The iDOLM@STER Anime PV 1-3

Here's The iDOLM@STER New Anime PV 1-3, in one single file. The anime starts on 07/7/2011.

The iDOLM@STER Video Collections: Part 9 released!

Here's The iDOLM@STER Video Collections: Part 9. A continuation from Part 8. Enjoy watching!

The iDOLM@STER Video Collections: Part 8 released!

Here's The iDOLM@STER Video Collections: Part 8. A continuation from Part 7. Enjoy watching!

The iDOLM@STER Video Collections: Part 7 released!

Here's The iDOLM@STER Video Collections: Part 7. A continuation from Part 6. Enjoy watching!

The iDOLM@STER Video Collections: Part 6 released!

Here's The iDOLM@STER Video Collections: Part 6. There's a PV about the latest anime in this release. More information about this video at NSA HD.

The iDOLM@STER Video Collections: Part 5 released!

Here's The iDOLM@STER Video Collections: Part 5. In this release I've inserted the CM of the latest The iDOLM@STER anime at the end of this video. Enjoy watching!

Hanasaku Iroha 11-12 pictures.

Here's Hanasaku Iroha 11-12 pictures. You can view it by clicking here.

IS: Infinite Stratos OVA Announced!

According to the official Twitter for the anime series, a new 「IS: Infinite Stratos」 OVA, entitled IS Encore: Koi ni Kogareru Rokujuusou, will be released on November 25th. The announcement was originally made at this weekend’s 「IS: One Off Festival!」 event.

source: Moetron

The iDOLM@STER Video Collections: Part 4 released!

Here's The iDOLM@STER Video Collections: Part 4. A continuation from Part 3. Enjoy watching!

Summer 2011 Anime Season Chart released!

Here's the full chart of Summer 2011 Anime Season.

Alternatively, you can download this chart & keep it for your reference. Click here to download.

EDIT: This is v3, fixed some minor mistakes. Click here to download.

If you find any errors, please inform me. 

Filesharing websites has now blocked. (updated)

For those who live in Malaysia, and always watch or download anime from filesharing websites, here's something that you should know.

In a bid to combat piracy, the Government has declared war on filesharing websites with 10 such websites now blocked by the telecommunications industry watchdog.

The websites were among the most visited sites by Malaysians to illegally download movies.

On May 30, Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) had written a letter to all Internet Service Providers (ISPs) ordering the block.

The letter was signed by Digital Security Services division acting senior director Eneng Faridah Iskandar.

The letter, which was leaked online, also stated that the websites were being blocked for breaching Section 41 of the Copyright Act 1987, which deals with pirated content.

An MCMC spokesperson confirmed the ban and said it was done on the request of the Domestic Trade, Co-operatives and Consumerism Ministry.

The ministry's enforcement division director-general Mohd Roslan Mahayudin confirmed that the request was made.

“It is standard procedure for the ministry to request MCMC to block sites that violate the Copyright Act 1987,” he told The Star.

Roslan said the ministry had requested that 19 websites, including the 10 listed in the letter, be blocked for violating the Act but added that it was up to MCMC to decide on which ones to block.

List of 10 blocked filesharing websites: 
1. Megaupload 
2. Megavideo
3. Filestube
4. Fileserve
5. The Piratebay
6. PutLocker
7. Deposit Files
8. Movie2k
9. DuckLoad
10. Warez-BB


...and many more. 

When asked about the fate of surfers who legally use the websites such as for storing non-pirated content, Mohd Roslan said they could always write to the ministry. 

“Anyone who feels the ban is wrong can write to us and we will look into it,” he said.

Film maker Norman Abd Halim of KRU Studios said the move was long overdue.

“The unauthorised use of copyright work is destroying the industry. If everyone feels that works should be shared, then there is no value in these works,” he said.

Norman equated the move to South Korea's three-strikes law, where a person guilty of copyright infringement can have their Internet access suspended for six months.

However, irate users have vented their frustration by creating a Facebook page to protest.

By 8.30pm yesterday, there were 410 supporters who “liked” the page that was named “1M Malaysians Don't Want Block File Sharing Websites.”

FilesTube Media Search Engine, one of the sites ordered blocked, also commented on the page.

“We have posted information about this on our wall. We are with you.”

Before the page was put up, some Malaysians were already protesting via Twitter.

“You can't create a walled-up Internet garden,” read one tweet.

Some also made reference to the MSC Malaysia Bill of Guarantees which states that the Government will not censor the Internet.

MSC Malaysia is a national initiative that kicked off in 1996 and is aimed at transforming the nation into a knowledge-based economy.

source: The Star 

If you're wandering why the websites can't be opened, this is the reason.

