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This is the full list of Fall 2008 anime premieres in Japan. The shows are ordered by premiere date with summaries and early impressions coming soon. read more »
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In this video scientists explore underwater structures found off the coast of Okinawa. These Structures are under 40-100 ft of water. Scientists say the last time these structures would have been above water was 10,000 years ago during the ice age twice as old as the great pyramids of Egypt. read more »
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Karen Strassman isn't a name that anime fans may recognize right away but a quick scan of her resume over the last few years may jog your memory. Rider (Fate/Stay Night), Petit Charat (Digi Charat), Miyuki Takara (Lucky Star), Kallen Stadtfeld (Code Geass), Hitomi (Appleseed) and many many more. read more »
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Anime Expo 08 is officially over and wow what was a weekend it was for fans in attendance or sitting at home following the news closely. A lot happened this weekend that didn’t involve Funimation though and so let’s get on with it… read more »
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This manga, published in 1982 as “My Computer God – The Story of Bill Gates” (マイコンの神さま ビル・ゲイツ物語), in KoroKoro Comic, is a fascinating piece of history, and quite amusing to boot. As a piece of history, it harkens back to a time when Bill Gates was the Larry Page or Sergey Brin of his day, a dynamic read more »
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In Japan, sex is becoming a luxury for the working poor, according to Spa! magazine, which claims that a ‘sex gap‘ is being producing by decreasing full employment and the growing ‘income gap,’ which in turn, is a relatively new phenomenon for a country that has long prided itself on equally shared read more »
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There's almost nothing as frustrating as lining up an interview with one of the hottest voice actors in the industry for an IM interview and then having to play dueling datebooks for weeks before the two of you can finally sit down and have a decent conversation but finally we managed to get some read more »
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I was able to interview one of the most talented voice actors in the industry today, the adorable Hilary Haag.

Since 1999, Hilary has voiced dozens of characters from Milk Chan in Super Milk Chan to Karinka in Steel Angel Kurumi to Karen in Sister Princess to Nene in Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040 read more »
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After missing out on my chance to interview Brina at SakuraCon face to face, it became a priority of this website to get an interview with this up and coming voice actor out of Texas. During the interview I had the chance to ask her about some of her previous work, acting in and directing School Ru read more »
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The calendar for the ero game market in the US is already looking pretty full this year. After the success of ‘Snow Sakura’ earlier this year with fans, G-Collections will be releasing five new titles this year to the market with the first one already shipping. With this in mind though, I’ve decide read more »
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