Tiger & Bunny In The News: Flyers, Figures And Figures With Chewing Gum

tiger and bunny posterSunrise, Inc. (株式会社サンライズ) isn’t only known for the Gundam Series (ガンダムシリーズ), Cowboy Bebop (カウボーイビバップ), City Hunter (シティーハンター) and the Vision of Escaflowne (天空のエスカフローネ). One of Sunrise’s critically acclaimed offering is 2011’s Tiger & Bunny (タイガー&バニー).

This futuristic, superhero themed series tells the story of Kotetsu T. Kaburagi (鏑木・T・虎徹), a.k.a Wild Tiger (ワイルドタイガー) and Barnaby Brooks, Jr. (バーナビー・ブルックスJr.) who work together despite their differences in ideals of what heroes should really be like. Keep Reading

Mobile Suit Gundam AGE Ends On September 23

gundam mobile suitAs announced on the October issue of the Gundam ACE magazine, Mobile Suit Gundam AGE ( 機動戦士ガンダムAGE) will be singing its swan song on September 23, 2012. The final episode will be the 49th of the series.

Mobile Suit Gundam AGE is the 12th entry of the Gundam franchise and is the offspring of the partnership between Japanese animation studio Sunrise (株式会社サンライズ) and video game developer and publisher, Level-5 Inc. (株式会社レベルファイブ). Keep Reading

One Piece In The News: Branded Perfumes, Rice Lines And A Score Of Bootleg Items

one pieceOne of Japan’s biggest anime/manga franchise comes from the brilliant mind of Eiichiro Oda (尾田 栄一郎) called One Piece (ワンピース). Monkey D. Luffy (モンキー・D・ルフィ) and his band of merry pirates board the Thousand Sunny in search of the legendary treasure called the One Piece. One Piece has grown immensely popular that it has now inspired its own line of perfume and rice line! Who could ever forget, however, that One Piece is also a victim of piracy. Keep Reading

Curry Zawa’s Kremlin To be Adapted into Anime

Cat lovers will surely fall in love with this new upcoming series; a neko-themed manga gets the green lights to its own anime adaptation. It’s going to be another cute and crazy filled world, with a lot of nyans, cat paws and scratches all over your television screens. Of course, this includes a bewildered cat owner with an absurd relationship with his cats.

In the 61st issue of the Kodansha’s Morning Two magazine, it has been announced that mangaka Kaoru Curr-zawa’s series called KРΣМЛЬ (Kremlin) is about to be adapted into an animation series. Keep Reading

Pika Pika! Nintendo Announces Limited Edition Pikachu Nintendo 3DS LL

Pikachu 3DS LL boxNintendo’s worldwide phenomenon Pokemon (ポケモン) is at it again and rolly polly Pikachu (ピカチュウ) makes it on the Nintendo 3DS LL cover!

The limited edition Nintendo 3DS LL is splashed with the familiar shade of golden Pikachu yellow. With its arms outstretched as if ready to give you a tackle hug, Pikachu’s upper torso, complete with a small part of his visible tail, is printed on the top half of the dual screen. Keep Reading

Gundam In The News: From Back Packs To A Crazy Dance Style

Gundam BagIt’s back to school fever in the west and Gundam fans had the surprise of their lives when they dropped in Rite Aid drug store: sitting on their display racks is a backpack whose every inch is covered by colorful Haro (ハロ).

Tumblr user and Gundam fan, Red, is one of the lucky people who owned this bag. “My grandmother got me this backpack from Rite Aid and IT HAS HAROS ALL OVER IT LIKE THAT’S NOT EVEN JUST SOME RANDOM DESIGNS THOSE ARE STRAIGHT UP HAROS.” Keep Reading

Chou Anime Cafe – Spreading The Moe In Detroit

Chou Anime CafeImagine having a slice of Akihabara, Japan right smack in Michigan!

Chou Anime Cafe is the first ever maid cafe in Detroit and customers won’t get enough of the uber moe maids as well as the great menu they have lined up!

Chou Anime Cafe 1Chou Anime Cafe first opened in June and everything on their menu falls just below 7.00 USD! The maids, who do more than just wait tables, interacts with the customers and do activities such as play games for a small fee of 2.oo Keep Reading