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Anime Director Satoshi Kon Passes Away, the world just got more boring…

Jangofatt — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 03:45:19 +0000

One of the leading pioneers of out of this world psychedelic themed movies, Satoshi Kon actually won me over with his writing skills with the anime short “Magnetic Rose”, which was easily the best short in the three part anthology: “Memories.”

His writing and directing always had this strange effect on me. Satoshi Kon had the ability [...]

‘Otomedius Excellent’ Looks To Be Coming Here!

Jangofatt — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 17:39:44 +0000

A sequel of Otomedius Gorgeous looks to be making an appearance States side based off of this forum post. Of course, Famitsu also has some screen shots confirming the upcoming sequel and while the original Otomedius wasn’t the most visually impressive shooter that took advantage of the Xbox 360 hardware, it did a good [...]

‘Las Vegas Super Con’ Coming This May…

Jangofatt — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 06:30:33 +0000

While I’ve never been into otaku conventions, it was brought up to my attention from PCA user ZeroSnake that on May 21-23, there will be an anime convention of sorts to celebrate your inner nerd. The website is vague to say the least but from what I’ve been able to gather there will anime, manga, comics, [...]

Tatsunoko Vs. Capcom Quick Impressions

Decepticreep — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 21:28:28 +0000

What can I tell you, it’s an excuse to turn on my Wii. I liked the game ok when I played it Jango’s house when he imported the Japanese version, but now that the game is translated, I love the game! Going through the instruction manual in English and knowing how to do moves [...]

What is that there Tatsunoko?

Jedah Doma — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 04:22:11 +0000

If you’ve been regularly visiting this site, as you well should, you have no doubt noticed the game Tatsunoko vs. Capcom pop up in articles and on the Pinekast. As excited as I am, I have to admit a bit of self ignorance. I do know a few of the characters from the Tatsunoko brand, but [...]

Jango’s Surprising Prize.

Jangofatt — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 05:24:17 +0000

Yesterday after a long day, I was greeted with a tube sitting in front of my door. I was so exhausted I almost stepped on the darn thing. It a good thing I didn’t. So today, feeling a bit more refreshed, I decided to see what kind of a [...]

Sword of the Stranger: One Night Only 02/05 @ 7:30pm

Jangofatt — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 05:54:24 +0000

I donâ€™t know anything about this movie except one very important thing: itâ€™s a samurai anime on the big screen here in Vegas. Okay, you got me, that is enough for me to spend 103 minutes and check out this film. The art style looks cool and my wife mention something about [...]

Valkyria Chronicles Anime

Jangofatt — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 06:45:18 +0000

Well it looks like the Japanese are getting an anime on this amazing PS3 gem coming this April.Â Gone are the water coloring textures but to make up for this indiscretion, the original voice actors will reprise their role for the upcoming TV show.Â Sadly, I don’t think this will ever come out in [...]

Adding to the Street Fighter Hype With Another Trailer or Two…

Jangofatt — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 06:03:19 +0000

I love me some Street Fighter and the closer I get to February 17, the more unbearable the wait is becoming, so tid-bits like this video below is driving my insane! First of all Iâ€™m bringing up my usual complaint about how the characters sound horrible in English but it looks like the [...]

Resident Evil: Degeneration… Not My Cup of Tea

Decepticreep — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 09:21:02 +0000

So I bought Resident Evil: Degeneration at Wal-Mart the other day based on Yunie’s review. I’m a fan of the RE games. I beat all the main RE games from Resident Evil: Zero to Resident Evil: Four and Code Veronica. I have to say… this movie did leave a bad [...]

Tatsunoko Character Openings

Ancient Flounder — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 11:06:29 +0000

Finally, Tatsunoko vs. Capcom is out and available for the masses to play.Â I managed to get The Homebrew Channel up and running on my Wii as well, along with a burned copy of TvC to play on it, using Backup Loader 0.3 (yeah, I know, shame on me; call me cheap for not [...]

OMG: King of Fighters XII looks amazing!

Jangofatt — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:43:55 +0000

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Wow! King of Fighters XII is turning out to be a sexy and a graphical amazing looking game. It seems to have the high frames polish of other fluid fighters like, Street Fighter II: Third Strike, Garou: Mark of the Wolves & Art of Fighting 3. The players really [...]

Tatsunoko vs. Capcom – How Has This Not Been Posted Yet?

Ancient Flounder — Fri, 23 May 2008 09:41:33 +0000

Look what series is coming back from the dead?Â In a surprise move, Capcom is reviving its Vs. series of fighters with Tatsunoko vs. Capcom.Â The first thingt that comes to peoples’ minds when they hear the title:Â what the fuck is a Tatsunoko?Â The answer?Â They are the company that brought us such classics like [...]

WTF… Gaijin Otaku Anime-Videogame Music Video?

Jangofatt — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 17:25:33 +0000

Uh, it’s so bad it’s…bad.Â I’ve come to this conclusion, if I can understand the lyrics to any bubblegum pop music, then if sucks.Â End of story…

Ahhhhh. [...]

Batman Goes to Japan!

Decepticreep — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 04:16:58 +0000

Check out the new trailer for the Batman anime coming to DVD & Blu-ray this summer. It looks like it’s going to [...]

