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9:15 PM on 05.15.2013

Get Pumped: Daisuki.net goes live

[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

12:18 PM on 04.29.2013

In the name of the Moon! New Sailor Moon anime delayed

Uh-oh, sad news for Mooninites of the "Sailor" variety! It looks like the long, long awaited next Sailor Moon anime (either a reboot or continuation, I can't remember which), has been given a (potentially) Jupiter-s...

Josh Tolentino

8:00 AM on 04.01.2013

Square Enix opens a '10th Anniversary' teaser site

This is exciting.  There are many hopes we have.  Please, no social games.  

Eric Koziol



Feature: Reverse Importation is the name of the game photo
Feature: Reverse Importation is the name of the game
by Jeff Chuang


3:20 AM on 03.14.2013

Woah: JManga shuts down operations

Wow. This came straight out of the blue. It seems that JManga, the Japanese publisher-backed digital manga portal, will cease operations, according to an announcement from the company. As of midnight tonight the site will hal...

Josh Tolentino

11:13 AM on 03.11.2013

RIP: Veteran voice actor Goro Naya passes away

It's time to say farewell to a true veteran of the old school: Goro Naya. The venerable voice actor passed away from chronic respiratory failure last week, at the ripe old age of 83. Though he debuted as an actor nearly fifty...

Josh Tolentino

4:00 AM on 03.10.2013

Keep at it: Media Blasters goes through some new changes

You could say that Media Blasters hasn't seen the best of days, but it's safe to say that they are still pushing on. In accordance to their Facebook page, CEO John Sirabella talks about his back accident at the company's ware...

Salvador G-Rodiles

2:00 PM on 02.21.2013

D'oh: No PS Vita price cut outside Japan yet

Sorry, North Americans, it looks like you might want to wait a bit before shelling out for a spiffy new PS Vita to Remote-Play your PS4 games with. Sony Worldwide Studios honcho Shuhei Yoshida has stated that the price cut th...

Josh Tolentino

6:10 AM on 02.18.2013

Vita Heaven: PS Vita gets a price cut, new color

So, "Vita Heaven" came and went just a couple of hours ago, and the news was mostly positive. By far the biggest item of the hour was, of course, a significant price-cut to not one but both available models of the Vita (...

Josh Tolentino

12:00 PM on 02.03.2013

AKB48's manager responds to Minami Minegishi scandal

An eventful week for idol megagroup AKB48 continues. In case you haven't been following, Minami "Mii-chan" Minegishi was humiliated in rather medieval fashion for reasons that no one should ever have cause to feel ashamed abo...

Josh Tolentino

4:00 PM on 02.01.2013

AKB's Minami Minegishi humiliated for being a human being

[Update: The apology video has been removed following an official response by AKB management. An English-translated transcript of Minegishi's statement is available at the bottom of this post.] Ah, an "Oh, Japan" moment. ...

Josh Tolentino

3:00 PM on 12.29.2012

Sayonara, Sweet Prince: PlayStation 2 retired in Japan

It's the end of an era, people. Long, long after it left the mindspace of gamers the world over - an insane thirteen years - Sony has finally retired the venerable PlayStation 2 in Japan. The once-hulking monstrosit...

Josh Tolentino