Konami began streaming a gameplay video for Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker HD on YouTube last Friday. The promotional video previews the upcoming remastered HD version of the game originally released for PSP last year. This game will be part of a Metal Gear Solid HD Collection coming this November on the PlayStation 3 and [...]
The Japanese character goods maker MOVIC began selling a fishing game inspired by the Shinryaku! Ika Musume (Squid Girl) anime for the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad devices on Friday. The 230-yen/US$1.99 Ika Musume Tsurana-ika game lets players “fish” for Squid Girl by dragging a dangling shrimp bait left and right across the screen. Not [...]
By Jay Cridlin, Times Staff Writer In Print: Thursday, June 16, 2011 Click here for reuse options! Story Tools Comments Contact the editor Email Newsletters You either get it or you don’t. • That’s how most people see sci-fi and anime conventions, such as this weekend’s Metrocon in Tampa. Outsiders don’t understand why basement-dwelling [...]
Brian Ashcraft — Makes sense! Especially seeing how Layton designer Akihiro Hino is penning the story for new Gundam series, Gundam Age. His studio, Level-5, is also working on a new Gundam RPG for unspecified hardware. Gundam Age will encompass a new anime series, toys, plastic models, a plastic figure based in-store game, and a [...]
Anime Expo 2011 Announces Voice Actors Toshiyuki Morikawa and Taliesin Jaffe as Guests of Honor LOS ANGELES (June 9, 2011) — Anime Expo, North America’s largest anime and manga celebration, has announced voice actors Toshiyuki Morikawa and Taliesin Jaffe at its latest Guests of Honor, when it returns to the LA Convention Center from July [...]