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≡ Category: Features | Author: Ichigo |3 Comments

Last Friday and Saturday I hung out with Rowensage from the forums.  We went around Odaiba and Ueno. First, on the way to Odaiba I shot a picture of Hachiko, the ever faithful dog outside of Shibuya station.

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≡ Category: Industry | Author: Fazman |1 Comment

Yes it is true, a Live-Action adaptation of the Anime cult classic Cowboy Bebop is currently in “early” development. Read more

≡ Category: Japan | Author: Ichigo |3 Comments

There’s been a lot of hype surrounding the new Pokemon themed Shinkansen (bullet train) by the JR East company running here in Japan. Well today I took a trip on it. It was the Asama Shinkansen between Tokyo and Nagano. We start off with a pic of good old Pikachu and the fire monkey (names will not be included other than Pikachu because I don’t know them. If you care look it up yourself).

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icon for podpress  Episode 140 [43:33m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

It’s a great show this week. I record solo from Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan. I talk about the news, review Slayers Revolution and recap my first couple weeks in Japan. Check out this great show.

Slayers Revolution - Download Now! Read more

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icon for podpress  Manga Episode 34 [64:45m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

This week Tim the Enchanter and I discuss stuffs and do things. Oh and we find one of the worst manga ever. Make sure to check out this great show.

Sundome - Wouldn’t kick it out of bed for eating Crackers
The Reformed - Even if you recieve it as a present, burn the book and piss on the ashes. Read more


Features

≡ Category: Features | Author: Ichigo |3 Comments

Last Friday and Saturday I hung out with Rowensage from the forums.  We went around Odaiba and Ueno. First, on the way to Odaiba I shot a picture of Hachiko, the ever faithful dog outside of Shibuya station.

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≡ Category: Features | Author: Ichigo |2 Comments

After my last day in Kyoto I caught the Hikari shinkansen to Shin-Osaka (New Osaka) station.  There my friend Mori-san picked me up and drove me to his house in Kashiwara-shi, which is a city to the SE of Osaka.  It’s about 30 minutes by car, and right on the Yamatoji line that runs between Osaka and Nara. His parents Ryo and Toyoko are very nice people. Ryo knows a decent amount of English, and they both speak clearly enough that I don’t have trouble understanding their Kansai-ben. Read more

≡ Category: Features | Author: Ichigo |3 Comments

Hi everyone.  Sorry it’s been a few days since my last post.  I’ve been busy all day and either too tired or no internet at night.  I’m posting this from my friend Mori-san’s laptop in Osaka before I head out to Nara this morning.

Ok, where to start.  On the 12th I headed out from Asakusa to Kyoto.  I caught the Hikari Shinkansen (bullet train) down to Kyoto.  It was about a 2:30 trip, and very nice.  I actually talked for the whole time to a guy named Hide-san who was originally from Chiba but had lived in the states for 18 years, currently in Chicago. Read more

≡ Category: Features | Author: Ichigo |4 Comments

Note, some of these are things I already knew, but now have first-hand experience.  If this is what I know from four days, imagine what I’ll know after three months. Read more

≡ Category: Features | Author: Ichigo |1 Comment

Welcome to the AP news team Fazman.  He is our first non-host member of the news team and will be posting Japan and Industry related news.  Join me in welcoming him.

Industry

≡ Category: Industry | Author: Fazman |1 Comment

Yes it is true, a Live-Action adaptation of the Anime cult classic Cowboy Bebop is currently in “early” development. Read more

≡ Category: Industry | Author: Fazman |2 Comments

A recently released Novel adaptation of Rei Hiroe’s Black Lagoon done by Gen Urobuchi has confirmed the production of a third season of Black Lagoon. Read more

≡ Category: Industry | Author: Fazman |1 Comment

Yesterday Viz Media announced That the Anime series Naruto, Bleach, and Death Note would now be available for purchase from the iTunes store. Read more

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Tonight Tuesday July 15th, PlayStation launches its online video download service for the PS3 and the PSP. At the E3 2008 press conference Sony Computer Entertainment announced that Funimation would be providing Anime titles to air for this service. Read more

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Mythwear was a licensed Anime apparel retailer most known for it’s Anime shoulder bags. The company launched back in 2001 and quickly accrued a mass of licenses to manufacture Anime apparel like bags and wallets. Some series they had rights to were Full Metal Alchemist, Hellsing, and Gravitation. Read more

Japan

≡ Category: Japan | Author: Ichigo |3 Comments

There’s been a lot of hype surrounding the new Pokemon themed Shinkansen (bullet train) by the JR East company running here in Japan. Well today I took a trip on it. It was the Asama Shinkansen between Tokyo and Nagano. We start off with a pic of good old Pikachu and the fire monkey (names will not be included other than Pikachu because I don’t know them. If you care look it up yourself).

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Forty-Nine year old Tadashi Usami was found dead in an empty swimming pool around six-twenty A.M. on Thursday Morning. His body was found face down in the pool of a residential neighborhood. Police believe that Usami was on his way home to his hotel when he stumbled into the back yard believing this was his home. Having been drinking for most of the evening with a colleague near JR Ebisu station, Usami being extremely intoxicated was unable to tell the difference between this house and his hotel. Alcohol is believed to be the main factor. Foul play is not suspected.

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Mainichi Daily News

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Well if you couldn’t guess it’s the special equipment edition of Evangelion 1.0 - you are not alone. It placed 4thon the oricon list of the top 50 dvd’s in Japan between December 24, 2007 and June 16, 2008. The special edition sold 263,395 copies, 219,000 of those were sold in the first week of its release. Read more

≡ Category: Japan | Author: Fazman |1 Comment

Yoji Totsuka became famous when he discovered that the elementary particle called neutrinos have mass. Totsuka who had been a special emeritus professor at the University of Tokyo won Japan’s Read more

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On May 12th 2008 in the Sichuan province in china there was an earthquake that took the lives of 69,196 people. This tradgedy makes its mark in the history books as the 19th most deadly eartquake of all time. The most deadliest earthquake of all time was Tangshan China in 1976 with 242,419 dead. Read more

Shows

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It’s a great show this week. I record solo from Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan. I talk about the news, review Slayers Revolution and recap my first couple weeks in Japan. Check out this great show.

Slayers Revolution - Download Now! Read more

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This week Tim the Enchanter and I discuss stuffs and do things. Oh and we find one of the worst manga ever. Make sure to check out this great show.

Sundome - Wouldn’t kick it out of bed for eating Crackers
The Reformed - Even if you recieve it as a present, burn the book and piss on the ashes. Read more

≡ Category: Shows | Author: Batou |4 Comments

 
icon for podpress  Episode 139 [56:27m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Tim and I do the show this week while Ichigo gets settled into his new home. We talk about AX and our personal feelings and opinions of the even and then I review Crystal Blaze and finally Tim finishes the show up with a full update on One Piece, YAY!

Crystal Blaze - Even if you receive it as a present. Burn the disc and piss on the ashes. Read more

≡ Category: Shows | Author: Batou |1 Comment

 
icon for podpress  Manga Episode 33 [61:19m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

This week Tim and Weltall have a great show! They review Kamichama Karin Chu and Tim takes on Dean Koontz’s In Odd We Trust, in this amazing episode.

Kamichama Karin Chu - Read it at Boarders
In Odd We Trust - Even if you receive it as a present, burn the book and piss on the ashes. Read more

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icon for podpress  One Hour Ninja [53:42m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

This is the “How to become a ninja in one hour” panel from Anime Boston.  Many thanks to Rangiku for recording this panel.