The new "VocaListener" technology has sparked the interest of many in the Vocaloid community, seeing as how it can adjust the parameters to where the vocal source can sing with a natural human-sounding voice -- almost identical to the original singer...

The 11th official game in the Touhou series, entitled "Touhou Chireiden ~ Subterranean Animism," has been announced. The full version will most likely be released at Comiket 74, which takes place August 15-17. However, according to the latest blog update from ZUN, a demo will be sold for 300 yen during the Hakurei Shrine Reitaisai convention -- scheduled to take place May 25th...

The third animated installment in the Higurashi franchise will be released as an OVA series. It is tentatively titled, "Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei" -- name of the fandisc for the original game released in December of 2006. The info comes from the June ...

A new SWR demo has been released on Tasogare Frontier's website...

With special thanks to How a Girl Figures, I was able to pre-order this amazingly detailed PVC figure of the lovely Hatsune Miku from Goodsmile...

Proving that despite rumours that say otherwise, Coengar2 is not dead but has been locked away in the secret manga cave reading until his eyes fall out. This time he reviews an sit down RPG with an interesting premise and a stupid name.

The Urotanda warriors continue to stand tall and fight; and reach a high peak they did in this week's Vocaloid Ranking #29. Most amusing entries that I found this time were Ha'chu'ne Miku's rendition of the popular "Nyan-nyan" song -- also liked the “Vocalo-Daioh” (featuring Haku) and “disillusion” covers. "Gekokujou" by Rin and Len fell off the top 5 from last week, which is sad cause I really like that song a lot. Anyway, enjoy the countdown, request a song if needed...

In celebration of Weekly Shounen Jump magazine's 40th anniversary, a new animated special for both Dragonball and One Piece will be shown during a tour in 10 Japanese cities. The announcement comes from this year's 21st issue of Jump -- on sale today. Bleach and Gintama may also be part of the line-up, as hinted in the silhouettes from the image below...

In the prologue from Peach-Pit's original Rozen Maiden manga series, Jun receives a letter claiming he has won a prize. The letter asks whether he will "wind-up" or "not wind-up". He chooses the former. In the prologue from this new series, Jun chooses the latter. Thus a new alternative universe is created...

In this new released trailer for "Pocket Monsters Diamond and Pearl - Giratina and the Sky’s Bouquet: Shaymin," we get to hear Shaymin's telepathic voice for the first time. It is not known who the voice actor is yet. In addition, other guest actors were announced...

Ugh, had this post ready about 2 days ago but forgot to publish. I'll try to avoid such delays from now on. Anyway this week's Vocaloid Ranking had its fair share of amusing songs. KAITO's rendition of "Nitori no uta" and "Yatterman no uta" are just a few that surprised me actually. There was also the just-released Part 2 Nico Nico kae uta medley making its debut... So like last time, if there's a song on here you like, request away.

TYPE-MOON will be extra busy this year with all these new upcoming projects in the works...

According to this 2ch thread, the final few minutes of Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2 episode 3 was leaked on YouTube several days before its official television broadcast...

According to the latest issue of CoroCoro, details on the follow-up title release to Pokemon Diamond and Pearl for the Nintendo DS are expected to be revealed in next month's issue -- on sale May 15th...

The latest promotional video from the three-member pop/techno group is now available...

According to ITmedia, five companies are sent to launch ai sp@ce, an online 3D virtual world where users can interact with their favorite bishoujo heroines from such franchises as Clannad, Shuffle!, and D.C. II: Da Capo II...

A Eureka Seven film adaptation will be announced in the May issue of Newtype magazine -- on sale April 10th. The original staff, including director Kyoda Tomoki, character designer Yoshida Kenichi, and special effects director Muraki Ysushi, are all expected to return for the new project. It is said to feature a new form of storytelling revolving around Renton and Eureka...

Unveiled today was the new project from TYPE-MOON entitled, "Mahou Tsukai no Yoru ~ Witch on the Holy Night." So far an official website is up with a tagline that reads, "in the mansion on top of a hill, live two witches." This is a prelude ...

Last week, the Spanish Vlog side of MobuzzTV briefly introduced Vocaloid idol sensation Hatsune Miku on the program Dosis Diaria. The segment led to some controversy regarding the image of a semi-nude Hatsune Miku used on the show...

According to both Moonphase and the latest issue of Jump Square magazine, a second season of Rosario + Vampire has been greenlit for production. A temporary name has been given to the new series entitled, "Rosario + Vampire Capu2." It is set to begin broadcast as early as this October...