Recently announced by Arc System Works, Guilty Gear Xrd Sign is the next installment of the hard rock, anime-style fighting game series. It will be breaking new grounds in the Guilty Gear series by introducing a 3D engine into the mix. By taking advantage of Epic Games' Unreal Engine, the aim, presumably, will be to enhance the experience of the Guilty Gear brand. Escalating it towards greater heights of aesthetic and gameplay quality.

Starting this July, Silver Spoon will be aired on Fuji TV's noitaminA block. As some may already know, Silver Spoon is written and illustrated by Hiromu Arakawa, the same mangaka for the international hit Fullmetal Alchemist. Silver Spoon has receive recognition, wining the 5th Manga Taisho Award and 58th Shogakukan Manga Award. 

What do you get when you mix Silent Hill, Shallow Hal, and Species with a little dab of Hannibal or the Japanese movie the Last Supper? You get something pretty close to Nitroplus' horror visual novel Song of Saya ~ Saya no Uta, written by Gen Urobochi, the author of Puella Magi Madoka Magica and Fate/Zero, and published by JAST USA.

Starting July 6th, Monogatari Series: Second Season will be aired as a continuation of the anime adaption of Nisio Ishin's popular Monogatari light novel series.

A couple months after Uniqlo opened their first store in the United States, I picked up a medium sized One Piece t-shirt from their San Francisco store and no surprise, it was slightly larger than the One Piece shirt I picked up in Japan.

For those of you who might be curious after the eariler post about Uniqlo t-shirts, check inside for a quick video comparing the two shirts.

Japanese clothing store Uniqlo has announced they have released new t-shirts from the the highly popular Saint Seiya and Fist of the North Star series for their US store. They are also doing a buy 2 get 1 free t-shirt promotion, so if you can't seem to find 3 shirts you like, split with a friend! As usual, Uniqlo graphic shirts are limited and are only sold for a limited time so jump on while you can.

Saint Seiya Shirts

Fist of the North Star Shirts

As a reminder for people who have purchased Uniqlo shirts in the past, t-shirts released for the US store are larger than their Asian counterparts.

One of the hottest anime series this season has been Production I.G,'s Attack on Titan, and for good reason. The tale of humans versus giants is so chalk full of plot twists and brutality that I've actually dubbed it as the anime industry's equivalent of Game of Thrones; as anyone who's seen up to episode five at the very least can attest to. The series' stunning and serious opening credits have been parodied countless times on YouTube and Nico Nico, so it shouldn't come as a surprise that Production I.G. has teamed up with some of the most well-respected video game companies in Japan to expand the universe aside from the usual anime collectibles, manga and anime series.

Over the weekend, The-O Network got a chance to visit the up-and-coming Northern California comic and collectible tradeshow Big WOW! ComicFest 2013. Located in San Jose, California over the course of a two-day weekend on May 18-May 19, the family friendly event was a nice break from larger events such as the San Diego Comic Convention, Sakura-Con and Anime Expo, that still retained plenty of star power from the American comic book industry and other local fan-favorite artists.