Little Busters! 100-Second Teaser Streamed

little bustersOn Sunday, the official website dedicated for the anime adaptation project of Key’s Little Busters! novel opens up with a promotional movie. This just confirms the upcoming premiere of the animation, which the voice actress Tomoe Tamiyasu has hinted on her Anime Expo Guest profile in her June blog post. The profile has listed the Fall season premire of the animation, however, this clue did not last long. Tamiyasu then deleted the information on her blog, although the date still remain stated in the Anime Expo main webpage. Keep Reading

Hiro Mashima Treats Twitter Followers To His Sketches

mashimaIf you’ve never seen Rave Master (レイヴ), Monster Soul (モンスターソウル) or even one of the hottest anime titles to date called Fairy Tail (フェアリーテイル) for that matter, it’s time for you to get hooked! Hiro Mashima (真島 ヒロ), the face and name behind those awesome titles, has been tweeting some pages off his sketch book!

Rave Master helped Mashima, 35, establish his name on the anime and manga world. Rave Master tells the story of Haru Glory’s adventures as he becomes the next Rave Master. Keep Reading

Lupin The Third’s Fiat Now In Real Life

fiat 500 lupinLupin the Third‘s hardy little Fiat now has a real life counterpart!

An electric car modeled after Lupin’s Fiat 500F has been released and its small size comes with big features.

The electric version of the Fiat 500F is an environment friendly car. It takes up to 8 hours of charging time and its range goes up to 100 miles. Buy this little Fiat and get a one-year warranty. That is, if you have, 7.8 million Japanese Yen (99 247.2 USD) to spare. Keep Reading

Osamu Tezuka Manga Museum Hosts Neon Genesis Evangelion Exhibit

ngetezukaFrom June 29 to October 22, 2012, The Osamu Tezuka Manga Museum (宝塚市立手塚治虫記念館) exhibits the highly popular yet controversial Japanese media franchise that rocked the whole world.

Directed by Hideaki Anno (庵野 秀明) and produced by Gainax Company Limited (株式会社ガイナックス), Neon Genesis Evangelion (新世紀エヴァンゲリオン) is an apocalyptic mecha themed anime/manga franchise that began in 1995. With its apocalyptic mecha theme, Neon Genesis Evangelion garnered fans around the world with its story: teenagers were chosen to fight for NERV against creatures called Angels using humanoid robots called Evangelions. Keep Reading

Red Data Girl (RDG) Animation In the Works

Red data girlRecently, the Kadokawa Group Publishing has announced that an animation adaptation of the RDG Red Data Girl by Noriko Ogiwara has been green-lit. The modern fantasy novel series is about to take its place on the screens along with the many manga to animation works.

The story trails after the happenings in the lead character Izumiko Suzuhara’s life. A girl which has been raised within the boundaries of the Tamakura Shrine, she has little or no knowledge about the world outside her walls. Keep Reading

Teaser for Robotics;Notes TV Anime Streamed

Robotics;notesThe official website for I.G’s newest project Robotics;Notes television anime just opened this Saturday with an animated promotional teasers as well as the information about the staff and the cast. The anime, which is the third science adventure game produced by the same studio who created Steins;Gate and Chaos;HEAd, have slated this new project to hit the local TV this October. Shikura Chiyomaru, head of the game developer 5pb / MAGES, had just confirmed that the anime is going to run for two quarters of a year. Keep Reading

Rinko Ueda Launches New Manga About Sake Brewers

Sakura JuuyuushiThe 17th issue of the 2012 Margaret Publication by Shueisha has revealed to begin the serialization of Rinko Ueda’s Sakura Juuyuushi. This romance manga will be seen in the book’s pages starting August 4. The Stepping on Roses author has also been known on other titles, such as Tail of the Moon, Home, and the Margaret Selection, “Not Friend But…” manga. Most of her works have appeared on Shueisha’s Margaret, Cobalt and the magazine Ribon. Keep Reading