| 7:05am | Crazy Blast from the recent past: IGN Anime TV Review show | | | | So, as most of you probably know, I write at IGN. Before IGN decided to let the Anime section die at quiet death, there were actually some pretty interesting anime-related features on there, including a small, and oftentimes odd, web video show. Here’s a clip: More Anime Videos at IGN.com addthis_url... |
| 11:04pm | IGN Trailer for live action Blood: The Last Vampire | | | | Yeah, yeah. I know, I’ve been quiet recently. Work and all that. Anyways, here’s a new trailer from IGN for the live action version of Blood: The Last Vampire. Let the onslaught of anime movies begin! More Blood: The Last Vampire (live-action) Info addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fprotaku.com%2Fpo... | | |
| 9:43pm | Watch Voltron for free on Hulu! VOLTRON! | | | | Yes, my fellow children of the eighties. Now you can watch that classic Japanese toon that helped usher in the age of giant robots of America for free, any time you want! It’s the first season of the show with Lion Force Voltron, so fans of Vehicle Voltron (all six of you) might be disappointed,... |
| 9:23pm | Naruto eps in America, 1 hour after airing in Japan! Possible? | | | | So the big news today is word that VIZ is hooking up with CrunchyRoll to host Via Anime News Network Although NARUTO SHIPPUDEN will be unavailable on the night of March 19 due to TX Network’s programming schedule, the hit show will return on March 26 with two (2) brand-new episodes in a special... | | |
| 7:51pm | The Evangelion iPhone apps are out! | | | | Appliya Inc. has announced the availability of the first in a series of Evangelion applications in the iTunes app store! Here’s a link to the Evangelion Clock app on iTunes, and here’s the link for the Evangelion Picture Stamp app You can also learn more about Appliya’s Evangelion... |
| 4:27am | Appliya brings Evangelion to iPhone and iPod Touch! | | | | I’ve been keeping some exciting Evangelion-related news from you guys. I’ve been doing some work with Appliya Inc., a Japanese iPhone developer, and the first good news can now be announced. Evangelion apps coming to the iPhone! We put out a press release yesterday, but the real juicy part... |
| 9:04pm | New Katana app for iPhone/iPod Touch | | | | Japanese iPhone developer Appliya Inc. has just released a Katana app on the iTunes app store. It’s kind of cool. It’s normally priced at $2.99, but you can grab it for $1.99 until the end of February. Below is a vid of the app in action. You pull the sword by dragging the scabbard on... |
| 10:31pm | Update: Naruto Shippuden Giveaway Bug fixed | | | | Due to a technical error, the comments script for the giveaway was busted. It’s fixed now. Sorry for the inconvenience. I’ll be extending the contest until Wednesday to make up for it. The Naruto Shippuden Giveaway post is still up! addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fprotaku.com%2Fpo st%2Findex%2F316%2Fupdate-naru... | | |
| 5:17pm | The Naruto Merchandise Giveaway contest begins! | | | | As promised in my first post about the contest here, here’s the latest episode of Naruto Shippuden from VIZ, directly from Hulu.com. If you can’t see the video below, you’re probably in a country that Viz doesn’t license to, and are unfortunately ineligible. For everyone else,... | | |
| 3:58am | The Naruto Shippuden Giveaway where I give you free stuff. | | | | Update: The contest has started! Click here for the official contest page Listen up, all you Naruto fans. Want some free Naruto swag? Over the next few days I’ll be holding a contest to promote Viz’s efforts to bring you free streaming episodes of Naruto Shippuden on Naruto.com. For the... | | |
| 1:59am | IGN: Afro Samurai PS3 game review | | | | IGN games did a video review for the new PS3 Afro Samurai game. Their review isn’t that favorable, but looking at some of the gameplay, and the clips of Ninja Ninja’s hilarious dialogue, I think it might be worth a play through. Here’s a great sample of Samuel L. Jackson as Ninja... |
| 7:15pm | FUNimation adding some more Fullmetal Alchemist anime? | | | | D.F. Smith over at IGN reported this interesting tidbit about FUNimation, Fullmetal Alchemist, and the upcoming convention season Funimation, word has it, will be announcing something Fullmetal Alchemist-related when the convention season kicks off next month. They might have picked up the FMA “Premium... | | |
| 11:18pm | Top Graphic Novels-Manga of 2008? BookScan says Naruto, ftw. | | | | Anyone who needed confirmation that Naruto is still selling as strong as ever need look no further than the latest data for 2008. ICv2 reports that the Nielsen BookScan data for 2008 shows Naruto clearly dominated the manga sales last year. ICv2 says: Naruto was the top manga, with nine volumes... | | |
| 11:05pm | Imagi Studios is out of cash, Astro Boy and Gatchaman films in jeopardy | | | | UPDATE: Anime News Network confirmed the story with Imagi, but President Erin Corbett of IMAGI Studios U.S. told ANN that her company plans to resume production next week with new funding. The sad news on the internet today is that Imagi Studios is out of cash, and shutting down temporarily. What this... |
| 7:37pm | Remember when Barack Obama was in the Air Gear manga? | | | | As we approach Barack Obama’s historic inauguration, I felt it would be a good time to dig up a gem from last year. Many of you may recall that Barack made a cameo appearance in Chapter 206 of the Air Gear manga as “John Omaha”: My Japanese is rather bad these days, but here’s... | | |
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