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Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain’s GamesCom trailer previews open world
The official website of Konami‘s upcoming Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain began streaming the GamesCom 2015 trailer for the game on Wednesday. The trailer previews the open world environment for...
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Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection ‘F’ earns $1.97 million to rank #6 on U.S....
Box Office Mojo reports that Funimation‘s limited theatrical run of the Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection ‘F’ film earned US$1,967,626 on its opening night on Tuesday. That gives the film a per-screen...
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Live-action Attack on Titan director teases Godzilla plans
Coming off mixed reviews of his live-action Attack on Titan film, fans may recall that Shinji Higuchi is also tasked with directing TOHO‘s upcoming Godzilla film with fellow tokusatsu lover Hideaki...
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Mamoru Hosoda’s The Boy and the Beast film sells 3 million tickets
Mamoru Hosoda‘s The Boy and The Beast film has sold over 3 million tickets to earn over 3.8 billion yen (about US$30.5 million), 30 days after opening on July 11. It dropped from #4 to #7 at the...
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Shokotan munches on limited edition isopod cake in Shibuya
Would you dare eat a cake shaped like a deep-sea dwelling organism? Shokotan certainly would. うわさのダイオウグソクムシケーキをゲット！！！キモス！！ やばい、色もフォルムも完全にダイオウグソクムシ！シッポとか激似！やばい！柔らかい！でも内部はフランボワーズが効いてる！(ﾟдﾟ)ｳﾏｰ！...
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The Pokémon Company sues organizers of Pokémon-themed party for copyright...
The Pokémon Company International (TPCi) filed a lawsuit against two Seattle residents on Wednesday, claiming that the Pokémon-themed party they were organizing allegedly infringed upon TPCi’s...
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‘Shin Godzilla’ movie listed on sign at Tokyo filming locale
A notice posted at the Kamata bus station in Tokyo revealed that buses will not stop as usual at the station on Sunday morning, due to the filming of a movie titled “Shin Gojira” (New Godzilla). Anime...
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Little Big Planet 3 offers Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain costumes
The official U.S. PlayStation blog revealed on Tuesday that Sony‘s Little Big Planet 3 game is offering a Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain-themed costume pack for the game’s characters. Buyers who...
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Miyamoto: Pikmin 4 is ‘very close to completion’
Nintendo designer Shigeru Miyamoto revealed in an interview with video game news website Eurogamer that the Pikmin 4 game is “very close to completion.” Nintendo confirmed the game’s development with...
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Enjoy the summer festivals in a Gintama yukata
Premium Bandai is listing two special yukata for the many discerning Gintama fans. Rather than being outright replicas of Gintoki’s kimono and the Shinsengumi’s uniforms from the series, both yukata...
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Young Black Jack’s singer brings the manservice in nude cosplay
Viewers got an eye full of Tezuka’s iconic doctor’s abs in the first episode of Young Black Jack‘s but opening theme song singer UMI☆KUUN is giving the 2D bishōnen a run for his money. The singer...
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Expand your Super Mario figure collection with enemy characters
Bandai’s S.H.Figuarts line has released several figures from the Super Mario video game series: Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, and important items from the games like pipes, blocks and coins. Its latest figures...
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Konami denies report of Hideo Kojima leaving company
Video game developer and publisher Konami denied an earlier report by The New Yorker that Metal Gear series creator Hideo Kojima had left Konami. Konami stated that “Kojima is currently taking an...
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Japanese lawyer: Making cosplay for others is copyright infringement
In about a week, Halloween, cosplayers‘ favorite holiday, will be upon us. Millions of people — increasingly including Japanese — will take to the streets in costume, and much of it will be cosplay....
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Robot Pepper rocks out with Asian Kung-Fu Generation
Two members of the Japanese rock band Asian Kung-Fu Generation (Bleach, Fullmetal Alchemist, Naruto) recorded a practice session recently with an unusual musical guest: Pepper, a robot who can detect...
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Fans criticize Softbank’s anime character live-action phone ads as...
Last month, SoftBank‘s series of commercials depicting several classic anime characters all grown up premiered. The ads star Kyoko Koizumi (Tokyo Sonata, Hanging Garden) as Usagi Tsukino (Sailor Moon),...
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Attack on Titan game reveals new characters, story details
The official website of KOEI Tecmo‘s game based on Hajime Isayama‘s Attack on Titan manga revealed new characters and story details about the game on Sunday. The new characters include: Yu Shimamura as...
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Sony to stop selling Betamax video cassette tapes in March
Sony announced on Tuesday that after four decades, it will stop shipping Betamax (or Beta) and MicroMV video cassette tapes next March. The company explained that it is ending sales in these formats in...
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Sailor Moon Honey Salon accessories releasing in Japan this holiday season
Sailor Moon and fashion shop Honey Salon are collaborating to release a string of new products in time for the holidays to be sold at Honey Salon locations in Japan. Anime News Network’s merchandise...
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Evangelion Valentine’s Day chocolates already teased for next year
With retail outlets pushing seasonal holiday merchandise earlier and earlier every year, it’s perhaps not too surprising that there are already signs of next year’s goodies. Department store Ginza...
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