Kirby Breaks A World Record On His 20th Anniversary

Kirby (カービィ) celebrated his 20th anniversary on the video game industry by breaking the world record for the having the most people blowing a bubblegum bubble simultaneously!

The massive bubble blowing event was held in PAX Prime, Seattle on September 1, 2012. Kirby fans broke the previous world record of 304 people by a large margin. Fans who attended the Kirby bubblegum blowing event reached up to a whopping 536 and some fans got to take home prizes, including the Kirby’s Dream Collection: Special Edition for the Nintendo Wii! Keep Reading

Lessons Learned From The Cagayan De Oro City Festival Parade 2012

Cagayan de Oro City celebrated its 2012 city fiest in honor of Saint Augustine of Hippo, the city’s patron saint on August 28, 2012. On August 27, 2012, a citywide parade was held in Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines as an opening for the city fiest. What made this year’s city parade different is that there was a cosplay entry. Around 20 cosplayers were in attendance and together, they braved the long walk from Gaston Park to the Velez Streets and finally to the Lim Ket Kai Mall. Keep Reading

One OK Rock: Singing Kenshin’s Words With “The Beginning”

Just give me a reason to keep my heart beating. Don’t worry it’s safe right here in my arms. As the world falls apart around us, all we can do is hold on, hold on.

As early as May 2012, the anime community has been buzzing with excitement over the revelation that Japanese rock band One OK Rock will be providing the theme for the live-action take of Rurouni Kenshin (るろうに剣心). Keep Reading

Kaho Miyasaka Launches New Series, Akai Ito

Akai ItoPopular shoujo romance manga writer Kayo Miyasaka had just launched a new series called Akai Ito (Red Thread). This was revealed in the October Issue o the Shogakukan’s Cheese! Publication on Friday. The print has a special 40-page preview, dubbed as Akai Ito: Innocent Scene, has appeared in the magazine’s September issue released on July 24.

Akai Ito trails around the story of a girl who serves as the manager her high school’s popular sword-fighting group, the kendo club. Keep Reading

Kana Kurashina Casted For Lead Role In Hana No Zubora Meshi

Kana KurashinaWhen your loved one is not at home, whom should you look out for? Yourself, of course! This is the main theme of the up and coming live action adaptation of the cute little wife cooking for herself sloppy meals. The series, Hana no Zubora-Meshi (Hana’s Sloppy Cooking) is named after the manga itself. It follows the story of the sweet and vibrant Hana, who is a stay at home wife. Keep Reading

Mind Reading Adventures In New Anime Kotoura-san

Kotoura-sanIn the anime world, everything is possible. Ordinary highschool students turn into capable warriors, shy ladies are actually true princesses, awkward boys become knights and mafia leaders, and the list goes on. This universe allows one’s minds to soar, and every bit of adventure comes along with something fictional and sometimes, absurd. Well, this new anime is about to be an added cast on that lot, with its droll theme infused with a sci-fi twist and a whole lot of romance abound. Keep Reading

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