The holidays are sneaking closer and the combination of extra hours at work and endless shopping has made anime watching more of a challenge. Bah! It’ll take more than a bit of time pressure to stop this geek from getting his dose of animated action. In this Irregular Reconnaissance column I offer a collection of […]
How to deal with zombies
One Piece is incredibly popular anime. It’s the story of pirates, with zany humour and strange powers. Monsters and creatures are common hazards but it looks like zombies aren’t a problem for Luffy.
E3: One Piece Pirate Warriors
The mammoth anime and manga series One Piece made an appearance at the 2012 E3. Bandai Namaco have One Piece: Pirate Warriors ready for a 2012 release on the PlayStation 3. Luffy and his crew are available for online and offline co-op missions. The game allows players to be Luffy, Zoro, Nami and other pirates […]
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 […]
93 anime songs in less than 5 minutes
Have you ever tried to squeeze 93 different anime opening songs into just 4 minutes and 25 seconds? Bad luck if you have because this rather impressive video manages to get 93 different anime opening themes into just 4 minutes and 24 seconds. Here’s the list: 009-1 Ah! My Goddess Ai Yori Aoshi Angelic Layer […]
Amazing lego anime models
It’s simply amazing what people can build out of Lego. Combine the really healthy online Lego community with the huge anime fan culture and it should come as no surprise that there’s some fantastic cross-over. This quick blog post simply showcases a half dozen lego anime creations. One rule; no Gundams here. There’s no suggestion […]
