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#weird news: It is the Age of the Internet, and the new DPJ-led administration under Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama is flexing its progressive, youthful muscles by...opening a weblog. OK, so it's a baby step f...

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#Neon Genesis Evangelion: It's less than a week until Evangelion 1.0: You Are (Not) Alone is released, but who can wait that long? If the 17th sounds too far away, and you need some You Are (Not) Alone goodness now, there...

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#yen press: FUNimation's making it so that at least anime fans are having a lucky time on Friday the 13th.  That's because at 11:00 A.M. CST tomorrow morning they'll be streaming the first four dub...

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#weird news: Recently, blogs everywhere have been picking up on the "suggested search terms" the Google shows when searching. We've all chuckled at them at some point: we begin typing "best mus...

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#top stories: Deb Aoki passed along this article, saying, "Scanlators, just insert 'anime and manga' everywhere you see 'movies and music' in this article." Take a moment to read it, and see what I m...

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#internet: "Cartoons." We don't love the word, but we like the thing. Like American cartoons. And while you might not dig Adventures of Paddington (unless you're one of the rare twelve-year-old Ja...

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#internet: It seems that asking people nicely to stop downloading illegal anime isn't enough. Since approximately 40,000 anime are illegally distributed online on a monthly basis, this is a serious concern ...

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#legal mumbo jumbo: Score one for technology. The Osaka High Court handed down a verdict of not guilty to Isamu Kaneko, the developer behind Japan's popular P2P program Winny.Back when he was charged in 2006 for dev...

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#vocaloid: If you're a Vocaloid fan like myself, you will find yourself stuck on Youtube for hours just browsing through videos. There could be one popular song and others will make versions using the other...

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#videos: Google is seeking to become the world's "do-everything" company when it comes to information, and Google Maps has been a large part of that effort. One facet of the service in partic...

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#weird news: If you can't make it to the Odaiba Gundam wedding, then just sit back and log onto Nico Nico Douga to watch famed artist Yoshitaka Amano do a live drawing of famous ASCII art from 2ch.I'm betting...

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#Tokyopop: The "print media is dead" argument that's long been circulating about the world of journalism seems to be worming its way into manga as well, as publisher Tokyopop has announced a new o...

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#technology: Japan's ongoing indifference to the Twitter micro-blogging service is well-documented. That said, you can never have enough statistics.A new survey conducted by the CLUB BBQ mail forwarding servi...

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#weird news: Too busy blogging to glance at the corner of your taskbar? Sick of your watch? Don't have a Nintendo DSi or access to  the Xbox Live Community Games channel? The internet has just the right ...

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#weird news: Perhaps the recession has hit you hard. Maybe you live in a strict apartment. You might be a hikkikomori, a vegan, or just on a diet. In all of the above cases, chances are that you wouldn't be a...

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#weird news: A common criticism of politicians is that they, on the whole, are a group of backwards old men with little regard for present-day progress. In light of this latest development, I'd say the charge...

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#Viz Media: Remember how we told you Viz was launching a new Shonen Sunday imprint? Well, they've finally launched a site for it, and it's reminding me quite a bit of the IKKI site -- which is a good thing, ...

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#weird news: There's one thing being a fan of something that you really love. It's another thing watching other fans interact with famous celebrities. Fans meet their favorite celebrities all the time but not...

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#videos: There are so many amazing and hilarious animal videos all over Youtube. Even I can admit that I spent hours just looking at cute and stupid videos that people recorded of their pets. I think this...

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#Video games: Fans of the Ryu ga Gotoku a.k.a. Yakuza franchise have been disappointed time and time again by SEGA's irritatingly stalwart refusal to bring the series' latest installments out of Glorious Nippo...

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#vocaloid: Chrono Trigger tends to be considered one of the greatest RPGs by many gamers. While I’m one of those people who doesn’t really believe that (I can feel the hate now), it’s a ga...

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#The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi: As the prophets have foretold, eight episodes of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya have hit the tubes...the YOUtubes, that is, this time in fully subtitled, officially endorsed glory. Eight episo...

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#manga: In the latest update to the Google Chrome Blog, they spent a bit of time talking about how Chrome is expanding into other languages, and the importance of the Japanese development team there. And...

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#japan: Most University webpages feature cheesy images of students reading books under trees, each accompanied by text that is supposed to draw you into spending tens of thousands of dollars of your mone...

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#ZOMGWTFBBQ: Just like otaku guys want to wank off to their favorite anime girls, us girls sometimes want to have sexy dreams about delicious anime guys. While it's no surprise that Mio was at the top of the ...

