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Anime EXPAND STORY TEXTSSubscribe to this tag Contest: Are you the ultimate Naruto fan? Prove it! 67 Well, are you? We want you to take a picture of yourself in front of whatever Naruto product you own. Whether it be clothing, DVDs, videogames -- even taking a picture of yourself in front of a c... Watch the first episode of Halo Legends right now 54 The first episode of Halo Legends, The Babysitter, was released earlier this week on Halo Waypoint. It was only up for 24 hours for whatever reason but now you can check it out on YouTube before... GTA IV isn't helping anime with Princess Robot Bubblegum 150 [Editor's note: We're not just a (rad) news site -- we also publish opinions/editorials from our community & employees like this one, though be aware it may not jive with the opinions of Des... Seriously: Hideo Kojima judging a Twilight fanart contest 51 [Hot otaku news ripped straight from the headlines of Japanator] You read that right. Hideo Kojima, the man behind Metal Gear Solid, along with Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, the character designer and mang... Tekken anime is unintentionally funny 26 "Why are you so upset? Is it because your father threw you off a cliff?" "Tomorrow I'm killing my father." "I know the rabbit wasn't happy to get eaten." These are some choice quotes from a Tekk... Persona 4 is the most wanted game to anime adaption 44 Sure, there's games we all love so much that we play them multiple times just to get back in the atmosphere -- I know I have, and I'm sure some of you have too. If you could have an anime made of... Latest Pangya season 4 screens show off new characters 8 Ntreev's digital crack RPG golf game Pangya is currently entering its fourth season, and along with tons of new features and systems, it's got some new characters as well. Thankfully, however, th... List of all the anime on the PlayStation Network 44 You guys like anime, don't you? Well, we do over at sister site Japanator. One day I'll be able to flip on a box, flip through a menu and watch whatever anime I want instantly. My PC connected to... Strike Witches shmup headed for Xbox 360 in Japan 18 Like any good Eastern underdog console, the Japanese Xbox 360 has proven itself this generation's machine of choice when it comes to shmups. With massive support from developers like Cave, it's b... Fate/Unlimited Codes combo video, move lists and more 5 Type-Moon's erotic visual novel, turned anime, turned a hundred other things, Fate/Stay Night, has now also been turned into a fighting game, courtesy of Capcom. The PSP title is called Fate/Unli... Gundam creator: 'Videogames are EVIL!' 51 With the amount of videogames out there featuring giant robot suits that kick the crap out of each other, you'd think that Gundam creator Yoshiyuki Tomino would appreciate the medium. Dismayingly... Infinite Space DS shows off more anime previews 14 I'm a sucker for anything Platinum Games makes, so Infinite Space is on my do want list, but even so I'm not sure if I am going to love it or not. What you'll find after the break is the third in... Gundam gets the honor of hosting the PS3 Slim's first bundle 13 Hooray! I guess. Celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, Gundam will be gracing the PS3 Slim's very first bundle with the latest game in the franchise, Kidou Senshi Gundam Senki. The Japan-on... Espgaluda II headed to the Xbox 360 19 Admittedly, I'm not the shmup guy on the Destructoid staff -- there aren't enough numbers coming out of heads for my tastes. I do, however, know enough to know that Cave means quality when it com... Ready for some 1920's girls playing baseball in Japan? 8 [As originally posted on Japanator] Taisho Yakyuu Musume is a title with a whole lot of Japanese in it, and it doesn't really tell you much about the game, does it? To explain real quick, and thu... Preview: Astro Boy 13 Osamu Tezuka's classic title Astro Boy is an important piece of animation history -- many cite it as the birth of the modern anime, with its debut on TV in 1963 (the manga started in 1952). And n... Halo Legends looks a bit like M.A.S.K 45 At least, that's what Japanator's Zac Bentz says, and I'm inclined to agree with him. Okay, so this Halo anime stuff looks a bit silly, but it's guaranteed to be a hit. Some believe that the &quo... So, they're doing a Halo anime 72 It has today been revealed that Microsoft's new Halo studio, 343 Productions, is overseeing an anime set in the Halo universe, with a trailer due to be revealed at the San Diego Comic-Con later o... PS2 Sega shooter Gungrave is becoming a live action movie 26 This is not something I expected to see today. A name I've not heard in years, Gungrave, has apparently been licensed to Convergence Entertainment in order to make a live action movie. Originally... Preview: NARUTO Shippuden: Ninja Destiny 2 9 If you've already had a chance to see my preview of NARUTO Shippuden: Clash of Ninja Revolution 3, you'll know that that Wii has some big promises to make with regards to its quality as a fightin... Preview: NARUTO Shippuden: Clash of Ninja Revolution 3 14 I'm not the biggest fan of anime. Sure, I can appreciate Miyazaki's