Aya Hirano’s New Look Quite Something

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Scandal seiyuu Aya Hirano may have been stopped from unleashing any more of her music on the world, but that does not stop her releasing a greatest hits album, and with it adopting a rather striking new look.

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  • PrinceHeir commented on March 19, 2011 16:50

    soo fucking sexy :P Aya FTW ^^... More

  • Bolero commented on March 17, 2011 03:35

    The 3rd pic looks weird.... More


Square Enix Turns Off Final Fantasy Servers

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Square Enix has announced that it will be turning off the servers for Final Fantasy XI and XIV for “at least a week” in order to save power at the expense of paying customers.

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  • PrinceHeir commented on March 19, 2011 16:50

    still that sucks but i would love FFXIV to die and move on. biggest mistake on square enix's part... More

  • Anonymous commented on March 16, 2011 01:20

    I agree, FFXI is actually looking pretty good and SE is actually spending more time working on that than FFXIV.... More


Eastern Japan Faces Crippling Blackouts

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As a result of the quake, eastern Japan’s major power company Tepco has announced it plans to introduce rolling blackouts throughout much of the region, the first since the end of WWII, for as much as 6 hours a day and possibly lasting until next year.

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  • Anonymous commented on March 17, 2011 03:43

    Maybe I’ve missed something , but everybody is still talking about today. And what’s next? They are going to rebuild that old electricity system as it was before and wait for another event with nature... More

  • Wallace Hunter commented on March 15, 2011 18:02

    They keep announcing blackouts throughout Tokyo, but in my neighborhood they keep not happening. Does the disaster area not have enough of a grid to take the power, or what? Also, anyone bitching about only... More


Quake Death Toll “Will Be Measured in Tens of Thousands”

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Japanese police say deaths from the recent Sendai earthquake and tsunami, now upgraded to magnitude 9 and the 4th most intense in recorded history, will be measured “in the tens of thousands” amidst warnings of a likely magnitude 7 aftershock and an ongoing reactor crisis.

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  • PrinceHeir commented on March 19, 2011 16:48

    i send my condolences to japan hopefully the toll won't go higher thant that... More

  • Anonymous commented on March 15, 2011 14:48

    Riiiight. Whatever you say.... More


Top 10 Movies Based on Anime & Manga

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Japanese quizzed on what their favourite live action adaptations of anime and manga titles are supply an instructive list.

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  • Anonymous commented on July 23, 2011 13:46

    I have seen the previews to that, it looks so bad, I have to see it.... More

  • PrinceHeir commented on March 19, 2011 16:46

    i have to watch Nana :D love the anime series :)... More


Japan vs World in Blu-ray Sales

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Anime fans have been marvelling at the above comparison of Blu-ray salesrank amongst Amazon’s various regional stores, noting with mixed emotions that in Japan alone is the list 80% anime and 50% Madoka.

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  • Yamato commented on December 6, 2011 02:57

    hey, South Park's still well and good (besides which, the American list's dominated by movies, not TV shows). Honestly, with the way Hollywood gets advertised in the Japanese "mainstream", I'm kinda surprised that Japan's list... More

  • PrinceHeir commented on March 19, 2011 16:45

    fucking agree :P fuck that southpark and family guy crap. it was good in the first 3-4 seasons but it's getting stale by now... More


Ochinko Tsunami Anime

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Oniichan no Koto’s 10th episode is being accorded legendary status for the quality of its earthquake warning synchronicity amidst waves of discontent at the now almost omnipresent tsunami map.

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  • Ecchi Sensei commented on March 23, 2011 00:46

    There are many people and cities in the Sahara Desert. A person is a person, and the value of a single life is immeasurable.... More

  • Ecchi Sensei commented on March 23, 2011 00:08

    Even though it's ridiculous, I can see Ishihara making that connection. No, wait... especially because it's ridiculous. And if anyone wasn't clear, there wasn't a tsunami in the episode. It was a moment when the boys... More


A Certain Ahegao Anime

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To Aru Majutsu no Index II is nearing its finale with the 22nd episode, displaying its signature ahegao and face punching action.

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  • Anonymous commented on March 25, 2011 02:38

    @PR3DAT0R: But there is annoying Mikoto with her Touma's stalking and tsundere whining, there's no Touma yet shippers whines for her interaction with him with her idiotic bipolarity lead antics, and Misaka & Kuroko only kick... More

  • Anonymous commented on March 25, 2011 02:32

    Nanoha befriends with SLB. Touma befriends with Falcon Punch.... More


Lovely Miku Append Figma

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Max Factory has revealed this rather stunning Figma rendition of the Hatsune Miku in her “Append” costume.

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  • PrinceHeir commented on March 19, 2011 16:44

    sooo awesome O_O... More

  • Anonymous commented on March 14, 2011 05:01

    Where are her shoes? :(... More


Fukushima Reactor “In Meltdown”

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A nuclear reactor in tsunami crippled Fukushima prefecture is suspected of having entered meltdown, and radioactive material has been released into the atmosphere during the incident.

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  • Anonymous commented on March 15, 2011 04:25

    Hopefully more otakus died than other civilians. ;)... More

  • Anonymous commented on March 15, 2011 01:47

    trolling aside, The funny thing is that the comments on Sankaku seem to be the most neutral and unbiased I've read on any news site... The rest seem to be in a deadlock of "THE WORLD... More


Houtengeki

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Houtengeki forms a worthy if plain addition to the ranks of skilled Touhou artists, though favouring bikinis rather more than hats…

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  • Anonymous commented on March 27, 2011 00:29

    I second that notion.... More

  • Anonymous commented on March 24, 2011 13:00

    20,21,33, and 55 are hot!... More


Japan 8.9 Earthquake Devastation in Pictures

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Japan’s 8.9 magnitude earthquake has caused extensive damage to northern areas, with most of the devastation sustained in the less populous northern prefectures of Miyagi and Fukushima, with the coastal city of Sendai especially badly hit.

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  • Anonymous commented on March 28, 2011 04:21

    That ho be incredibly stupid, yo. WTF? Tsunamis wiped out two mongol fleets. It's a bloody Japanese word!!! Skullfucking her is the right thing to do!... More

  • Anonymous commented on March 28, 2011 04:17

    I'm still horrified at disasters like I used to be, but after inventing roleplaying with friends then hooking up with the wider network for nearly twenty years pictures of chaos give me the urge to... More


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