Everyone already understands that the opening for Attack on Titan is one of the most epic opening songs. It is so epic, that it can make anything more epic. If you don't believe me, take a good look at the video gallery below.
| Josh Totman |
When AnimeSols and Daisuki launched last week, the North American landscape for streaming anime has changed. Sure, at this early point, both services are nascent, offering only some basic services rather than the full range o...
| Jeff Chuang |
"Hello there, and welcome to the seventh installment of Annotated Anime, Japanator's weekly Japanese cartoon roundup," writes Josh, fingers clacking over the keyboard. "We have a healthy lineup of new shows and insightful com...
| Josh Tolentino |
For a good while, I've been in the mood to play a new One Piece game that uses the same system as One Piece: Unlimited Adventure. Unfortunately, the sequels known as the One Piece: Unlimited Cruise games never ...
| Salvador G-Rodiles |
Hello and welcome to another week of Shonen Showdown, the regular battle anime and manga roundup that's--uh-oh, guys, it's making that face again! Clear the area! Oh right, Hunter x Hunter, Fairy Tail, Naruto, Bleach, and One Piece recaps are below. Take cover there as well!
| Josh Tolentino |
You might of heard that there is a new streaming site that has just launched out of Japan. It is being backed by some big names in the anime world like Aniplex, Sunrise, and Toei. What could that exactly mean for you, you ask? Well, let me let Eri Maruyama (International Business Development) at DAISUKI answer that as well as many more burning questions that I had about the new service.
| Josh Totman |
When I watched Blood C in Summer of 2011, I thought it was a show that had a lot of promise. It started out with the distinct feeling that something wasn't right in an idyllic town that was being pressed upon by nightmarish b...
| Pedro Cortes |
Aw snap, the J-Pop Summit Festival is launching the Japan Film Festival of San Francisco on July 27th through August 4th at the New People Cinema. The best part about this event is that a good chunk of the films are going to ...
| Salvador G-Rodiles |
Oh wow, I never expected for me and K would cross paths again. Back when K premiered last year, the series had to potential to become a show that felt like a Ryohgo Narita (Author of the original Baccano! and D...
| Salvador G-Rodiles |
It looks like Media Blasters has gotten a hold of a new license, and there's a chance that it will make yuri fans rejoice. That said, Media Blaster's acquisition is going to be Yami to Boshi to Hon no Tabito (Often ...
| Salvador G-Rodiles |
Jumping into this season a little late, I agreed to tackle My Teen Romantic Comedy Snafu, which Josh called "the highlight romantic comedy of the season," and "the show where all the main characters are assholes." He only sai...
| Brad Rice |
Well, right on the heels of Guilty Gear's glorious return, Arc System Works wants to let fans of its younger child, BlazBlue, aren't about to be left in the cold. But rather than a new BlazBlue game, Ranga-rockers and th...
| Josh Tolentino |
Welcome to a *ahem* properly-scheduled week of Annotated Anime, the weekly Japanese cartoon roundup that's actually on time for once! After a cavalcade of tardiness-induced catch-up doses we bring you a more balanced off...
| Josh Tolentino |
Oreimo season 2's web radio show, hosted by Kana Hanazawa and Ayana Taketatsu, is soliciting oversea fans to write to them. One of the corners on the radio program showcases foreign fan letters, and they're asking for mo...
| Jeff Chuang |
[Update: It seems availability varies per-country. For example, viewers in the Philippines are currently only able to view Sunrise videos.] This week has been a great moment for anime. First we get Anime Sols, and now Daisuki...
| Salvador G-Rodiles |
Yes, friends, you read that headline correctly. Sixty million Yen. As of this writing, that's a shade under $586,000. What a way to celebrate Saint Seiya, right? In commemoration of the tenth anniversary of Saint Seiya's Sain...
| Josh Tolentino |
It's all lead up to this. Our hero has been bruised and battered, and on the bring of defeat. What can saved the day? Is there any hope left for humanity? In anime, you can alway count on the final blow! This week your favor...
| Hiroko Yamamura |
Back in pretend college, a good friend of mine told me about a Universal Century Gundam manga known as Crossbone Gundam. Just as the title implies, the manga contains pirate themed Gundams. After I got the chance to dive int...
| Salvador G-Rodiles |
It looks like the hope in the form of Gundam is still around in North America, since Right Stuf has signed up with Sunrise to release Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn on DVD. Long story short, the series is going to be re...
| Salvador G-Rodiles |
It's all lead up to this. Our hero has been bruised and battered, and on the bring of defeat. What can saved the day? Is there any hope left for humanity? In anime, you can alway count on the final blow! This week your favor...
| Hiroko Yamamura |
I have very little faith in the Japanese film industry's ability to make a decent live action adaptation of Attack on Titan. Very few studios here could supply the budget required to make it work. This is especially the case ...
| Elliot Gay |
The moment of truth is now here, people! That's right, today marks the debut of Anime Sols, the anime streaming Website that lets you help the shows on there get a home release by donating money to the cause. Based on my inve...
| Salvador G-Rodiles |
Hey there! It's time again for that Monday tradition that hasn't managed to happen on a Monday for at least a month - Shonen Showdown! Appearing on time this week are your favorite usual battle anime and manga suspects: Hunter x Hunter, One Piece, Fairy Tail, Naruto and Bleach! You should get on below as well to read up, and tell us your thoughts on the week in fighting in the comments!
| Josh Tolentino |
One Piece fans don't have to wait much longer until Luffy and company make their new home at Toonami once more. A pair of silly commercials have been launched, advertising the motley crew's return to cable TV. If f...
| Hiroko Yamamura |
It's all lead up to this. Our hero has been bruised and battered, and on the bring of defeat. What can saved the day? Is there any hope left for humanity? In anime, you can alway count on the final blow! This week your favor...
