Own Pokémon Black or White in North America and jealous that Japan got free a Mewtwo download last year? If you didn’t know, don’t start being jealous now. Starting Feb. 12, the lovely folks at The Pokémon Company will be delivering to the fans on the other side of the Pacific via Wi-fi! Keep an [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, January 26, 2012
Last December, the first hints concerning Yuki Kodama’s manga Sakamichi no Apollon getting an anime adaptation begun to circulate the Internet. After one month of waiting, fans can finally get a sneak peak at the upcoming show. Sakamichi no Apollon the animated series now has an official website and much to our delight it comes equipped with a lovely little trailer. Confirmed [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, January 26, 2012
The popular J-rock band L’Arc-en-Ciel is traveling round the globe on its 2012 world tour, and it had planned to stop by a little venue in New York City called Madison Square Garden on March 23. It was going to play at the smaller Theater at Madison Square Garden, but they ran into a problem: [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Oh the KFC Double Down… I’ve often used this monster to describe what is amazing and terrible about American food to my friends back home as an example. Well Japan, prepare to loosen that belt a bit because the Double Down has made it’s way to your front door. The video after the jump shows a store [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, January 21, 2012
You only have one hour! For the fans who frequent Japanator often, ask anything that’s on your mind via our Twitter or even down below in the comments, and we’ll answer towards the end of our podcast! Want to know something about some of our new writers? Want us to read terrible fanfiction? We’re terrible [...]
Continue reading...Monday, January 16, 2012
I used to be a huge .hack fan back in the day. During its initial PS2 run, that series could do no wrong in my eyes. It was so different from anything I was used to in gaming that I was willing to overlook its obvious gameplay flaws. I still look at the original series [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, January 11, 2012
“Fans of Familiar of Zero can definitely rejoice upon viewing Familiar of Zero F.” That’s basically what I want to say, because there’s not much else beyond that. If you’re familiar at all with..er, Familiar, or even anything remotely similar or derivative therefrom then you’ll know what to expect from this season. Of course, you might [...]
Continue reading...Friday, January 6, 2012
[Every so often a topic comes up that's important or interesting enough that we all want to weigh in on it and have our say. That's when time for Japanator...to Discuss!] In the wake of Bandai Entertainment’s exit of physical distribution in North America, the fans and the rest have taken to alarm and to the internet [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, December 31, 2011
Hear that? It’s the sweet, sweet sound of localisation! Namco Bandai have just trademarked the name ‘Pirate Warriors‘, hinting at a potential overseas release of One Piece Kaizoku Musou. As likely as it now is, it isn’t set in stone, so don’t go celebrating just yet! For those worried about the title, remember that One [...]
Continue reading...Friday, December 30, 2011
Hear that? It’s the sweet, sweet sound of localisation! Namco Bandai have just trademarked the name ‘Pirate Warriors‘, hinting at a potential overseas release of One Piece Kaizoku Musou. As likely as it now is, it isn’t set in stone, so don’t go celebrating just yet! For those worried about the title, remember that One [...]
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