Street Fighter: Assassin’s Fist Trailer Gives Sneak Peak On New Show

Assassins Fist first official poster Ken and RyuLive-action takes on anime, comic book and even video game will often make fans feel wary but this will certainly bowl you over. Capcom (株式会社カプコン), together with Machinima, brings you Street Fighter: Assassin’s Fist. The promising series which highlights Ryu (リュウ) and Ken Masters (ケン・マスターズ) now has a trailer for every awaiting Street Fighter fan. The trailer, which was uploaded on March 14, 2014 on the official Machinima Youtube channel, runs for just a short 55 seconds but is more than enough to hook your attention. Keep Reading

Digital Manga Imouto Ga Americanjin Gets Printed

my sister is an american manga 2Are you an avid manga reader who can barely tolerate staring at the computer for far too long? If you’re that type of person and you have been reading Imouto ga Americanjin for the quite some time already, a Japanese printed edition has been released after gaining a lot of readers.

Also known as My Sister is an American?!, Imouto ga Americanjin is created by Maken Shiroya. It first made waves through the Nico Nico image hosting website, Nico Nico Seiga under Micro Magazine. Keep Reading

Steamy Engaged To The Unidentified OVA Preview Released

Mikakunin d ShinkoukeiIf you’ve been following the anime version of Engaged to the Unidentified (未確認で進行形) for awhile now and it has made a fan out of you, here’s good news for you. An OVA of the anime series is currently in the works and a 3-minute preview has been released on March 2 via the TOHO animation Youtube channel.

The OVA goes with a hot spring theme and will be included in a DVD/Blu-Ray scheduled for release on March 19, 2014 in Japan. Keep Reading

Girls Of Macross Frontier Swap Costumes For Duet Album

Macross Costume SwapThe Macross 30th Anniversary Super Dimension Duet Collection (マクロス30周年記念超時空デュエット集娘コラ) has been revealed and the album’s cover is nothing short of surprising – Ranka Lee (ランカ・リー) and Sheryl Nome (シェリル・ノーム) have switched their signature costumes for the album! Illustrated by long time Macross character designer Risa Ebata (江端 里沙), Risa gave a fresh yet adorable take on the Macross girls simply by giving them a costume swap.

The album consists of ten (10) songs all sung in duets in which two of them are bonus tracks. Keep Reading

Street Fighter’s Famous Wrestler Gets Accurate Woolly Figure

Zangief WoolIf you’re looking for a hobby, give needle felting a try! Who knows, you just might turn out to be next Kosuke Ueda. Kosuke Ueda is your average Japanese who is a needle felt aficionado. His love and dedication for his hobby takes on a whole new level as he adds Street Fighter’s (ストリートファイター) Russian Red Cyclone (赤きサイクロン) to his completed works.

What would probably take your breath away with this Ueda creation is that the woolly Zangief (ザンギエフ) is highly detailed – including the signature Zangief war face which Ueda considered not to hard to make after his experience making Armstrong (アームストロング) from Fullmetal Alchemist (鋼の錬金術師). Keep Reading

Neon Genesis Evangelion Sword Exhibit Sights Spain And France

Evangelion SwordNeon Genesis Evangelion (新世紀エヴァンゲリオン) has held Japanese sword exhibits in and around Japan which became a huge hit around the country. Stepping out of home for the first time, Evangelion and Japanese Swords will be visiting Madrid, Spain and Paris, France soon!

So what is the Evangelion and Japanese Swords about and what should you expect from this cool exhibit? Japanese swordsmiths have been inspired by the Rebuild of Evangelion series of movies that they recreated the weapons featured in those movies into real replicas but with a traditional Japanese touch to it. Keep Reading

Latest Ultra Street Fighter IV Trailer Features East African Princess

Elena Street FighterThe latest addition to the Ultra Street Fighter IV (ウルトラ ストリートファイター IV) series of trailers is none other than the perpetually cheerful Elena (エレナ). The trailer for this spunky East African princess was released a week after Hugo’s (ヒューゴー) Ultra Street Fighter IV trailer was uploaded on the official Capcom Youtube channel.

Elena’s video spans for roughly 2 minutes, and just like Hugo’s trailer, comes with an introductory commentary from Street Fighter producer, Tomoaki Ayano, himself. Keep Reading