I'll admit it: I love me some Bakemonogatari and can't get enough of it. But really now, SHAFT and Aniplex seem dead set on testing my dedication this year, having just announced a bumper crop of -Monogatari-franchise an...
| Josh Tolentino |
So there you are just sitting around watching One Piece. Then, all of a sudden, you find yourself starving. You crave something hardy and meaty like something the pirate king would eat. At that moment, you see Luffy chowing d...
| Josh Totman |
For a good while, I have always dreamed of owning an art book that shows off the concept art behind the monsters and villains that appear in tokusatsu shows. Lord and behold. they have decided to release an art book that feat...
| Salvador G-Rodiles |
If you're a fan of creative nail designs, Ayu Hamasaki's Ayu Heart Nail Book might be a must-buy for you. Most of the designs I'm seeing here feature the "pointy nail" look (yuck!) rather than rounded or squared, but all the ...
| Kristina Pino |
At last, Persona 4 Official Works has been confirmed to come out on September 11th, which is kind of sandwiched between Persona 4 Arena and Persona 4 Golden's release. Now you can take a gander at more of Shigenori ...
| Salvador G-Rodiles |
While SDCC is over and people are focused on The Dark Knight Rises, there are still some bits of license news to catch up on. Notably, Yen Press announced a number of titles. I can't really tell you how Welcome to the Erotic ...
| Brad Rice |
In the years since it hit the PS2, Persona 4 made quite the rounds. There's been a Persona 4 anime, a Persona 4 manga, a Persona 4 fighting game, and soon a Persona 4 portable remake. Now you can add "novel" to that lis...
| Josh Tolentino |
The Harry Potter series was a huge success in Japan (posters friggen everywhere while I was at Japan, too), like over US$893 million kind of success, so a third Wizarding World of Harry Potter land is opening up, and it'...
| Kristina Pino |
Translating light novels takes time, especially for small publishers. Up till now, Yen Press was only releasing two volumes of the original Spice and Wolf books a year, with the sixth volume planned for June 12, 2012. The com...
| Bob Muir |