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Kamen Rider @ Tokyo Metro Subways!
May 4th
Usually, Kamen Riders would travel on bikes, but this time, they took the train yo! They won’t be alone, as the lovely Miss Rina Akiyama, will be hiding out somewhere on a decked-out Ginza subway line train through May 9, as part of a promotional tie up with Tokyo Metro for the film Kamen Rider The Movie – Cho Den-ou Trilogy! 
Last Sunday was even crazier as two hundred fans swarmed to Ueno station to take a joyride on the train for its first run and watch performances by Akiyama and other “Kamen Rider” characters. One excited fan commented, “I think I’ll ride the subway more often from now on.” Good for the ol’ chap, because who knows after this, he’ll get to meet Ultraman?
Source: Sanspo
GUNDAM CAFE @ Akihabara! >:D
Apr 27th
Greetings, Gundam fans all over Malaysia! If you had missed the event at Odaiba Island of the life-size Gundam RX-78 last year, do not fret! Just last Saturday, a theme restaurant based on the popular Japanese sci-fi animation series ‘Mobile Suit Gundam’ had open in Tokyo’s Electric City, Akihabara! Dubbing the name GUNDAM CAFE, visitors can watch various videos providing information about the popular animation series, which began on television 31 years ago, while trying foods and deserts featuring its key characters and futuristic settings in the 60-seat maid cafe-like restaurant! Female staff member dressed in the uniforms of either from the Earth Federation or the Principality of Zeon will also act as models in the cafe, posing for photographs with visitors (you do not want to miss this!)
So remember fellas, if you drop by Akihabara, do drop by the Gundam Cafe! It’s just behind the Akihabara JR Station, you can’t miss it once you get off the train there
*well, there’s no life-size mobile suit to look at, but hey, instead of just looking, now you could be drinking! (gundam soda lol)
Official GUNDAM CAFE website (Japanese): http://g-cafe.jp/index.html
Fancy a Trip To Tokyo 3?
Mar 29th
Wanting to visit Tokyo 3, the famous place where the world of Shin Seiki Evangelion was centered in? Well you can, in a way. Tokyo 3 is based upon the real life Hakone in Japan, and the Hakone Tourism Committee, under supervision of Studio Khara and Gainax decided to cash in on that fact by releasing around 10,000 pamphlets, aptly titled “Evangelion Hakone Complementation Map” (ヱヴァンゲリヲン箱根補完マップ)”
Situated in Kanagawa, the map of Hakone, sorry, I mean Tokyo 3 will give fans a chance to visit all the famous places that was featured in the series. One might wonder if they also have a large hole (geofront) underneath the city. The map also suggest the best routes to go to all of these places, which is a good way to get some of these fans exercising without them knowing it.
Yozakura Quartet Anime Remake
Mar 24th
Yozakura Quartet mangaka, Suzuhito Yasuda (who also drew the characters for the popular series Durarara!) has said on his twitter that the manga will have another anime adaptation. The adaptation will according to him, be a reset from the first anime adaptation, which was panned worldwide due to it’s lack of quality and diverging storyline from the manga.
Ryoochimo Sawa is directing, designing the characters and overseeing the animation production. Tatsunoko Pro and KMMJ Studios are producing, and the studio Kusanagi is handling the backgrounds. Yu Kobayashi is in charge of storyboards. Atsushi Suemitsu, the musician better known as Suemitsu & The Suemith, is performing the ending theme song and composing the background music. Despite the changes in the staff from the earlier television anime series, Yasuda says that the cast will remain unchanged.
It’s a good news indeed, and might be due to the fact that the FullMetal Alchemist remake which now follows the manga proven to be better than the first adaptation, altho the fact that it will start at book 9 means we won’t see remake of the first 8 volumes.
Talk about this in our forum
Sauce: ANN
Latest Japanese Shinkansen Dubbed “Hatsune”
Mar 24th
An online competition to name a new shinkansen in Japan has ended with a loads of Hatsune Miku fans, the virtual idol produced by Yamaha, to name it “Hatsune” due to the similarity of the colouring between the train and the aforementioned character.
The new “E5″ class shinkansen, with a top speed of nearly 300KM/h will be in service in Tohoku. While the similarity of the colour being somewhat coincidental, fans are quick to flood social networking sites such as Mixi and Twitter to hijack the online votes and name it “Hatsune”. And it was so overwhelming that while the vote will only conclude at the end of the month, it’s now confirmed that nothing can topple the name from the top of the polls.
Reactions are somewhat mixed in the online community
Creepy.
Doesn’t your crotch get hot knowing our Miku-chan is now something train otaku fap over?
They do look a bit alike somehow.
It’s an exceedingly ugly Miku-chan…
They’ll be guys who splatter themselves on the train you know.
Stop that, creepy otaku.
Won’t they be happy that they can “get inside” Miku?
It’s absolutely disgusting that you’d come up with that…
Don’t name an ugly vehicle like this after Miku-chan you damn idiots!
Via: Sankaku Complex
Bleach Latest In Hollywood Adaptation
Mar 24th
Popular long running shounen manga title, Bleach is all but confirmed to be the latest in line of Japanese titles to be remade into a Hollywood adaptation in a money making scheme to cash on the Japanese boom worldwide.
Set to be released by Warner Bros sometime in 2014, the producer is a somewhat surprise selection of Peter Segal, more known with his slapstick comedy movie such as Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult and Get Smart.
While there are no lacking of originality in the Hollywood market, big studios are not keen to fund something that is unproven, preferring to adapt something that has already existing. The US audience is also somewhat to blame, preferring CG laden cheap remakes that is definitely inferior to the original while ignoring well thought and critically acclaimed locally produced ones.
Creators: Who The Hell Do You Think We Are?
Mar 22nd
In a completely unexpected showcase of unity and iron will, manga artists and anime creators alike unleashed an epic barrage of opposition against a proposed loli ban, a draconian bill set to be voted on March. More >