Gundam

Fans of Gurren Lagann and Kill La Kill will instantly recognize the new anime film Promare as the work of director Hiroyuki Imaishi. This would be the case even if Promare's hero Galo Thymos didn't look suspiciously similar to Gurren Lagann's Kamina, and even…

Castlevania showrunner Adi Shankar has become well known for his dark retellings of the nerdy franchises that we hold near and dear to our hearts, but which fandom does he want to tackle next?Last week, Shankar added a gritty, violent Pokemon parody, The End …

After teasing a custom-fabricated kitchen knife — resembling a Zaku‘s Heat Hawk blade from the Gundam series anime — last year, Amenoma has now released the batch of colorful kitchen blades. Made from forged steel in Miki City, located in Japan’s Hyogo Pref…

Adult Swim's Toonami programming block is the strongest it has ever been lately as the biggest series around often join the lineup not long after they have become a part of the anime fan conversation. It's harder than ever to stand out among so many heavy hit…

Launching in the middle of a Steam sale is risky, but re-launching with a fancy expanded remaster? A good reason to give Project Nimbus: Complete Edition another look. It’s an aerial shooter (basically Ace Combat with Gundams) with all the melodramatic battle…

The Blu-ray Deluxe Edition for the live-actionTouken Ranbu the Movie -Keish- sold 35,711 copies to land at #1 on the overall Blu-ray Disc chart. RankLast WeekTitleWeekly CopiesTotal CopiesRelease Da…

Mobile Suit Gundam is a testament to the power of anime and manga. With numerous statues in Japan erected depicting the mech suits, hundreds of million of plastic models sold, and more anime series than we can count, it doesn't seem like the series will be st…

R-Type wasnt supposed to come back. When the studio behind it, Irem, released R-Type Final in the early 2000s, it meant the name literally. Final was supposed to be the last proper game in the celebrated 2D shooter series. And sure, a pair of PSP spinoffs fo…

Anime is more widely available and distributed than ever, and it's easier to legally stream many series than it was many years ago. But unfortunately, the options for free legal streaming have taken a hit. Resourceful anime fans have been using the Yahoo! Vie…

Another day, another Japanese VR arcade that we’re intensely jealous of. This time it’s the latest from Bandai Namco, which looks to offer a greatest hits of its VR software. Mazaria is a gigantic VR facility opening soon in the Toshima Ward in Tokyo. Namco …