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After a failed first attempt, our VTuber Nakaichi gives Bandai Namco’s SD Gundam Battle Alliance, featuring almost every single mobile suit from the 40+ year franchise another proper playthrough attempt. Check out the full stream below the cut!

In searching for a change of pace on our Twitch channel, we launched our new weekly stream series called Weeknight Dubs! Every week we focus on the many competitive games the gaming sphere has to offer, including Overwatch 2, Valorant, and our current focus: Fortnite! Check out the full stream […]

We all talk about BTS, BLACKPINK, Stray Kids, NewJeans, and whatever K-Pop group that’s currently trending in the early 2020s. But let’s go back… way back… back into time when things were simpler. Let me talk about 90s K-Pop with you.

What countries do you want to visit? Running a blog called Centaku Media for over 15 years and having the word “Otaku” in one form in the name, you would think I have visited the land of all things Otaku: Japan. As of 2023, that has yet to happen. But […]

The Spring Anime Season of 2023 is almost over! Summer is just around the corner, and you now have a lot of free time for a few months until it’s time to go back to school—or whatever other situation that is not of any concern until Autumn. In the meantime, […]

Another year of MomoCon is in the books! It was a great year for the event’s 2023 show, and to share the memories with fellow readers, I managed to take some video footage of one area of the con that is underappreciated: the Itasha Showcase!

In this post, we are introducing our first Quarterly Community Member Spotlight where we give a shout-out to those who have left a positive impression on the Centaku Nation.

After two years of lockdowns and shutdowns due to the Coronavirus pandemic, MomoCon is returning for a full weekend of activities and guests at the Georgia World Congress Center on the weekend of Memorial Day 2022. Since it’s been a while since a large-scale event like this has been held […]

The latest Channel Surfing post is about a TV anime series that premiered on Netflix a while back called Carole & Tuesday. Directed by Shinichiro Watanabe of Cowboy Bebop anime fame, this anime is nothing like Cowboy Bebop at all but will have a familiar theme or two throughout the […]

It’s a while since I’ve written a traditional blog post. But to get back into the swing of things, I present you a series of highlights featuring our new VTuber, Nakaichi, that is the host of our Twitch channel!

It’s been a while since we’ve looked at the seasonal anime offerings. The mood lately is to just watch everything that’s out there, whether it’s from last season to several years ago. But now that craziness of Summer is behind us, let’s chill and check out several of the anticipated […]

When I first set foot into Hong Kong, while playing through Shenmue II, I couldn’t help but notice the strange, yet fascinating landscape of the next place Ryo would soon venture into to find answers behind his case: Kowloon.

In the past, I’ve been very vocal about my appreciation of the Gundam franchise. I was even invited to run a panel for our anime club back in 2009, inspiring a conversion into a three-part blog series on the how and why of Gundam; with recommendations of which Gundam TV […]