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Wandering Son Manga Enters U.S. Librarians’ Rainbow List
Interview with Matt Myers From LeetStreet Boys
Back in 2007, musician and self proclaimed otaku, Matt Myers began working on a track that encompassed his love of video games, anime, and conventions. Five years later and he is now the lead singer of the band Leetstreet Boys, whose references to otaku culture and brilliantly animated music videos have brought them to the world’s attention. With over a million views on their debut single on YouTube, their own web comic, and now a third album...
Children Who Chase Lost Voices Licensed by Viz Media Europe
Viz Media Europe today announced that they have acquired the licence for Makoto Shinkai’s anime feature film Children Who Chase Lost Voices from Deep Below and plan to release it on DVD and Blu-Ray in July 2012 across the UK, France, Netherlands, Italy and Germany. A tweet from Kaze UK confirmed they will be handling the UK release in conjunction with Manga Entertainment UK. They also said that they hope to “match” the film’s...
Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance to feature hidden movie!
Following on from our recent story about new worlds that will appear in the game, news has emerged that players will be able to discover a hidden movie in Square Enix’s forthcoming Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance title.
The news came from an interview with video game director Tetsuya Nomura that was featured in the recent issue of Famitsu, during which he also said that the movie is said to be similar to the one found in the previous Kingdom...
Naruto Franchise Milestone and tour announced!
Love him or hate him, there is no doubt that the Ninja from the village hidden in the leaves, Naruto, is a popular little fellow and this has been further proved this week with the news from Namco Bandai that the games based on him have amassed over 10 million units!
When broken up into regions the numbers breakdown as follows:
North America-4.3million
Europe-3.8million
Japan And Asia-1.9million
In terms of actual game sales, the biggest selling Naruto...
Sakura Wars Live?
So what do you do when the company behind your favourite gaming title no longer make titles based on it? If your answer was to launch a twitter petition then you are clearly not as dedicated as some, as despite Sega not making any more Sakura Wars games, the series lives on as, amongst other things, a live stage show!
Yes, you read that right. The game series that last saw a title released in Europe on the Nintendo Wii in March 2010, has as late as...
Bye Bye Bandai! Bandai Entertainment to stop publishing new Manga and Anime!
With 2012 only a couple of days old, it would appear that the new year is off to a bad start for Anime and Manga fans with the announcement that Bandai Entertainment will no longer publish, from February, any new DVD’s, Blu-rays and manga.
What the company, which is a subsidiary of Namco Bandai Holdings, plans to do is re-focus their efforts instead to selling licensing rights to other interested third parties, focusing on areas such as digital...
Five Anime To Watch This Holiday
It’s that time of year again. You know, that wistful period before New Year where you find yourself wishing you were still opening presents and stuffing your gullet with turkey. The thing is, just because Christmas Day has been and gone doesn’t mean the celebrations have to stop. With more of the holiday left to go, 2012 just around the corner and the increasing likelihood of snow, there are plenty of excuses to remain festive....
Blood-C The Last Dark Teaser Trailer
The official site for Blood-C: The Last Dark was recently launched, with a short 30-second teaser trailer.
Blood-C: The Last Dark takes place a year after the events of the TV series, Blood-C, which ran in the summer and finished in September with a pretty big reveal regarding the main character, Saya Kisaragi. All female Manga team CLAMP had collaborated with Production I.G on the story and character designs for both the TV series and the film....
Kpop Takes On Live Action “Skip Beat”
Skip Beat is commonly known for being a Shojo Manga series by Yoshiki Nakamura, which was then turned into a huge hit Anime series. Also known as “Extravagant Challenge” it tells the story of 16 year old Kyoko who is a friend and ultimate fan of Sho Fuwa, an upcoming big rock star. Things turn for the worse when Kyoko realises she was being used by Fuwa, and plans to take revenge on him, but what can an ordinary girl do to a major star?...
