If you’re the type of person who enjoys a good cup of tea and anime, then this one is for you. Tea time will be extra special with this Polar Bear Cafe (しろくまカフェ) tea set. To make things even more special, this tea set also comes with the Polar Bear Cafe Original Blend coffee! How awesome is that?

Available through Family Mart’s online store in Japan, the tea set comes with a lovely little teapot with the Polar Bear Cafe logo stamped on the front and back, as well as a tea cup with the characters printed around it. Keep Reading

Pets have become the stuff of anime legends. Unforgettable titles such as Pokemon (ポケットモンスター), Digimon (デジモン) and even Cyber Team in Akihabara (アキハバラ電脳組) all have made us wish that the pets seen in those titles were real. Here comes another pet-themed series that’s different from the rest. Enter Odoriko Clinoppe (踊り子クリノッペ).

Odoriko Clinoppe is the latest anime series inspired by a Japanese mobile game company/social networking site called GREE. Last year’s GREE anime offering was also based on their game entitled Driland (探検ドリランド). Keep Reading

Asgard Anime brings you another helping of Special Must Haves In The News and it’s another Anime invasion on J-Fashion! Neon Genesis Evangelion (新世紀エヴァンゲリオン) and Tiger and Bunny (タイガー＆バニー) are leading the J-Fashion invasion while a special Mega Man (ロックマン) offering will entice you to cosplay and take a nap at the same time.

If you’re the type of otaku who would consider exercise as a herculean task, maybe this can change your mind. Keep Reading

Yozakura Quartet lovers, heads up! By the use of the popular Japanese video sharing site Niconico, the Yozakura Quartet manga creator Suzuhito Yasuda and the cast of this upcoming project has revealed through a live program that a new anime adaptation is coming to the small screen. It must be known that the plot has already been animated in Japan, air on 2008 and is comprised of 12 episodes. Yozakura Quartet is Yasuda’s first manga. Keep Reading

Standing at two-stories tall, an 80-year-old Japanese building now serves as a home and an art gallery at the same time. Asuko Thomas, the person who has occupied the building, had no idea that the house she was staying in had something to do with the great Hayao Miyazaki (宮崎 駿) until only recently.

Thomas, 35, transformed the building into two parts: the first floor holds the art gallery which is designed in Western and Japanese styles. Keep Reading

In the official website for the up and coming shoujo fantasy Pretty Rhythm Rainbow Live anime comes the cast and crew of the project. The details has been launched on Saturday and started streaming the television series’ uberly cute promotional video. Voice actress Emiri Katou narrates the video as Naru Ayase, one of the cast. It also includes the opening theme song of the anime, Prizmmy☆’s cover of TRF’s song “Boy Meets Girl.” Keep Reading