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The Evangelion iPhone apps are out!

February 24th, 2009 – 12:51 pm
Tagged as: Anime, Fandom

Appliya Inc. has announced the availability of the first in a series of Evangelion applications in the iTunes app store!
Here’s a link to the Evangelion Clock app on iTunes, and here’s the link for the Evangelion Picture Stamp app
You can also learn more about Appliya’s Evangelion app series at: http://appliya-inc.com/en/special/evangelion/

“The Evangelion Clock makes checking the [...]

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The Naruto Merchandise Giveaway contest begins!

January 29th, 2009 – 10:17 am
Tagged as: Anime, Fandom

As promised in my first post about the contest here, here’s the latest episode of Naruto Shippuden from VIZ, directly from Hulu.com. If you can’t see the video below, you’re probably in a country that Viz doesn’t license to, and are unfortunately ineligible. For everyone else, leave your reviews in the comments section, [...]

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The Naruto Shippuden Giveaway where I give you free stuff.

January 27th, 2009 – 8:58 pm
Tagged as: Anime, Fandom

Update: The contest has started! Click here for the official contest page
Listen up, all you Naruto fans. Want some free Naruto swag? Over the next few days I’ll be holding a contest to promote Viz’s efforts to bring you free streaming episodes of Naruto Shippuden on Naruto.com. For the first time ever for [...]

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The American Akira spoof

December 3rd, 2008 – 12:17 pm
Tagged as: Anime, Fandom

Surely most of you have heard the news that there’s a Live action Akira movie coming out of Hollywood. Here’s one fan’s fears on how it could turn out:

Of course, the initial script review shows a film that should be very faithful to the original movie, and Katsuhiro Otomo, the creator of both the [...]

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Vampire Hunter D short story to be published at NY Anime Fest

August 20th, 2008 – 4:47 pm

The New York Anime Festival (NYAF) announced today that the short story Vampire Hunter D: The Wanderer’s Ship by legendary author Hideyuki Kikuchi will be published inside the festival’s Official Guide Book. Vampire Hunter D: The Wanderer’s Ship has never been printed before in any language anywhere in the world. The New York Anime Festival, [...]

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FaceYourManga.com: make a manga-ish avatar

August 13th, 2008 – 12:22 pm
Tagged as: Fandom, Manga

I stumbled on this one while poking through some RSS feeds. There’s a site out there called FaceYourManga that allows you to supposedly create a cute digital version of yourself in manga/anime art style using their online interface. I’m not quite sold on it though. It doesn’t quite look like manga to me. [...]

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Want big anime eyes? Get these new contact lenses.

August 10th, 2008 – 11:15 am
Tagged as: Anime, Fandom

Here’s an interesting item that should be in every cosplayer’s arsenal. These are contact lenses that are tinted prominently in the extra-wide outer ring. The result is the appearance of a bigger, wider iris. Anime eyes FTW.
The lenses cost $30-$50 bucks and can even be made to fit your prescription. They’re made by [...]

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Video: Amazing stop motion anime with figurines.

August 8th, 2008 – 12:26 pm
Tagged as: Anime, Fandom

A friend sent me a YouTube vid of a great figurine vid. This is really quite an amazing job. It’s some of the best amateur stop-motion animation I’ve ever seen. But I’m also impressed by the sheer amount of free time this person must have. There’s a whole series of these [...]

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Custom Dragon Ball Air Nikes

August 6th, 2008 – 11:52 am
Tagged as: Anime, Fandom

This is just cool:

Source: http://www.myairshoes.com/nike/dragonball-z-nike-dunks.html
Technorati Tags: Dragon ball, Nike

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Shonen-ai manga themed cafe in Tokyo:

August 5th, 2008 – 3:10 pm

This is an old report, but I just stumbled upon it. UK magazine the Guardian had a piece on a manga-themed cafe in Tokyo. The theme? Shonen-ai/Yaoi (boys-love), with pretty male waiters dressed as schoolboys.

More than 100 men, mostly aspiring actors or models, applied for the 30 or so positions at [...]

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