September 20, 2024 was an important day for those who follow the Like A Dragon (formerly known as Yakuza) franchise, as Sega’s Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio held the pre-Tokyo Game Show edition of their RGG Summit livestream event with the surprise announcement of Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii.
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The Taiwanese drama It Started with a Kiss premiered on the CTA network, airing between September 25th, 2005 – February 12th, 2006. It is also based on a popular Japanese manga that received an anime adaptation in 2008, Itazura na Kiss. We take a brief look at the drama and what we’re in for in this 20 episode live-action adaptation.
It’s not every day you are granted an interview with a celebrity. Especially when one of those celebrities does not exist, but only within the media we consume: be it anime or gaming content. This is one of those interviews I’m lucky to be a part of with the world-famous Chief Prosecutor, Miles Edgeworth from Ace Attorney.
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The organizers of the JapanFest event held annually recently announced their dates for the 2024 show. The JapanFest event will be held at the Gas South Convention Center on September 21 & 22 in Duluth, GA.
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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.
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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 here are some observations of how that could happen.
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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 for anime fans and otaku in the Southeast US since Anime Weekend Atlanta last September, what do people out of “convention practice” look forward to for MomoCon 2022?
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After two years of uncertainty due to the Coronavirus pandemic, things are finally returning to normal–for the most part. With that in mind, a lot of people are considering attending large-scale events again. We still need to do our part when it comes to protecting ourselves and those around us. If you are reading this, you are probably thinking about attending conventions again. Don’t go alone, take these tips for attending a convention in the Pandemic era, from a 20-year convention veteran.
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