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.
Now that FUNimation has acquired the rights to Atsushi Okubo’s Soul Eater, the names for the English voice cast are being released. Soul Eater follows Maka Albarn, Death the Kid and Black Star, who are all students at the Death …
I recently returned from a short visit to southern Texas to attend an anime convention in San Antonio, called San Japan 2.x. While there, I had the opportunity to tour the city and take in the sights of one America’s …
Anime Central returns to the Donald E. Stephens Convention Centre in Rosemont, Illinois May 14th to 16th, 2010. This will be the thirteenth incarnation of the convention, so they’re going with a different theme this time: the macabre side of …
A while back, I mentioned that Viz would be bringing the Naruto Shippuden series to DVD in North America. Now that Viz has partnered up with Amazon to run their online store, we can finally see what the DVDs look …
After the Fullmetal Alchemist animated series ended in 2006, alchemy fans had to hold their breath until the series was relaunched earlier this year as Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood. As the Elric brother’s journey is retold closer to the manga’s storyline, …
Vancouver can claim itself to be one of the best cities to grab a bite in. With so many different cultures and peoples in this part of the province, there’s some good eats to be found. These are a selection …
TransLink has announced that the Canada Line, the new rapid transit line from downtown Vancouver to YVR/Richmond, will be up and running on August 17th, 2009. From 1:00 pm to 9:00 pm PDT, passengers will be able to make the …
Vancouver Canucks General Manager, Mike Gillis, assumes the role of President of Canucks Sports and Entertainment as Chris Zimmerman steps down. Chris has been with the team for three seasons after coming over from Nike Bauer Hockey in 2006. Chris …
The Vancouver Canucks have announced that Kyle Wellwood has been re-signed with a new one year contract. The 26 year old native of Windsor, Ontario, had scored 18 goals, with 9 assists in 74 games as a Canuck, a career …