Opening on the 28th July in Japan is the 9th Naruto film (and sixth Naruto Shippuden film) Road to Ninja. Cinema goers in Japan also get a 30 minute motion comic and a special card from Miracle Battle Carddass when they go to see the movie. Naruto: Road to Ninja features chracters and a story […]
The top 100 selling manga in Japan this year
Japanese entertainment hub Oricon have published two lists on which manga have sold the most in the first half of this year. There are plenty of names which will be familiar to western audiences as well as titles to watch out for. The first list shows the 10 most purchased series. One Piece [13,833,116] Naruto […]
Anime top trumps
Anime Trumps is a game from NGames. On the 14th it opens its doors to welcome beta testers – and this phase will run until the 28th of March. After that all the data will be wiped. Actually, the blog title is wrong. It’s not “top trumps”. I think that’s a trademark but the idea […]
Fan film: Naruto Shippuden: Dreamers Fight
The plot is pretty simple – Rock Lee decides he needs to test himself by fighting Naruto. Okay; that’s a simple plot but it fits with the rest of the Naruto Shippuden series I’ve seen. It sounds like something Rock Lee would do and Naruto agree to. This 15 movie (part 1) isn’t really about […]
Naruto causes OCD? Photographic evidence
Once again the mighty Reddit must be thanked. This photograph comes from Uniqlo who I’ve seen described as “Japan’s Gap” but that’s mean because Uniqlo does cool things and Gap’s Gap. I wonder just how badly the employee suffered from OCD to arrange this t-shirt pile in the first place and also maintain it as […]
Uniqlo launch Naruto t-shirt range
Can’t say I normally investigate the Uniqlo website but today Manga UK are running a quick competition to win a Naruto t-shirt from them. Turns out that their new Naruto t-shirt range is pretty funky. I’ve grabbed about half of the total to highlight some of my favourites. Hopefully they’ll do some more anime ranges. […]
More Pockie Ninja screenshots and head scratching teasers
My tiny flat is cluttered with Bleach and Nautro DVDs. Even though I don’t trust myself to start an MMO without getting addicted I’m very interested in NGame’s Pockie Ninja. It’s just so odd. Have they confirmed they’ve got the license for these mega characters yet? I’ve seen speculation that they’re keeping mum about that… […]
Project Ninja becomes Pockie Ninja and oozes Naruto appeal
The Project Ninja mystery is now well and truly revealed. First we discovered it was NGames behind it and that it would be an anime MMO. Now we’ve got the MMO’s real name: Pockie Ninja. Sounds a bit like pocket ninja to me. Furthermore, there are no prizes for predicting the URL pockieninja.com for the […]
Project Ninja revealed: It’ll be an anime MMO
We’ve been hearing a bit about a secret “Project Ninja” with blogs speculating what it might be about. At the end of last year Geek Native published the first set of character illustrations and noticed how much like Naruto and Bleach they were. Now we know the truth. Project Ninja will be an anime MMO. […]
Thirteen1 tease Bleach and Naruto fans with “Project Ninja”
I’ve a press release from gamer magazine and collective Thirteen1. It’s for Project Ninja – the only catch being that they’re refusing to say what Project Ninja is. A web comic? Could be. A game? Could be. We know that Project Ninja followss the life and journey of one ninja who has been tasked with […]
