Cosplay is one of the coolest and fun way to express your love for your favorite anime character and this person seems to enjoy doing it for Love Plus…or Nintendo? I’m not sure if he is heading towards a cosplay event or its just a part of Nintendo’s advertising strategy. Either way its a cool and unique idea. More »

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Mamora Goda’s “Mori no Asagao” Manga is soon to be adapted into Live-Action series and it is set to premiere this October on TV Tokyo network as announced on the recent issue of Manga Action. The cast, timeslot and other details are yet to be announced by Manga Action. Mori no Asagao’s story revolves around the secret friendship between a rookie prison guard and a death row felon. Goda has won the Grand Prize in the Manga Division of the 11th Japan Media Arts Festival Awards in the year 2007 for his portrayal of the modern Japanese capital punishment system. More »

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Soulja Boy has been showing his love for Anime through his twitter account and if that’s not enough, he has also done some songs and mix tapes from the themes of his favorite animes like Death Note, Afro Samurai and Cowboy Bebop. More »

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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 Wirebot:

In an interview with the Studio Ghibli owned magazine, Neppuu, renowned animator Hayao Miyazaki discussed his distaste towards, well, just about everything tech related. His newest device to hate on is the iPad, or as he call it, the “game machine-like thing.” More »

From Ningin: Shonen Gangan’s July issue sold out, thanks to the ending of a great manga/anime series Fullmetal Alchemist. However, this issue sold out so quickly that many FMA fans couldn’t get their hands on it which prompted Square Enix (the publisher of Shonen Gangan) to republish the last chapter in their September issue, coming out on August 12. More »

From Ningin: Two movies that I’m looking forward to watching are GANTZ and Studio Ghibli’s The Borrowers. Fortunately for me, a new trailer was released for each of these movies that has raised my anticipation even further. More »

From Ningin: Japan held a charity exhibition of Blythe Dolls which included manga and anime character inspired dolls. More »

From Ningin: How can Kimi ni Todoke become more adorable than it already is? By creating a Pinky Street version of the characters (though for this release, it only includes the lovable Sawako Kuronuma)! More »

From Ningin: If you’re a teenager in Japan and you haven’t heard of the hit anime and manga series, One Piece, then you must be living under a rock, in a cave, somewhere on a far away island! One Piece is currently one of the biggest crazes among Japanese youth, and it looks like Schick Japan is taking advantage of it. More »