Naruto: Road To Ninja Success Celebrated With Official Thank You Art

naruto road to ninjaIn just a short span of 2 weeks and 3 days, Naruto: Road to Ninja has raked in over 1 billion Japanese Yen (12,763,000 USD) and is already expected to break the record of the previous Naruto movies!

Released on July 28, 2012, Naruto: Road to Ninja is the ninth Naruto film that celebrates the 10th anniversary of the world famous ninja anime franchise. Naruto creator, Masashi Kishimoto (岸本 斉史), was very hands on with this movie – he created Road To Ninja in a whole new light that answers “what if’s?” Keep Reading

Boys Be… Latest Season Is Now A Seinen Manga

Boys BeRemember when Boys Be… (ボーイズ・ビー) used to set young girls (and maybe even boys) screaming from all the candy coated, sugar sweet moments? Now Boys Be… is all grown up and is now set as a seinen manga. Seinen manga (青年漫画) is a genre of manga targeted for an older male audience in which the age bracket is from 18-30 years old but can also be beyond that.

Created and written by Masahiro Itabashi and illustrated by Hiroyuki Tamakoshi, Boys Be began as a manga published by Kodansha in 1991. Keep Reading

Rin Kagamine Inspired Omelette Napolitan Is The Latest Addition To Famima-Miku Mart

Famima RinHatsune Miku (初音ミク)’s upcoming birthday is a cause for a month-long (or even longer) celebration. Japanese Convenience store chain FamilyMart (ファミリーマート) has a Hatsune Miku collaboration and a wide range of Vocaloid products are available, including this Rin Kagamine (鏡音リン) Omelette Napolitan!

The Rin Kagamine Omelette Napolitan is an omelette dish served just like a regular omelette. The only difference is that it is served not with rice but with spaghetti. Keep Reading

Black Jack Gets American Live Action Drama Adaptation

BlackjackThe United States is no stranger to medical dramas, having aired successful titles around the world such House, M.D., Grey’s Anatomy and Private Practice just to name a few. But what’s going to happen when they take Osamu Tezuka’s (手塚 治虫) famous medical mercinary to real life?

Entertainment One (eOne) has gained rights to adapt Black Jack (ブラック・ジャック) into a live-action drama. eOne, an international entertainment business company, produces and distributes shows like The Walking Dead and McLeod’s Daughters. Keep Reading

Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 Holds Special Surprise For Naruto Gamers

Naruto Ninja Storm 3Asgard won’t waste any second in announcing that the Hokage version of Naruto will be a playable character in Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm 3!

Along with Mifune (ミフネ) and Hanzo (半蔵), Hokage Naruto will be part of the new roster of characters for the third installment of the Ninja Storm video game series. Here’s a hint for Ninja Storm players: Hokage Naruto is available from the very beginning for players who have Naruto Generations saved on their PS3 or Xbox 360 units. Keep Reading

Hatsune Miku Celebrates Fifth “Birthday” With Limited Edition Sony Walkman MP3 Player

Sony Walkman Hatsune MikuHatsune Miku will be celebrating her fifth anniversary with limited edition Sony Walkman MP3 players!

Sony will be releasing limited edition Walkman S Series MP3 players decked out with Hatsune Miku. The back of the player as well as the softwware feature the world famous vocaloid. Fans can choose between the blue or black colored players. The blue colored players have two models: the simple, handy one or the one with external speakers. Keep Reading

Bokura Ga Ita Author Releases New Series

forget me notBokura Ga Ita (We Were There) mangaka Yuuki Obata is set off to launching a new manga series titled Forget-Me-Not this September issue of the Shueisha Cookie magazine. On Thursday, a publication announced of this new series in the works, which follows a very sensitive plot about a young girl and the life of being bullied. In the plot, the girl was pushed about on too much depression that she was on the verge of committing suicide. Keep Reading