“Animachicon” events help otaku and fujoshi meet

So you’re a young man or woman in Japan. Your country has an incredibly low birthrate, and you can’t really get out much during the day because you need to work to afford your waifus and husbandos. Night time is for late night anime shows and playing Visual Novels. Society thinks you’re a loser, and you don’t even like those 3D Pigs anyway. How are you supposed to meet like minded friends offline?? (Find out below)

Kanjani8 Drops ‘Omoidama’ FULL PV ft High School Winds Corps

Kanjani8 has released their 26th single titled ‘Omoidama’ last 02 July. The song has been selected to be the theme song for the national high school baseball competition ‘Netto Koshien’.

The song is composed by high school students nationwide based from the phrases: “towards the dream”, “doing your best so you can deliver for the people who supports your (dreams/feelings)”. 16 kinds of phrases from 6,000 submissions were incorporated in the song. In addition, 30 high school students who plays wind instruments were also recruited for “High School Special Winds Corps” where they took part during the recording.

The PV features the highschool band, Yoko playing the trumpet, and of course Subaru feeling the song 200%.

Check out the 5 minute PV below!

Viz reveals new Sailor Moon cast and DVD details. Yes Johnny Yong Bosch is in it.

Today Viz held their Sailor Moon Anime Expo panel, and as Crunchy Roll reports, they announced the cast of their new dub for the original Sailor Moon series.

In case you don’t want to watch this long mess of a video, you can click through for the cast list!

Hitomi poses in her bikini while pregnant, Netizens drag her

After announcing her pregnancy in May, Singer hitomi posted cute pictures of herself wearing a bathing suit on her blog the other day.

She went on a family vacation to Okinawa with her husband and daughter (age 5) for four days. Six months pregnant and excited about her upcoming baby, she posted a picture of herself wearing a white swimsuit top and a black low rise mini skirt. On the internet, she always seems to be the butt of the joke when netizens go out of their way to post about her just so they can insult her.

Find out what messy comments they had to say.

PASSPO☆’s new single ‘Himawari’ out August 20th

The covers and visuals for PASSPO☆‘s new single ‘Himawari‘ (Sunflower) for release on August 20th has been revealed.

The girls are dressed in outfits designed by fellow member Mio Masui.

Mayu Watanabe, Shoko Nakagawa promoting Pokemon XY movie in yukata

A press conference was held for the upcoming film ‘Pokémon the Movie: Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction‘, the first Pokémon XY series movie and the seventeenth movie overall. It included appearances by director Yuyama Kunihiko and voice actors Yoshiko Mita, Koichi Yamadera, Rika Adachi, Rica Matsumoto. Mayu Watanabe of AKB48 and a flawfree Shoko Nakagawa led the event wearing yukatas.

Shokotan has a long history with the franchise. When Pokémon Sunday expanded to an hour show in October 2006, Shokotan joined and replaced Becky. In 2013, she wrote the relatable autobiographical book ‘Shoko Nakagawa: Pokémon Taught Me The Meaning of Life’ about her experiences as a Pokémon fan while working on Pokémon Sunday and a voice actress.

Check out photos from the event below.

Ever Wanted To Watch Gackt Play Videogames?

No Yes!! Well, wow you can. The popular J-rock singer recently signed a deal with Nestle, which requires him to play at least one videogame for every single day of the year. This is all in an effort to promote Nestle’s new line of coffee machines. The first game GACKT decides to tackle is Mega Man 2, originally released in 1988 for the NES/Famicom.

Ikimonogakari – Love Song wa Tomaranai yo

E-Girls – E.G. Anthem -We Are Venus-

 

Next week:

A.B.C-Z – Legend Story

Sonar Pocket – Saishuu Densha ~missing you~

Kyary Pamyu Pamyu – Kira Kira Killer