
Sony has released the results of yet another PlayStation 20th anniversary ranking, with this one quizzing (Japanese) voters as to their all time favorite PlayStation title – with even the might of Final Fantasy succumbing to the power of another great JRPG franchise.
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Sony has asked devoted fans which Sony-specific title they most want to see remade for the PlayStation’s 20th anniversary ranking, with a rather unsurprising title seizing the top spot…
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Esteemed instrument maker Korg has lent a hand in celebrating K-ON!’s seemingly endless 5th anniversary by revealing a new Keytar inspired by the anime’s fuzzy-browed keyboardist Tsumugi Kotobuki.
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The frightening devotion of Free!‘s rotten followers has been made clear with Free! swimmer Makoto Tachibana’s Birthday, as legions of female fans rushed to Twitter to share their shrines festooned with the teen heartthrob’s goods and images.
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Even years after the anime’s tragic conclusion, fans have still held strong to their unyielding affection for nekomimi bass-guitarist Azunyan – celebrating her special day with a myriad of memorabilia, artwork and, of course, the rather essential cake.
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Yet another fabulous Love Live! idol has received birthday well wishes from fans, this time with the adorable Rin Hoshizora receiving a staggering amount of appreciation and admiration by way of decorated shrines and flattering art – the event apparently being of such colossal importance that it received a TV mention.
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In celebration of the 5th anniversary of vastly renowned moeblob anime K-ON!, card issuer Mitsubishi UFJ NICOS has designed yet more K-ON! themed credit cards, sure to give obsessed B-types an even more appropriate moneychute for their goodies.
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Otaku are busily celebrating the cheerful birthday of yet another promising young idol, with Love Live’s blonde bomba Eli Ayase‘s special day being revered by way of the usual expedient of obsessive shrines decorated in unfathomable amounts of art – as well as the vitally important cake.
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The birthday of yet another Lively anime idol has arrived, this time with Kotori Minami of Love Live! being the object of otaku adoration, chiefly through construction of the usual shrines, votive cakes and devotional art – with some fans going so far as to literally bow down in worship to the imaginary idol.
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An English-language Steam release has been announced for top romance visual novel Clannad, at last allowing Steam-bound barbarian gamers in on the heart-wrenching drama that is Clannad – and just in time for its 10th anniversary.
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Energetic drummer-girl of legendary light music anime K-ON has been greeted with waves of birthday cheer from her devotees, constructing their usual cheery shrines in her honour.
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News of a sequel being made for kiddy anime classic Digimon Adventure has been unveiled, prompting high acclaim from Digimon fans worldwide – and likely to reignite the mass marketing endeavor that will surely follow the revived children’s series.
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