River City Ransom 2 coming to Japanese WiiWare

PLAY on March 25 The sequel to one of the best Nintendo games ever is getting released in Japan this summer. Will it make it to US shores?  

Toriko: Gourmet Survival Screenshots Make Me Hungry Like A MAN

PLAY on March 25 Thanks to our benevolent dictator, I’ve just recently become aware that Toriko is a thing. If you’re not aware of it, Toriko is an anime about the baddest MotherEffer to ever live, and his goal to kill and eat the most dangerous and delicious monsters in existence.  

New Super Robot Wars Z2 Trailer, 16 Minutes Of Hot Robot On Robot Action

PLAY on March 25 It figures, as soon as I write about my newfound obsession with Super Robot Wars, Banpresto has to go and release a 16 minute trailer for the newest entry to the series. Not only does Super Robot Wars Z2 look fantastic, but there a many new mecha as well! Hit the jump for sweet robot-filled glory.  

Sale Alert: Massive Anime Savings At Amazon

WATCH on March 25 Until April 4th, Amazon is having some amazing deals on anime blu-ray and DVD sets. There are some major savings that I would highly suggest you take advantage of, including entire shows for as low as 12 dollars.  

Morning Cup o’ Music

PLAY on March 24 I’m going to culture the hell out of you today.  

Viz Media iPad App – Review

READ on March 24 I’ve read manga for what seems like 20 years now. I’ve read it in both English and Japanese and for some reason, I’ve enjoyed reading manga much more than reading comic books here in America. This may be because I’m a stark raving mad weeaboo when it comes to Japanese culture, but for me it’s a bit more than that.  

Weeaboo Wednesday: Learning The Ways of Super Robot Wars

FEATURED on March 23 Though there is many different genres of anime, the one I’ve always been most attracted to has been mecha. I love giant humanoid robots fighting each other, whether it’s the hardcore scientific side like Armored Troopers Votoms, or the insane fighting-spirit powered robots of GaoGaiGar. So when I learned there was a Japan-only video game... 

Sailor Moon Manga To Be Rereleased In U.S., Codename: Sailor V Getting First Translation

READ on March 23 There’s no point in trying to hide it, I watched the crap out of Sailor Moon when I was a kid, and I’m sure most of you reading this did too… so it goes without saying that I’m ready to drop some cash for more fighting of evil by moonlight.  

Shonen Jump’s 100th Issue Milestone

READ on March 23 I know that it’s been going strong in Japan for a hell of a lot longer than it has in the United States, but any manga that is published in English with the original right-to-left reading style intact hitting a milestone like this is damn impressive.  

League of Legends Donates Your Purchases to Tsunami Relief

PLAY on March 21 If you ever needed a reason to justify micro-transactions, now is the time!  

Like Manga? Like Fancy Tech? Check Out The Viz Manga Ipad App

READ on March 21 I don’t know about you, but I love digital comics. Being able to read comics on my phone is awesome (and a great way to burn time). Viz is leading the pack on digital manga, and has some pretty sweet deals this month.  

Morning Cup o’ Music

PLAY on March 21 It’s Monday and we all hate being back at work after a weekend. But at least I can give you a little ray of sunshine today to help out a bit.  

Japan is One Step Closer to G-Gundam

WATCH on March 19 First you need something to translate human movements to another body, then you need scale it up several orders of magnitude so it works on a giant mecha, then you need to put a giant boxing ring satellite system around Earth’s orbit. Only then will we learn how to truly wage war using nothing but our honor and our shining burning fingers.  

RLR #81 – It’s Raining Yiff

FEATURED on March 18 Oh Crom, why did you let me record a show pre-St. Patrick’s Day and only gave me 3 beers? I blame you for the awesome yet offensive show which we offer up to the public today.  

Your Nuclear Apocalypse Survival Tip: Potassium Iodide

FEATURED on March 16 All up and down the West Coast, heck, even in Arizona of all places, people are bum rushing Pharmacies and Health Food Stores for one simple thing, Potassium Iodide, why? Let me put my resources as a buyer for health food stores to good use.  

Hiroyuki Okiura Ends His Decade Long Directing Absence

READ on March 16 Production I.G. has announced recently that the fan favorite director Hiroyuki Okiura will be taking on directing duties for the upcoming anime “A Letter to Momo”. I am excite.  

Morning Cup o’ Music

PLAY on March 16 I challenge all of you who read this post to find another anime that was as violent as Berserk while being as heart wrenching as it could be throughout the series.  

Viz’s Haikasoru Brings You Rocket Girls

READ on March 16 For those of you who spend your time with your hands down your pants, Haikasoru, a VIZ media brand has been bringing us Japanese Sci-fi for a good while now and lucky for us we have the pleasure of enjoying a new release.  

Morning Cup o’ Music

PLAY on March 15 Continuing on with the anime songs that make me weepy theme I started yesterday with Wings of Honneamise, I bring you perhaps the most fucked song to be played during the Third Coming when we are all reduced to an ocean of LCL.  

VIZ Streaming the Finale to Cross Game RIGHT NOW

WATCH on March 15 If you’re an old-ass weeaboo like me, then you know all too well who VIZ is, although many of us might recall them as VIZ Video from the good old days of renting Ranma 1/2 VHS tapes from the local Hastings and hoping the parent’s didn’t see the rampant boobage the series introduced kids like me to.