The PlayStation 3 seems to be doing very well after the Slim’s launch in Japan. Now, President of Enterbrain – Hirokazu Hamamura told Bloomberg Japan that the PS3 will sell 500, 000 units in the month of December with the help of Final Fantasy XIII’s launch. As we all know, Final Fantasy is Square Enix’s longest running and also most popular franchise. So it is not surprising that sooner or later, somebody will have this kind of expectation.

Enterbrain is Japan’s leading magazine publisher. The magazines they publish are focused on …

And for this week’s edition of M’s Musical Corner, I’ll be featuring Hirano Aya’s Set Me Free/Sing a Song single which was released in April earlier in the year.

Track-listing of the single:

Set Me Free
Sing a Song!
Set Me Free (Off Vocal)
Sing a Song! (Off Vocal)

Because there’s the PV for Set Me Free, enjoy Track #2 from the Single, Sing a Song!
[Audio clip: view full post to listen]
Here’s the PV of Set Me Free:

Out of the 2 main songs in the single, I’m more of a fan of Sing a Song! mainly …

I was inspired to make this post because of  this post on what Japan’s Top 10 list of Manga they’d like to see continued.
No real stats on this list though, Just my personal Preferences.
As I was making it up I couldn’t help but wonder why girl oriented anime series, or rather why all my favorite series, always seems to end without a completion.
1. Rurouni Kenshin (Remade or Continued)
2. Ouran High School Host Club
3. Kare Kano (Remade or Continued)
4. Berserk
5. Skip Beat
6. 12 Kingdoms
7. Fruits Basket
8. Seto no Hanayome
9. Hakushaku to …

Good news to those who have subscribed to the Animax channel! The long awaited final season for the Inuyasha anime series will be aired on Animax all across Asia on October 10, which is just 7 days after its debut in Japan! Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood was another anime which had the same 7-day simulcast treatment on Animax. However, there is one other anime which holds the title of “Fastest Simulcasted Anime”, and that is Tears to Tiara. Tears to Tiara is the world’s first anime to be simulcasted on the …

This 1/8 scale of Kokuto Azaka from Kara no Kyoukai by Movic, in collaboration with Kotobukiya is up for preorders!

Retail price is at 7,140 yen, scheduled for release this December 2009. Preorders available over at HobbyLink Japan, Hobby Search.
Alternatively, you can check out the following retailers to place your order, please note that they might not open her up for preorders:

beNippon
CDJapan
Play-Asia
Toylet 

December seems to be a killer month. This is the Xth of figurine I have posted so far. Omg? Any fans of Kara no Kyoukai here? I haven’t actually caught …

King of Thorn is an apocalyptic movie being made by sunrise and several big name producers was originally supposed to be released in 2010 in Japan. A recent announcement claims that this movie is now going to premier in at a Spanish Film Festival this October.

King of Thorn has been selected at 42nd STIGES International Film Festival!
King of Thorn has been officially selected for the Anima’t section of
42nd SITGES International Film Festival of Catalonia (Oct.1st-12th)!!
SITGES screens the world premier of film.

Here is a brief summary and trailer.

The Japanese film …

So, as I’ve mentioned in my previous post, SCANDAL is releasing a ‘Best Scandal’ which is something like a BEST of SCANDAL which will include 13 tracks from their previous works.

No cover art yet
The release comes in 3 editions. First is the Regular Edition priced at 3,059 yen. Then there’s the Limited Edition with the DVD (Music Videos!) priced at 3,500 yen. Lastly, there’s the Limited Edition with the Photo Book priced at 4,500 yen.
The tracks should include the following

SAKURAグッバイ　(SAKURA GOODBYE)
TOKYO
DOLL
S.L. Magic
少女S (ShoujoS)
ナツネイロ (Natsuneiro)
SO EASY
FUTURE
恋模様 (Koi Moyo)
LOVE FRUIT
SPACE RANGER
KAGEROU

These are …

I generally don’t link to polls, but I was fascinated by this one.
The survey, conducted by Oricon, took in 1,000 Japanese men and women in equal numbers, evenly distributed amongst those in their teens, twenties, thirties and forties.

1. Slam Dunk
2. Hana Yori Dango
3. Dragonball
4. Death Note
5. Hikaru no Go
6. Touch
7. Itazura na Kiss
8. Love Com
9. Candy Candy
10. Rurouni Kenshin

MY RUROUNI KENSHIN is on that list=3 !!!
I’m surprised with the results though… most of the manga (including Rurouni Kenshin) have pretty conclusive endings; a remade anime might be nice though. Death …

American Manga distributor Viz has been re-releasing the entire manga of Rurouni Kenshin in big volumes. If you want to know how big the volumes are, this series was originally 28 volumes, and they managed to squeez it into just 9! The final volume, being released in March 2010 will contain two side stories Yahiko no Sakabato and another unnamed side story in all color which was never printed in English (which is probably Rurouni Kenshin: Haru ni Sakura, but the site does not go into detail.)
As a huge fan …