Sound Decision
- Nana Kitade Interview (Aug 23)
- MUCC + Nana Kitade Live (Aug 16)
- the Indigo Interview (Jul 26)
- Interview with Ai Uchida (Jul 19)
- The Pillows in Hollywood (Jul 2)
- The Pillows, KOTOKO, Live 8 + 365 (Jun 28)
- KOTOKO at A-Kon (Jun 21)
- Final Fantasy XII (Jun 14)
- hyde (Jun 7)
- Hiroaki Yura (May 31)
- Warner Steps Up (May 10)
- Kenji Kawai (Apr 26)
- Maaya Sakamoto, Starship Operators (Apr 12)
- Jane Lui (Mar 29)
- Trigun, Viewtiful Joe, Ah! My Goddess (Mar 15)
- Sixth S.E.N.S. (Mar 1)
- Ayaka and the Olympics (Feb 9)
- Boom Goes the Dynamite (Jan 25)
- Kristine Sa (Jan 12)
- Interview: Shaun Iwase (Jan 4)
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August 2006 [2]
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2005 [24]
December 2005 [3]
October 2005 [2]
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August 2005 [4]
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May 2005 [5]
April 2005 [3]
February 2005 [1]
2004 [21]
July 2004 [2]
June 2004 [3]
May 2004 [5]
April 2004 [4]
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The X Button - Saber Rattling
games
This week: crowdfunding cases for Saber Rider, mecha strategy, and a long-lost series! Plus Tokyo Game Show wrap-ups with Persona 5, Ni-Oh, and the newest face in Street Fighter V!
― There'll be no X Button next week, since I'm taking a vacation. But don't worry. I'll make sure that my next column covers all of the important video-game sights in my hometown of Dayton, Ohio! I might not be joking, ei...
Design Your Own Brave
Create your own Brave for the chance to win exclusive Rokka: Braves of the Six Flowers merchandise!
― In Rokka: Braves of the Six Flowers, Seven Braves, each with their own special skills and abilities, are chosen to prevent the resurrection of the Evil God, despite the fact that legend says there are only supposed to be six! In order to find out which one is the false Brave, we've written out their ...
The Intoxicating Lure of Idol Anime
anime
Nick Creamer takes a journey into the catchy, brightly-lit heart of idol anime, from Love Live to Symphogear to The Idolmaster, on a quest to discover just what drives people so passionately wild about idols.
― I arrived an hour early, planning to grab lunch before the screening, but by the time I got there the line was already snaking up to the street and down the block. There's no real point in goi...
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust Blu-Ray
anime
Yoshiaki Kawajiri's spectacularly animated gothic adventure finally comes to bluray, but after 15 years, does it still hold up?
― Bloodlust is the 2001 follow-up to the original 1985 movie Vampire Hunter D. Whereas the first movie adapted the first novel of the source series by Hiyuki Kikuchi, this one loosely adapts the third novel, in the process adding in a couple of new elements while discarding ...
Game Review: Afro Samurai 2: Kuma's Revenge
games
Afro Samurai gets resurrected as a video game, this time an episodic sequel to the 2009 Xbox 360 game. Dave Riley thinks maybe they should've left this one in the oven a little longer, though.
― Afro Samurai has always been a curious case, a rare piece of major Japanese media that reciprocates American hip hop's pointed interest in Asian pop culture. A self-funded manga from an indie Japanese creator...
One-Punch Man GN 1 & 2
manga
One of the most anticipated anime of fall 2015 is out now in manga form. Rebecca takes a look at the first two volumes.
― One thing you can say about ONE and Yusuke Murata's One-Punch Man: the title does not lie. The shounen parody, which began life as a web comic both written and illustrated by ONE, follows the adventures of Saitama, a young man who got sidetracked on his way to a job interview thre...
Meet Masashi Kishimoto in New York
events
Kishimoto's first time at an event outside of Japan, and we're giving away a pair of tickets to meet him and get something autographed.
― Our amazing friends at ReedPOP have shared with us a pair of tickets to the Masashi Kishimoto signing at New York City's Kinokuniya Bookstore on October 9th as part of New York Super Week. In what will be his first ever international appearance outside of Japan, K...
Answerman - What Are Those Japanese Shows Where Celebrities React To Videos?
live-action
If you've ever turned on a TV in Japan, odds are you've watched celebrities - actors, athletes, you name it - reacting to clips of food or animals. What's up with that?
― Chris asks: Every now and then, some tidbit of news will come to us in the form of a Japanese TV show where guests or panelists in a studio or person-on-the-street-style participants are seen reacting to some video clip. The partic...
Turn A Gundam Sub.DVD
anime
Turn A Gundam returns in a second half that flies to the moon and back in search of a lasting peace.
― When I last left Turn A Gundam, the Dianna Counter and Militia forces were still sparring on earth, with various side groups like the Rett squad and Corin Nander occasionally throwing wrenches into their already-fraught attempts at negotiations. Those earlier episodes dithered around somewhat, with ...
Shelf Life - Patlabor Dispute
anime
This week's new releases, a Shelf Obsessed you have to see to believe, and reviews of Hamatora and the third Patlabor film. What more could you ask for?
― As I compile the lists of new releases each week, I can't help but notice that we've been seeing a lot of big, expensive collector's editions lately. I'd hesitate to spend over a hundred dollars on anything except my all-time favorite shows, but I...