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The Evangelion iPhone apps are out!
Appliya Inc. has announced the availability of the first in a series of Evangelion applications in the iTunes app store! Here’s a link to the Evangelion Clock app on iTunes, and here’s the link for the Evangelion Picture Stamp app You can...
The Naruto Merchandise Giveaway contest begins!
As promised in my first post about the contest here, here’s the latest episode of Naruto Shippuden from VIZ, directly from Hulu.com. Leave your reviews in the comments section, and good luck! If you have no idea what’s going on, read bel...
The Naruto Shippuden Giveaway where I give you free stuff.
Listen up, all you Naruto fans. Want some free Naruto swag? Over the next few days I’ll be holding a contest to promote Viz’s efforts to bring you free streaming episodes of Naruto Shippuden on Naruto.com. For the first time ever for U.S...
The American Akira spoof
Surely most of you have heard the news that there’s a Live action Akira movie coming out of Hollywood. Here’s one fan’s fears on how it could turn out: Of course, the initial script review shows a film that should be very faith...
Vampire Hunter D short story to be published at NY Anime Fest
The New York Anime Festival (NYAF) announced today that the short story Vampire Hunter D: The Wanderer’s Ship by legendary author Hideyuki Kikuchi will be published inside the festival’s Official Guide Book. Vampire Hunter D: The Wanderer...
FaceYourManga.com: make a manga-ish avatar
I stumbled on this one while poking through some RSS feeds. There’s a site out there called FaceYourManga that allows you to supposedly create a cute digital version of yourself in manga/anime art style using their online interface. I’m ...
Want big anime eyes? Get these new contact lenses.
Here’s an interesting item that should be in every cosplayer’s arsenal. These are contact lenses that are tinted prominently in the extra-wide outer ring. The result is the appearance of a bigger, wider iris. Anime eyes FTW. The lenses c...
Video: Amazing stop motion anime with figurines.
A friend sent me a YouTube vid of a great figurine vid. This is really quite an amazing job. It’s some of the best amateur stop-motion animation I’ve ever seen. But I’m also impressed by the sheer amount of free time this person ...
Custom Dragon Ball Air Nikes
This is just cool: Source: http://www.myairshoes.com/nike/dragonball-z-nike-dunks.html Technorati Tags: Dragon ball, Nike addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fprotaku.com%2Fpost%2Findex%2F240%2Fcustom-dragon-ball-air-nikes%2F'; addthis_title = 'C...
Shonen-ai manga themed cafe in Tokyo:
This is an old report, but I just stumbled upon it. UK magazine the Guardian had a piece on a manga-themed cafe in Tokyo. The theme? Shonen-ai/Yaoi (boys-love), with pretty male waiters dressed as schoolboys. More than 100 men, mostly aspiring...
Librarians scoop up manga at Comic-Con
NPR has an interesting little piece on their site today. They chatted with an unexpected group of manga fans at Comic-Con ‘08: librarians. From the article: David Serchay, a Florida librarian, received funding from the Broward County Friend...
More Anime Expo videos and links
News and media from Anime Expo 2008 keep popping up on the interwebs. I have a few more links and videos to share. Here’s video of celebrated actor and voice of Solid Snake, David Hayter, on MGS4 and other things. The Los Angeles Tim...
Pics from Anime Expo 2008
These aren’t the greatest pics since I only had my iPhone on me, but hey, it’s something. There were quite a few things to take pictures of during the show, but I was a little disappointed at the perceived attendance. Didn’t seem ...
Anime Expo 2008 Report: FUNimation panel
The most pleasurable part of my trip to Anime Expo today was the FUNimation Industry panel. Adam Sheenan, Brand/Events Manager at FUNimation and ever-present representative of FUNi at various cons, led the panel with FUNimation CEO Gen Fukunaga com...
Cosplay competition returns to NY Anime Fest
According to a press release today, the New York Anime Fest will once again host the World Cosplay Summit during the festival in September. The World Cosplay Summit is an international costume competition that is the equivalent of the Olympics of Co...
Shin Chan characters rock MySpace!
Shin Chan is one of the most refreshingly funny anime adaptations ever made. The writers obviously have a lot of fun while making the show, and their naughty sense of humor spreads throughout the official MySpace pages of the show’s main chara...
