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Anime Thrills: Uganda’s technology another story

In Uganda, when you combine the elements of the computer and gaming, the result can only be described as hell. Many a gaming enthusiast can attest to the endless hours wasted in the mind-numbing attempts at enjoying the simple pleasure of [...]

Posted On : Sep, 10 2012 | Comments : 0

Anime series boasts compelling character, gorgeous animation...

When I first started watching “Hanasaku Iroha” (also known as Hanairo, and in English, “The ABCs of Blooming”), I wasn’t expecting much. With the recent influx of slice-of-life shows starring stereotypically [...]

Posted On : Sep, 07 2012 | Comments : 0

Tour San Francisco with New Anime-Inspired App EvaNavi

I can fake my way through most pop culture situations, but occasionally more research is required. For example, thanks to my mad Google skillz I was able to write about the presence of the Evangelion movies at the J-POP Summit Festival a [...]

Posted On : Sep, 06 2012 | Comments : 0

Turner grows Asian bouquet

Turner Broadcasting System is expanding its channel bouquet across the Asia-Pacific region with a pair of new channels launching in the region, a move first revealed by C21 in April. Preschool channel Cartoonito and action and anime net T [...]

Posted On : Sep, 05 2012 | Comments : 0

Japanese anime director arrested for mass murder threats

A 42-year-old anime director from the city of Suita, in Osaka prefecture, was arrested in Japan on August 26 for allegedly threatening to commit mass murder. Masaki Kitamura, who has worked on Yu-Gi-Oh! and Wolf' [...]

Posted On : Aug, 28 2012 | Comments : 0

ANIME NEWS: France's Japan Expo to hit California next summe...

Japan Expo, an annual summer convention dedicated to Japanese pop culture and held in Paris, will move to California next summer. According to U.S. anime news site Anime News Network, SEFA Event, which operates the convention, has set up [...]

Posted On : Aug, 25 2012 | Comments : 0

Anime Revolution takes over Vancouver this weekend

Vincent Corazza and Stephanie (Sugar Lyn) Beard have both moved on from their roles in Sailor Moon, but they’ll be in Vancouver this weekend helping celebrate the Japanese cartoon’s 20th anniversary. And Anime Revolution pr [...]

Posted On : Aug, 16 2012 | Comments : 0

ANIME NEWS: Katsuhiro Otomo inducted into Eisner's Hall of F...

Comics artist and movie director Katsuhiro Otomo, internationally renowned for his manga “Akira” and other works, has been inducted into the Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame. The announcement was made at the San Diego Comic-Con [...]

Posted On : Aug, 15 2012 | Comments : 0

ANIME NEWS: CG Anime Contest, CG Animation Cup competition t...

The screenings of winners of the 24th CG Anime Contest will be held on Oct. 27 at the Kyoto Computer Gakuin school in Kyoto to coincide with the CG Animation Cup international competition, it has been announced. Entries for the CG Anim [...]

Posted On : Jul, 26 2012 | Comments : 0

Anime magnetism: freeze a jolly good super hero

It was one giant costume party on Canberra's open air ice rink yesterday as characters from various Japanese manga and anime favourites made an appearance in Civic. Locals disguised as pirate girls England and Prussia from Hetalia, fi [...]

Posted On : Jul, 25 2012 | Comments : 0

Anime Thrills: Welcome to the world of anime

Anime is big, there is no doubt about that; and its sister media, manga, probably bigger. One hundred million copies of one piece sold in the just one week of January – more impressive sales figures than any book you might be able t [...]

Posted On : Jul, 23 2012 | Comments : 0

Classic Anime Princess Mononoke Is Being Turned into a Stage...

Studio Ghibli revealed that Princess Mononoke is coming to the London stage. Theater company Whole Hog Theatre will be doing a production of the 1997 anime next April at London's New Diorama Theatre. The stage version is a collaborati [...]

Posted On : Jul, 21 2012 | Comments : 0

Anime Review: Tales of Vesperia – The First Strike (Blu-ray/...

Tales of Vesperia – The First Strike Studio: Production I.G Publisher: FUNimation Genre: Action/Fantasy Runtime: 110 Minutes (1 Blu-ray disc or 1 DVD) Release Date: 06/26/2012 You would think that the bridge from video gam [...]

Posted On : Jul, 19 2012 | Comments : 0

Annotated Anime: Summer 2012 Week 2

Hello, and welcome to Annotated Ani-STOP LOOKING AT ME LIKE THAT!!! Oh, oh jeez, I can't make a witty introduction anymore. Yuru Yuri has ruined me. What isn't ruined, thankfully, are our recaps of Accel World, Yuru Yuri, Phi Brai [...]