Summer anime season is fast approaching with what looks to be a great line-up of shows. Some returning friends and a solid group of popular game, manga, and light novel adaptions. Studio GONZO is back for its first anime in 2 years as well as BONES and Production I.G. with highly anticipated shows.  Summaries and...

Click each image above for an audio sample of each seiyuu in action on the remote. Toshiba has released a free android (v2.1+) app as part of their REGZA AppsConnect line that will turn your phone into a TV and DVD/BD Recorder remote and you’ll get 6 of the best anime voice actresses...

Winter anime season is upon us with a bevy (17) of new shows. Summaries and links for info and similcast follow. Overall a good quality line-up of shows for a Winter season and a pretty good number of shows too. Only 2 of the shows are 2nd seasons (Mitsudomoe and Kimi ni Todoke) compared to...

Auction number two has ended with 51 bidders and a winning bid of 323,100¥ (approximately $3,765USD) for your piece(s) of Gundam Update: First auction has significantly revised final bid! With a winning bid of 323,100¥ someone is taking home a bit of Gundam of their very own. The approximately $3,765USD winning bid is a far...

Looks to be an interesting fall season upcoming with several popular shows (Arakawa, Sora no Otoshimono, Tegami Bachi, Index,Super Robot Wars, Pokemon, Love-Ru) having second seasons or continuations. Studio Gainax’s anticipated show “Panties and Garterbelts” looks to carry some interesting animation (looking like Power Puff Girls to me anyway). Star Driver from BONES looks interesting...

3 spare parts, 3 decals for 59-foot statue fetches US$47,000 for children’s vaccines Yahoo Auctions! Japan sold three sets of spare parts and three decals from the 1/1-scale Gundam statue for charity for 4,001,000 yen (about US$47,000). The auction ran last week (08/16 to 08/23) and received 224 bids. The charity benefits the Japanese charity...

The 1/1 scale Gundam has risen..again! The RX-78-2 Gundam now located at JR’s Higashi-Shizuoka Station at Shizuoka city will have its officially unveiling to the public on July 24th, 2010.  {more info and photos after the jump} The animatronic Gundam is visiting Shizuoka as part of the 30th Gundam anniversary and is planned to there...

All Nippon Airways (ANA) in collaboration with Sotsu(Bandai) and Sunrise(Bandai) have launched the ANAxGundam Sky Project to commemorate the 30th Anniversary of the Gundam franchise.  The Boeing 777-300 aircraft is themed with a life-size Gundam images and lettering. Its maiden flight is set for July 16, 2010 (Friday) as ANA25 from Tokyo (Haneda) to Osaka...

The Black Rock Shooter OVA anime was pre-viewed today (July 7th) at 3:00pm in Akihabara having just been finished at 11:30am that morning. It was revealed that the approximately 600,000 free DVDs will be released with subtitles in seven languages. Sponsoring magazines: Hobby Japan (July 24th), Megami (July 30th), and ...