime character database known as Charapedia, they asked 10,000 anime fans which anime couple do they want to see go splitsville… immediately. Of these 10,000 fans...
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Anime genres range from a wide variety of subjects from mecha series like Gundam to romantic comedies like Ore Monogatari! and even harem anime like IS: Infinite Stratos. A recent poll on 125 anime otaku (44 men and 81 women) in Japan was recently conducted and it asked them which anime genre do they like...
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Love Live!‘s Rin Hoshizora just looooooooooooves ramen, and she has been given her own ramen brand, Rin-chan Ramen by Sega, before. Now, the lovable and catty tomboy will be getting even more ramen related to her as Acecook releases two new ramen flavors inspired by the μ’s school idol. She will surely go Nyaaaaah with these!...
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Weekly Shounen Jump!’s massive crossover fighting game, J-Stars Victory VS is headed out west and Bandai Namco Games Europe has just started streaming two new English-subtitled promo videos which feature four of the magazine’s most memorable manga characters. The first video features a battle between a fiery mafia boss and a fierce samurai as Reborn!’s...
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The winners for the 39th Kodansha Manga Awards, one of the most prestigious awards in the Japanese manga industry, have finally been announced, with one winner in the general manga category, one winner in the Shoujo manga (for girls) category, and two winners for the Shounen manga (for boys) category. The winner for the General...
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With the original Digidestined returning for a new Digimon anime titled Digimon Adventure Tri.. digimon fans who grew up watching the original are as excited as ever. However, the new artwork does not seem to fly as much to other fans who were more used to the original character designs. Some fans have taken it...
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The official website for the anime adaptation of Reki Kawahara’s bestselling light novel series, Sword Art Online, has unveiled the final cover art for the DVD/ Blu-ray editions for Sword Art Online II, and they feature “what could have been” if Yuuki were healthy and enrolled in the same school as Kirito, Asuna, and the...
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