Archive for the ‘Otaku Culture’ Category

The recently launched Ameba Pico social gaming community on Facebook now features a collaboration with visual kei band AliceNine, whereby avatars can be created with virtual outfits resembling the stage wardrobe of lead singer Shou in celebration of the bands latest single in “Senko”.  The collaboration between CyberAgent America and AliceNine’s management agency PS Company [...]

Saeko Busujima kicking zombie ass and looking delicious. The latest episode of Highschool of the Dead has caused a massive stir in the otaku sphere for its incorporation of Wachowski-style bullet time, although I’ll bet the gross of the shitty Matrix sequels they never though that an overdeveloped teenager with sadistic tendencies would be the [...]

Much has been made about Western attempts at creating visual novels, from Katawa Shoujo to various other fan projects with varying degrees of success.  Maybe you have an idea for a visual novel but you’ve been put off by the sheer amount of programming and development, or you lack the time and resources to do [...]

DramaFever, a fast growing streaming media portal dedicated to Asian primetime TV dramas has announced a new partnership with Funimation whereby the portal is currently streaming the live action Moyashimon adaptation and will stream new episodes of the adaptation every Thursday at 2PM CST/3PM EST.  Along with Moyashimon the portal has also secured other Japanese [...]

Following the initial announcement of their US co-headlining tour with Apocalyptica, the dedicated page for the upcoming tour has confirmed a special exclusive VIP package for select dates consisting of the following: – 1 General Admission ticket to the show – 1 personal meet and greet with members of Dir En Grey * – 1 [...]

The Japanese visual novel production company minori, responsible for ef A Tale of Memories has confirmed that it is in active discussions with fan translation group No Name Losers regarding a possible official English translation of its flagship game after being formally requested to cease and desist distributing the game and its English translation earlier [...]

Pepsi Japan has released a new variant of its signature cola with extra caffeine and higher than normal carbonation levels in Pepsi Strong Shot.  The pressure is so high that the cans feature a warning on the rim to wait 15 seconds before popping the top.  I want a 12-pack. Carbonation comparison via Gigazine [via [...]

PR just got sent sending word that X Japan’s Sugizo and Yoshiki will be at this year’s Otakon convention for a brief performance during the convention’s masquerade prior to the band’s mainstage appearance at this year’s Lollapalooza Music Festival at Chicago’s Grant Park. The convention is still accepting early bird registration and will be held [...]

Following on the announcement and release of the semi official Strike Shamantic Princesses: The Witches of the Sphinx (Volume 1) English-Japanese doujin authored by , the first review has been posted. The review goes into detail regarding the book’s content and takes care to note a few quirks found in the book such as the [...]

Japanese independent creator portal Tinami has announced that it has opened its API to third-party developers which will allow access to over 130,000 illustrations, manga, animation, text works, model kit and cosplay photographs, along with other works submitted by its 65,000 users since 1996. The API will allow creation of applications based around major languages [...]