In the real world we do things. Often these things are related to anime, manga or gaming. Sometimes they’re not. You can read about them below!
Posting stuff home to yourself while travelling in Japan isn’t difficult to do. Case in point – in June 2018 I had the chance to head over to Japan as part of my Masters degree for a study tour and bought more nerdy stuff than I was anticipating. While I’ll cover the trip in more […]
The Tokyo 2020 twitter has recently revealed three sets of mascots shortlisted to represent the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Anyone familiar with characters like Kumamon and Domo-kun know that Japan has turned the mascot business into an art, using cute and wacky characters to represent regions, local attractions, and products. Naturally, this would result in […]
Thanks to the magnificent team at Madman Entertainment we have not one but TWO competitions running for the next two weeks. For fans of series’ whose narrative length defies all expectations we have the recently-released One Piece Film Gold in your choice of DVD or Blu-Ray! For those who prefer gritty awesome goodness we also […]
Thanks to the magnificent team at Madman Entertainment we have three double passes up for grabs to go see Fairy Tail: Dragon Cry at selected cinemas across Australia starting 18 May 2017 for a strictly limited season. To enter hit the links below (or to the right) to check the T&Cs, then make sure you’ve […]
Thanks to the magnificent team at Madman Entertainment we have not one but TWO competitions running for the next two weeks. For magic girl fans (and fans of amazing, pivotal anime), we have the recently-released Cardcaptor Sakura Complete Series on DVD. This collects the entire series in one package, and having quite a few resident […]
Anime inferno is finally doing the video/YouTube thing! It’s been a while so we’re a little rusty, but we hope you enjoy it. For our first video we’ve reviewed Goody Japan, a Japan-based shipping agent that can allow you to order from Japanese stores and auction sites that don’t normally ship internationally. The second half […]
An official Kirby Café and adjoining shop will be opening in Osaka this August, with another opening in Tokyo soon after. A shop sans restaurant will also be opening its doors in Nagoya. The official Japanese website shows the themed food that will be on offer at the restaurant, including but not limited to; Kirby […]
Hironobu Sakaguchi, the creator of the Final Fantasy series and producer, designer, and scenario writer for countless other Square Enix titles, (including but not limited to; Kingdom Hearts, Parasite Eve, and Chrono Trigger) is in the midst of creating a new development company. Streaming a video to his YouTube account, Sakaguchi announced that the new […]
A massive Studio Ghibli exhibit will be set up in Tokyo’s Roppongi Hills, at the Tokyo City View building. The exhibit will be open from 7 July to 11 September, and will showcase Studio Ghibli posters, photos, documents, artwork, and animation material from the last thirty years. Movies ranging from Nausicaa of the Valley of […]
Square Enix, the company behind Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy, and Kingdom Hearts, have teamed up with the Ooka Makoto Kotoba Museum to bring us the “Works of VISUAL WORKS”, a digital art exhibition in Mishima, Japan. The exhibit will be showcasing the art of Square’s CG production department, Visual Works. The focus will be on […]