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 has reported that both the original heroic giant robot Tetsujin 28 and the blue-haired Izumi Konata and family from Lucky Star are to be made honorary residents of their respective creators’ hometowns. While I have tons of respect and love for the 28th Iron Man, I want to focus mainly on Konata.
On [...]

The 2010 edition of the magazine Kono Manga ga Sugoi has posted its list of top manga, dividing the list according to gender. The list can be found below.
Probably the most interesting thing about the list is the number of titles that haven’t really penetrated the US or English-speaking markets be it officially or through [...]

A fan book and a cell phone-only manga based on the anime-themed exercise video Isshoni Training are set for release on November 20, 2009. The cell phone manga will be released first to pman.tv and by December will appear on other cell phone manga services.
Isshoni Training follows a buxom young girl named Hinako who is [...]

Previously, Bandai Visual announced that it was planning a Blu-ray box set of the anime drama True Tears for Japan with loads of new features, but with the caveat that it would only go into production for release on March 26, 2010 if a 2000 pre-order quota was filled before December 16, 2009. Luckily for [...]

A Certain Scientific Railgun character Saten Ruiko (seen left) is a fairly normal looking girl, with her long, black hair and cheerful demeanor, but it turns out that the artist who created Ruiko went through a number of designs, many of them quite different, before finalizing the character’s looks.
Design history is below.

Source: Kyou mo Yareyaku

The internet is no stranger to heated arguments which degenerate into flame wars thinly disguised as “civilized debate,” and it’s more than likely that you’ve heard some variation on the phrase “the only way to win an internet argument is to not participate it one.” Why does this seem to inevitably happen? It’s a simple, [...]

Those perennial anime fan favorites, the sugary and crispy Pocky and the savory and crunchy Pretz, celebrate the 11th anniversary of  Pocky & Pretz Day (11/11, get it?) Don’t be confused though, as it is not actually the 11th Anniversary of the existence of the two snacks, which were created many years prior to 1998.
While [...]

Anime News Network reports that amidst 4Kids Entertainment’s $5 million loss in the third quarter, they have signed a deal with the National Football League to make a trading card game based on the 4Kids TCG franchise “Chaotic.” I think this could very well be a good move for 4Kids, as while the combination of [...]