Gundam In The News: From Back Packs To A Crazy Dance Style

Gundam BagIt’s back to school fever in the west and Gundam fans had the surprise of their lives when they dropped in Rite Aid drug store: sitting on their display racks is a backpack whose every inch is covered by colorful Haro (ハロ).

Tumblr user and Gundam fan, Red, is one of the lucky people who owned this bag. “My grandmother got me this backpack from Rite Aid and IT HAS HAROS ALL OVER IT LIKE THAT’S NOT EVEN JUST SOME RANDOM DESIGNS THOSE ARE STRAIGHT UP HAROS.” Keep Reading

Chou Anime Cafe – Spreading The Moe In Detroit

Chou Anime CafeImagine having a slice of Akihabara, Japan right smack in Michigan!

Chou Anime Cafe is the first ever maid cafe in Detroit and customers won’t get enough of the uber moe maids as well as the great menu they have lined up!

Chou Anime Cafe 1Chou Anime Cafe first opened in June and everything on their menu falls just below 7.00 USD! The maids, who do more than just wait tables, interacts with the customers and do activities such as play games for a small fee of 2.oo Keep Reading

Kimi Wa Petto Creator To Launch New Manga

September is going to be a big month for Yayoi Ogawa, creator of the hit series Kimi Wa Petto / You Are My Pet / Tramps Like Us. On Wednesday, the mangaka revealed that she will be launching a new series in the Kodansha’s women’s manga magazine Kiss on that month. Ogawa hints that she had just decided on the new series’ title, which is composed of four Chinese-derived kanji characters—her first kanji title ever. Keep Reading

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 ~Adult Season~ Premiering on Kodansha

boys beGet ready for a sweet and sour love stories meant for adults. Creator Masahiro Itobashi and artist Hiroyuki Tamakoshi join hands in creating a sequel to the popular manga Boys Be, dubbed as Boys Be ~adult season~. In this year’s 17th issue of Kodansha’s Evening magazine on Saturday, the two collaborators revealed of this upcoming project which will be launched in the same magazine.

The Evening Magazine is released in every two weeks, but the manga series will run quarterly. Keep Reading

Aura: Maryūinkōga Saigo no Tatakai Theatrical Anime

AuraAs revealed by the Japanese publisher shogakukan in its website for the Shounen Sunday Super magazine, a theatrical animation project for Romeo Tanaka’s light novel, Aura: Maryūinkōga Saigo no Tatakai will be launched next year. the title has been launched in 2008 and revolves around a high school freshman, Ichirou “Menzu” Satou. He forgets his textbook that he sneaks back into the school during the night, and there he encounters a beautiful girl. Keep Reading

Lupin III: Green VS Red OVA To Be Released On DVD

In an announcement made by Discotek Media through their official Facebook fan page, Lupin III: Green vs Red (ルパン三世 Green vs Red) will be released on DVD next year!

Lupin III: Green vs Red is an OVA released in 2008 to celebrate the 40th anniversary of our favorite master thief brought to us by none othe than the great Monkey Punch (モンキー・パンチ).

In Green vs Red, people have been imitating Lupin III after his disappearance. Keep Reading