Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai! Season 2 Officially Confirmed

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In the latest issue of Newtype magazine there is an intriguing promotional image, one that mentions about the second season of your favourite Kyoto Animation anime Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai! The image below is seen in that issue and mentions that the second season of the tv anime will be coming.   This announcement is rather not too surprising since Kyoto released a small teaser two months ago featuring the words “contract renewal”, which hints at more … Continue reading

Figure Review: Dante – Devil May Cry

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With the release of the Devil May Cry reboot, fans of the series seem to be longing for the old Dante. The white haired, pizza eating, sword swinging, gunslinging anti-hero we had all come to know and love. Having his own anime series as well as being featured as the main character in the four previous DMC games, Dante has certainly become an icon among gamers and otakus alike. He is definitely one of the … Continue reading

Spring 2013 Quick First Impressions (Part 1)

Sorry this is quite late since I’m quite busy with reviewing for the PT Licensure exam like I said on my Spring preview. Anyhow, these are my impressions on some of the series I manage to watch on my free time and as you can see from the title there will be a Part 2 so watch out for it. Btw, those impressions below are solely based on the first episode of the series I’ve … Continue reading

Mewtwo Transforms in New Pokemon 2013 Film Trailer

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The latest trailer for Pokémon the Movie: ExtremeSpeed Genesect: Mewtwo’s Awakening reveals how Mewtwo changes form to the brand new Pokemon that was announced in the past few weeks. Of course, new scenes from the upcoming film was featured. But as the video noted, the way Mewtwo transforms in the film “doesn’t represent actual game footage”. We might get a different explanation in latest installments of the Pokemon game franchise, Pokemon X and Pokemon Y. … Continue reading

Zero no Tsukaima Author Noboru Yamaguchi Passes Away

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Media Factory’s MF Bunko J Editor-in-Chief Taiji Misaka announced on Wednesday that Zero no Tsukaima (The Familiar of Zero) author Noboru Yamaguchi (ヤマグチノボル) passed away on April 4th after a two-year battle with cancer. He was 41 years old. Yamaguchi was writing game scenarios when he made his novel-writing debut in 2000 through the Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko imprint. He then published the first volume of his most famous work, the Zero no Tsukaima light novel … Continue reading

New Infinite Stratos Anime Officially Revealed

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Overlap, the publisher of the IS <Infinite Stratos> light novel series by Izuru Yumizuru, has revealed in a promotional campaign that a new anime of Infinite Stratos has been green lit and is in production. This reveal is seen on a pamphlet revealed on Overlap’s official website, which can be seen below. This news comes just weeks after Kana Hanazawa, the voice actress of Charlotte Dunois in the first season of Infinite Stratos revealed that she was voicing Charlotte in a new series, with no … Continue reading

Discussion on Aku no Hana – 01

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Ah, yes. Aku no Hana. It’s one of my favorite manga. In fact, I remember when I made a post on the Haruhichan blog asking for someone to translate the manga. I was desperate. I wanted more Aku no Hana. I bet you could guess on how excited I was to learn that it was finally getting animated. This was finally going to be an anime that I could get excited about. However, we all … Continue reading

Two Girls und Panzer Cars up for Sale: ¥2,399,000 & ¥1,449,000

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Two anime themed cars, called itashas, with the Girls und Panzer theme are currently up for sale after one of them was revealed in January at the Automobile museum Toyota Auto Salon Amlux and numerous other conventions. The two cars, one a Toyota Prius and the other a Toyota Vitz, will be available for purchase online via a lotto system. From April 2nd to the 14th potential buyers may have a chance to take the car home and show it … Continue reading

Rurouni Kenshin Movie – Review

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Title: Rurouni Kenshin (るろうに剣心) Genre: Historical, Action, Romance, Drama Rating: 9.2/10 Summary: Former legendary assassin Kenshin Himura (Takeru Sato) has now become a wandering samurai. Offering aid & protecting those in need as atonement for his past deeds. During this time comes across and aides Kaoru Kamiya (Emi Takei). Her father opened the Kamiya Kasshin-ryu, a kendo school located in Tokyo and Kaoru is now an instructor there. Kaoru then invites Kenshin to stay at her dojo. Their … Continue reading