Summer 2010 Beef Bowl Price War
29-07-2010
site: www.japanprobe.com
Category: Japan & Culture
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Japan’s major beef bowl chains are in the midst of a summer price war: Sukiya, Yoshinoya, and Matsuya will all be dropping the prices of their beef bowls into the two hundreds. The ...
Ueno Zoo Will Get New Pandas (And Pay China Millions)
29-07-2010
site: www.japanprobe.com
Category: Japan & Culture
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Ueno Zoo will finally get some Pandas again: The Associated Press has uncritically parroted Chinese state media reports about this being a “diplomatic” move to build friendship ...
Bakemonogatari Prequel, Kizumonogatari, Gets Anime Adaptation
28-07-2010
site: www.otakureview.net
Category: Other
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Alright so over the weekend I did say on Twitter that I was going to step back for a bit in order to focus on some personal issues/DVD reviews for awhile but this is different. Why? Um, let ...
New Purikura Wallpaper
28-07-2010
site: www.otakunews.com
Category: Other
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We've just put up some new wallpaper based on the Purikura post cards we gave out last year. As is tradition the artwork was created by the talented Wing Yun Ma......
Kizumonogatari Anime Series Confirmed
28-07-2010
site: www.alafista.com
Category: Manga
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I’m sure many of the anime fans like myself have enjoyed the anime series Bakemonogatari 化物語 which was adapted from a novel series. The prequel to the novel, ...
Yamakan Ridicules K-ON!, Pulls Head Off Ui
28-07-2010
site: www.sankakucomplex.com
Category: Anime
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K-ON! fans are aghast at Haruhi director and former Kyoto Animation staffer Yamakan’s efforts to ridicule the show on a live broadcast, even going so far as to pluck the head off a ...
1/8 Eas PVC [Fresh Pretty Cure!]
28-07-2010
site: www.alafista.com
Category: Figures
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Project Alpha X Omega (αΩ) has announced preorder for the figure of Eas from Fresh Pretty Cure!, the sixth installment in the Pretty Cure franchise. She is scheduled for release in Nov ...
Sengoku BASARA Instant Cup Ramen
28-07-2010
site: www.alafista.com
Category: Figures
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Sengoku BASARA 3 [戦国BASARA3] is being released in Japan today, and probably many gamers would be staying up late to play the game. If you are someone like me that gets hungry after an ...
[G-man] Scanlations Targeted….
28-07-2010
site: www.riuva.com
Category: Other
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Recently I was surfing the internet, minding my own business, and doing my daily routine which, unsurprisingly, means checking out some manga at onemanga.com. When suddenly this notice ...
2ch on Sankaku & One Manga: “Dirty Foreign Scum!”
28-07-2010
site: www.sankakucomplex.com
Category: Manga
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The reaction of Sankaku Complex users to the scathing comments of 2ch on the recent closure of One Manga has found its way back to 2ch and incited an even more biting response. Their ...