For Japanese otaku, itasha—literally "painmobile"—are about as geeky as they come. This past weekend, diehard itasha…

Fullmetal Alchemist animator Satoshi Kubo has publicly stated on Japanese social networking site Mixi that he refused…

AKB48, the most popular idol group in Japan at the moment, will be singing the ending theme for anime series Dragon…

Word has it that upcoming PS3 exclusive Ryu Ga Gotoku 3 requires, like a lot of PS3 games do these days, a mandatory…

Tecmo's Japanese marketing team has recruited "entertainer" Hard Gay to help promote the upcoming Rygar: The Battle of…

Tales of Hearts is Namco Bandai's latest entry in the Tales series — though this time Namco Bandai is releasing two…

What seems like every week or so, I get emails from readers asking where they should go in Akihabara. While I don't…