work, and I grew up watching the Pokémon show, but it's just a form of entertainment I'm still building appreciation for... A Star Radish gameplay video, growing in the wild 9 Ok, if you aren't some sort of SNK enthusiast, bear with me here. Earlier this year, on April Fool's Day, SNK Playmore announced a game called Star Radish, an 8-bit Neo Geo shmup made by a "... RapeLay devs announce a game, lift Dragon Quest designs 14 Capitalizing on the Dragon Quest fever that is currently spreading through Glorious Nippon, RapeLay developer Illusionsoft has announced an H-game suggestively titled Yuusha kara wa Nigerarenai (... Dynasty Warriors crossbreeds with Souten Kouro for DLC 9 Dynasty Warriors 6: Empires released last month and has been releasing a decent stream of free DLC. The content isn't exactly minblowing, consisting of new costumes and background music, but it's... Demon's Souls dev doesn't think the game is that hard 17 Adam "I can rock handlebar mustaches" Dork has informed me that Demon's Souls is a challenging and awesome game. He also likes Turok, so we're going to take his advice with a grain of s... Funimation bringing Sega's Sands of Destruction anime to US 12 If the name Sands of Destruction sounds completely unfamiliar to you, that’s because Sega decided to rename the DS role-playing game World Destruction for its upcoming American release. I&r... Totally moe, totally free : Sugeno's Vanguard Princess 30 Bored of Street Fighter IV and too cheap to buy BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger? You may want to try Vanguard Princess, a freeware, 2D fighter with an all-girl cast that was quietly released last week... Check out these Last Rebellion screens, try to get excited 12 Information about up-coming, PS3-exclusive RPG, The Last Rebellion, has been sparse since the game was announced a few months ago. The game is a collaborative effort between Hitmaker and Nippon I... Solid Snake remembered in cardboard box memorial 23 It has been a tough month for the world as several celebrities have passed away all at once. Apparently Solid Snake, hero of the Metal Gear series of videogames, has also passed. We came across t... Super Saiyan Soul Bubbles is making its way to Japan 13 If the search function on the top right of the screen is accurate, then Mekensleep's action-puzzler Soul Bubbles hasn't gotten nearly enough attention from the Destructoid editorial staff, which ... PSPorn: Queen's Blade advertising and trailer titillate 37 Do any of you remember the screenshots of Namco Bandai's Queen's Blade: Sprial Chaos that accompanied Dale's announcement post a few months ago? Unfortunately, there happened to be some sort of p... Somehow this Infinite Space anime has to do with the game 18 Infinite Space is an upcoming DS title from Sega which places you in the shoes of a young hero named Yuri battling his way through space in what sounds to be a bit of a sci-fi epic. That sounds l... Capcom brings Tatsunoko Vs Capcom to Anime Expo 7 Attendees at this weekend's Anime Expo will have a chance to get their hands on Tatsunoko Vs Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars. This is the first time that the public will have a chance to check the tit... Atlus at Anime Expo: Win signed Demon's Souls canvas art 2 Atlus will be at this weekend's Anime Expo to show off their wares as well as hold a special panel on their upcoming PS3 RPG release, Demon's Souls. This panel, called Demon's Souls: The Full Sto... Games at Anime Expo? BlazBlue and Demon's Souls slated 23 Anime Expo is one of those events so big that it manages to break out of its original mold. It has since grown past anime and manga fandom to now include gaming and just about everything else gee... Persona 4 reimagined with popular anime Gurren Lagann 17 You've got to love what the inspiration of a fan can result in. In the video examples you see after the jump, you'll see the art (called eyecatches) of the immensely popular anime series Gurren L... E3 09: Starz and more bring new anime to the PSN 17 Yesterday, during Sony's press conference, they mentioned a whole host of new content joining the PlayStation Network. Now, knowing me, I'm taking a moment to highlight some of the content that i... New Atelier Rorona trailer is pretty, and perhaps suggestive 15 Well, nobody seems to know much about Gust's new PS3-exclusive Atelier Rorona, except that it's hard to say. Ro-ro-na. It's like trying to say "Irish wristwatch" or "rural juror.