May 2008

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    JRock in Rock Band?

    Nope, this isn’t a rumor. Last night Joystiq attended a Rock Band party in New York City. They asked about the possibility of seeing Japanese Rock music in Rock Band. Harmonix’s developers told them to wait “a little over a week” for an official announcement. Joystiq speculates we may see TM Revolution and Malice Mizer […] More

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    Big Band Mario

    If you didn’t know, all of the music in the Super Mario Galaxy Wii game was done by an orchestra. Here’s a classic clip of the original Mario Bros theme giving the orchestra treatment. More

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    Hiroyuki Nishimura, the creator of 2ch

    You can’t call yourself a true Otaku if you don’t know what 2ch (aka 2channel) is. Wired Magazine has an article about Hiroyuki Nishimura, the gamer who created the largest bulletin board / forum in the world, 2ch. 2ch started out as just a site for Japanese gamers, but soon exploded as the foremost place […] More

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    Dragonball Z: The Real Vegeta

    First there was the Real Mario, then came the Real Pikachu, now the infamous badboy from Dragonball Z has received the real treatment. Here’s the Real Vegeta from Deviant artist MetaleoneRJ. More

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    Hello Kitty – Sisters of Battle

    Who said Warhammer 40k was a male oriented, gothic themed game must not know a gamer called Katherine. She has taken her love of the iconic Hello Kitty world into the game which she loves. She is an avid collector of Warhammer 40k models, but chooses to do things her own way. She has created […] More

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    Akihabara Stores: Tora no Ana

    That building you see above is one of the pillars of Otakuism (yea, I probably just made up that word) in Akihabara. It’s called Tora no Ana, but to some, it’s known as the “Tiger Pit” (from the classic manga, Tiger Mask). Tora no Ana’s mascot, which is on top of their building is an […] More

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    L Change the world in New York City

    Well you’re all probally sick of me talking about Death Note by now, well I will make this one pretty quick. Seems that the Death Note spin off movie, L Change the world, is getting a special American screening. Bad news is that right now it’s only airing in New York City on June 20-July […] More

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    Child suffers brain damage from gachapon

    I honestly don’t know how I feel about this one. The Kagoshima District Court ruled today that Namco Bandai must pay 26 million yen ($250,000) to a child who suffered brain damage from getting part of a gachapon capsule stuck in his throat. Now if you’re not familiar with gachapon, remember when you were a […] More

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    Bruce Lee musical coming?

    Yep, you heard it right. Bruce Lee is getting his very own Broadway musical. IESB.net caught a Variety article that released the info. While not much else has been released, we can expect to see the production on Broadway sometime in 2010-2011. If you forgot how awesome Bruce Lee is, I leave you with Lee […] More

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    Death Note: The Last Name

    Well I just got back from seeing the Death Note movie in theaters, and I’m going to try not to reveal any of the plot for those that haven’t seen it yet. But let me apologize first in case I do. I got there at around 7:10, and figured that there would be a lot […] More

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    Going to see Death Note

    Hope you got your tickets for Death Note. I have mine. Its still not too late if you havn’t bought your ticket yet. Head over to Fathom Events to buy your ticket to the first Death Note movie playing in the United States. To check which theaters are playing Death Note in your city, check […] More

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    Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny TV

    The production department from Bandai Entertainment just posted a brand new video minutes ago for the new Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny TV Movies! They also said that some strange things will be happening over the next couple of days… Very vague, but I will keep you on top of the news. More

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