Otakus & Geeks Essential Anime Episode 16: X- The Movie

Otakus & Geeks Essential Anime Episode 16: X- The Movie

The story takes place in 1999, the Year of Destiny, and the beginning of the end of the world. The future of the universe rests on one young man, Kamui Shiro, who must destroy either the Dragons of Earth or the Dragons of Heaven - two opposing armies. He alone must decide whether humanity should be destroyed to create a purified universe, or whether it should be protected to preserve civilization.

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Open Beta Test Launch for Anime Action Game Closers

Open Beta Test Launch for Anime Action Game Closers

En Masse Entertainment announced that the Open Beta Test for Closers, their high-octane Multiplayer Online Action RPG (MOARPG), is now available for the public via direct download at En Masse and on  Steam

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Otakus & Geeks Essential Anime Episode 15: Robotech

Otakus & Geeks Essential Anime Episode 15: Robotech

ROBOTECH(R) is a sweeping science-fiction anime epic of humans defending their home world against alien domination. The saga is told through the eyes of characters caught up in a series of wars that erupts when a mysterious spacecraft crash-lands on Earth at the turn of the millennium.

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Love Plus+ - A Great Attempt at "Pocket Girlfriend"

Love Plus+ - A Great Attempt at "Pocket Girlfriend"

Love Plus+ is a 2010 sequel to the original "Love Plus" released in 2009. Love Plus takes the basic concepts of Dating Sims and uses the portable form factor and real-time clock in the Nintendo DS to use and essentially creates the ultimate in "pocket girlfriend" game. 

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Otakus & Geeks Essential Anime Episode 14: Akira

Otakus & Geeks Essential Anime Episode 14:  Akira

Katsuhiro Otomo’s landmark cyberpunk classic obliterated the boundaries of Japanese animation and forced the world to look into the future. Akira’s arrival shattered traditional thinking, creating space for movies like the The Matrix to be dreamed into brutal reality. Without Kaneda and Tetsuo, without espers and psionic assassins, without that badass motorcycle – our world would be a far less exciting place to exist. But the manga became the movie and the movie became a phenomenon and the world took notice. Now, Akira is everywhere. If you can’t see it in the streets – if you can’t feel it crawling around inside your brain – then you have yet to be initiated. 

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Otakus & Geeks Essential Anime Episode 13: Yu Yu Hakusho

Otakus & Geeks Essential Anime Episode 13: Yu Yu Hakusho

From cutting classes to brawling in the streets, Yusuke Urameshi is not your typical role model. In fact, this kid’s nothing more than a fourteen-year-old delinquent with a talent for trouble. But in a single selfless act Yusuke dies while saving another. For such noble sacrifice he is given a second chance at life, but it’s to be a life far different than the one left behind. Now a Spirit Detective, the young man must track down demons and humans alike who desire to rule over the three realms of reality.

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The Cosplay Masquerade - only on Otakus and Geeks! (1/4)

The Cosplay Masquerade - only on Otakus and Geeks! (1/4)

Anime conventions are synonymous with Cosplay, and Anime NYC didn't disappoint on that front. A whole evening was dedicated to cosplayers, but not only were they showing off their costumes, there was singing, dancing, roleplay and contests galore!

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Cosplay Masquerade (4/4)

Cosplay Masquerade (4/4)

Anime conventions are synonymous with Cosplay, and Anime NYC didn't disappoint on that front. A whole evening was dedicated to cosplayers, but not only were they showing off their costumes, there was singing, dancing, roleplay and contests galore!

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Cosplay Masquerade (3/4)

Cosplay Masquerade (3/4)

Anime conventions are synonymous with Cosplay, and Anime NYC didn't disappoint on that front. A whole evening was dedicated to cosplayers, but not only were they showing off their costumes, there was singing, dancing, roleplay and contests galore!

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Cosplay Masquerade (2/4)

Cosplay Masquerade (2/4)

Anime conventions are synonymous with Cosplay, and Anime NYC didn't disappoint on that front. A whole evening was dedicated to cosplayers, but not only were they showing off their costumes, there was singing, dancing, roleplay and contests galore!

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Panels - Or The Realm of Insider Secrets (Part 3 of 3) Anime NYC Coverage

Panels - Or The Realm of Insider Secrets (Part 3 of 3) Anime NYC Coverage

Anybody can watch anime, read manga, or buy a costume. That's easy. What's not so easy is knowing what happens behind the scenes. It's like someone trying to glimpse into a limo with tinted windows - you're not going to see much, unless the window gets rolled down.

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