It’s time for New York Times’s best selling manga of the week ending July 17. Looks like last week’s number one was short-lived as Naruto has once again regained its rightful(?) spot at the top. More »

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From Girlybubble: Chi’s Sweet Home is a manga about a little kitten named Chi, who becomes lost after straying away from her mom and siblings. As someone who has found and adopted many kittens, I can say this manga series is spot on when it comes to portraying all the mischievous and loveable antics that kittens have. This manga is incredibly charming, and has seven volumes thus far. The scans are available to read online, however it’s so much better reading it out of a book, and you’d be supporting a good series. More »

The DVD of Jin Akanishi’s movie “BANDAGE” has just been released and it has already sold more than 37,000 copies in Japan putting it on the top of the Oricon charts. This record does not only give Jin Akanishi his first number one in his solo career but it also beats his previous record for selling more than 20,000 DVD copies from his drama “Yukan Club. More »

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AKB48 has just released their promotional video for their song “Heavy Rotation.” And if their album covers weren’t controversial enough this promotional video showed AKB48 members wearing sexy lingerie and some other members kissing each other which garnered different reactions from the fans. More »

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From Ningin: House M.D. is one of my favorite shows ever. Well, it looks like the show has quite a few Japanese fans as well, because the fourth season of House is coming to Japanese DVD on August 4th! To commemorate the event, the House team will be shooting a special Japanese commercial, featuring none other then the famous anime doctor Black Jack. More »

From Girlybubble: Today’s user-submitted link courtesy of SyndicateS2 is a video clip of a cute random Rilakkuma dancing in the streets! Dang! Look at that, it sure does has some amazing dance movements! More »

Recently, the newest addition to the long list of Pokemon movies, “Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl the Movie: Genei no Hasha Zoroark / Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl the Movie: Phantom Ruler: Zoroark,” was released in Japanese theaters. Upon release it immediately claimed the 2nd spot on Kogyo Tsushinsha’s chart and the 3rd spot on Box Office Mojo. More »

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From Girlybubble: Remember the Itazura Coin Bank? Well, it was featured here some months ago, and now I found a video of some cats playing with it! As if the coin bank isn’t cute enough, this is double the cuteness. I love how the white one doesn’t look impressed but still hangs out to watch it. This is why I love cats; they do the funniest things! More »

From Ningin: After releasing her latest single, Break It / Get Myself Back, Japanese singer Namie Amuro wowed fans with her live performance of “Get Myself Back.” More »

From Ningin: At the San Diego Comic Con, model kit manufacturer Kotobukiya showed off their Marvel and DC Comics Bishoujo line of figures, giving comic book heroines a manga look (and boy, do they look awesome!). More »