A movie of the 2006 anime Fate/Stay Night has been announced, though no specifics have been given as to when this movie will be released, or what the movie will be based on. From what I’ve heard the visual Novel still has a large part of its story completely untouched.
Perhaps this movie adaption has come as a result of the success of the Kara no Kyoukai series by the same company.  Though something tells me its following my prediction that in this recession companies want to take hold of older …

Nendoroid Mio is finally up for preorders! After days of posting her preview, she’s finally available for her. GET!

Retail price is at 3,500 yen, and she’ll be available in November. Preorder yours at beNippon, HobbyLink Japan or Hobby Search!
GET FOR ME. Now I just need to decide where I want to preorder her.. from local shops or my fave hobby sites? ^^. My wallet is going to burn like mad for November/December. I still have 1/7 Alter Shamal >_>. Who’s getting this for sure?

Fancy your mahjong girls on your cushion? Now they’re available on your 45×45cm cushion covers by Cospa!

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While Japanese banks have been using this technology for years, Hitachi have implemented this technology to – Vending Machines ^^. You can pay your can or bottle drinks using your veins! No coins or bills are involved ;)

Hitachi’s proprietary biometric authentication system requires that users first register an account (probably linking their vein pattern to their registered credit card), but it allows the buyers to purchase a can of green tea or coffee by inserting their hand into the machine for a quick scan!
The company also incorporated a digital signage …

As Yotsuba so clearly put it in her statistically sound graph above, the Animation Industry in Japan is currently hurting.
The Animation Market Analysis Project of Japan’s Media Development Research Institute (MDRI) reports that the animation market in Japan dropped for the second year in a row to 212.9 billion yen (about US$2.26 billion) in 2008. The same research firm had reported that  the market peaked at 241.5 billion yen (US$2.53 billion) in 2006, before dipping to 230.2 billion yen (US$2.41 billion) in 2007.
While the artical does mention the drop in …

Miyuki from Lucky Star is now available in figma form, in her summer school uniform! ^^ More milking of our money orz.

Retail price is at 2,500 yen and she will be out this September 2009. Preorder yours at beNippon, HobbyLink Japan or Hobby Search now!

Figma Tsukasa in her summer uniform is now available for preorders! From the anime series Lucky Star, this figma cannot be missed ^^. [...]

Kotobukiya has announced this lovely meido version of Clalaclan Philias from Shining Wind <3!

Retail price is at 7,140 yen and she will be out in November 2009. Preorder yours at HobbyLink Japan or Hobby Search!
I still prefer Kureha (because she’s voiced by Hocchan omg in the anime series. Now I wanna get the nendoroid!! ><) =P. Not really into Shining Wind figurines, so.. pass! Will you consider this figurine because it’s a meido costume? LOL.

Coming to you soon, Iron Man and Wolverine Anime. I knew about this days ago but guess I was too lazy to post the information up ^^”. To make up for my laziness, here’s the teasers that were shown at Comic-con International (CGI) last friday.

Note that these teasers do not represent the actual content:
Test animation “intended to show off the style of the piece only. Nothing in here reflects the actual content, just the design and the aesthetic and the animation.” [ANN]

Both series will premiere in Spring 2010 in Japan. …