Anime MAD videos are becoming increasingly popular these days and seemingly pop up less than a day after the airing of a new series. Here’s a nice find from youtube (originally posted on nicovideo) of the adorable Maria Ushiromiya from the anime “Umineko no Naku Koro Ni” which just aired in Japan several days ago.

Many anime are set in real places with scenes drawn straight from photographs of actual streets, giving a more realistic feel to the anime. This practice, however, seems to have put the prefecture of Saitama in the spotlight. Riding on the success of the anime series “Lucky Star”, Saitama has drawn many tourists wanting to [...]

I came across this awesome (web only?) commercial for the Nissan Cube in Japan. It is amazing how this many manga principles have been used in a really short commercial.

The eleventh and final episode of the anime Eden of the East aired this week and left fans with a little surprise. Rather than concluding the series with the last episode, two movies have been announced which will continue with the story.

The life-sized Gundam that Bandai had been constructing for the past few months was finally completed this week, and it’s mighty impressive. The RX78 Gundam was built to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Gundam series and stands 18 metres tall. It is currently on display in Odaiba, Japan.

Popular mecha anime Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann has recently received its first character single called “Kirameki Yoko Box”. As the name suggests, the single is sung by the character Yoko Littner (voiced by Marina Inoue) and features one song, titled “S.t.a.r.S”

It was revealed earlier this week in the latest issue of Dengeki G’s Magazine that Key’s newest work, Angel Beats, will be an anime produced in collaboration with Dengeki G’s Magazine and Aniplex. Key is widely known for their visual novels Kanon, AIR, Planetarian, Clannad, and Little Busters. Three of which (Kanon, AIR, and Clannad) [...]

The geek has indeed inherited the earth. A growing number of pursuits are now aimed squarely at the geek in all of us. Gone are the days when poring over comicbooks, talking about gadgets and raving over Star Trek is a sure way of getting beat up. Now it is cool to be a geek. [...]

With eight episodes of K-ON having been aired in Japan, the amount of cosplay in this series has already surpassed what you would find in most anime. In this short amount of time, K-ON has already managed to cover maid uniforms, swimsuits, normal clothing, a nurse outfit, santa costume, winter clothing, and others including the [...]

With the beginning of June just two weeks away, it’s about time to take a look at upcoming anime for the summer 2009 season.

For years, Megami Magazine has been the undisputed leader when it came to?supplying bishoujo (pretty girl) anime pin-up posters for rabid fans, but there’s a new kid in town looking to stir up some trouble. On April 30, 2009 Kadokawa released the first volume of its newest magazine: Nyan Type.

Earlier this week Variety reported that the popular series “Death Note” may be adapted into a Hollywood film by Warner Bros. For those of you who aren’t familiar with Death Note, it was a widely popular manga which was adapted into an anime and 2 Japanese live-action films, all of which turned out very successful.

From the weird and wonderful world of Japan comes a new short 20-minute anime DVD called “Training with Hinako”. Now, I’ve seen a lot of anime over the years, but nothing as strange or unique as this one.

Anyone who follows anime knows that it takes a year after airing in Japan before being officially released in North America, and even longer in Europe. However, times are changing, anime is spreading, and anime production companies are taking notice of non-Japanese markets. Until just last year, the only way that non-Japanese anime fans could [...]

Fans of the anime series Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS will be glad to hear that the Fate T-Harlaown True Sonic Form PVC figure is available for preorder at most anime figure stores (including those outside of Japan like Big Bad Toy Store). Fate is definitely one of the most anticipated figures being released this [...]

Cat Shit One Trailer
From the recent TAF 2009 (Tokyo Anime Fair 2009) comes news of a new 3D anime called “Cat Shit One – The Animated Series” based on a manga by the same title. The Cat Shit One manga was about a group of American soldiers fighting in the Vietnam war during the 1970’s. [...]