| 8:49pm | Cowboy Bebop Live Action Movie | | | | Not content with simply creating a live action version of Dragonball, it now appears that Fox is also developing a live action version of the classic anime series Cowboy Bebop as well. In an interview with iFMagazine, Erwin Stoff, who has worked on movies such as The Matrix and A Scanner Darkly, said... |
| 7:14pm | Baccano! licensed by FUNimation | | | | Baccano!, arguably the best anime series of last year, has been licensed by FUNimation today. Whilst ADV is dying off, FUNimation seems to be thriving. For the last week members of the AnimeOnDVD forums have been talking about the possibility of the series being licensed by FUNimation, and these rumors... | | |
| 1:20pm | Odex starts new online anime channel | | | | The infamous Singaporean anime distributor Odex has teamed up with state-owned television and radio broadcasting company MediaCorp to open up a number of new anime distribution channels. Firstly, Odex will now be showing anime on MediaCorp’s Arts Central TV channel. In a joint statement released,... | | |
| 12:30pm | Figures 2.0 - Augmented Reality Cyber Maid | | | | I have always thought that augmented reality - the mixing of the real and virtual worlds - was a really interesting field, and it now looks like some companies in the otaku sphere are taking note too. Geisha Tokyo Entertainment Inc. have just announced a new product based on the technology which they... |
| 10:42am | Dragonball Live-Action Movie - New Goku Poster | | | | A new poster has surfaced of Justin Chatwin dressed as Goku in his traditional orange training costume. There was also an accompanying commentary aired by a Japanese TV station, and you can check both out below: Poster: Video: Source: DBMB |
| 10:42am | Dragonball Live-Action Movie - New Goku Poster | | | | A new poster has surfaced of Justin Chatwin dressed as Goku in his traditional orange training costume. There was also an accompanying commentary aired by a Japanese TV station, and you can check both out below: Poster: Video: Source: DBMB |
| 2:50am | Yuko Ogura named Japan’s top gravure idol | | | | Japanese idol Yuko Ogura has been awarded the ‘1st Japan Gravure Idol Award’. The contest was run by the website ZAKZAK, which is owned by Japanese newspaper Sankei. Amongst the factors used to select Yuko as the winner were sales figures for her DVDs and photobooks, as well as the number... |
| 2:50am | Yuko Ogura named Japan’s top gravure idol | | | | Japanese idol Yuko Ogura has been awarded the ‘1st Japan Gravure Idol Award’. The contest was run by the website ZAKZAK, which is owned by Japanese newspaper Sankei. Amongst the factors used to select Yuko as the winner were sales figures for her DVDs and photobooks, as well as the number... |
| 4:41pm | Black Lagoon Season 3 Confirmed | | | | The blogosphere has been buzzing with rumors over the past few days about a possible third season of Black Lagoon - thanks to this post on Moonphase. As was maybe to be expected, the rumor has now been confirmed! So you can expect lots more action from Revy and Rock in the near future. After watching... | | |
| 2:39am | Idol: Mikie Hara | | | | Mikie Hara is the latest Japanese girl to have the pleasure of gracing our gravure idol section. For those of you who are unknowing, Mikie Hara is a model/actor and is best know for her lead role as Honey Kisaragi in the dorama Cutie Honey The Live. » Birth Name: 原 幹恵, Hara Mikie » Height: 5′... |
| 4:07pm | Otaku Shopping in London - Japan Centre | | | | A long overdue update to the otaku shopping in London series This time we will be looking at London’s Japan Centre. The Japan Centre has a large array of Japanese merchandise on offer, including: food, books, manga, cutlery, and lots of other little bits and pieces. As far as I can tell it is... |
| 2:29am | Diablo III Announced | | | | Well, it’s been seven years coming. Blizzard Entertainment is finally ready once again to unleash upon us the hell known as Diablo. A cinematic and gameplay footage is available on Blizzard’s European website. For the past few days, as many sites have covered, Blizzard had left a mysterious... |
| 10:42pm | Spirited Away airing on OvationTV | | | | Advanced apologies for the short notice. It has come to our attention that Miyazaki’s Spirited Away will be airing on Ovation TV tonight, Friday, June 20th, from 8:00pm to 11:00pm, and then again from 11:00pm, to 2:00am. Ovation TV can be found on DirectTV channel 274 and DishNetwork channel 157.... |
| 2:48pm | PlayStation 3 To Get In-Game XMB; Trophies in v2.40 | | | | It’s official; as of the release of PlayStation 3 firmware update version 2.40, owners will be able to access the Cross Media Bar (XMB) while in-game. 2.40 will also bring with it the long awaited Trophy feature, details to which are scarce at this point. According to the PlayStation 3 blog, Sony... |
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