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Bars are great for hanging out with friends, drowning your miseries in drinks and… scheming an evil plot to defeat Ultraman (ウルトラマン) once and for all. A bar based on Ultraman’s multitude of nemesis called Kaiju Sakaba (怪獣酒場) will be open for us humans starting on March of 2014.

Located in Kawasaki (川崎市), the Kaiju Sakaba bar will be open from 4:30 pm to 11:00 pm daily. The concept of the bar is simple: the Kaiju Sakaba is a place where monsters defeated by Ultraman come to ease their sorrows in food and drink and eventually hatch more diabolical plans in the process. Keep Reading

Japan is one of the most versatile countries in existence to perfectly combine their traditional and modern cultures in one awesome output and the WagakkiBand (和楽器バンド) shows us just that with their latest single which happens to be a cover of a Hatsune Miku (初音ミク) song.

Senbonzakura (千本桜), otherwise known as A Thousand Cherry Blossoms, goes with a tune that will strongly remind you of the East and the WagakkiBand gave it a more distinct Japanese vibe as the band has incorporated traditional Japanese musical instruments such as the koto (箏), shamisen (三味線) as well as a flute called the shakuhachi (尺八). Keep Reading

Shotaru Ishinomori’s (石ノ森 章太郎) 1972 tokusatsu hit, Kikaider (キカイダー), is making a 2014 comeback as a live-action movie! As announced by Toei Animation during the 2014 lineup presentation on January 30, the 2014 Kikaider movie will go by the title of Kikaider Reboot (キカイダー REBOOT). The Kikaider Reboot stars great names in the Japanese acting scene such as Jingi Irei (入江甚儀), Aimi Satsukawa (佐津川愛美), Kazushige Nagashima (長嶋一茂), Hirotaro Honda (本田博太郎) and Ryuji Harada (原田龍二) just to name a few. Keep Reading

Vocaloid’s (ボーカロイド) very own Megurine Luka (巡音ルカ) has turned another year older and to celebrate her 5th year, a webpage has been launched by Crypton that highlights the important information on Luka’s V3! Sounds like good news to us!

So far, the Megurine Luka V3 101 shown on the website goes as follows:

1. Luka’s tone has been analyzed and added with several databases. This results in Luka sounding more expressive. Keep Reading

Valentine’s Day? What’s that? If you’re a hardcore Dragon Nest fan and you’re playing over at the SEA server, the most awaited time of your Dragon Nest lives may just have arrived! After so much teasing in the previous week by none other than Addison Kang himself, Dragon Nest SEA has echoed his post with a mysterious photo of the number 7 in their official Facebook fan page. What does this mean? Keep Reading