Well this is a surprise! Our favorite cute train wreck Kyary Pamyu Pamyu has been hand picked by the Star Trek Into Darkness director J.J. Abrams to sing the Japanese theme for the movie. Never thought that Mr. Abrams was a K...
| Josh Totman |
The live action adaptation of Yana Toboso's Black Butler manga continues to baffle me on multiple levels. The film takes place 130 years after the manga in 2020, a time when eastern and western cultures have melded together. ...
| Elliot Gay |
Things have been quiet ever since The iDOLM@STER feature film was announced a while back. Details are still light, but at least we have a time frame for release. The movie is set to hit Japanese theaters at the end of 2013, i...
| Elliot Gay |
Love it or hate it, Evangelion 3.0: You Can (Not) Redo certainly surprised a lot of folks. It also made a whole lot of money. Like any good money making property, Eva 3.0 merchandise has been hitting the market at a consisten...
| Elliot Gay |
After what feels like years of writing about Compile Heart's Neptunia games, I'm actually in the process of playing one for a review. It feels like my entire career has come full circle or something. This Thursday marks the r...
| Elliot Gay |
You'd think they'd get this sort of thing out of the way back when they announced it, but mere days before E3, Microsoft has finally shed some light on the burning policy questions hounding their upcoming Xbox One console. In...
| Josh Tolentino |
To the cheers of Miku fans and vocaloid fans everywhere, Sega has just announced that the PS3 version of Project Diva F, the latest in the line of vocaloid-based rhythm games, will be coming to North America and Europe this A...
| Jeff Chuang |
Ooh, boy, here we go again! It seems that Japanese politicians have seen the low-hanging fruit, and returned to the subject of legislating morality, with the exploitation of non-existent underage youngsters once again the tar...
| Josh Tolentino |
It's important to note that Takashi Shimizu (Ju-On) adaptation of Kiki's Delivery Service is not a live action remake of the Ghibli film. It uses the original novel as its source material, so I would advise folks to not make ...
| Elliot Gay |
It's no secret that I didn't quite enjoy Sword Art Online. I know quite a few of you did however, so here I am with some good news. Preorders have officially opened for Aniplex's release of Sword Art Online on BD/DVD. You can...
| Elliot Gay |
Bandai Namco is going in hard on cross platform games these days. It seems to me like every new game they announce is releasing on both the PS3 and the Vita. I suppose after their success here in Japan with One Piece Pirate W...
| Elliot Gay |
Despite yesterday's flood of Ace Attorney: Dual Destinies (AA5 in Japan) info and, it looks like things aren't over yet. The official Japanese website has updated to include profiles for Edgeworth, Trucy, and new detective Go...
| Elliot Gay |