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 |
This week, we're debuting a revamped version of our old Rock the Charts column. Each week, we'll let you know what the top Oricon JPop singles are, as well as the New York Times bestselling manga list, and the Japanese b...
| Brad Rice |
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 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 |
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 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 |
Here's some sweet news for fans of a diverse range of things. Fans of Harry Potter, fans of Japanese gangsters, fans of books, and fans of movies can now rejoice together, as Jake Adelstein's book Tokyo Vice is getting a...
| 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 |
I am feel ashamed that I've never gotten the chance to go to the arcades like most people in my age group. Instead of hearing me whine about a great era that I missed out upon, let's rejoice over the idea that 100 Yen: The Ja...
| 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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