MazeArt Online Competition 2012
MAZECON was a dream come true for all of us, but perhaps the artists of MazeCity wanted a little more time to show off their artwork. For that, MazeCity proudly presents ‘MazeArt’.
One Piece New World Film: Luffy's Strongest Enemy Appears
The film production company Toei revealed the plot on Monday for the newest One Piece film, which will be set in the New World. It has been recently revealed that Monkey D Luffy will face a very formidable opponent!
GACKT Stars as a Samurai in "Bunraku"
Japanese rock singer GACKT stars in a computer-animated fantasy film “Bunraku” as Yoshi, wants to avenge his father by recovering a stolen talisman. The movie will have a theatrical release on September 30th.
Gackt came to the attention of director Guy Moshe through his role in the 2007 television historic drama Fūrin Kazan, where he portrayed the heroic warlord Uesugi Kenshin. Moshe even went to Japan to entice Gackt to join the project.
Final wallpapers for July [*25 Wallpapers inside*]
It seems my sluggish days are over, ^^ its about time i stop being dull, and It seems, Darksneider, and Animefreak155 wont be posting wallpapers anymore, so,, I will take their task instead (feels tired and weary already), alright!!! its time for some intruiging wallpapers! ... PS: this will be the last wallpaper post for this month ^^ hopefully you will see more juicy wallpapers coming in your way in August!, since the admins are handfull at the moment, but, we will get back to you all in August and satisfy all your juicy wallpaper needs, and there will be more wallpaper posts in August!, enjoy minna ^_^
Thats all the wallpapers for this month! ^^
Anime/Manga Review
Its been so long since we've posted our last review. Now we are back with new reviews :D hope you guys will enjoy them :)
We've selected the reviews from the forum's Review Section . we've decided , from now on any member can post reviews in the forum! Then we will choose the best review from that section and the Best reviewer will be given credits as well :). And yah you can write a review about Anime/Manga/Movies/Drama/Game. So if you guys are interested about posting reviews then post it now on the review section :)
Art Director Mitsuki Nakamura Passes Away
Color key artist Kunio Tsujita reported on Tuesday that the production studio Toei notified him that veteran art director Mitsuki Nakamura passed away on Monday, May 16. He was 67.
Nakamura was born in Tokyo in 1944. Starting with the Space Ace television anime in 1965, he was responsible for the background art, visuals, and mechanical designs for many classic anime at Tatsunoko Productions such as Mach Go Go Go (Speed Racer), Oraa Guzura Dado, Kurenai Sanshiro, Hakushon Daimaō, The Adventures of Hutch the Honeybee, Animentari Ketsudan, Kaba Totto, Kaiketsu Tamagon, Kagaku Ninja-Tai Gatchaman, Kerokko Demetan, Casshan, Konchu Monogatari Shin Minashigo Hutch, Hurricane Polymar, Uchuu no Kishi Tekkaman, Time Bokan, Paul no Miracle Daisakusen, Kagaku Ninja-Tai Gatchaman II, Kagaku Ninja-Tai Gatchaman F, Golden Warrior - The Gold Lightan, and Kaitou Kiramekiman.
Featured Manga: Kurogane no Linebarrel
Kurogane no Linebarrel (鉄のラインバレル)
By SHIMIZU Eiichi & SHIMOGUCHI Tomohiro
Fourteen-year-old Kouichi Hayase’s life has always been a mediocre one, if not dismal. However, those days of being bullied by classmates and escaping to a fantasy of being a hero are put to an end when a certain “accident” bestows on him a girl and a gigantic humanoid robot called “LINEBARREL”.
Official Code Geass Lelouch Eye Mask Offered
The Japanese character apparel and goods retailer Cospa will offer a Lelouch Eye Mask, inspired by the title character in Sunrise's Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion anime and its R2 sequel, in early August.
Shiki Horror Manga Ends in Japan
Fuyumi Ono and Ryu Fujisaki have ended their Shiki horror manga in the July issue of Shueisha's Jump Square magazine, which was released on Friday. Ono began writing the original Shiki novels in 1998, and Fujisaki began adapting the story in manga form in December 2007. The series will have a total of 11 volumes. Approximately 2.2 million copies of the manga have been printed.
The "Female Mangaka you Always Thought was Male" Ranking
Unlike sportsmen and idols, mangaka are celebrities
who hardly step into the public spotlight. There are also numerous mangaka who don't use their real names, but instead go by pen names. And among those, there are a surprising number of female mangaka who use pen names that make one assume they are male.The female mangaka that made the most people go "eh, you mean he was actually a she!?" with her male-sounding pen name is Satou Fumiya, the mangaka of the hit manga "Kindaichi Shounen no Jikenbo", which was also made into an anime and live-action drama. Her face has appearedon some of the books in the "Kindaichi~" series, and she made the headlines when she ran for the national elections and drew her own character illustrations on her election posters. Even now, many people still believe her to be male.









