Girls in Japanese comics, cartoon videos or anime share a common look - big eyes that, by making the rest of the face look small, add the cuteness and sex appeal prized by many Japanese men. Since no amount of cosmetic surgery will make actual human eyes larger, some girls are trying another way to up their cute quotient: extra-wide contact lenses!
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Tokyo After The Apocalypse [PICS]
Have you ever wondered what the world would look like after Armageddon? Everyone has their own ideas – chaos, hell, fire and brimstone or an eerie calm where, finally, you’d be able to grab a few minutes of peace and quiet!
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28+ Hot Chicks Cosplay as Cowboy Bebop's Faye [PICS]
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Satoshi Kon's Theory of Animation
A look into Satoshi Kon's history and involvement as an anime director.
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EXCLUSIVE: Five Minutes Of ‘Batman: Gotham Knight’
Sure it’s not five minutes of “The Dark Knight” but Batman: Gotham Knight is going to be awesome. Set between the events of “Batman Begins” and “The Dark Knight,” “Gotham Knight” is an anthology of six animated tales starring everyone’s favorite caped crusader. The full movie is out on DVD on July 8th but here’s a hefty five minute chunk to whet your appetite.
Read more »Anime History's Summer Anime Picks
Here is an evaluation of this summer's upcoming series.
Read more »Amazon Japan: Blu-ray Has Edge in Anime, Action
Amazon Japan KK, which runs the "Amazon.co.jp" Internet bookstore in Japan, has announced its Blu-ray Disc (BD) title sales (including pre-orders) rankings for the first half of 2008 (Dec 1, 2007, to May 31, 2008). Sony Pictures Entertainment (Japan) Inc's "Resident Evil - Trilogy Box" topped in the 1H, according to the announcement. This title was released in the BD and DVD formats at the same time, but BD sales significantly outperformed DVD sales, Amazon said...
Read more »Super Anime Day, Super Comic Day announced by SuperCon
Super Anime Day will be a one day festival for Anime, Manga, Cosplay and Video Game fans and will feature anime voice actors, guest artists, anime, manga, cosplay, video games hosted by Gamerz Paradise, indoor and outdoor photo shoots, music, games/contests, costume and cosplay contests, panels, AMV's, late night dance party and more! Guests for Super Anime Day are being lined up and will be announced in the coming weeks. The hours for the show will be 11:00am - Midnight.
Read more »Library plans Anime Fest for local kids
With school out children often suffer from boredom, so the Athens-Limestone Public Library is giving them something new and fun to do. Saturday will be the library's first Anime Fest for anyone age 8 and older.
Read more »Anime, TVN Strike Long-Term VoD Deal
Using TVN’s extensive suite of services across North America, Anime Network announced today that it’s entered a three-year, comprehensive Video on Demand services partnership with TVN. Supporting Anime Network’s subscription and free on demand programming services across various codecs and formats.
Read more »Omnicon reveals the local rise of the female anime enthusiast
Females were in the minority at the Holidome on Thursday, the first day of the Omnicon anime and video game convention. But while groups of teen boys clustered around the competitive gaming tournaments and played deadly serious games of Yu-Gi-Oh cards, the girls were among the biggest spenders - and the best dressed.
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Duck Hunt Meets Anime
This is awesome. Some guys made up a live-action rendition of Duck Hunt for a talent show. Includes cameos from anime characters.
Read more »First Official Dragonball Movie Promo Image
Here's the first official promotional image for the DB. It appeared in manga Shonen Jump, where the original Dragonball manga appeared.
Read more »Sega Bringing Two Anime Titles To DS
Sega of America has taken it upon itself to remind gamers and anime fans alike that it will be bringing two separate anime-based titles to the Nintendo DS by the end of the year. Bleach: Dark Souls and Dinosaur King.
Read more »Declining Marriage Rate in Japan
Research done by Goo Japan shows that the number of unmarried folks in Japan is on the increase.
The percentage of unmarried men aged 25 - 29 has reached 70% compared to the 1950's where it was only 34%.