Rurouni Kenshin Stars Go Mangaka In Manga-Making Flick

Bakuman Live ActionLook at what we have here! Bakuman (バクマン。) is getting a live action take scheduled for 2015 and it features not one but two of the Rurouni Kenshin (るろうに剣心 -明治剣客浪漫譚-) live-action stars! Takeru Satoh (佐藤 健) who played Kenshin Himura (緋村 剣心) and Ryunosuke Kamiki (神木 隆之介) who filled in the shoes for Sojiro Seta (瀬田 宗次郎), trade their swords for pens as Bakuman’s Moritaka Mashiro (真城 最高) and Akito Takagi (高木 秋人) respectively. Keep Reading

Kill La Kill Special Event To Be In July Anime Expo

Kill la KillKill La Kill (キルラキル) is already done but the mania still isn’t over! As announced by Anime Expo, their July event will hold a Kill La Kill Special Event featuring the cast and crew of the epic action anime that has gotten everyone on their toes since the first episode.

The Kill La Kill event will have a special talk session featuring the people who made Kill La Kill possible. Scriptwriter Kazuki Nakashima (中島かずき) and producer Yousuke Toba will be present in the event together with SUSHIO who provided the character designer as well as the directorial duties of the chief animation. Keep Reading

Pokemon Introduces Ruby And Sapphire Updates

Pokemon Omega AlphaIf Pokemon Ruby (ポケットモンスター ルビー) and Pokemon Sapphire (ポケットモンスター サファイア) were a huge part of your gamer life, then you will certainly love this bit of news. Nintendo has announced that this famous pair of the Generation III Pokemon games have been updated to give you Pokemon Omega Ruby (ポケットモンスターオメガルビー) and Pokemon Alpha Sapphire (ポケットモンスターアルファサファイア)!

Announced on May 7, 2014 in the official Pokemon website, Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire are available for the Nintendo 3DS and are listed as the secondary pairs for Generation VI. Keep Reading

Cosplay Photographer Launches Successful Kickstarter Photobook Project

Project Bazooka SushiMonsterCosplay Photographer Eric Ng’s dream is about to unfold! He has started a Kickstarter project for his very own cosplay photography book called Project: Bazooka – Epic Cosplay Photography. In Project: Bazooka, Ng hopes to publish his Project:Bazooka photobook that highlights the talented cosplayers featured in his photos. The book has a total of 156 pages which boasts over 65 cosplayers! How cool is that?

Project: Bazooka is budgeted at 7,500 USD which already covers the printing and publishing of the book. Keep Reading

Vocaloid Teaches You About Orchestra

Vocaloid OrchestraNeed a crash course in orchestra? Then let Hatsune Miku (初音ミク) be your guide! Miku, who has enlisted the help of her fellow Vocaloids (ボーカロイド), Megurine Luka (巡音ルカ) and the twins Rin and Len Kagamine (鏡音リン ・レン), are the stars of a manga-styled orchestra guidebook called Orchestra! The First Appreciation (Orchestra! Hajimete no Kanshou).

Orchestra! Hajimete no Kanshou is produced and published by the culture division of the the Shizuoka Prefectural Office with the help and partnership of Vocaloid developer, Crypton Future Media (クリプトン・フューチャー・メディア株式会社). Keep Reading

Madoka Magica’s Mami Does The Spider Man

Madoka Magica Spider ManWith the May 2 release of The Amazing Spider Man 2, Tsutomu Ono (大野ツトム) has released a fan art featuring Puella Magi Madoka Magica’s (魔法少女まどか☆マギカ) Mami Tomoe (巴 マミ) in the signature Spider Man pose and not just one but in three different signature poses! So, what do you think? Does Mami look great as Spider Man?

Tsutomu Ono is a mangaka famous his Tiger & Bunny (タイガー&バニー) manga that was published in Viz in North America. Keep Reading

New Rurouni Kenshin Manga Features Life Of Shishio Makoto

Rurouni Kenshin MangaShishio Makoto (志々雄 真実) is the world’s most well-known villain in the world of anime and manga. We all have a glimpse of his life from his failed assassination to his steady iron grasp on Kyoto but what do we know of what propelled him to this mindset?

Rurouni Kenshin (るろうに剣心 -明治剣客浪漫譚-) is coming back as a manga on the pages of Jump Square (ジャンプスクエア) thanks to Rurouni Kenshin creator, Nobohiru Watsuki (和月 伸宏). Keep Reading