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TBE’s Mega Spring Anime Preview 2009
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Sat, 14/03/09 – 22:51 | 13 Comments

A tad late for this but is better than never, March is here and what are our own picks of the animes in Spring. A quick breakdown on the list and I realized that there a couple of interesting animes out there. Lets see what we have in our Mega Spring Anime Preview 2009 !

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Philippines Bans Japanese Hentai That Has Children In It
Wednesday, 15 Apr, 2009 – 23:20 | 4 Comments
Philippines Bans Japanese Hentai That Has Children In It

In a press release statement on 12th April by the House of Representatives of the Congress of the Philippines - Hentai, the Japanese pornographic cartoon that depicts children in explicit sexual activity, is considered child pornography material and one may be severely penalized by just mere possession of it.

Studio e.go! To Close ?
Friday, 20 Mar, 2009 – 18:51 | No Comment
Studio e.go! To Close ?

Ten year old Japanese adult PC game development company Studio e.go! may be no more. Reportedly the company’s Representative Director and most visible character designer Yamamoto Kazue, resigned on March 17th, and the remainder of the Studio e.go! staff is likewise quiting. Yamamoto will reportedly launch a new game development company named “Debo no Suseisakujo.”

Viz To Translate Miyazaki Hayao ’s Starting Point Essays
Saturday, 7 Mar, 2009 – 15:00 | One Comment
Viz To Translate Miyazaki Hayao ’s Starting Point Essays

North American publisher - Viz have announced that they will be doing the translation of Miyazaki Hayao’s Shuppatsu Ten 1979-1996 and slated for a release on 9th July 09…..

3rd Annual Seiyu Award Winners Released !
Thursday, 5 Mar, 2009 – 23:37 | No Comment
3rd Annual Seiyu Award Winners Released !

Hiroshi Kamiya, Rie Kugimiya lead winning roster, Miyano Mamoru and Hirano Aya won top honors last year, while Fukuyama Jun and Paku Romi held the honors in The 1st Seiyū Awards the previous year.

Buffalo’s Anime USB Memory
Wednesday, 4 Mar, 2009 – 22:09 | No Comment
Buffalo’s Anime USB Memory

Being a fan of Lucky Star and Macross Frontier myself, I wish I owned one of these lovely cute USB memory sticks. These “Swat Tars” USB memory sticks are by Buffalo.

Singapore Arts Festival presents Distant Worlds: Music from Final Fantasy
Wednesday, 4 Mar, 2009 – 19:08 | No Comment
Singapore Arts Festival presents Distant Worlds: Music from Final Fantasy

Today’s video game classic, Final Fantasy, with its most memorable state-of-the-art images and award-winning game soundtrack composed by the “John Williams” of gaming music, Nobuo Uematsu, will mesmerise all, whether you’re familiar or new to the world of video games. Coming soon to perform in Singapore.

Dragonball Kai, Remastered 1989 Dragonball Z Series
Wednesday, 4 Mar, 2009 – 3:00 | No Comment
Dragonball Kai, Remastered 1989 Dragonball Z Series

Toei Animation has confirmed that the upcoming Dragonball Kai is a remastered version of the 1989 Dragonball Z Series. However, it was also mentioned that it closely adheres to the content and pacing of creator Akira Toriyama’s original Dragon Ball manga.

Singapore: Avid Manga Lover & Gamer Stabs Professor Before Killing Himself
Tuesday, 3 Mar, 2009 – 13:22 | 6 Comments
Singapore: Avid Manga Lover & Gamer Stabs Professor Before Killing Himself

A student who is an avid fan of his manga comics and also a gamer who loves World of Warcraft stabbed a professor in NTU, a university in Singapore before sliting his wrist and jumping from 5 floors above to his death.

Overreaching of Copyright Law - Why So Serious?
Monday, 16 Feb, 2009 – 19:00 | 5 Comments
Overreaching of Copyright Law - Why So Serious?

The overreaching of copyright law: why the need to reform it is necessary.

The Pirate Bay & The Swedish Lawsuit
Wednesday, 4 Feb, 2009 – 21:12 | One Comment
The Pirate Bay & The Swedish Lawsuit

The Pirate Bay a.k.a TPB owners will be finally going to face charges filed against them, with a lawsuit that will be 13 days long starting on the 16th Feb 2009. The charges against them, well, will be the usual facilitated breach of copyright laws….