

Microsoft has finally unveiled the new Xbox, dubbed the Xbox One and due “later this year,” although with the better part of their presentation being given over to TV and EA Sports precious little of the actual game line-up was on show.
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One Piece mangaka Eiichiro Oda hospitalisation with a tonsil infection has caused the cancellation of at least two One Piece instalments, alarming many fans yet again.
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Sony has finally revealed a fleeting and rather indistinct glimpse of their social wonder-console the PlayStation 4, though the suspense over the console’s design which they have so assiduously cultivated looks set to continue until its formal unveiling on the 10th of June – so far all that has been gleaned from their new video is that it “square.”
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Even as GG introduces UE, BB is heading in the opposite direction with TV in the form of a full TV anime adaptation, to the general relief of fans – most of whom seem prepared to overlook the generally abysmal fate of fighting game to anime adaptations.
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Square Enix’s latest exciting new title has been announced as “Grand Union” – a social card battle game for mobile phones, prompting the usual howls from the few remaining gamers who expect anything more from the company.
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Kyoto Animation have finally confirmed that Chuunibyou de mo Koi ga Shitai’s second TV season is in production, much to the relief of desperate Rikka fans everywhere.
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Nippon Ichi’s latest “dark fantasy” PS3 RPG is finally nearing release after having been delayed by over a year – Majo to Hyakkihei (The Witch & The Hundred Knights) is now belatedly due for a summer release.
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Full Metal Alchemist and Silver Spoon mangaka Hiromu Arakawa’s latest manga has been announced as being yet another adaptation of fantasy novel series The Heroic Legend of Arslan, perplexing fans.
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A live action movie version of Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai set for a 2014 release is reportedly in production, causing some profoundly mixed feelings amongst the show’s many fans.
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Kyoto Animation has announced the anime moeblob fans feared all along – Free!, an anime about a high school swimming club populated by muscular young men, causing mass despair amongst traditional KyoAni fans (not least those who convinced themselves it was due to be FMP) and much smugness to emanate from fujoshi quarters.
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Speculation as to the identity of Kyoto Animation’s upcoming mystery anime continues to rage, with ardent Photoshoppists having managed to convincingly ram the bodies of Full Metal Panic’s heroes into the provided silhouettes, convincing many that they may yet be spared a hot male high school swimming team anime.
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Just as announced, utterly derivative if enduringly popular mecha harem anime Infinite Stratos is receiving a new anime – and according to the new trailer, it is to be a full reboot rather than a mere second season.
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