From Ningin: Ponyo is to Hayao Miyazaki as Little Mermaid is to Disney. Growing up it’s always been a childhood dream of mine to become Ariel from The Little Mermaid — red hair, sea shell bra and all. There wasn’t a pool in sight that I didn’t reenact Ariel emerging from the water to do the famous, fierce Ariel hair-toss-out-of-the-water move. Having just seen Ponyo, I feel like I ought to take back all those embarrassing childhood memories. More »

From Ningin: Yuu Watase is commonly known as the Queen of Modern Shoujo Manga. She is one of the most appreciated mangakas (manga artists) of shoujo manga. She also does bishounen since she frequently uses pretty boy characters. She was born March 5, 1970 in Osaka, Japan. She won the Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo for Ceres, Celestial Legend in 1998. She writes her own stories and draws her own characters. She is amazing at what she does. In Shojo Beat, she even did a long running segment on how to draw and create your own manga. More »

From Ningin: Bleach Chapter 394 has officially been translated. This week’s chapter is a continuation of last week’s fight and is appropriately named “The Burnout Inferno 2.” More »

From Ningin: Here’s an interesting concept. If you like boat rides, anime/manga, and cosplay and in live in the United Kingdom, then you’re in luck. There’s a convention called the Cosplay Cruise where you get to sail on the Dixie Queen down the Thames River. Sounds exciting. More »

From Ningin: I’ve already shown you the Gundam and McDonald’s hybrid and the result was actually pretty cool. However the hybrid between Death Note’s Ryuk and McDonald’s Ronald McDonald is just plain freaky. More »

From Ningin: This week’s episode of Bleach was actually one of the more entertaining filler episodes. The episode is called “Conclusion?! Hisagi vs. Kazeshini” and revolves around (surprise, surprise) Hisagi and his zampakutou, Kazeshini. More »

From Ningin: This is a priceless photoshop of Zac Efron holding a Death Note. It’s what I’d expect Light Yagami from the series to look like in real life after winning some epic battle of the minds. More »

About a year ago Kirsten Dunst, of such Hollywood fame as Spider-man, was seen running around Japan with pink hair and a Sailor Moon style outfit. Well it turns out that she wasn’t just insane, but was doing some “art” with Japanese artist Takashi Murakami. More »

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Love anime? Like clothes? If you said yes to both of these, then have I got a scoop for you. More »

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From Ningin: I have a very wide variety of musical tastes, and one genre that I have not highlighted yet is rock. Although I’m not a hardcore J-rock fan, I will admit that I indulge in my occasional dose of it. Today’s song of the day is Aqua Timez’s “Velonica.” More »