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Summer Wars is finally out, and I’m so excited to watch it. I’ve managed to resist watching the low quality versions floating around on the internet because I wanted to watch the movie at its best. I heard people compare this to the first Digimon movie, something I need to rewatch some day. I’ve managed to avoid spoilers for this long, just to be able to enjoy this movie even more. More »

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Adorable Studio Ghibli animation Ponyo, is now available on Blu-ray and DVD for your viewing pleasures at the comfort of your own home. More »

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From Rekuru: Akira Kurosawa takes us on a journey through a gloriously reconstructed feudal Japan for an introspection on the reality of power and identity in his 1980 return to the samurai genre, Kagemusha.

As an aging ruler named Shingen passes on, his dying wish is for his death to be concealed for three more years until the army can overtake a strategic city. The estate’s principal retainers bring in a ragged petty thief to pose as a double for the late ruler, with only those closest to him aware of the hoax. The kagemusha (double), after being rescued from a death sentence, is reluctant to lose his identity for a warlord. After a change of heart, and learning that he really has no other options, the kagemusha is taught the finest details of the late ruler’s mannerisms, speech, and relationships. He must fool everyone, even a long-time doctor and Shingen’s mistresses and grandson, or the enemies will learn the truth and take down the estate. Through the kagemusha’s experiences of pretending to be powerful, being treated as a king and master of war, he learns what it is like to be the ruler but yet it is all false, and all the decisions are being made by the generals. It must have been a rather bizarre feeling for the kagemusha, but he knew he had a role to fulfill and everything was depending on him to be convincing enough. More »

A big surprise from the Sony and Panasonic team. Each of the two 25GB layers has been refined to 33.4GB per layer. They have been working a refinement for a while now, as the weakest chain in their technology is NOT their lasers. Why fix the body when you can fix the brain? How does this work, without buying any additional parts? A firmware update (FREE DOWNLOAD) to your blu-ray player or PS3 will tell your lasers to read more precisely and pack data more closely within the same space efficiently. (Improving error check.) More »

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The Japanese have done it again.

Soon the world the way we view it, at least entertainment-wise, will soar much higher into the stratosphere. Undiscovered territory within a new universe will be able to be reached through virtual 3D simulation via their Blu-Ray player PS3. More »

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Namie Amuro is as busy as ever and her career has been going nowhere but up. Just recently she had her birthday party, her tour was announced on Blu-Ray and now is seen filming a commercial film for Vidal Sassoon. More »

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Namie Amuro will have her Best Fiction tour released on Blu-ray on Sept. 9 and be one of few artists to ever grace such a high definition format. Oddly enough, Japan who is light years ahead of technology is handicapped by the world’s out of date standards and sees few releases on Blu-ray. More »

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From Ziggytek: Blu-Ray might be the best HD format in the states, but another HD format is emerging and it’s from the folks over at China. China Blue HD, has over taken Blu-ray as the number one HD format in China. What does this mean for the rest of the world? Probably nothing. More »

Originally released on DVD back in 2002, the Escaflowne movie is basically a retelling of the original 26 episode series into a 98 minute time slot. More »

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We’re going to be expanding the monthly prize pool a bit starting this month. Ningin is already offering to give away music cds to the top three monthly winners, but we also have a pretty sizable collection of DVD and Blu-ray movies and anime. I know a lot of our content is music related, but we do want to promote all aspects of Asian media! More »

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The Sword of the Stranger anime movie comes out on Blu-ray and DVD today. Most of you probably have never heard of it but was in contention for the Best Animated Feature award at the 2008 Oscars. I haven’t watched this yet, but I’m been meaning to for awhile now. More »

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Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete is hitting a big screen TV near you on Tuesday, June 2, on Blu-ray Disc and it is a digital eye candy feast! Danny posted up about this being released back in April. He was all excited to watch it on his 40″ Bravia XBR4. Well, I got to watch the FFVII Blu-ray projected from a Sony PS3 onto a 16″x9″ theater screen and it was incredible. The detail, the color, the sound — whoa. More »

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I’ve been a big fan of Final Fantasy related material ever since 9 years ago. I’ve played through Final Fantasy VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, X-2 and XII (incomplete) and both Kingdom Hearts. More »

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Voting is now open!

While the contest at KRAZY! may be over, Ningin is hosting the online contest to find out which cosplayer YOU think is the best! There are two more prizes to give out. A gift bag of DVDs from Manga Entertainment for the cosplayer who gets the most votes at our online contest, and one random voter will win “Akira” from Bandai on Blu-Ray disc! (That could be YOU!). More »

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