This week Japanese anime news site Anime Anime held a cool double poll: in one, it asked its readers to choose their favorite Gundam series, and in the other, their favorite non- Gundam robot series. Now, the question Anime Anime specifically asked was “what robot …Read more »
This is the most interesting use of Twitter’s new survey feature we’ve seen yet. Recently “Nekopyon,” a member of the editorial department at GA Bunko, a major publisher of light novels, created a survey asking readers what the most important factor is when picking up …Read more »
Studio Ghibli: the legendary anime studio founded by Hayao Miyazaki, Isao Takahata and Toshio Suzuki after the completion of their film Nausicaa really needs no introduction. Beloved by anime fans and mainstream film lovers alike, Ghibli’s films have become essential viewing in their native Japan …Read more »
Japan has voted, and the results are in. No, not for prime minister – we’re talking about the sixth annual AKB48 elections, in which fans trade yen for votes by buying AKB’s latest single, each copy of which contains one ballot used to vote for …Read more »
Remember when we combined with mega-mac Japanese gaming mag Weekly Famitsu to ask you, the people, what tickles your fancy as American otaku? Well, 800 stepped up to the Foreign Otaku challenge, and the results of our readership poll were just published in the September …Read more »
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