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July 13, 2008

GSDF Colonel Dies in Empty Pool

Forty-Nine year old Tadashi Usami was found dead in an empty swimming pool around six-twenty A.M. on Thursday Morning. His body was found face down in the pool of a residential neighborhood. Police believe that Usami was on his way home to his hotel when he stumbled into the back yard believing this was his home. Having been drinking for most of the evening with a colleague near JR Ebisu station,Usami being extremely intoxicated was unable to tell the difference between this house and his hotel. Alcohol is believed to be the main factor. Foul play is not suspected.

Source:
Mainichi Daily News

July 11, 2008

Mythwear Officially out of Bussiness

Mythwear was a licensed Anime apparel retailer most known for it’s Anime shoulder bags. The company launched back in 2001 and quickly accrued a mass of licenses to manufacture Anime apparel like bags and wallets. Some series they had rights to were Full Metal Alchemist, Hellsing, and Gravitation. Continue reading “Mythwear Officially out of Bussiness”

July 11, 2008

Gundam 00 prepares for Season 2 and American release

Last season Gundam fans all over rejoiced over the first season of Gundam 00. While still primarily a giant robot show, this series focus a lot more on the pilots and their reasons for being Gundam pilots. Although there is still that evil organization lurking in the corner that drives them. The Japanese site for 00 has been updated for season two giving the premise for the next season and updated character info in aftermath of the first season’s finale. Continue reading “Gundam 00 prepares for Season 2 and American release”

July 11, 2008

A new magazine in town?

When the news came that Newtype USA would be ceasing publication many fans were shocked. For a lot of fans Newtype USA was a one stop Mag for Anime, Manga and more. you couldn’t wait to see who would be on this months cover or what poster was inside. But what all the anime fans wanted was the DVD inside with three free episodes of new shows to watch. So to say we were sad to see Newtype USA go would be an understatement. Continue reading “A new magazine in town?”

July 11, 2008

And the #4 selling DVD in Japan is….

Well if you couldn’t guess it’s the special equipment edition of Evangelion 1.0 – you are not alone. It placed 4^thon the oricon list of the top 50 dvd’s in Japan between December 24, 2007 and June 16, 2008. The special edition sold 263,395 copies, 219,000 of those were sold in the first week of its release. Continue reading “And the #4 selling DVD in Japan is….”

July 11, 2008

Manga Pulse 33: Odd Kamichama

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This week Tim and Weltall have a great show! They review Kamichama Karin Chu and Tim takes on Dean Koontz’s In Odd We Trust, in this amazing episode.

Kamichama Karin Chu – Read it at Boarders
In Odd We Trust – Even if you receive it as a present, burn the book and piss on the ashes. Continue reading “Manga Pulse 33: Odd Kamichama”

July 11, 2008

Anime Boston 2008: One Hour Ninja

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This is the “How to become a ninja in one hour” panel from Anime Boston. Many thanks to Rangiku for recording this panel.

July 10, 2008

Things I've learned in my first four days in Japan

Note, some of these are things I already knew, but now have first-hand experience. If this is what I know from four days, imagine what I’ll know after three months. Continue reading “Things I've learned in my first four days in Japan”

July 10, 2008

Top Japanese physicist dies

Yoji Totsuka became famous when he discovered that the elementary particle called neutrinos have mass. Totsuka who had been a special emeritus professor at the University of Tokyo won Japan’s Continue reading “Top Japanese physicist dies”

July 9, 2008

Stars shine on natural disaster

On May 12th 2008 in the Sichuan province in china there was an earthquake that took the lives of 69,196 people. This tradgedy makes its mark in the history books as the 19th most deadly eartquake of all time. The most deadliest earthquake of all time was Tangshan China in 1976 with 242,419 dead. Continue reading “Stars shine on natural disaster”