Tag: Anime

There is no doubt that Japanese anime's stories vary greatly from cute, funny, educational, heroic, romantic, horror, erotic to grotesque. Makoto Shinkai's latest animation film "The Garden of Words" ...

The popular anime franchise Evangelion is well know for creating all kind of Evangelion-themed products. To promote the DVD and Blu-Ray release of the latest movie Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo ...

Residents in Japan may have spotted that recently Kirin has been featuring Disney characters on its Gogo no Kocha (Afternoon Tea) drink bottle labels. Just another gratuitous and forgettable ploy ...

A men's apparel shop that offers fashion based on anime franchise Mobile Suit Gundam, Strict G, has announced a new collection. Amuro Style is inspired by the clothes worn by Gundam protagonist Amuro ...

During the Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11th, 2011 many of the victims or people affected were children. So the Pokémon With You project was started to support the disaster-struck region and ...

Akira Toriyama fans are looking forward to the end of this month. After seventeen years away, Dragon Ball Z is finally back in theaters with an feature-length anime. On March 30, Dragon Ball Z: ...

The new Liberal Democratic Party government has announced a new "Cool Japan" cultural campaign with a proposed budget of 50 billion yen funded from fiscal 2013's budget. The bill is to be submitted ...

Think you like Evangelion? Think again. Not till you've created an Evangelion Angel out of cardboard that looks as good as this can you call yourself a real fan! Sure, you may be able to ...

While the world goes mad for Christmas, anime fans are gathering in Akihabara for the Fuyu no Rajikan Matsuri 2012 (Winter Radio Kaikan Festival 2012), where so-called "itasha" (cars decorated with ...

A teaser trailer has been released for artist (and uber-businessman) Takashi Murakami's first film, a fantasy movie called "Jellyfish Eyes" (Mememe no kurage) that is set for release in April 2013 in ...

Gundam nabe, anyone? In these colder months locals in Japan tend to indulge in some nicely warming nabe hot pots. But perhaps just plain ol' regular ingredients like onions, mushrooms and so on ...

No more flabby anime fans. Stop watching Evangelion and get off the couch. You've got walking to do! That's what health gadgets maker Tanita is banking on with this Evangelion Digital Pocket ...

Fans of the Japanese anime series Puella Magi Madoka Magica can now saddle up on a motorcycle decorated in the themes of the cult anime and manga. All right, so it's an electric scooter and is ...