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The Japanese Language Proficiency Tests were held this past weekend. Of great interest is a leaked question from the listening section of the Level 1 test, which reveals an audio exercise patterned after anime.
The dialogue talks about a captain’s decision to deploy an experimental “Unit 04″ in order to fight a giant monster. An impetuous [...]

A “news leak” on 2ch has revealed that the Shounen Jump title Bakuman is getting an anime adaptation. Further details are unknown at this time. Though still a rumor at this time, the source has been reliably accurate in the past.
Bakuman is a meta-series about two friends who become rookie manga creators and get published [...]

If you’ve been on the internet for a while, it’s likely you’ve encountered the image of four guys sitting on a couch looking bored and then the immediate follow-up of them appearing ecstatic. Known as the “Gaijin 4-Koma” in both the English and Japanese language communities, their reactions have become a popular meme around the [...]

While the recent Fresh Pretty Cure character designs are quite different when compared to its predecessors in the popular Pretty Cure franchise, an image of the main characters for the next iteration in the series reveals the most strikingly changes in art direction so far. Titled Heartcatch Precure!, the visual design for the characters more [...]

The magazine Dengeki News has come out with a list of the 10 most significant pieces of anime-related news of 2009. This was in itself a tumultuous year for anime, and to have a magazine that is not entirely a mouthpiece for companies giving their take on things provides an interesting perspective to consider.
Their list [...]

The official website for the upcoming anime Mitsudomoe has opened.
Based on the Shounen Champion manga by the same name, Mitsudomoe is a comedy series following the lives of female triplets in the 6th grade. The official website describes the three sisters, Mitsuba, Futaba, and Hitoha as “a sadistic girl who’s a little precocious,” “a muscle [...]

With the recent announcement of Mitsudomoe getting an anime adaptation, I’ve noticed that some people here on the internet are having trouble with pegging the series and its target audience. From the looks of things, a comic about chubby adorable triplets seems like the kind of thing that would appeal to more of the Dengeki [...]

Users of the Japanese messageboard 2channel recently had a thread dedicated to photoshopping the distinct flower wreath of A Certain Scientific Railgun character Uihara Kazari (pictured left) onto other Railgun characters, and even on some characters from entirely different anime. Now however, an official released a Railgun splash image with just that very theme, showcasing [...]

Anime News Network reports that the second season of Strike Witches is set to be produced by AIC instead of GONZO, who animated the first season as well as an initial demo reel.
The fact that GONZO is not producing the second season may be a big hint towards getting an idea of their current financial [...]

The magical girl series Shugo Chara! by Peach-Pit (Rozen Maiden, DearS) is set to end in the next issue of Nakayoshi on December 28. The series will have ran for over three years in total.
Shugo Chara! is the story of a young girl named Hinamori Amu, whose reticent demeanor (referred to by her classmates as [...]