Archive for the ‘Manga’ Category
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008
FirstShowing.net reports that Leonardo DiCaprio's studio has yet again picked up another anime to be adapted into a live-action movie and this time its the ninja anime legend, Ninja Scroll. Screen writer Alex Tse who wrote the the upcoming Watchmen graphic novel adaptation will be writing the script but no ...
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Sunday, September 28th, 2008
Dropped by ACGC 2008 on a very packed Sunday. Online games booths dominated most of the event floor space but I gotta admit that ACGC had some of the best looking booths that I've ever seen in a while for an anime convention. The number of cosplayers were below expectation ...
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Wednesday, September 24th, 2008
Date : 27 - 28 September 2008
Time : 10am - 9pm (free admission)
Venue : Midvalley Exhibition Center Hall 3, Midvalley KL
Looks like ACGC 2008 is back again for a finale. The first one was held sometime in February which I missed. There'll be doujinshi booths, Cosplay competition with a Nintendo ...
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Wednesday, September 10th, 2008
Can't get enough of the Eva mania at your work place ? Impress your otaku work buddies with this pair of Evangelion inspired flash drives. On sale from 27 September, they come in 2Gb capacities and are priced at 3,980 yen each. After googling around I came across this chibi ...
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Thursday, September 4th, 2008
Via Kotaku
Looks like we've scored some screenshots from the trailer of the upcoming Dragonball live action movie that will be released in 2009. I think the general opinion from all the Dragonball fans is that the movie is probably gonna suck, and looking at Piccolo below probably confirms it. The ...
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Thursday, September 4th, 2008
Hobby Chara 2008 was held over the last weekend. Here are the coverage from various different sites:
Chara Hobby Official Site (Japanese)
DannyChoo's Gundam Coverage, Mecha Coverage, Figurine Coverage (loads of mouth watering pics)
Akiba Hobby (more on figurine coverage)
Mimibokuro Diary
Hinatatiki
Mainchi News Coverage
Post Channel Blog (too bad some of the shots were blurry)
Akiba ...
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Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008
Long time premier Gundam source Gunota Headlines is finally calling it wraps after almost 5 years citing time as a major factor for the closure. Gunota has been my main source of fresh Gundam news for as long as I can remember since they were one of the earliest around ...
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Wednesday, August 20th, 2008
Enter the craziness that is Lucky☆Star. I managed to catch the first episode of Lucky Star a few days back and I'm really drawn in by the opening sequence. Its just so zany and energetic with the hyperactive and super kawaii Lucky Star cast doing their dance. Lucky Star features ...
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Sunday, August 10th, 2008
Dropped by One Utama last Sunday to take a peek at the Animax Youth Festival 2008. I've had bad experience with heavily commercialized Cosplay events previously like the one organized by Maxis Hotlink earlier this year. So I didn't exactly set my expectations high for this event but since it ...
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Wednesday, August 6th, 2008
Venue: 1 Utama Shopping Centre (High Street)
Date: 8 - 10 August 2008
Time: 12 noon - 9 pm
Animax is organizing their Youth Festival this weekend over at the 1 Utama Shopping mall. There will be cosplay events, gaming tournaments and stalls selling anime merchandise. Seventeen Magazine will be having a talent ...
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