Interest - May 2011
- Goo Poll: Which Actress Could Play Evangelion's Rei ()
- Nitroplus Mascot Gets Hugging Pillow With Arm Parts ()
- Daily Video: Kamikaze Douga Studio Posts Demo Reel ()
- Tales of Xillia Adds Star Driver Downloadable Content ()
- Ika Musume's Lead Turned Into 75-cm-Tall Plush Doll ()
- Vertical: Usamaru Furuya Draws Manga Twice for Overseas Market ()
- Uchū Kyōdai Astronaut Manga to Bundle Rocket Fragment ()
- Daily Cosplay - Black Butler's Grell and Madame Red ()
- Vocaloid Kaito's Song Adapted into Stage Musical ()
- Yoshiki: Issue 0 with Stan Lee to Debut at Comic-Con Int'l ()
- Aya Hirano Confirms She Stopped Performing Music for Lantis ()
- Recochoku Poll: Which Anime Character Do You Want to Marry ()
- Yotsuba&!'s 10th Anniversary Exhibit Returns After Quake ()
- Voice Actress Yu Kobayashi's Event Streamed Live ()
- CoMix Wave & Makoto Shinkai Now on Facebook in English ()
- Pixiv Holds Makoto Shinkai Illustration Contest ()
- Manga Creators Volunteer in Japan's Quake Area ()
- Gundam Moped Inspired by Char's Zaku Robot Auctioned ()
- Ace Attorney Games' Live-Action Film Confirmed ()
- Sony Working on 'Future Platform' After PlayStation 3 ()
- Zetman Charity Auction Ends at 1.4 Million Yen ()
- Daily Cosplay - Vampire Knight's Yuki Cross ()
- Daily Videos: New Busou Shinki, Gundam Game Promos ()
- Tokyopop's Neon Logo Signs Listed for Sale in L.A. ()
- Dragon Quest Treasure Chest Offered for 365,400 Yen ()
- Tour Takes Volunteers to Quake Area in Japan ()
- Naruto, Tokyo's Giants Baseball Team Join Forces ()
- Singapore's Sea☆A Performs Cardfight!! Vanguard Song ()
- Former Prime Minister Asō Is Now an Anime 'Envoy' ()
- Square Enix Plans Major MMO Besides Final Fantasy XIV ()
- Music Group supercell Holds Auditions for Next Album ()
- Daily Video: Key's New Rewrite Visual Novel Opening ()
- New Haruhi Novel Ships in Several Countries Tonight ()
- Virtual World with Clannad, Shuffle, D.C. II to Close ()
- Macross, Haruhi, Vampire Miyu Artists Draw Tezuka Homages ()
- Aya Hirano Streams Live Special Program on Wednesday ()
- Daily Cosplay - Toradora's Taiga, Ryuuji, and Company ()
- Udon Noodles With Moe Fighting Girl Packaging Sold ()
- Escala Poll: Manga Women in Their 20s Want as Live-Action ()
- Microsoft Launches Cloud Girl Manga for Windows Azure ()
- Takashi Miike Directs DS Game-Based 'Court Drama' ()
- Tokyo Tower Lit Up as Lotus Flower for Buddha Film ()
- Gackt Sings 2 Vocaloid Songs for July CD Single ()
- Nico Nico Plans Event Hall with Ceilling/Wall Screens ()
- Japanese Beatboxer Covers Touhou's "Bad Apple!!" ()
- Detective Conan License Plates Issued in Japan ()
- Biglobe Poll: Most Amazing Anime Movies ()
- Daily Video: Hatsune Miku Project Diva Ver. 2.5 PSP Game ()
- Macross Frontier Items Auctioned for Quake Charity ()
- Nana to Kaoru Gets 'Dōjinshi' with All-Star Lineup ()
- Sega, Beijing Perfect World License Saint Seiya MMO Game ()
- Japan's 1st Drive-Through Bookstore Closes This Month ()
- Pokémon Game Championship In Birmingham, June 4 ()
- Daily Cosplay - One Piece's Monkey D. Luffy ()
- Fullmetal Alchemist iOS/Browser RPG in the Works ()
- 183,000-Yen L.A. Hatsune Miku Concert Tour Offered ()
- Suzumiya Haruhi no Tsuisō Game Sells 33,000+ Units ()
- Japanese/Korean Zoobles Airs in South Korea This Week ()
- U.S. Voltron Force Cartoon's Promo Streamed ()
- Bandai Wins Gundam Knockoff Suit Vs. Chinese Company ()
- Daily Cosplay - Saint Seiya's Seiya in Sagittarius Armor ()
- Man Who Said Dragon Ball Saiyan Told Him to Kill Sentenced ()
- Koe de Oshigoto! Comedy Manga to Bundle Mini-Game ()
- Daily Video: Fan-Created 'Ghibli World' in Minecraft ()
- 2nd Super Robot Wars OG Headed to PlayStation 3 ()
- Website: Keanu Reeves Passes on Akira, Most of Staff Let Go ()
- Tokyo Marriage Agency to Start Service for Otaku ()
- Tokyo Governor: Quake-Affected ACE Event 'Deserved It' ()
