The Return of Aya Hirano

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Scandal seiyuu Aya Hirano is apparently set to make a comeback as a seiyuu, having revealed that she has managed to secure no less that 4 new roles – although not everyone is convinced.

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  • Anonymous commented on November 5, 2011 07:05

    Heck the scandal hnd burn her career . . . it BOOSTED her because of all that "free publicity" i pretty much don't care about the scandal and her personal life~ but what i do care... More

  • Anonymous commented on November 2, 2011 13:08

    Sad isn't it.... More


Aya Hirano: “I’m Still a Seiyuu!”

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Scandal seiyuu Aya Hirano has celebrated her 24th birthday with a live performance, vowing that she will continue her seiyuu career, such as it is.

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  • DarkTemplarMark commented on October 12, 2011 11:35

    If we are free to do whatever we want with our lives, what makes us superior to Hirano Aya that she can't have a life? I'd love to troll the zealots' answers to this question... More

  • Anonymous commented on October 12, 2011 10:40

    i stiil love you Aya Hirano... More


Bleach Quality Higher Than Ever

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Bleach has been attracting attention for the wrong reasons again – in this case for managing to leave production directions scrawled all over an entire scene broadcast on TV (clearly visible in the second frame).

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  • Anonymous commented on March 29, 2013 09:46

    dear god!! that could be epic!!!... More

  • Anonymous commented on June 28, 2012 03:33

    It's filler anyway, who cares?... More


China Gives Rip-Off Anime Top Culture Prize

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Anime fans are aghast at the news that the Guangxi government has given its highest award for cultural excellence to a Chinese moral indoctrination anime widely derided as a complete rip-off of 5cm Per Second.

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  • Anonymous commented on September 30, 2015 19:03

    that was more than 4 yrs ago. Actually, Chinese government has always been a joke, for the past 60 yrs... Who cares about the prizes it gave? Recently there have been a exhibition-tour of Shinkai-san's... More

  • Anonymous commented on March 4, 2012 11:08

    我操你妈共产党,已经把中国搞的这么乱了,还支持山寨版的东西 马英九,您何时来救我们大陆人民啊? T.T... More


Top 10 Unconvincing Anime Endings

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If a single episode can make or break an anime, it is more often than not the ending which does so – thus anime fans have helpfully sought to rank what are in their opinions some of the least convincing finales in  anime history.

Whilst the ranking itself contains no spoilers, it seems highly probable the comments might.

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  • Anonymous commented on February 8, 2012 08:19

    HOTD isnt even over yet. WTF?... More

  • Anonymous commented on January 16, 2012 12:18

    Am I the only one not surprised that Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt's ending didnt make the list?... More


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Anime fans are aghast at seeing the two most controversial figures (or “biggest trolls” as some would have it) in the anime world join forces – scandal seiyuu Aya Hirano is now a follower of washed up director Yamakan.

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  • Anonymous commented on August 23, 2011 04:05

    Really? Wow, go Yamakan. 'Bout time someone said something against that shithead.... More

  • OTIKA commented on August 22, 2011 11:24

    You just can't win against the unreasonable masses these days.... More


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Anime fans take a break from onanising over the latest moeblobs to collect some of the latest (or simply most shocking) examples of what happens when animators are paid $3 an hour and have half their jobs outsourced to Korea.

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  • Anonymous commented on June 20, 2012 21:19

    LOOK MA, A FREAK-SHOW! Wheeeeeeee... More

  • Anonymous commented on June 1, 2012 15:03

    Remind me of the time in Spice and Wolf II when they totally messed up Horo's smile after she ate a whole pig... More


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Legendary production controversy anime Minami-ke is apparently finally due a second season, much to the delight and scepticism of fans.

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  • JD commented on July 21, 2011 08:11

    you are right, but baby whiners like to nerdrage... More

  • JD commented on July 19, 2011 14:33

    wtf, it IS the fourth season, and I hope it is as good as the 2nd and 3rd... More


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Square Enix’s controversial decision to implement a “fatigue” system in Final Fantasy XIV in order to pander to casuals and the Chinese government has finally been revoked.

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  • Anonymous commented on September 11, 2011 01:32

    Who cares? Anyone still laying this game? You guys must have more patience then the average X:BtF-(or successor thereof)player... and thats a multiple of what i have in patience.... More

  • Anonymous commented on July 24, 2011 17:48

    The solution is obvious, but SE is too blind to see it. 1. Cancel FFXIV. 2. Recycle FFXIV's engine and art assets to make FFXI HD 3. Profit!... More


Top 25 Inferior Anime Adaptations

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Adapting manga, visual and light novels into anime is a fraught process at the best of times, and some titles have become notorious for making a mess of things – though yet others are simply notorious for having snobbish or obsessive fans who resent new arrivals or so much as the slightest change to the original story.

Anime fans supply a ranking of the original works they most strongly prefer to the anime adaptations.

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  • Anonymous commented on July 17, 2011 16:30

    Hey, you forgot To LOVE-ru. That anime is just a random mashup of chapters from the manga. Plot isn't streamlined at all.... More

  • Ido commented on July 13, 2011 03:28

    Why would One Piece be on this list? Except for being way behind the manga it's not that bad and it follows the story pretty good.. I even left the manga for the anime at... More


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The shaky production history of Hollywood’s much reviled adaptation of post-Fukushima anime Akira just got even shakier with the news that its director has quit.

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  • Anonymous commented on October 25, 2014 13:37

    What is Akira? Japanese? yeah right. All of the argumentation lolicons have to justify their love would crumble if they admit that anime has any resemblance to real world. ==> Is simply farcical to attach... More

  • Anonymous commented on October 25, 2014 13:26

    I really don't think that the worst thing that could happen is the actors being Americans, in fact it doesn't have to matter at all... Why are people paying so much attention to it? the setting... More


“Should Anime Have a Message?”

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Anime fans have lately been discussing whether anime should have a “message,” with the general sentiment apparently being that it is better off without it.

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  • Anonymous commented on February 14, 2015 14:18

    Only seinen anime need to have a message... everything else should be fun, or ecchi... or BOTH!... More

  • Anonymous commented on July 21, 2011 20:21

    @above,it's a typo,should have been "Puritans", not Purigans... More


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