The complete version of Firefox 3 is finally released to the public today after much testing. Just downloaded my copy to enjoy the new features and to help them set a good world record for the number of downloads in 24 hours. Why not join in the Download Day and then pick up your free e-certificate too?
Servers have been pretty much been...
Aniplex is planning a live concert "Persona Music Live" dedicated to the most recent titles in the Persona series on August 22nd at Akasaka Blitz, tickets costing 4500 Yen (US$41) each. The music will cover the upcoming Persona 4, the currently on air Persona Trinity Soul and PS2 RPG Persona 3. The artists who will be singing live on...
Just a few days after I published the contents of Makoto Shinkai's reply to me regarding whether he will be giving out autographs this Friday at BFI's 5cm screening, I receive the long awaited response from BFI that says the following.
Thank you for your email which our box office has recently passed to me for response. Having spoken to...
Well, just two weeks until 5cm goes onto the big screen in London, with BFI starting the screening off with a live interview with the producer Makoto Shinkai himself. As of now, most of the central seats appear to be filled with over 200 people booked in. Think I'll just have to take a side seat near the middle. Otherwise I'll have a sore...
I don't really pay attention to elections but the race between Barack Obama and Hilary Clinton has been in the news spotlight for a long time now so, I couldn't help but follow some of the events. I think it was fairly obvious Obama was going to win the primary season but, Clinton also deserves applause for not letting her supporters down...
A bit late on this one but, I wanted confirmation first before I posted. It appears Makoto Shinkai will be appearing as a guest for the screening of his third movie "5 Centimetres per Second" at BFI Southbank London on 20th June. Ticket bookings won't be open until this Friday May 9th. As part of the Anime Weekend line-up, his other movie...
Maybe those "I must buy this! I must buy this!" ads really are working. Akibablog (NSFW) reports that the Evangelion 1.0 Rebuild Movie LE DVD which went on sale last Friday, is now sold out in many of the popular shops in Akiba. When asked if it was because they stocked too little due to few orders being placed, the staff replied it was...
Makoto Shinkai's first artbook, which contains over 400 backgrounds from his movies, appears to be selling well. Daike-san tells me that it's sold out in a good number of shops in Akiba and it's even managed to make Amazon's Top 10 list of Japanese books. Can't wait to get a hold of it myself!...
One of the world's most famous Warcraft III players, Jae Ho "Moon" Jang and Xiao Feng "Sky" Li have been chosen to carry Olympic torch in Beijing, China along with other fellow electronic sports stars. That's what will happen according to SK Gaming via Gamespot China. No offence to the pro gamers who I know are like celebrities over in...
When I first saw this "6 minutes" of Code Geass R2 raw floating around, I dismissed it thinking it was just some promotional video or something. It wasn't marked as episode three and I don't keep track of Anime news. Thanks to reader Calvin, I now know it's actually a leak of the next episode due this Sunday. I don't know why anyone would...