That’s right anime fans, the long awaited debut of Japan’s first anime streaming service has come about with DAISUKI launching earlier today. For those of you who just cannot wait to take a look through DAISUKI’s launch line-up of anime you can head on over to DAISUKI.net right now and...

Click for full size. Fans of Doctor Who will be absolutely enjoyed by a teaser image released by BBC over on the Official Doctor Who Facebook page. This image is a picture of the planet Gallifrey, which fans will remember as the homeworld of The Doctor and the rest of the Timelords. While it is not yet known...

*** SPOILER ALERT*** Like seriously, it’s a massive spoiler, bigger than that Doctor Who one, you’ve been warned. On Monday’s season 8 finale of How I Met Your Mother, ‘The Mother” was revealed….and CBS has confirmed it. Featured in the picture below (we don’t want...

Graphic designer Clay Gardner launched a Kickstarter on May the 8th for his newest role playing game, six days have passed and the project already has over $48,000 pledged to it. OVA: The Anime Role Playing Game’s Kickstarter page describes the game as a tabletop RPG that was “lovingly crafted to...

Mind-blowing right? (Click to enlarge) Kouji Tajima, a Japanese concept artist with a number of film credits to his name, including the upcoming Captain Harlock film, Les Miserables and Total Recall. Not only has he done all of that great stuff but he has also created a gorgeous Attack on Titan mock-up...

The first 5 minutes of Makoto Shinkai’s highly anticipated The Garden of Words anime film has made its way online. The film recently saw its world premiere take place at the Gold Coast Film Festival, which Shinkai himself attended. The Garden of Words has also recently been licensed for distribution by...

As many of you probably know, several cities in Australia are hosting the Evangelion Art Expo in succession for the first time outside Japan. An assortment of production stills and sketches are being displayed and a bunch of cool, limited merchandise from Evangelion 3.0′s Japanese theatre screenings...

Namco have issued out a press release officially announcing the opening date and attractions for the new indoor Shonen Jump Magazine theme park. J-World Tokyo, located in the Sunshine City World Import Mart, will be open to the public on July the 11th and will have attraction based around popular Jump...

Doctor Who fans around the world will want to be extra careful this next week as it appears that there has been a massive leak in the USA where customers that had pre-ordered the Season 7 Part 2 DVD’s have had their shipment shipped early. As any fan will be able to tell you, this is the release for...

This week’s issue of Weekly Shonen Sunday has dropped a pretty significant announcement for fans of the Magi anime series. The anime series’ sequel has been listed as ‘opening’ in Fall 2013. This particular phrasing has lead many to believe that the sequel will not be a 2nd season of...

The latest issue of Weekly Shonen Magazine has announced that Yuji Terajima’s popular baseball manga Ace of Diamond will be getting an anime adaptation. Furthermore it has been revealed that the anime will be produced by two anime studio powerhouses, the legendary Madhouse and Production I.G. This...

Ever wondered how you could incorporate anime into facial hair removal? Evangelion teamed up with Schick to create Eva themed razor stands, but now there is a new character promoting shaving in Akihabara. Electronic product company Izumi has created the anime mascot Izumi Matsumoto to help promote their...

Studio Trigger’s upcoming anime series, Kill La Kill, from the mind of Hiroyuki Imaishi the creator of Gurren Lagann, now has had its first official commercial released online today. The commercial showcases several of the designs for the series including characters and locations. It does not however...

Paramount Pictures have released a brand new trailer for the hotly anticipated action comedy Pain and Gain, which stars Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson and Mark Whalberg. Pain and Gain is directed by Michael Bay and is based upon Pain & Gain – This Is a True Story which in and of itself was...

The first casting news for Studio Ghibli’s upcoming The Wind is Rising film have come to light. In a surprising yet rather exciting turn of events, Hideaki Anno, the creator of the Evangelion franchise, has been cast as the film’s lead as Jiro Horikoshi. This will be Anno’s official voice...

Australia’s Supanova is returning once again in 2013. And once again, you can expect all the fun and excitement of Australia’s largest pop culture expo with all things TV, film, anime, cosplay, video games, comic-books, manga, science fiction, and nerd culture. Not only this a buch of special guests are...

The latest issue of Newtype magazine has revealed Hiroyuki Imaishi’s latest anime work which now has a title - Kill La Kill. Not only was the title of the series revealed but also the plot and other details of the project. Kill La Kill is a school girl battle anime that revolves around two...

This month Madman Entertainment have some truly big releases coming. In particular Madman are reissuing several of TOHO’s greatest films, including the granddaddy of them all, the one and only Godzilla. In terms of Godzilla, fans can expect the long-awaited Godzilla: Millenium Collection which...

Kodansha USA have now confirmed through their official Tumblr page what many had speculated for quite some time now, they will no longer be rescuing any more Del Rey manga titles. Kodansha USA took over publishing under Random House’s manga inprint replacing Del Rey in 2010. After the take over,...

About 2 weeks ago at an Iron Man 3 press conference, Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige confirmed that the Daredevil movie rights had returned to Marvel. Now, so have Ghost Rider, Blade and The Punisher‘s reportedly. This doesn’t necessarily mean that we can expect a new film in these series any...

Paramount Pictures recently provided a 15 minute preview of their new film World War Z. The film is based upon the novel World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War, written by Max Brooks. From what has been shown, the film will focus on “The Great Panic”, the title given to the original surge...

It may seem rather odd to compare the Japanese stock market with J-pop idols, but there is one newly formed group who are keen observers. Machikado Keiki Japan bases their skirt lengths off of how well the Nikkei 225 stock market index does; the higher the stock, the lower the skirts. The Four member group...

Sydney anime convention SMASH! has just announced that Masakazu Morita will be attending as a guest this year, thanks to the Japan Foundation Sydney. Masakazu Morita is known for voicing characters such as Ichigo Kurosaki (Bleach), Marco (One Piece), Barnaby Brooks Jr. (Tiger & Bunny) and Tidus from...

As some of you may already know, this Saturday on May 4th, or May the Fourth, is Free Comic Book Day where various participating comic book stores will give away free copies of specific comics/manga out to those who visit the store. Today Viz revealed what they will be providing comic book stores to...

Robotech is one of the most instantly recognisable and renown franchises in the history of animation. The story of the Robotech universe centers around the conflicts of the Earth against alien threats as the Earth is a planet known to be rich in the power source called Protoculture. The upcoming movie in...

Rockstar Games Co-Founder, Jamie King, has recently joined forces with Soul and Vibe by taking a role in their advisory board. Having a background of Co-Founder and VP of Product Development with a successful franchise will certainly make any career movement quite noticeable. With games likes Grand Theft...