Lone Otaku

Japan has announced that it plans to invite 10,000 people to visit Japan on them. Well not completely, you would need to cover food, lodging, etc. The cost of the plane tickets would be covered. The catch is, you will need to publicize about your visit.

Sentai Filmworks has licensed the Broken Blade series of anime Films. (Also known as Break Blade after one of the Golumns in the series) Sentai also released Clanaad, Allison & Lillia and Guin Saga.

This week there are potentially 3 shows kicking off on the various providers. Kobato Hidamari Sketch x Hoshimittsu (Season 3) Mardock Scramble: The First Compression

The other night I pulled out my Mobip branded K-On! figures. I decided it was time to take some school pictures. Here are a few of the shots.

This week kicks off Amagami SS on a number of providers. This show presents several short arcs showing the “what if” if the main character became involved with one of several different girls in his school. Week of 9/18/2011 – 9/24/2011 Amagami SS Provider Name Series Name Armstrong Amagami SS [...]

Recently there was a Culture Festival held where I live and my family and I had the opportunity to sample foods from some of the booths setup. I went for the Japanese booth and tried Onigiri for the first time. I thought it was quite yummy. I think I need [...]

I’ll admit I am not familiar with Persona at all but when I saw word about this figure being made available for reservation, I had to weigh in too.

Like its approach of employing Hatsune Miku in the US, Toyota is using Evangelion to sell in Japan. I wonder if I can get my car done like this… Source: Kotoku

Fate / Zero is due out October 1st and the first episode is supposed to be an hour long. I’m looking forward to see what becomes of the next round of searches for the grail. Fate/Zero Preview # 2

Here is this weeks list of shows starting on The Anime Network Video On Demand Service… Mardock Scramble: The First Compression Glass Maiden Provider Name Series Name AT&T Uverse Mardock Scramble: The First Compression Cox Cable Mardock Scramble: The First Compression Rogers Glass Maiden Shaw Mardock Scramble: The First Compression [...]