Tempest’s Downpour – Sky Girls Review

Tempest’s Downpour – Sk

In my quest to view what Japan has to offer, I have unwittingly stumbled upon a few monstrosities. One goes by the name Sky Girls.
Kana’s Korner – Interview with Laura Post

Kana’s Korner – Intervi

Laura Post has been pretty busy lately with awesome shows like Squid Girl and Redline. On top of that, you can kick some butt with her as Ahri in League ...
Kana’s Korner – Interview with G.K. Bowes

Kana’s Korner – Intervi

For all you folks into the fighting game community, you probably know GK Bowes. She's been trading blows as Felicia in Marvel vs Capcom 3 and Asuka in Street Fighter ...
Merry Melodies – Jormungand Opening – Borderland

Merry Melodies – Jormungand O

It's that time on Merry Melodies where we take a look at the more recent openings that Christmas bases his watch list on. At the top of that list, we ...
Kayarath’s Adventures in Sakura

Kayarath’s Adventures in Saku

More then anything, the sakura has always held great symbolic importance in Japan. In fact, they celebrate the blooming sakura every year.
Kana’s Korner – Interview with Kira Buckland

Kana’s Korner – Intervi

Whether you know her as Kira Buckland or Rina-chan, she's been doing stuff all over from the place doing awesome stuff. From Newgrounds collaborating with Kirbopher to the source of ...
Kana’s Korner – Interview with Chii Sakurabi

Kana’s Korner – Intervi

A quick interview with a Japanese guest, Chii Sakurabi is an awesome idol who we met up with last year at AM2! Check out just how awesome she is for ...
Manorexic’s Anime Sampler – Lupin the Third: The Woman Called Mine Fujiko

Manorexic’s Anime Sampler 

If you have been any form of anime fan in the past fifty years, odds are you've at least heard of Lupin the Third. If you haven't, just say you ...
A Brief Rant from The Owl in the Rafters

A Brief Rant from The Owl in the Ra

After a bit of an impromptu break, The Owl in the Rafters is back with a convention related update! Anime Central, one of the largest anime conventions in the ...
Tempest’s Downpour – Bejitarizumu

Tempest’s Downpour – Be

‘Bejitarizumu,’ a play on the words vegetarian (be-ji-te-ri-an-iz-u-mu) and rhythm (ri-zu-mu), has quickly become one of Japan’s most recent viral videos. This strangely addictive and undeniably cute video features ...
Symphogear – Episode 3 – Passing in the Night

Symphogear – Episode 3 –

Hello and welcome back to another awesome edition of the YuleBlog. Will our heroines have destroyed each other like they were poised to do in the last episode? Let's find ...
Bargain Gaming – Journey

Bargain Gaming – Journey

There is a question that I hear fairly frequently that bothers me more than it rightly should. I understand the intent behind the query, but the way it is ...
Anime Bites – Episode 19

Anime Bites – Episode 19

The Drama Llama comes to pay us a visit.
Molly Hams it up-a-lot – Hamtaro

Molly Hams it up-a-lot – Hamt

Ham-ha! Are you ready for some more pintsized adventures? Muster up that ham-ham power and join me on big hamtastic adventure with our favorite rodents! It's Hamtaro Time!

iStalk – 668

Posted on Oct 05 2011
iStalk – 668
Today, Totoro is the most popular Miyazaki film, Darksiders appear in Monster Hunter, and more Live-Action Rurouni Kenshin Castmembers announced.

iStalk – 664

Posted on Sep 29 2011
iStalk – 664
Today, Japan uses robotic seals to help elderly victims of the tsunami, visual Kei cover album, and Gokujyo gets an anime adaptation.

iStalk – 663

Posted on Sep 28 2011
iStalk – 663
Today, Atlus extends online server support into Demon Souls, Perfume's new single to play role in an upcoming J-Drama, and Ranma 1/2 gets a live-action TV adaptation.

iStalk – 662

Posted on Sep 27 2011
iStalk – 662
Today, Namco Bandai ships more Tales of Xillia, more Bakuman, and Japanese Actor attempts shot at being a radio DJ.

iStalk – 661

Posted on Sep 26 2011
iStalk – 661
Today, Kodansha and Del Rey on sale at Right Stuf!, Funimation holds a Hetalia Fan-Video Contest, and Yui's free Shanghai concert.

iStalk – 659

Posted on Sep 22 2011
iStalk – 659
Today, Crunchyroll munches on some Pirates, The World Ends with You gets a sequel, and more news on Angela Aki.

Kayarath’s Adventures In Rolling Dice

Posted on Sep 22 2011
Kayarath’s Adventures In Rolling Dice
I recently came to the conclusion that online forums are like RPG dungeons. You gotta fight through the trolls and muck to find treasures of insight. One day I found some guy hawking his book titled King of RPGs. One diplomacy roll later, I found myself 20 copper pieces poorer with said book in my inventory.

Bargain Gaming – Minecraft

Posted on Sep 15 2011
Bargain Gaming – Minecraft
This is all Tyto's fault. I had purposely been avoiding Minecraft for some time now, although not for the reasons you might suspect. It's not that I thought the game's concept was without merit, nor did I harbor any delusions of it being a bad game or that it was in any way mechanically flawed.

iStalk – 650

Posted on Sep 09 2011
iStalk – 650
Today, Nintendo 3DS Sales, Xbox Support via Steam, a C-ute Zombie, and Rock of Ages for Xbox Live.

iStalk – 649

Posted on Sep 08 2011
iStalk – 649
Today, Reni Mimura comes to the states, MCM sells its comic booth seating out with Batman, and GKids is brining Ghibli classics to theaters near you.