A short version of the promotion video for "Happy Girl," the opening theme of Papa no Iu Koto wo Kikinasai (Listen to me girls, I am your father!), featuring singer Eri Kitamura dressed in a few outfits, including one with glasses and cat ears, is being streamed on her official site. Read on for more details.
Love it or hate it, Street Fighter is the reason why fighting games are where they are today. While Capcom's star series won't turn 25 until August, they're starting the celebration early--hit the jump to find out more!
With the current economic situation, there are problems with major corporations not just in the US, but all around the world. Those problems came to a head at a Chinese technology park that manufactures Xbox components, where 300 workers threatened factory management that they would commit mass suicide. More after the jump.
This is just a tasty lil smidge compared to the pile of info we reported the other day, but check out portraits of Eureka Seven: AO's main characters after the jump!
A Japanese gothic rock unit ALI PROJECT has posted a short version promotion video of their 29th single "Kyoumu Densen". The title literally means "Infection of Evil Dreams". The song is the OP theme for a 2012 winter anime Another, which is simulcasted by Crunchyroll now. Check the dark and voluptuous video after the jump.
Club Nintendo has added a handful of new games that can all be yours… if you have enough Coins in your virtual money bag, that is. The latest list is a hot one, too, with The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask topping a fun collection of games. See what other treats await past the jump!
Diamond, the distributor of comics to specialty shops, has released their list of the top 200 graphic novels for 2011. Walking Dead topped the list in 2010, and dominated with more than half of the top 10 spots in 2011. The highest ranked manga was Naruto volume 50 at #84. See the full list after the jump.
Maiden Japan, a label specializing in sci-fi/mystery anime distributed on video by Section23, has announced the license of action comedy Polyphonica Crimson S. It will debut digitally in North America soon, with a subtitled DVD release planned for spring. More after the jump.
Nobuo Uematsu, legendary Final Fantasy series composer, headlined the Saturday night MAGFest X festivities with his band, Earthbound Papas. The energy was electric, so hit the jump to see what got thousands of pulses pumping in our photo gallery and report!
Here is the explosion (no pun intended, per se) of Gunslinger Stratos info we were waiting for. Peep the trailer, check out the cabinets, see what Daigo Umehara thinks about it, and more—after the break!
Sentai Filmworks has announce the acquisition of Motto To Love Ru, the sequel series to the previously released anime adaptation of Shonen Jump's relationship comedy To Love Ru. A DVD release is planned for this spring. More after the jump.
A fixture of weird Japanese media is the penalty game performed on variety shows. The ever outrageous Saints Row: The Third offered an even more outrageous spoof with "Professor Genki's Super Ethical Reality Climax," and now heaps on more absurdity in a DLC pack. Trailer after the jump.
Originally dated for autumn 2011, the first delay for Silent Hill HD Collection had it slipping into 2012, with a planned release on January 24. The latest delay now has Pyramid Head wreaking havoc on the most fragile of minds on March 6. Hit the jump for more.
Piapro and Sega announced a new collaboration to give fans a chance to have their art appear in Project MMT (working title), an under-development Vocaloid game. Bump the jump for details!
Ever present anime home video licensor and distributor Media Blasters has taken the painful, but ultimately necessary step of reducing its workforce. While this does seem like bad news, hit the jump for all of the details which spell out the specifics of the layoffs.