If you were ever worried about whether or not Yoshihiro Togashi’s popular shonen manga Hunter x Hunter could survive through his frequent hiatuses, well the proof is in the numbers. Last month the 30th volume of Hunter x Hunter was released and it’s first week’s sales numbers have now come...

Namco Bandai and Tecmo’s One Piece and Dynasty Warriors mash up, One Piece: Pirate Warriors, is nearing the 1,000,000 copies sold mark. The game is currently sitting with anticipation at 940,000 units sold, with the title expect to hit 1,000,000 with it’s next shipment. The game itself has been...

Remember that guy Himura Kenshin? Yeah that red haired rurouni with a dark past. Well turns out he is back after more than a decade, in the rebooted manga of Rurouni Kenshin. Pretty cool right? Glad you agree. The reboot of Rurouni Kenshin launched in Jump Square Magazine recently but it’s not quite...

The latest One Piece film was announced last year and just this past week had it’s title revealed to be One Piece Film Z. Now a teaser trailer for the hotly anticipated One Piece movie has made it’s way online and boy do they take the word ‘teaser’ seriously. The trailer can be seen...

News has broke that the popular manga series about making manga, Bakuman, will be coming to an end next week after roughly 4 years of serialization in Weekly Shonen Jump magazine. The manga will end on it’s 176th chapter and will conclude the series. An image leaked on line of the final page of the...

It was previously announced that as part of the 10 year anniversary celebrations for the Naruto anime series that a new film had been green lit. The film titled Naruto the Movie: Road to Ninja, has now gotten a new trailer. The trailer can be seen below. It features brief clips of Naruto engaging in combat...

She is known to many across as the Blog Princess or the Blogging Idol, and by her stage name Shokotan. It has now been confirmed that Shoko ‘Shokotan’ Nakagawa will be starring in and performing the opening theme song for Saint Seiya Omega. The famous Japanese Blogging Idol has already formed...

Namco Bandai Games have announced through Weekly Shonen Jump magazine that they have licensed the Hunter x Hunter anime series for adaptation into a PSP game focusing around the Hunter Exam arc. The player will take control of Gon and Killua as they set out to become Hunters. That is all the information we...

Saint Seiniacs prepare yourself for this news that will undoubtedly get your cosmos burning. It has been confirmed in Weekly Shonen Champion, that Saint Seiya Omega’s opening theme song will be a remade version of the original epic theme song of the first Saint Seiya series ‘Pegasus...

Saint Seiniac’s rejoice! A new trailer has been released for the eagerly awaited sequel to the 1980′s legendary shonen anime series Saint Seiya. The latest trailer for the sequel known as Saint Seiya Omega can be seen below. The trailer shows off never before seen footage of the new series. Fans...

In accordance with the 10th anniversary of the Naruto anime series, a new Naruto film has been announced. The film will be titled Naruto Shippuden: Road to Ninja and will feature Masashi Kishimoto, the creator of Naruto, with creative control over the project. Kishimoto will be in charge of the plot and the...

The first trailer for Saint Seiya Omega, the hotly anticipated and long awaited sequel to the original Saint Seiya, has been released. The trailer shows off the first footage of the upcoming series, including the Saints themselves and even Seiya in action. You can watch the trailer for Saint Seiya Omega...

Details surrounding the next opening and ending theme songs for the popular shonen anime series Hunter x Hunter have surfaced. In an image leak from an upcoming edition of Weekly Shonen Jump, it is revealed that come April 15th, 2012, the series will begin using a new opening and ending theme song. The new...

After 30 weeks of consecutive serialization of Yoshihiro Togashi’s adventure manga Hunter x Hunter, it has been confirmed the manga will be returning to it’s former status of ‘on hiatus’. This 30 chapter run has been the manga’s longest run without a break in it’s near...

In what may very well be unprecedented, after only 22 episodes having aired, the 2011 Hunter x Hunter reboot anime series has been green-lit for a feature length film adaptation. Details are currently scarce on the project besides the facts that the film will feature an original story and will be overseen by...

Remember that Blue Exorcist PSP game we talked about last year? Probably not, but interestingly enough a trailer for the game as well as it’s full title have been revealed. The game is set to be titled Blue Exorcist: The Phantom Labyrinth of Time, because what we all needed was another anime game with...

Can’t get enough of the upcoming Rurouni Kenshin live-action film? Well for those of you who bare an unquenchable thirst for any snippet of news or footage of the most anticipated Japanese film of the year, than your in luck. Another trailer for the film has made it’s way online for your viewing...

It has now been officially confirmed that the popular mecha anime series Rinne no Lagrange has been green-lit for a second season. The first season which is currently ongoing premiered back in January as part of the Winter 2012 anime season. Viz Media has been simulcasting the series in the U.S. The series...

Rei Hiroe the author of popular seinen manga series Black Lagoon has confirmed his intentions to return from hiatus and continue the Black Lagoon manga. The manga has been on hiatus for roughly 2 years so this is good news for fans of Black Lagoon. Hiroe stated his concerns with returning but remained...

The theatrical poster for the live-action adaptation of Nobuhiro Watsuki’s legendary samurai manga classic Rurouni Kenshin has been revealed. The poster features the photography of award-winning photographer Kazumi Kurigami. The poster can be seen to the left (click to enlarge), it features Himura...

Namco Bandai Games of Europe have released yet another Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Generations character trailer. This time the character trailer focuses on the Fifth Kazekage, Gaara of the Sand. Gaara will be playable in both his Part 1 and Part 2 forms (pre and post becoming Kazekage) and is...

One Piece: Pirate Warriors recently hit shelves across Japan and has since sold out nearly nation-wide and broken sales records. Since it’s release the game has sold over 650,000 copies, selling a record 92% of it’s large scale release, leaving the game in short supply nationwide. These sales...

It was previously revealed the Nobuhiro Watsuki’s classic samurai manga Rurouni Kenshin would be getting live-action treament. Through a Japanese variety show, we now get some new footage of the live-action adaptation of the Rurouni Kenshin manga. The trailer features Himura Kenshin and company both...

Namco Bandai Games of Europe have confirmed that Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Generations has now officially gone gold. It has been officially approved for manufacturing and is now currently going to the presses in preparation for the title to hit stores across Europe, Australia and New Zealand at...

Namco Bandai Games have released two new character trailers for the forth coming and much anticipated anime fighting game, Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Generations. The two trailers focus on the storylines of two fan favourite characters. Those two characters being Zabuza the dangerous swordsman...

Namco Bandai Games have now released the demo for the upcoming Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Generations. The demo for the latest instalment in the Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm series is available now on the Xbox Live Marketplace and the Playstation Network. The demo focuses on the single...