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Category: Anime News
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On Aug. 16, 2009, after the last grueling day at Comic Market 76, we were invited to an event host by Dwango, parent company of the popular video sharing site Nico Nico Douga, held in Chofu. Chofu is a small town roughly 45 minutes away from Akihabara by train and is one of the older parts of Tokyo. The event was held at a wrestling gym with quite a few people there for a surprise visit by former American gay porn star, Billy Herrington. Billy Herrington, also known as ”Billy” and ”Aniki” (Big Brother), has become an internet sensation in Japan, thanks to Nico Nico Douga. There are thousands of fan-made videos that uses many of Herrington’s old films to deliberately make misheard words, and wild wrestling videos which have made Billy a social internet celebrity in Japan.

Category: Anime News

Better late than never, here's the preliminary list of anime titles airing Fall 2009 inside. A lot of exciting titles debuting this season including the popular manga title Fairy Tail, and CLAMP's Kobato. We will also be seeing bunch of sequels to existing titles such as the heavily fan serviced series Queen's Blade and the light romance comedy Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu. (Updated chart to latest version 3.)

Category: Anime News

While on our recent trip to Tokyo last week, we constantly saw commercials for the 3rd and final movie adaptation of Naoki Ursawa's manga, 20th Century Boys. The film is scheduled to be aired in theaters across Japan on August 29, 2009, but in a surprising twist, the newly opened Viz Cinema, located at the New People complex building in San Francisco, will also be showing the movie with English subtitles from Friday August 28 to Thursday September 3. Fans of the series in the area may want to consider going to see the movie since there will be an alternate ending different from the manga. More information as well as a trailer of the film inside.

As an added note, on the grand opening of the New People complex on August 15, 2009, actress Takako Tokiwa was present on the red carpet to promote the 20th Century Boy trilogy. Viz Cinema is also currently playing the first 2 movie for a limited time.

Category: Anime News
Just got settled after returning from day 1 of the anime concert Animelo, and during the special Hatsune Miku performance, 2 trailers were played for an anime project of Black Rock Shooter, a song made from Hatsune Miku. At the last trailer, a web address appeared which you can find more information on the anime. Figure maker and distributor Goodsmile Company has also added information on the anime pilot Blu-ray, DVD, and CD release.

Remember to stick around for our full Animelo report including hundred of photos from the concert, interviews with some of the artists, and more!
We have included a video of the Hatsune Miku portion of Animelo inside.
Category: Anime News

With Miyazaki Hayao in town to receive the Berkeley Japan Prize from The Center of Japanese Studies at the University of Califoria, Berkeley, the center has been in full swing to discuss Miyazaki's work as an artist and an intellectual. On the morning of July 25, eight hours before Miyazaki gave his speech to a sold out audience in Berkeley's Zellerbach hall, three scholars got together at the East Asian Studies department's conference room to discuss the academic side of Miyazaki's use of technology and children in his films.