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#K-On: It's incredible how things like Myspace and Facebook become so popular. Sometimes you tell yourself that you'll never be part of those kind of things and in the end find yourself obsessing over t...

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#vocaloid: Since Vocaloid is nothing more than just a program, it gives fans to be as creative as they want to be. From making their own songs to drawing amazing fanart, they practically have the control to...

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#videos: With the recent release of The Sims 3 for PC and Mac, it seems people are already having a lot of fun with the game. It isn't anything new that there are customized skins to have people in the ga...

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#videos: I don't think this clip will make sense to anyone who hasn't seen ToraDora!, especially because the video doesn't have any subtitles. However, if you enjoy watching things that have been tweeked ...

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#one piece: Over the weekend, FUNi was going to have the simulcast of episode 403 of One Piece. Keyword there being was. As it turns out, someone went ahead and leaked the video out to the Internet, causing ...

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#TV and Film: The Anime Network is apparently moving off one of the bigger Northeast cable providers, Comcast. Based on ADV's quote below, it seems like they were forced off, probably for not having enough sub...

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#osamu tezuka: Tezuka just keeps popping up in my life over the past week. Perhaps it's a sign. First, it was picking up Pluto, then deciding to catch up on my reading of Black Jack, and then spending a good po...

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#internet: Bandai Entertainment is pushing forward on Crunchyroll, releasing Kurokami a week after it's Japanese broadcast. According to people at Bandai, they're turning towards Crunchyroll as a marketing ...

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#Viz Media: Viz always has something up its sleeve. Publisher's Weekly has the exclusive on Viz's newest venture, an online magazine named IKKI. Sharing its name with the Japanese counterpart, IKKI will publ...

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#internet: Both of these surveys have just popped up, and so we might as well feature them together. First up is one from the good people at Otaku USA. You might remember seeing us in Famitsu, and now it's ...

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#TV and Film: The Anime Network's online video player has finally been upgraded, and now they've debuted their service with a tiered structure, offering content to three of its user-groups:Free content, which ...

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#TV and Film: Danny Choo just keeps on truckin' when it comes to being a brand. He recently got done with shooting a commercial for Nikon, where he talks about photography and how it's a part of his everyday l...

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#Sex: Playing with your food is not cool, according to my mom. But I'm sure she wouldn't think that dakimakura were cool either. Or half the things I look at on the internet, for that matter.What we're...

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#internet: It seems that after our GAR Friday from last week, we were given something to celebrate the day even further. It is time to see the manliest man ever on your computer screen! This is a good oppor...

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#TV and Film: Hm, I seem to be talking about nothing but video on demand and streaming video today. I wonder why? Anyways, this last post from me today is about our good old friend ADV, and some of the work th...

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#TV and Film: Kadokawa Pictures USA has decided to get in on the Crunchyroll action, and has brought their Japanese Horror Anthology and Tomie trilogy to the Internet audience.There are film summaries after th...

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#News: I find it weird that I seriously enjoy Axis Powers Hetalia and yet I really don't like history all that much. Well, I do like some history but for the most part, I suck at the subject and find a ...

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#TV and Film: Gia had a much better headline, but I can't just go ahead and steal that. So, I'll just give you the news, instead. A film adaptation of the story Black Gaisha (Black Company), has been announced...

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#manga: When the first anime for Fullmetal Alchemist came out back in 2003, it was popular and continued to stay popular when it was brought over to US television. It's no surprise that since the new ani...

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#internet: Early April is not the time to take it easy! The season when hormones rage is the time to pluck your buttocks down and catch up on every new show coming out of Japan, right guys? Okay, perhaps no...

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#internet: The new Fullmetal Alchemist anime is about to premiere this weekend and I know a lot of people are anxious to see it. It seems that Funimation, along with other countries, will be showing the ani...

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#Otaku Goods: Seriously, this guy just keeps on churning things out. Now that he's established himself as the premiere otaku blogger, he's finally decided to cash in on his success with a merchandising spree. ...

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#News: Are you a Myspace addict? Do you love to karaoke? Do you love to sing so horribly and let the world see you do it? If you said yes to all of these questions, then you should continue to read on. ...

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#vocaloid: With all the Vocaloid programs being for Window users, it seems someone bothered to help the poor Mac users to enjoy their very own Vocaloid. Of course, I'm sure there are people who get the Voca...

