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Anime Movie / Spirited Away (movie)

Spirited Away (千と千尋の神隠し, lit. "The Spiriting Away of Sen and Chihiro") is a 2001 Japanese animated fantasy-adventure film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki and produced by Studio Ghibli. The film tells the story of Chihiro Ogino, a sullen ten-year-old girl who, while moving to a new neighborhood and after her parents are transformed into pigs by the witch Yubaba, becomes trapped in an alternate reality that is inhabited by spirits and monsters. Chihiro takes a job working in Yubaba's bathhouse to find a way to free herself and her parents and escape back to the human world.

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Anime & Manga / Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion (コードギアス 反逆のルルーシュ)

Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion (コードギアス 反逆のルルーシュ), often referred to as simply Code Geass, is a Japanese anime series created by Sunrise, directed by Goro Taniguchi, and written by Ichirō Ōkouchi, with original character designs by manga authors Clamp. Set in an alternate future, the series focus on how the former prince Lelouch Lamperouge obtains a power known as Geass and decides to use it to obliterate the Holy Britannian Empire, an imperial monarchy and a superpower that has been conquering various countries.

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The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya (movie)

The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya (涼宮ハルヒの消失), or The Vanishment of Haruhi Suzumiya, is an animated film based on the fourth light novel of the Haruhi Suzumiya series of the same name, written by Nagaru Tanigawa. It is produced by Kyoto Animation and directed by Tatsuya Ishihara and Yasuhiro Takemoto. It was released in Japanese theaters on February 6, 2010 and on DVD and Blu-ray Disc on December 18, 2010. The film has been licensed by Bandai Entertainment in North America and Manga Entertainment in the UK.

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Anime & Manga Japan / Livedoor opens multilingual WorldCosplay site

Livedoor has introduced a multilingual WorldCosplay community site where cosplayers across the globe can share photos and information on their activities.
The company behind WorldCosplay is NHN Japan Corp. NHN just entered into a three-way administrative merger with its subsidiary companies Naver Japan and Livedoor. NHN runs online games and web services (search, media, social networks) from development to operation with more than 400 engineers and designers in-house.

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Anime & Manga Japan / 'K-On!' nominated for top animation prize

The K-ON! film ranked fifth in the first preliminary results of the Japan Academy Prizes' All Night Nippon Wadai-Sho prize. For this audience award, listeners of the All Night Nippon radio program are voting for their favorite film and actor until February 2. K-ON! also holds a nomination in the Japan Academy Prizes' Animation of the Year category.

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Ueda's 'Ocean Chronicles' wins Nihon SF Taisho Award

Author Sayuri Ueda won the 32nd Nihon SF Taishō Award for her epic science-fiction novel Karyu no Miya (The Ocean Chronicles) on Sunday. The other nominees were the Puella Magi Madoka Magica anime, Kōji Mishima's Dynamic Figure novel, Hideaki Sena's Kibō (Hope) short story collection, and Junya Yokota's non-fiction Gendai Nihon Kisō Shōsetsu Shi Meiji-Hen (A History of Modern Japanese Fantasy Novels: Meiji Period).

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“Idolmaster 2″ – Hatsune Miku Append PS3 Trailer
Posted by pKjd on Jan 27, 2012 @ 2:11 pm

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「Idolm@ster 2」 DLC catalog vol.4 features the second TV anime opening theme, Change!!!!, as well as new downloadable costumes and accessories. But that’s not all. Also included in the pack is Miku’s Append costume. All this will be available at the Japanese PSN store come February 1st. Be sure to check out the trailer after the cut.

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