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Review: Star Trek Into Darkness
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Review: Arata: The Legend - 6
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Spotlight: Favorite Anime of Spring '13
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Zod And Superman Collide In “Man of Steel’s”Latest Banners

Warner Bros Pictures has released two new banners for their upcoming reboot of the DC Comics character, Superman.

The two banners feature the film’s primary antagonist and protagonist in Michael Shannon’s General Zod and Henry Cavill’s Superman. Both are depicted flying at supersonic speeds for their climactic showdown.

Man of Steel also stars Amy Adams, Kevin Costner, Diane Lane, Laurence Fishburne, Christopher Meloni and Russell Crowe with a release date set for June 14th.

[Cine1]

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Telepathy One: Japan’s Response to Google Glass

The Telepathy One is set to be released before Google Glass at the end of this year. Telepathy One is a wearable device that allows users to consume, share, enhance, photographs and videos. In aiming to be released before Google Glass, the Telepathy One hopes to acquire the historical status as being the first augmented reality device to be released for the mass market. 

Inventor Takahito Iguchi explains that the Telepathy One will differ from Google glass in its focus on sharing media. Most other aspects of Telepathy One are rather similar to the Google Glass, including the overall design, where a projector is placed above the normal line of sight. Significantly, Telepathy One will be using regular ear buds unlike Google Glass’s much anticipated bone conduction technology for sound. This is done to keep the price down, although the Telepathy One still comes at a hefty price tag of $1500 USD .

First hand experience by users have given excellent reviews for this device. However, some have pointed out that the design might require small modifications to prevent it from moving around the head. 

Personally, I am excited with all these augmented reality devices. Dreams of being Haruyuki in Accel World or Kirito from Sword Art Online aside, something as simple as an app to capture everything I see into manga is an otaku dream come true.

[Telepathy]

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Manga ‘Limit’ To Get Live-Action Adaptation

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TV Tokyo has announced that the Battle Royale-like manga Limit will receive a live-action adaptation for the upcoming Summer season.

Limit was serialized from 2009 till 2011 in Bessatsu Friend, a manga magazine. The manga is completed with a total of six volumes. 

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Summer 2013 Anime Chart

It’s that time of the Spring anime season again. With series approaching their halfway marks, here’s a preview of what is to come for the Summer season.

The Summer season is a feast of second seasons, remakes, and spin-offs such as Monogatari series, Rozen Maiden, and Fate/kaleid liner. There are a couple of new adaptations in the mix like Blood Lad, Silver Spoon, and Danganronpa if you’re looking for something fresh.

In my opinion, the greatest thing that the summer season has to offer are the movies. These include Ghost In The Shell Arise, AnoHana movie, Hal, and Miyazaki’s Kaze Tachinu.

[moetron]

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“BlazBlue” Anime Coming Your Way

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After three years since a request for an anime adaptation, BlazBlue has finally been green-lit for production. The news was announced on a wrap-around jacket of the franchise’s latest novel volume. No other details have been announced.

There’s speculation that the series will start at the beginning of the video game series in order to attract both old and new fans.

[Crunchyroll]

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Closing Your Day: Direct To You

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Recap of Pop GO posts published on May 17, 2013

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Weekend Remix: Stark Records

Song: The Iron Man Trilogy Remix
By: Mike Relm
Based On: Iron Man from Black Sabbath and sounds and clips from Iron Man (film)
Original Composers: Ozzy Osbourne, Geezer Butler,Bill Ward, and Tony Iommi

It’s no secret that most fans were left impressed with the latest Iron Man film. The movie not only managed to smash box office records, but it also garnered some praise on the level of Marvel’s The Avengers.

It served as a perfect film to properly open the summer movie season. With Stark’s solo film adventures now a trilogy, it would make sense for Mike Relm’s remix to document that fact.

Relm’s mix takes the Sabbath classic into a techno realm, sprinkling in chopped soundbites and scenes as if a DJ is playing doctor on the trilogy.

It’s a fun addition to the films.

If you’d like to hear more from Relm, you can click here.

Until next weekend… GO Party!

Good Smile 2014 Snow Miku Nendoroid Winner

The winner of the Good Smile x Piapro 2014 Snow Miku Nendoroid has been decided!  

Like last year, fans were asked to design the next snow version of Hatsune Miku. This year’s theme, fans were asked to design Miku as a ‘Mahou Shoujo’ (magical girl) along with a wand and a cute little pet. Out of the nine finalists, fans voted for the top three, and from the top three, the winner was decided.  

Expect to see this cute little Mahou Shoujo Miku as a Nendoroid sometime this year!  

[MyFigureCollection]

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“Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance” Making Its Way To PC

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PC gamers rejoice! If you’ve so far missed out on Platinum Games’ and Kojima’s Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, the tears can end: the game is officially headed to PC. There’s no word yet on exactly when it will release.

Hideo Kojima mentioned this first on his podcast, which you can find here, while Platinum Games producer Jean Pierre Kellams has confirmed it even more concisely in a tweet.

Get ready to be a cyborg with a sword.

[Polygon, Hideoblog]

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Not Going To E3? Nintendo Is Letting Gamers Attend E3 At Best Buy Instead

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Probably the most interesting news piece to come out of this morning’s Nintendo Direct is that Nintendo will be partnering with Best Buy to provide gamers with the opportunity to try out some of their unreleased Wii U games at over 100 locations in the United States and Canada.

It isn’t yet clear what stores will be supporting the promotion, but it’s an interesting tactic to allow gamers that never get to attend E3 to try out new games well in advance of their release dates.

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“New Super Luigi U” Hits eShop Next Month, Store Shelves This Summer

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The first significant piece of DLC Nintendo has ever created will be coming very soon. Nintendo said during their Nintendo Direct broadcast that New Super Luigi U, downloadable content for New Super Mario Bros. U that adds 82 new stages and removes Mario as a hero, will be available on the Wii U eShop beginning on June 20 for $19.99 and in boxed standalone version on August 25th for $29.99.

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Nintendo Discounts eShop’s Upcoming Virtual Console “Zelda” Games, Adds More Game Gear Titles

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At their Nintendo Direct today, Nintendo announced that the upcoming companion games The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages and Oracle of Seasons would be discounted from $5.99 to $4.99 from its re-release on May 30 until June 20. The games will be available on the 3DS’ eShop.

Nintendo also announced several new Game Gear titles that will be released in the upcoming months.

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