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Now hear this: Anime Expo hotel blocks have officially opened up! (Updated)

Update 03/08/2013: Another hotel has been added! The Sheraton Los Angeles Downtown has rooms available at $152/night.

We’ve spoken at length in the past of the virtues of staying at an official con hotel when attending an anime convention. You usually get a fairly reasonable discount on the room, sometimes get discounted or free admission […]


Cool Find: MikuMikuMoving, a new 3D animation creation program to replace MikuMikuDance

I’ve written before about MikuMikuDance (MMD), a really powerful (and totally free) 3D animation creation program put out by members of the Vocaloid fan community, that said community uses to create those really awesome Vocaloid videos you see on sites such as YouTube and NicoNicoDouga. (In fact it is often used to create videos from […]


Cool Find: Planetarian – Dream of Little Star kinetic novel for iOS devices – from Key!

A while ago I wrote about why you, my fellow otaku readers, need to get excited about the iPad modern tablet computers. (I’ll even extend this to all tablet-type devices in general. I’ve nothing against you Android or (even) Windows 8/Windows RT/whatever the hell it’s called today folks.) And just about all of my predictions […]


Anime Secret Santa Review: Sound of the Sky

Note: For this review I am trying out a new, much simpler ratings system, inspired by another podcast I watch, Before You Buy. They use a simple system of “Buy it!” (definitely worth buying), “Try it!” (it’s good, not great, but you might want to take a look) and “Don’t Buy” (avoid at all costs). […]


Cool Find: LittleMaidMob Mod for Minecraft

I’ve written before of my love for Minecraft. With its completely open-ended sandbox gameplay, beautiful landscapes and caverns to explore, monsters to fight, items to craft and tremendous potential for creativity, it’s truly a game without limits. Plus it has a vibrant community of modders who have come up with all sorts of interesting hacks […]


Crunchyroll is now available on the Xbox 360!

Do you own an Xbox 360? Would you like to experience fully 100% legal, 24/7 on-demand streaming anime goodness from the comfort of your own home? Then you’ll be pleased to learn that our favorite streaming anime provider, Crunchyroll, is now available on the Xbox 360!

To install the app: 1. Launch Xbox Live Marketplace […]


Cool Find: HD Player Pro for iOS plays MKVs, renders subtitles damn near perfectly (Updated)

UPDATE 06/17/2013: The developer of HD Player Pro has now made the app free, with a $1.99 in-app purchase to enable MKV support. Go download HD Player from the iOS App Store using this link.

A while ago I wrote about my quest for a way to enjoy my downloaded anime while on the go […]


Looking for my 2012 Anime Secret Santa review? Sorry, but you’ll have to wait a bit… (Updated)

Update 1/1/2013: My Anime Secret Santa review of Sound of the Sky (aka Sora no Woto) is up!

You know that old saying about the best laid plans of mice and men? Well unfortunately all of my plans for the next few months went out the window when late last month (right around Thanksgiving) when […]


It’s time for the 12 Days of Kurisumasu to return for 2012!

Well, once again, it’s holiday time, which means it’s time to hit the malls and get serious about your holiday gift buying. So how’s that going for you? Well, if you, like 99.99999% of the rest of civilization, are either (A) having trouble deciding what to buy someone, (B) procrastinating right up till the end […]


Version 3.0 Build 224 of the Otaku no Podcast app is out!

After over one year in development, I am pleased to announce that Version 3.0 Build 224 of the Otaku no Podcast app is now available on the App Store, chock full of new features!

NEW! Now supports the 4-inch Retina screen on the iPhone 5 and iPod touch (fifth generation). NEW! Otaku no Radio. Listen […]