&q... Naked: PSP SRPG Queen's Blade Spiral Chaos and armor cutting 26 While the otaku probably know what Queen's Blade is, the rest of you may not. For those not in the know, it's a super fan-servicey manga/anime where the female warriors wear ridiculous clothing a... Major Minor's Majestic March gets a anime shorts series 5 If Major Minor's Majestic March is on your radar, it's there for one of three reasons: It's being designed by Masaya Masuura (better known as "that Parappa guy"), it looks pretty damn g... Ride motorcycles while playing cards in Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's 4 Two new Yu-Gi-Oh! games are coming out for the Wii and DS later this year. Yes, you are all very excited. In Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Wheelie Breakers for the Wii, players will be racing and battling each ... EA to upset more literary nerds with Dante's Inferno cartoon 18 Like Electronic Arts did with Dead Space's prequel animated flick, Dead Space: Downfall, the publisher is hard at work on giving the upcoming Dante's Inferno game the same treatment. Collabo... Gerard Way co-produced ending theme to Final Fantasy: Advent Children Complete 24 [As originally posted on Japanator]This is going to get some flak from you guys, I'm sure.Gerard Way, the frontman for the band My Chemical Romance, is co-producing Kyosuke Himuro's song that wil... Dragon Ball Kai will be getting its own RPG from Monolith 20 [As originally posted on Japanator]All you Dragon Ball fans can rejoice, for already are there videogames being worked on for the series. The franchise reboot has already kicked off their ancilla... Square-Enix announces Kuroshitsuji is getting a DS game 4 If you read Tomopop, you may already know that I am obsessively enjoying a new anime called Kuroshitsuji. Based on the manga of the same name, the show follows the adventures of dashing butler Se... Japanator's December Contest: 30 days of giving 5 A lot of things come across my desk over at the Japanator office. Oftentimes, it's kind of hard to do a review of a volume 8 of this series or DVD 13 of that one, simply because I don't want to g... Sega teams up with A-1 Pictures to produce Valkyria Chronicles anime 17 Valkyria Chronicles may be one of the best games to ever grace my PS3, and I'm not saying that just because of the drop dead gorgeous watercolor-inspired art style. Other gamers just as addicted ... TETSUOOOO: Akira fan re-creates Kaneda's bike in LittleBigPlanet 25 Maybe I'm just easily amused (hell, I know I am), but I get a distinct jolt of delight every time someone makes something clever in LittleBigPlanet. Bring anime into it, however, and you're reall... Hold it! Take a look at Phoenix Wright: Official Casebook Vol. 1! 13 [As originally posted on Japanator] Hold it! I know you're scrolling past this review because it means you've got to do a lot of reading, but where will you get in life with that attitude? The po... Capcom announces Street Fighter IV anime film 13 Around the time of CAPTIVATE, our own Nick Chester told you about the sweet anime intros and endings that would come with Street Fighter IV's console incarnation. If the pics of them left you dro... Fist of the North Star brawler heads to PSP 13 Arc System Works Interchannel is developing a Fist of the North Star fighting game for the PSP. Of course, this is just the next title in the massive heap of Fist of the North Star games, all bas... If you wanted to know which Haruhi Wii game to buy, it's been decided for you 4 [As originally posted on Japanator] Browsing through my list of Japanese sites, I came across this story from Famitsu. Apparently the staff from The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi anime will be ov... Reminder: Japanator's New York Anime Fest contest ends soon 2 Listen up, punks. Japantor's New York Anime Fest contest ends in 3 days, on Sept. 10th. If you live anywhere remotely near New York, then you should do yourself a favor and enter this contest. Th... Nokori: A free to play FPS in Japan? Interesting 9 I tried writing this article in Google Chrome, and it was less than pleasant. I thoroughly enjoy the browser for its speed, but the lack of plugins (namely Speed Dial and Rikaichan for me) make i... Tales of Hearts gets two versions: CGI and anime 14 File this one under "Awesome Things that Japan Gets that We Won't": Namco Bandai's Tales of Hearts will get two separate releases, one featuring fully-rendered CGI cut scenes, the other... Otakon '08: Otakon's got game 19 The regular anime convention may not have much of interest to you, Destructoid reader. Aside from the rare scantily clad cosplayer (more on that later), I'd guess that many of you would rather be... Speculationtoid: Phoenix Wright anime in the works? 28 Over at the Gyakuten Meets Orchestra blog, it's business as usual. The tickets for their September 23rd show will soon be released, but they've got something to say to those buying tickets."... Wii-a-boo? Even more manga is coming to the Japanese Wii 12 [As originaly written on Japanator]The first time the Japanatorians heard about manga coming to the Japanese Wii, they were a little jealous. But now it seems like Japan is just rubbing it in.Som... Xam'd: Lost Memories tops the PSN charts! 17 [As originally posted on Japanator]Announce a world-exclusive anime by a highly-celebrated studio on your download service, and what do you expect to happen? Of course, Sony's X'amd: Lost Memorie... E3 08: FUNimation spearheads anime content on PSN, with a Bones surprise inside 20 [As originally posted on Japanator]If you weren't already curled up in a ball and dreaming of the day when Home would come out, Sony mentioned FUNimation as one of its partners in content distrib... « NEXT « next - expanded blog view		Save cash!   See "Black Friday" video game deals New on Destructoid.TV play all videos Loading Destructoid Videos Win this! 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