Japanese iPhone developer Appliya Inc. has just released a Katana app on the iTunes app store. It’s kind of cool. It’s normally priced at $2.99, but you can grab it for $1.99 until the end of February. Below is a vid of the app in action.

You pull the sword by dragging the [...]

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IGN games did a video review for the new PS3 Afro Samurai game. Their review isn’t that favorable, but looking at some of the gameplay, and the clips of Ninja Ninja’s hilarious dialogue, I think it might be worth a play through.

Here’s a great sample of Samuel L. Jackson as Ninja Ninja in the [...]

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My last post talked about the exciting news of the release of the Xam’d anime on the PlayStation Network. Great stuff for PS3 and PSP users, right? Well, it turns out the execution is not so great.
First off, you can buy Xam’d episode 1 on the PlayStation Network right now. It’s good to [...]

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Sony talked A LOT about their new plans to offer a crapload of shows on the PlayStation network today in their E3 media conference. One of the big pieces of news for us anime fans was the official announcement that Sony has partnered with Bones Studio to release an anime called Xam’d: Lost Memories [...]

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It’s a slow Sunday, lazy Sunday so I’ve decided to catch up on a few items in the anime/manga world.

Deb Aoki at about.com write a piece on the upcoming first issue of the Yen Plus manga anthology This Anthology will include a number of Japanese and Original English manga (apparently they’re also being [...]

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Street Fighter IV is eagerly anticipated by the fight game fans, but it offers something for anime fans too. This scene-featuring Ryu, Akuma, and Ken-shows off some pretty good animation (and unlike most of the versions of this vid floating around on the web, this one is subtitled). The game is supposed to [...]

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The DS port of FFIV is a bit of old news now, but this is one of the better video previews/reviews I’ve seen:
Final Fantasy IV DS - Preview
Final Fantasy IV DS - Preview
In short, it looks like a pretty great version of the game that should definitely be on the wish list of any Final [...]

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Sunsoft/Suncorporation has teamed up with Nintendo to offer Manga on the Japanese version of WiiWare. First up is a new series created by legendary manga creator Leiji Matsumoto of Captain Harlock and Space Battleship Yamato (known as Starblazers here in the U.S.).

Panel from Leiji Matsumoto’s 1979 Space Battleship Yamato/Starblazers manga

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IGN recently posted a video review of the latest installment of the Dragon Ball Z video game series.

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Namco Bandai has released new info and screenshots for the Afro Samurai game coming to XBOX 360 and Playstation 3 this Fall.

From the press release:
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