Meet Mina Tepes, the current ruler of all vampires. She has just paid off Japan’s gross national debt. Why? The better to be in a position to set up a vampire community in Tokyo Bay.

Official AFO9 Youtube contest winners!

Two adventurers are on their way to AFO9 when suddenly EVIL STRIKES!

Summer is officially here, and there's some hot anime and animated movies coming in Japan. This digest will help keep you abreast of the summer 2008 anime lineup. I decided to divide it up into three parts: The shows I must watch, the shows I might watch, and finally the rest. Each title is a link which will take you to the AniDB/ANN page for further information.

Usually, sociopaths and knives rarely mix well. In the case of Shinji Saijyo’s Iron Wok Jan though, it’s a combination that results in a hilarious, informative and entertaining manga.

Since Heavenly Sword was first revealed, it was hard not to compare it to God of War, with its similar fighting style and comparable main characters. Heavenly Sword is an action-packed, hack-and-slash adventure with beautiful movie-quality cutscenes and an interesting cast of characters led by a fiery female hero. The title pulls away from its Greek brother and easily defines itself as a great game with few flaws that never fails to lose the attention of the player, even if Nariko’s battle is over far too quickly.