- Viz Offers Smile Quake Charity Art by Vagabond's Inoue ()
- Daily Cosplay: Tegami Bachi's Zazie ()
- Saint Seiya Anime's 1st Film Gets New Stage Musical ()
- 'Dragon Quest-Style' Live-Action Show to Air in July ()
- Supercell/Miku Song in U.S. iTunes' World Top 10 ()
- NIS America Plans Bleach: Soul Resurrección PS3 Game ()
- Japan Underground In London May 28 ()
- Daily Cosplay: Madoka Magica's Madoka, Mami, Sayaka ()
- Daily Video: Bandai's Booth at Shizuoka Hobby Show ()
- Biglobe Poll: Which Anime Director Do You Follow ()
- Reminder: Manhwa-Based Priest Film Opens Today ()
- Ghibli Composer Hisaishi to Hold Quake Benefit Concerts ()
- X Japan Band Founder Yoshiki Launches XM Radio Show ()
- Japan's pixiv Art Site Starts English Encyclopedia ()
- Poll: 68% Say No Post-Quake Self-Restraint on Anime ()
- Madoka Magica's Updated Kyubey Face Cushion Offered ()
- 106 Manga Creators Run Messages of Support in Newspaper Ad ()
- TV Asahi, Sanrio Collaborate on New Mascot Character ()
- Daily Cosplay: Sengoku Basara's Date Masamune ()
- Supercell/Miku Song, Flow's Anime CD Get U.S. Releases ()
- Animate, Gamers Shops to Sell New Haruhi Book at Midnight ()
- Darth Vader Samurai Dolls Offered for Boys' Festival ()
- Daily Cosplay: Panty & Stocking's Panty and Stocking ()
- Tezuka Productions Donates 870 Manga to Quake Area ()
- Good Smile Offers 12 Monthly Toys for Quake Charity ()
- Goo Poll: Which Manga is Why You Buy Shonen Jump ()
- Manga-Creator Life Simulator App Posted on iPhone/iPad ()
- Eva's Megumi Ogata to Use Twitter Only Until June ()
- Pixar's Cars 2 Uses J-Pop's Perfume Song Worldwide ()
- American Idol's Blake Lewis Dubs English Durarara ()
- Daily Cosplay: Tsubasa Chronicle's Princess Sakura ()
- Daily Video: Nendoroid Generation Game Teaser ()
- K-On's Toyosaki, Di Gi Charat's Koge Donbo Teach History ()
- 3 Teens Arrested for Shoplifting 1st 57 One Piece Volumes ()
- Arina Tanemura Auctions Jeanne Art for Quake Charity ()
- Yen Press to Take Part in Free Comic Book Day ()
- Hollywood Reporter: Keanu Reeves in Akira Film Talks ()
- Moving Cosplay Cat Ears Demonstrated in Japan ()
- Toyota USA Plays Hatsune Miku+Corolla Commercials ()
- C Anime Holds Web Audition for 1 Word in Dialogue ()
- Powerless Shotaro Ishinomori Museum Entertains Children on National Holiday ()
- Biglobe Poll: Spring 2011 Anime I'll Watch Until the End ()
- Funimation Confirms English Trigun Movie Cast ()
- Daily Cosplay: Dragon Ball Z's Frieza and Bulma ()
- Kannagi Director, Fans Aid Quake Victims in Model Town ()
- Kaiji Anime Figma Figure Coming From Max Factory ()
- Madoka Magica's Yūki Earns 583,000 Yen for Quake Charity ()
- Yuki Kajiura to Score October's Fate/Zero TV Anime ()
- Spice and Wolf Light Novels to Get Epilogue in July ()
- 74,394 Miku Nendoroid Quake Charity Figures Ordered ()
- AKB48 Spawns 3rd Sister Idol Group in Fukuoka: HKT48 ()
- Inoue's 18-Meter-Tall Vagabond Mural Looms Over Tokyo ()
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ANNCast Live at Otakon 2018
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anime
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Tokyo Alice GN 1
manga
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anime
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anime
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games
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That Blue Sky Feeling GN 1
manga
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games
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The Genius Adaptations of Tomihiko Morimi's Novels
anime
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anime
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manga
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anime
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anime
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