Keio Academy of New York will host an open house this Saturday, April 18, for their “Digital Media Creation” summer program. It’s a fantastic two-week English and Japanese bilingual summer program for American and Japanese students. An impressive lineup of guest speakers has already been confirmed, including Yuji Nunokawa, producer of “Naruto” and “Bleach“. Not to mention, students get $200 off the program when mentioning Ningin! More »

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SECRET IDENTITIES: The Asian American Superhero Anthology officially hits bookstores today! The editing team of Jeff Yang, Parry Shen, Keith Chow, and Jerry Ma have pulled together the first anthology of superhero comics reflecting on the Asian American community’s role and place in American culture. More »

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We have our winners for the KRAZY! Online Cosplay Contest! The winning cosplayer with the most online votes is Ali Bader as “Temari from Naruto!” The prize for voting online goes to AyUta!

Ali will recieve a gift bag of DVDs from Manga Entertainment. She received the most votes at Ningin’s KRAZY! Online Cosplay Contest. AyUta will receive “Akira” from Bandai on Blu-Ray disc. AyUta was randomly chosen from all registered Ningin users that voted. Congratulations to both of them! More »

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Shoji Gatoh’s Full Metal Panic! has been recently reported to be turned into a live-action film by Mandalay Pictures. Another anime bites the dust?

Not much is known about the movie just yet; however, there are rumors that actor Zac Efron may be involved with the project. Could this get any worse? High School Musical already ended his career, does he really have to take down an anime franchise? Let’s hope not. More »

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Japan has a knack for building the most amazing things. For example, the worlds ONLY indoor beach.

Built in Miyazaki, Japan, the Ocean Dome is always sunny, salt-free, shark-less and perfectly temperature year around. It’s basically all the things you like about the beach. There’s even a volcano that spits out fake flames occasionally. Oh and there is a retractable roof! While I love the sun, I don’t think Hawaii can beat this bad boy. More »

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The hit anime Toradora will be invading the PSP on April 30. It is already available for preorder; however, most have already been taken. The game storyline is said to be completely different from the anime and novel; however, the anime voice actors will be the same.

In addition to the game, an extra DVD will be included that features a director’s cut version of a Toradora! Anime episode, the original novel and manga. Also a feature called “Motion Portrait” will be applied and the characters will be displayed with animations in the conversation parts. So no more single screen expressions! More »

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Wow, what a weekend in New York City! The cosplayers, the anime fans, the manga maniacs and the Jpop listeners showed up in full force for the KRAZY! Cosplay Contest & Party! It was completely and absolutely sold out with another 100 people waiting outside just hoping to get in. Special guests include Akihabara singer Reni, World Cosplay Summit 2009: Team USA (& 2008!), head of New York Anime Festival Peter Tartara, and Ningin! The winning cosplayers were phenomenal. Be sure to check both photo galleries one and two! More »

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The Japan Society really has outdone themselves with their latest exhibit “KRAZY!”. At first I was sure this was just going to be a one room gallery of animation cells, but “KRAZY!” is so much more.

They have several rooms dedicated to different facets of exported Japanese media such as manga, anime, and video games. One cool aspect of the exhibit is that it’s interactive and rooms are set up to influence the senses. More »

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This weekend I had the chance to check out Dragonball Z Evolution and I wasn’t too enthralled to watch. There is just something about watching characters we love being warped into something new. I pegged this move as a instant bomb and wanted no part of it. However, curiosity got the best of me and I decided to check it out. More »

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My weekend started early when I got to chat with Anime Matsuri’s security director, Elias Romero. He had some really interesting things to say about the on going updates at this year’s convention. This premiere anime event will take place April 10th-12th in Woodlands, Texas and is one of the largest conventions in southern part of the US. More »

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Hey all you cosplay fans, I know you’re ready to party it up at Japan Society with all your fellow cosplayers but the party has officially sold out. Gomenasai! We appreciate everyone that made the effort to go out and dress up, but unfortunately not everyone can be accommodated.

However! If you’re still up for some action, visit the KRAZY! exhibit. It has a great library of manga in addition to showcasing some of the most famous and talented manga/anime artists. Learn more about it on the Ningin KRAZY! page. More »

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The upcoming cosplay contest judging panel not only has some of Ningin’s team members but also professional cosplayers India Davis and Elizabeth Licata from cosplay Team USA (photo left).

Both based in New York City, these girl share a passion for cosplay fashion. While most of us just scramble last minute to put together a cosplay outfit, these girls actually make their own by hand. Without a doubt these girls have talent. More »

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DannyChoo has a knack for finding awesome/bad ass trailers, like this for the upcoming anime series Cat Shit One (CSO).

The anime series CSO was adapted from the manga series. It was republished into a parody film for the US but renamed to Apocalypse Meow. It’s been released in several other countries such as Poland, France, Belgium and Spain. Who doesn’t love bunnies kicking ass? More »

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We’re just days away from the KRAZY! Cosplay Party and Contest in New York City! This Saturday, Japan Society will host the KRAZY! Cosplay Party and Contest to celebrate the opening of the the exhibition “KRAZY! The Delirious World of Anime + Manga + Video“. The exhibit, party and contest are all included with tickets for this Saturday, March 28. More »

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Earlier today I got to speak with Anime Matsuri’s registration director, Theresa Ku.  She gave us the lowdown on what is planned for this year’s convention-fan-faire.  This premiere Anime event will take place April 10th-12th in The Woodlands, Texas and is one of the largest conventions in southern part of the US. More »

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The live action remake of the anime hit series, Dragonball Z, has become the #1 hit movie over the past weekend in China, Hong Kong, Malayasia, Singapore and Thailand. What?

No idea how but even in Japan the movie is a hit taking the #2 spot on the charts following Yatterman. I’m guessing there were a lot of curious people? I doubt this movie will stand tall here in the U.S. but perhaps I’m being to harsh. I mean, who doesn’t like a white Picoclo. /Sarcasm. More »

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(That’s to-RABU-ru, for those unfamiliar with Japanese pronunciation) There’s nothing all that special or groundbreakingly original about to-LOVE-ru’s genre (harem romantic comedy) or its relationship dynamics, or even its content - heck, it’s probably one of the most generic manga in publication - but what does make it special is the entire package. More »

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This summer, Keio Academy of New York will once again host “Digital Media Creation”, a two-week English and Japanese bilingual summer program for American and Japanese students. An impressive lineup of guest speakers and lecturers has already been confirmed, including Yuji Nunokawa, producer of “Naruto” and “Bleach“. More »

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It is normally said that anime fans are sleepy headed because they like to sleep in during the day after a long night of watching anime and playing Nintendo DS. However, theres not a more energized fan than an anime fan at an anime related event specially early in the morning. Some of these fans even go the extraordinary length of not sleeping just to attend, usually this can be seen by glaze on their eyes as they wait in line for the doors to open and on this day it was no less different. Before the doors opened to Kinokuniya’s in midtown Manhattan, there was a long line that went down the block and around the corner full of eagerly awaiting and at times jittery anime lovers and cosplayers. More »

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Put on a rubber, nee? ♥

Zange-chan of dancing singing godly cosplayingly awesome anime Kannagi has her likeness adorn a clever product, recently introduced at Kannagisai, an exclusively-Kannagi doujin event. More »

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