Update: 13/6/2011 5:55 pm UTC+8
Facebook page "1M Malaysians Don't Want SKMM Block File Sharing Website" has now hit "11,740 likes".

Utena Voice Actress Tomoko Kawakami Passes Away

The agency Production baobab announced on Friday that voice actress Tomoko Kawakami passed away on Thursday, June 9 at 4:45 p.m. after a long bout with illness. She was the lead voice actress in La fillette révolutionaire Utena (Revolutionary Girl Utena), Hikaru no Go, Sugar: A Little Snow Fairy, Air, and many other anime titles.

Kawakami had been hospitalized since August of 2008 for an unspecified illness and underwent surgery at the time. As a result of her illness, she had to relinquish roles such as Kaoru in the video adaptation of Yamane's Ikoku Irokoi Romantan boys-love comedy manga.

source: ANN

The iDOLM@STER Video Collections: Part 3 released!

Here's The iDOLM@STER Video Collections: Part 3. A continuation from Part 2. Made some few changes, adding our blog name at the end of the video. Enjoy watching!

Shakugan no Shana III (The Final) Anime to Air This Fall

The July issue of ASCII Media Works' Dengeki Bunko Magazine is announcing on Friday that the Shakugan no Shana III (The Final) anime will premiere on television this fall. More information will be available in future issues of Dengeki Bunko Magazine. [Via Otaku.com]

source: ANN 

Hanasaku Iroha 10 screenshots.

Here's Hanasaku Iroha 10 screenshots. You can view it by clicking here.

Tekken: Blood Vengeance in 3D Official Trailer & News.

Here's an official trailer of Tekken: Blood Vengeance in 3D.




The News: Bandai Entertainment to release Namco Bandai Games' CG anime film on DVD.

The North American anime distributor Bandai Entertainment announced on Tuesday that the Tekken: Blood Vengeance CG anime film will run in more than 375 American theaters in 3D on July 26 at 7:30 p.m. local time. In addition, Bandai Entertainment plans to release the DVD for this film based on Namco's fighting videogame franchise.

Bandai Entertainment is collaborating with NCM Fathom and Namco Bandai Games America on the theatrical screenings. The screening will include a 20-minute special with interviews with the Tekken project director and screenwriter. Bandai Entertainment and Fathom have worked together on the Sword of the Stranger and Eureka Seven - good night, sleep tight, young lovers film screenings, but the Tekken: Blood Vengeance screening event is their first joint effort in 3D.

One of the new movie's producers is Tekken art director Yoshinari Mizushima. Digital Frontier, the studio responsible for opening movie footage in the Tekken 5 and Tekken 6 games as well as the Appleseed and Resident Evil: Degeneration films, is producing the new film with director Yōichi Mōri. Dai Sato (Casshern,Cowboy Bebop, Eureka Seven) wrote the script, and Shinji Higuchi (Evangelion, Gunbuster, Vandread) handled the storyboards.

source: ANN

The iDOLM@STER Video Collections: Part 2 released!

Here it is, The iDOLM@STER Video Collections: Part 2. A continuation from Part 1. Enjoy watching it!

The iDOLM@STER Video Collections: Part 2 screenshots.

Here's some pictures of The iDOLM@STER Video Collections: Part 2 for you to view before the video is out.

The iDOLM@STER Video Collections: Part 1 released!

Presenting The iDOLM@STER Video Collections: Part 1. First ever video for Anime Section. Enjoy watching it!

The iDOLM@STER Video Collections: Part 1 screenshots.

Here's some pictures of The iDOLM@STER Video Collections: Part 1 for you to view before the video is out.

Blog update.

Added "Total Pageviews" & updated timezone. All post will now set to UTC+8 timezone.

Man Arrested for Threatening Voice Actress Aya Hirano

Police arrested Tomokazu Furuichi, a 24-year-old male worker from Sapporo, Hokkaido, on suspicion of writing on the Internet forum 2channel (2ch) that he would harm 23-year-old voice actress Aya Hirano and making other threats. Furuichi allegedly made his threats against Hirano between April and May, and he is also accused of saying he would "blow up Fuji TV" and other means of "forcible obstruction of business" (an arrestable offense in Japan). According to the police investigation, Furuichi admitted to the charges.

A person who identifies himself as "Tomokazu Furuichi" has been using a Twitter account to send messages about killing Hirano and her fans. 

The news source FNN posted a video report on the news.

There is more background information added. The suspect's given name is pronounced "Tomokazu." 

Sources: FNN, ANN

Hanasaku Iroha screenshots updated.

Here's Hanasaku Iroha 09 screenshots. You can view it by clicking here.

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