IMAGE! Original Phantasy Star Scans

Jangofatt — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 19:52:28 +0000

After replacing the battery on my copy of Phantasy Star for the Sega Master System, Iâ€™ve been giving it a play through for the first time and I can say this game is very impressive for an old 8-bit RPG. Tons of animation with cool anime cut scenes and so [...]

Showing Some Papercraft Love, Now With Video!

Jangofatt — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 17:28:43 +0000

Papercraft projects are cool because they are simple easy to do projects that anyone with any sort of patience can build one at one time flat, except when hardcore Ben Millett deceided to make probably one of the more complicated pieces I have ever seen, well letâ€™s just say itâ€™s pure awesomesauce.

With a lot [...]

Ys I & II DS Trailer

Jangofatt — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 22:26:12 +0000

The classic RPG series popularized animation cut sequences and voice acting in videogames, Ys I & II, will be making a comeback on the Nintendo DS in Japan. While Iâ€™ve never been a hugeÂ fan of the series, mainly because of the run and crash mechanics, the remake looks to have been reinvented with actually sword slashing [...]

Super-Awesome-Anime-Expo-Extravaganza!!!!!!…..milk!

Gen — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 23:51:09 +0000

Yeah, yeah I know…The first weekend of the month brought us the annual Anime Vegas convention at the Cashman field and this year I planned on dressing in the wanderer costume from Shadow of the Colossus, but alas I did not finish it in time…so I went as Genyphur (aka myself).

This year was basically the same [...]

Transformers Animated or Jangoâ€™s too confused to be madâ€¦

Jangofatt — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 04:26:27 +0000

Okay, I found this video of the new Transformers cartoon and all I can say is: boy am I confused. Forget about this show keeping up with any sort of continuity from any of the previous Transformers shows and Iâ€™m also including the comics and Beast Wars, and everything looks flashy but does that make [...]

San Diego Comic Con 2007…and Lindsay Lohan?

Xenojive — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 08:05:17 +0000

“Thanks for saving the day Overweight Fanny Pack Wearing Spider-Man!!”

Everyone here at the ‘Cone seems to be really hyped up to go to the local Classic Gaming Expo here in “beautiful downtown Las Vegas”. As much as I love games, classic and not so classic…I’d LOVE to be at the San Diego Comic Con!

It [...]

Autobots Here To Save The Day!!!

Decepticreep — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 04:22:26 +0000

So I was having a gander at Seibertron.com, looking for info at the up and comming movie, and I stumbled into this… a new Transformers cartoon to come out on Cartoon Network.

Cartoon Network has put out some great cartoons in the past, but I [...]

Powerpuff Girls Z: DS

Jangofatt — Tue, 08 May 2007 22:06:58 +0000

Apparently thereâ€™s another awful Japanese remake of an American show (which isnâ€™t as awful), which will be made into a board game for the Nintendo DS to support to awful show.Â

While the original Powerpuff Girls was a fun diversion, it wasnâ€™t anything special, but I find the Powerpuff Girl Z series to be very intriguing.Â Â Â Itâ€™s [...]

Wildcat Returns with New 2D Fighter.

Jangofatt — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 18:08:03 +0000

First thingâ€™s first:Â I donâ€™t know jack shit about independent gamer programmers or developers but I do know that I freaking love 2D fighters, so I was browsing over at Insert Credit and I came across this interesting article about the return of Wildcat.Â I have no clue who or what in the world [...]

Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix to be Released for Xbox Live! and PlayStation Network.

Jangofatt — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 16:07:45 +0000

Does the world need another Street Fighter II? Logically speaking, gamers don’t want recycled games released over and over again right? Wrong! Street Fighter has always seems to be the exception this rule. Apparently, Capcom will be releasing Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix were every character sprites will [...]

Ass rapery of my childhood.

Jangofatt — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 16:43:43 +0000

I know I’ve been writing a lot about the Turtles, but check out this awful Ninja Turtles show.Â Japan should never have any creative control of any American cartoon franchises.Â For example: Transformers was one of my childhood favorites and I really enjoyed the Beast Wars Story arc, but after Beast Machine (which was [...]

New ‘Fist of the North Star’ movie in the works…

Tenno — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 18:23:13 +0000

Just a quick blurb: Looks like there’s going to be a new Hokuto No Ken movie released soon, in Japan at least. Here in the states it looks like we’re in for a wait……like usual I guess. Anyways, link to the main site with info below. I love the series, and I like the ‘closer [...]

Anime Vegas: Setpember 1-3 2007

Jangofatt — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 15:28:04 +0000

The only anime convention for Las Vegas will be held at Cashman Center on September 1-3, 2007. Iâ€™ve gone in the past but only because there was a gun show also being held that day right next door.

Iâ€™m not really into otaku culture anymore but I am starting to get back into it now [...]

For No Good Reason

Decepticreep — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 10:13:59 +0000

A picture of a hot chick holding a Squier Badtz-Maru Bronco Bass.

Naruto opening in German…

Tenno — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 21:07:01 +0000

Straight from Japanator: May I give you the worst dubbing in history! NARUUUTOOOO!!! [...]

Bad news and a sign of the endtimes…

Tenno — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 18:28:09 +0000

A week ago I was just a normal otaku, just another game / anime / manga collecting person who made fun of the real perverts out there: Naruto fans. Now, through fate’s intervention I ended up watching an episode with my cousin’s kids while waiting to fix my truck……and this kid is dead serious when it [...]