A website for an original anime series, entitled 「Mayo elle Otokonoko」, was pre-launched earlier today. Otokonoko (おとこの娘) is slang used to describe a boy who dresses as a girl. It will be directed by Kawaguchi Keiichiro (Hayate the Combat Butler!) and produced by animation studio Actas. No word yet on ...

「VOCALOID リリィ」 (プチ01) Internet Co., Ltd has just released the first official song demo from the forthcoming Vocaloid software 「Lily」 . This song below, entitled 「SUPER SONIC DANCE」, was originally a 2001 single from the Japanese electronica band m.o.v.e. "SUPER SONIC DANCE" Lily Ver With G - Vocaloid2 Lily package cover art now ...

「エアギア」 (笠井) According to Weekly Shounen Magazine, an OAD of Oh! Great's 「Air Gear」 series will be bundled with the limited edition 30th volume of the manga. It will cover the "Ikki vs. Ringo" face-off found in the 16th volume. The 「Air Gear」 manga series first debuted in May 16th, 2003. It ...

According to Super Dash Bunko imprint, a TV anime adaptation of Kizaki Kaya's (author) and Itsuki Akata's (illustrator) light novel series 「Dragon Crisis!」 has been green-lit for production. The novel first debuted in 2007 and has since enjoyed 11 volumes to-date. A drama CD was released under Frontier Works in ...

「初音ミク アペンド」 (mega) Another promotional video for the PSP sequel, 「Hatsune Miku -Project DIVA- 2nd」, was released earlier today showing off 3 new songs and a look at the different difficulty modes. 「When the First Love Ends」 by ryo, 「Finder (DSLR remix‐re:edit)」 by kz, and 「The Singing Passion of Hatsune Miku」 ...

Original artist: Kirabagani From the people who gave us Gackpoid and Megpoid, comes a brand new Vocaloid software ready to makes its debut in August of this year. 「Lily」, the official mascot for the upcoming synthesizer program from Internet Co., Ltd, was designed by Hatsune Miku character designer KEI. One of her ...

That one US anime convention that occurs every 4th of July weekend out here in Southern California has now ended. Just like the last 2 previous years, Anime Expo was again held in Los Angeles at the LACC. This would be my 4th actual visit to the event -- my ...