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Winter 2010 Anime OP’s

The following article was taken from Sankaku Complex (NSFW). A compilation of most of the latest season’s OP sequences, this article might prove useful to those that are still searching for new shows to add to their current anime line-up, or should at least provide some entertainment to fans of the... [Read more of this article]

Ozarin in 2010

Well guys, we’ve made it to 2010. Despite the lack of jet packs and moon colonies, the decade wasn’t a complete loss. What with the boom of anime internationalization, dozens of amazing new series and the appearance of a full scale Gundam RX-78 in Odaiba (which later vanished) and Tetsujin28... [Read more of this article]

Konata and Kagami Taito Variants

I hope you guys had a fantastic Christmas. My favourite gifts this year, were most definitely my Konata and Kagami Taito Game Station uniform prize figures. Taito Game Station is a popular arcade franchise in Japan, with numerous buildings dotted around Tokyo. I spent quite a few nights trying to... [Read more of this article]

The Disappearance of Suzumiya Haruhi

So Haruhi-ism has now taken the west by storm. You can hardly navigate a UK event without bumping into 3 Haruhi cosplayers and if you do manage to leave the event without cringing at a terrible attempt of the hara-hara yukai, you’re lucky. Regardless of the popularity, I was quite fond of the... [Read more of this article]

One Piece succeeds at Box Office

Fantastic news this weekend, regarding the opening sales of ‘One Piece: Strong World‘. Celebrating 10 years of the Shonen Jump series, Eichiro Oda took it upon himself to write the story for the 10th movie; which perhaps assisted to the major success of this movie. According to Eiga.com,... [Read more of this article]

Heartcatch Pretty Cure! Main Characters Revealed

If you’ve never heard or never cared about a franchise called Pretty Cure, you’re pretty much missing out on this decade’s version of Sailor Moon. Toei Animation’s current magical girl franchise was a surprise hit when the first series- Futari wa Pretty Cure- first aired in 2004... [Read more of this article]

Preview: Final Fantasy XIII

Last week, the final trailer for Final Fantasy XIII -the first instalment in the “ten-year epic” by Square-Enix called the Fabula Nova Crystallis Final Fantasy XIII- was shown to the world. The game is scheduled for release on the 17th of December in Japan, and with the hype machine making... [Read more of this article]

Fumiko’s Confession

Bit late with this one, but I stumbled across this original piece of animation whilst I was in Japan. Created by an independent animator, the amount of work the guy put into this is amazing. I’m sure he’ll be in high demand after this.. Panty shots a-plenty in ‘Fumiko’s... [Read more of this article]

Preview: Resonance Of Fate

Resonance of Fate (renamed for the English release from End of Eternity; my guess is either it has something to do with copyright, or someone has seen that Yu-Gi-Oh episode with the infamous quote, “Even eternity doesn’t last forever”.) is an new IP from tri-Ace, who are most well... [Read more of this article]

Kyoto – Temple Hopping

On Thursday our group headed east from the hotel, passing the imperial palace and crossing the river. In search of more cultural experiences, we planned to visit several temples and walk down the inspirational Philosopher’s Road. It was a bit of a journey to our first destination, so I left a breadcrumb... [Read more of this article]

Anime motivates studies?

Found an interesting article, perhaps relating a little to my own situation as of late. I was first intrigued by Japan after discovering Pokémon and Dominion Tank Police when I was younger. The interest expanded beyond anime as I matured and now I find myself wanting to live and work there on a permanent basis. Japanese-language... [Read more of this article]

Day trip to Kobe

I took an express train from Kyoto station at around 10am. It was quite busy! I suppose there were a few commuters, but I like to think most people were travelling because of the fantastic weather. It must have been at least 23° C outside! So much for winter, eh? Arrived in Kobe Harbourland station,... [Read more of this article]

Kobe Tetsujin28

Yesterday whilst in Kobe (神戸市 – Kōbe-shi), I travelled on the subway to Shin Nagata (新長田). Whilst most of the area was under a lot of construction, the thing I was looking for had been completed the previous month. On my way to the gargantuan robot, there were several indications that... [Read more of this article]

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time – trailer

Looks like there’s finally an official trailer for the Prince of Persia movie based on the popular game franchise. I haven’t been paying attention to news of this film, so was a little surprised to see Disney presenting it. I’m sure if it’s anything like ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’,... [Read more of this article]

Kyoto continued..

So after a wonderful visit to Nijo Castle (which you can read about in my previous entry), we headed towards the Kyoto International Manga Library which was only a short distance away. This amazing window was on route. The second floor is a hair salon, so it kind of fits? Unfortunately there was... [Read more of this article]

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