Adding to the growing list of merchandise from the reboot of the Neon Genesis Evangelion series, comes two new skateboard decks. A collaboration with FTC Tokyo, intheyellow and RADIO EVA, the decks are based on the first two movies: Evangelion: 1.0…
Japanese clothing company COSPA now gives you the opportunity to show off your favourite VRMMORPG, Sword Art Online. The t-shirt comes emblazoned with the Sword Art Online logo, tagline, and launch date on the front. The logo of the fictional…
Even though the PlayStation 3 has been available since 2006, Sony still kept churning out PlayStation 2 consoles. Now, after 12-plus years and an estimated 150 million units later, Sony is closing down their Japanese production line for PlayStation 2…
Level-5 has uploaded the opening video to their YouTube channel revealing the latest Inazuma Eleven game for the Nintendo Wii. Inazuma Eleven GO Strikers 2013 contains a mixture of elements of role-playing and sports-based games. On-field, players can use special…
The movie for Kazue Kato’s Blue Exorcist series makes a special appearance in Volume 5 of Shueisha’s Jump SQ.19 magazine. Along with a commemorative cover, the Japanese magazine includes an outline of the movie’s story, promotional products, words from the main…
In anticipation of the next Neon Genesis Evangelion movie, the Animate Cafe in Tokyo’s Ikebukuro district will be serving up Evangelion-themed food for the month of November as the aptly titled Evangelion Cafe. The menu includes a variety of drinks…
The age old problem of dressing sharp while still showing your passion for manga has been solved. Japanese department store Isetan will be selling limited run trench coats with linings designed by popular manga artists. Artists including Masashi Kishimoto (Naruto), Takeshi Konomi…
Based on a series of light novels written by Reki Kawahara and illustrated by abec, Sword Art Online is also the name of a Virtual Reality Massively Multiple Online Role Playing Game (VRMMORPG) where the players are injected into the…
Ten years ago, a collaboration between Disney and Square Enix (then called Squaresoft) resulted in the birth of a video game franchise called Kingdom Hearts. Last month, Square Enix announced that it would combine the games Kingdom Hearts Final Mix…
Have you ever wondered what project an artist is working on after they finish a successful manga series? Here’s a sampling of what Hiromu Arakawa, Hiroyuki Takei, Takeshi Obata and Rumiko Takahashi have been up to recently.
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