A regular camera-toting, video-game-playing, hockey-watching, snow-shoveling Canadian, Frederick, aka Nephrus, loves his anime. Born and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia, Frederick runs amok between his hometown and the southern US, spending time with friends, at anime conventions and looking for some good burgers, pasta or ramen.
With Anime Revolution, or AniRevo for short, this past weekend, there comes cosplay. With thousands descending on Canada Place over the span of three days, many in costume, it was a colourful and fun event. Unable to make it to…
ELEVEN ARTS and Viz Media are bringing Boruto: Naruto the Movie to select theatres across the United States this October. Naruto has achieved his dream of becoming Hokage and has started a family; but his own son, Boruto, wants to make…
While San Japan: 8-Bit concluded a week ago, it’s time to reminisce the fun three-day weekend with lots and lots of photos. Even in the sweltering Texas heat, everyone still suited up in amazing costumes to embrace their love for…
The threat of rain and dark clouds didn’t dampen the thousands of people who came out to take in the first night of the Honda Celebration of Light. First on the list for the 25th anniversary of the fireworks festival…
The new Student Union Building at the University of British Columbia was packed with people for this year’s Anime Evolution convention. All sorts of people were dressed up in outfits from their favourite anime, video game or pop culture series…
The latest Dragon Ball Z movie is hitting Canadian theatres for one day only this summer! On August 6th, select Cineplex locations will be screening the English dub of Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection ‘F’. Goku’s greatest nemesis is back! Following…
With summer is already in full gear, beat the heat by stopping off at Tea Sparrow’s first annual Iced Tea Festival. Sample many loose-leaf iced teas from Germany, Canada, and the United States on Sunday, July 19th between 11:00 am…
Satoru Iwata, the president of Nintendo Co., Ltd., has passed away at age 55 on July 11th, 2015. Nintendo issued a brief statement of Iwata’s death from a bile duct growth on their web site. Iwata was a visible face…
The popular Canadian 80s’ cartoon The Raccoons could be on its way back to television after 30 years according to series creator Kevin Gillis. In a briefing with Canadian media, Gillis has “…been thinking about it for the last four…
Watch out America; the titans are headed for our shores! The rights to the two live-action Attack on Titan movies based on Hajime Isayama’s popular manga series of the same name have been acquired by Texas-based FUNimation. FUNimation currently holds…