| Hiroko Yamamura |
Get the tissues ready. Makoto Shinkai's latest work, The Garden of Words, is hitting wide release in Japan at the end of the month, and last night we saw the first five minutes of it air on TV Tokyo. In this snippet, we get ...
| Brad Rice |
Well hello there! We almost didn't see you hiding in the corner! Come on out and play, it's time for Annotated Anime, the totally titanic weekly anime roundup that's totally trustworthy! See, look at our huge, innocent e...
| Josh Tolentino |
The level of hype I have for Hiroyuki Imaishi's KILL la KILL is borderline ridiculous at this point. Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann is probably my favorite TV anime of the past decade, and with Imaishi, Nakashima, and Sushio on ...
| Elliot Gay |
There's finally some real footage floating around of the upcoming anime short film team up, Short Peace, which is presented by none other than Akira's Katsuhiro Otomo. I had only seen a few seconds of the Otomo bit Combustab...
| Hiroko Yamamura |
I have no idea if anybody out there is reading it, but Hajime Segawa's Tokyo ESP is a lot of fun. The first arc stars a high school girl named Rinka, a poor girl who ends up developing super powers that allow her t...
| Elliot Gay |
Despite some odd design choices, I'm actually really looking forward to the upcoming Ghost in the Shell: ARISE OVAs. I've been a huge fan of the franchise since I was a kid, and I was thrilled to here we'd be getting mo...
| Elliot Gay |
Thanks to the power of people on the internet getting things early, we now have a really fantastic look at some of the character designs for Trigger's Kill-La-Kill. Directed by Hiroyuki Imaishi and written by Kazuki Nakashima...
| Elliot Gay |
Ah, fantasy. You know it's a fantasy world (including the fantasy of science-fiction) when the world in question has its very own made-up gibberish language. This spring in particular is rife with them, and the two most notab...
| Josh Tolentino |
Leiji Matsumoto's legendary space pirate has finally locked in a solid release date for his triumphant return. It looks like we'll finally be feasting our eyes on a 3D version of Arcadia this Fall, when the new Space Pirate ...
| Hiroko Yamamura |
Did you miss the Puella Magi Madoka Magica movies when they were in the theatre? I can gladly say that I got a chance to see the film when it swung through Chicago, but that doesn't dull any of my excitement for the home rel...
| Hiroko Yamamura |
Thanks to an early Newtype leak, we now have confirmation that KyoAni's wacky romantic comedy, Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!, is in fact getting a second sequel. While we knew a new project was underway, there was some specu...
| Elliot Gay |
After much teasing, Trigger, the masterminds behind the excellent Little Witch Academia, have unveiled their newest project. Kill-La-Kill is a TV anime (two cours) directed by Hiroyuki Imaishi (Gurren Lagann, Dead Leaves, FLC...
| Elliot Gay |
Hello and welcome to another week of Shonen Showdown, the weekly battle anime and manga recap that's slowly filling out its harem with a gaggle of nameless extras! Thanks to last week's Golden Week celebrations the slate is a...
| Josh Tolentino |
Thanks to Nozomi's desire to have their customers watch Princess Knight in the best quality that a DVD can bring, the series will be released in a remastered format. In exchange for Nozomi's new actions, the first set will be...
| Salvador G-Rodiles |
Many of us are still waiting for David Production's remake of Stardust Crusaders, and Lucky Lands Communication has prepared us for its inevitable premiere with a useful item that's coming out in August. And w...
| Salvador G-Rodiles |
Have you been fretting over what to get your dear Mom this year for Mother's Day? Better hurry up, as it's this Sunday, and you're running out of time! If you're strapped for cash, and not sure how to show Mom you care, Funim...
| Hiroko Yamamura |
[Update: A link to the replacement form for Kids on the Slope has been posted.] Don't you hate it when a home release of your favorite anime series goes through a major issue? Luckily, Sentai has noticed an issue with their B...
| Salvador G-Rodiles |
Ah, the dakimakura. Few things in otaku culture are more indicative of one's...*ahem* "power level" than being in possession of a large hug pillow emblazoned with the visage of your 2D spouse. That is, unless you're a fan of ...
| Josh Tolentino |
We noted a couple months ago that Discotek Media was planning on releasing the entire Samurai Pizza Cats series on DVD. As one of my favorite cartoons as a kid, I've been watching this news very carefully, and we now have a d...
| Jayson Napolitano |
If you are in contact with anime-loving friends and/or the Internet, you may have heard rumblings about certain shows. Each new anime season brings with it a large palette of Japanese cartoons that can be a little overwhelmin...
| Chris Walden |
Another week, another deliciously fresh-baked slice of Annotated Anime, the whole-wheat, fiber-rich, gluten-free* weekly cartoon recap roundup from your friends at Japanator! It's time to cap off your work week with a heavy d...
| Josh Tolentino |
I guess you could say that Viz has achieved a License Burst, because they have gained full mastery over their Accel World license. So what does this mean? The answer is simple folks. With the title of master licensee for...
| Salvador G-Rodiles |
Are you a budding artist looking to break into the industry? Your breakout moment might just have arrived. Pixiv, the Japanese analogue to DeviantArt, is running a character design contest for Gargantia on the Verdurous Plane...
| Josh Tolentino |
Well, I just came by to remind you guys that Viz's screening of the first two Berserk Golden Age Arc movies is happening on May 11th. Other than that, the folks at Viz have revealed the images of the merchandise that one can ...
| Salvador G-Rodiles |
Say what you will about Evangelion 3.0 (I personally dug it), it sure as hell made a lot of money in theaters. With the DVD/BD now available in stores, theater showings have officially ceased, leaving the total box office gro...
| Elliot Gay |
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