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#internet: A quick note for all of you jumping to Japanator first thing in the morning: ADV has finally started releasing their shows on iTunes. In the past they've gotten their stuff on Crunchyroll, Xbox L...

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#videos: I'm seriously on a really big ToraDora! high, epsecially after yesterday's episode. Even if this video wasn't from this anime, I would still show it off to you all because it's pretty awesome...

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#Viz Media: Viz is pushing itself further and further into the online world, this time offering episodes of Naruto Shippuden as a simulcast on their website with Japan. They'll be streaming the show on March...

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#TV and Film: It's been a while since they did anything related to the new Eureka Seven movie. They made the announcement about the theatrical release of Koukyou Shihen Eureka Seven: Pocket ga Niji de Ippai la...

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#The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi: Remember when people were cocked teased and thought The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya was getting a second season but it really just happened to be news about a re-airing on TV? While there seems...

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#News: I can't believe how internet meme's really explode in Japan. They get so popular to the point that even a gay porno star gets his very own figure. The original "uma uma dance" came from...

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#Video games: Its time for you to get your mind blown, because akinator is here. He has the power to read your mind and figure out what character you are thinking of. Just go to this site and answer some quest...

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#Viz Media: We are living in a grand age, an age where fan-subbers and DVD watchers, subbers and dubbers—everyone will live hand-in-hand for the glory of all mankind; or at least this is the beginning ...

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#internet: I'm not the most internet-savvy person out there so I've never used Hulu...ever. However, with some of the titles that FUNimation is throwing on the site, I might just have to check it out.Now av...

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#japan: Starting on June 2009, Japan will begin to sell domain names ending with the kanji 日本 (nihon or Nippon). For those of you slacking in your Japanese studies, this kanji represents Ja...

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#otaku debate: The battle is finally over, and after Moetron's five months (really, that long?) of SaiMoe 2008 coverage, the stately and elegant Kagami Hiiragi has come out on top. It turned out to come down to...

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#weird news: Are you ready to make yourself look like an anime character, or an old man or a monkey? Of course you are! You’ve been waiting for this day your entire life, you can’t fool me. This i...

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#ZOMGWTFBBQ: We all know online auctions sell crazy stuff, but real live Pokemon never seemed plausible, until now! According to TokyoMango, some poke-breeder in Japan attempted to sell 20 real Pikachus on Ya...

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#one piece: One Piece! According to NewTeeVee, One Piece is the number one downloaded show in the entire internets for the last week of June. We live in a great time now, one could even call it the great age...

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#video games: If you've been following Alteil recently, then you'll be happy to know of this little brief that Media Blasters dropped in our mailbox: the site is set to fully open Friday, July 11th. The onlin...

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#weird news: Have you ever wanted to know what kind of weapon the letters of your name would become, or what dirty words your name could spell out if it was a sign and one of the lights went out? If your answ...

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#internet: It seems to be a bit of a no-brainer, but the relatively new micro-blogging site Twitter is very popular in Japan. This certainly should come as no surprise to anyone with even a passing awaren...

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#News: Evil corpotate entity Facebook Inc. has just announced their intentions to launch a Japanese tentacle of their massive social-networking hentai monster, emphasizing that the site is very safe and...

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#internet: Chris Beveridge has dropped a bit of a bomb for the anime community: he's selling the site to group Mania.com. Beveridge talked about the challenges of running the site for ten years now.But at t...

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#otaku culture: I try to read the delightfully dorky AkibaBlog on a daily basis, and I have been for years. I'll be honest: I should be power-leveling my Japanese reading skills, but instead I continually try to...

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#internet: Over at Hashihime, they've compiled the number of threads that are regarding different shows of the Winter '08 season, and so far, Zoku Sayonara Zetsubou-sensei has had an overwhelming lead....

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#manga: An interesting little bit over at Newsarama pointed me to Kadokawa's website, where they're currently running a manga for the movie Cloverfield under their Shonen Ace brand. The online manga is a...

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#internet: Remember how John got all excited at ADV for streaming Gurren Lagann online for free, on an ad-supported streaming site? Well, ADV has taken a massive dump in his Christmas present, because they'...

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#The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi: Getting information about Haruhi and all her related projects are never easy. In the U.S., the ASOS Brigade has always been sending cryptic messages, and now Haruhi.tv (the Japanese site) pulls a...

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#internet: ANN has just posted another step in the whole fansubbing debate that's been going on, and so I wanted to take a moment to reply with my own views. There are a few key points from Arthur Smith's l...