Crunchyroll Anime App Heading for Xbox 360 | This Is XBOX

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Crunchyroll, a leading Anime and Asian drama streaming service has announced the upcoming release of its own branded application on the Xbox 360 console in more than 30 territories, across all six continents.

Crunchyroll premium members will be able to enjoy the latest Anime shows with English subtitles within hours of Japanese TV broadcast, including hits like NARUTO SHIPPUDEN, HUNTER x HUNTER, SPACE BROTHERS, and SWORD ART ONLINE, as well as their favorites from the massive Crunchyroll catalog, without advertisements. Current Crunchyroll titles can be accessed from Crunchyroll.com, the free iPad and iPhone application, the Android application, the Windows Phone application, PS3, Google TV, Samsung TV, Roku, Boxee, Vizio VIA, WD TV Live and additional set-top channels, and affiliate partners.

Crunchyroll premium members have access to the largest anime selection, same-day access for simulcasted titles, no advertisements; can be viewed in 480p-to-1080p quality on selected titles.

A specific app release date on the Xbox 360 has not been announced.

Solamon Energy Otakus: Yu-Yu Hakusho

Yu-Yu Hakusho

This anime/manga series is another great work from the maker of HunterXHunter and OnePiece, Yoshihiro Togashi. Yu-Yu Hakusho is a story of a felonious student who died on a car accident for saving a little girl. On afterlife underworld he was given tests by the son of the ruler to be able to get back to life. Soon after he had finished all the ordeals prior of going back to earth he was given a mission to become an Underworld detective.

YuYu Hakusho won the prestigious Shogakukan Manga Award for shounen manga in 1993. The animated series won the Animage Anime Grand Prix prize for best anime in 1994 and 1995.

For the Kids: Youth Activity Registration, Otaku Club

Source: pearlriver.patch by Ryan Buncher

Each week, we'll give you the info on family activities or events for the week.

You're time-pressed enough, so we're happy to do the research and find the best things to do and places to go, both locally and within reasonable striking distance.

Look for the kids' planner each Wednesday, and help us build the planner with your own suggestions and tips ‚ just add them to the comment box. We want to hear from you.

Teenage Holocaust Survivor: When/Where: 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 22 at the Nanuet Public Library

Why Go: Watch a free screening of the documentary film Teenage Witness: The Fanya Heller Story about a girl born into a traditional Jewish family in a small Ukrainian village and her miraculous survival in the face of hunger and death at the hands of the Nazis.

Following the documentary, Heller will speak about her experiences and how they have influenced her decision to dedicate her life to sharing a message of tolerance and hope with inner city teenagers. Co-sponsored by the Friends of the Nanuet Library, JCC Rockland, and The Holocaust Museum & Study Center

Cost/Contact: Free / Register online at jccrockland.org

Pearl River Public Library Children’s Activity Registration - When/Where: Pearl River Public Library until 8 p.m. Wednesday, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday and from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday.

Why Go: Sign up your children for a series of activities including Preschool Party (Sept. 20 for ages 2-5), Big Kid Story Time (starts Sept. 25 for ages 4-6), Prevent a Thirsty Parent (Sept. 26 for children in grades K-3) and After School Stories (Sept. 27 for children in grades K-3).

Cost/Contact: All activities free, but registration must be done in person with Pearl River Public Library Card and the child’s birth certificate. For more information, contact Pamela Gunning at (845) 735-4084, extension 126.

Otaku Club: When/Where: Pearl River Public Library Storytime room from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Friday

Why Go: The Otaku Club is for people interested in anime, manga, Japanese culture and games. Otaku is Japanese for nerd, but in this group, they mean it is a compliment.

Cost/Contact: Free, but for older kids. Must be 15 years old.

Catherine Konner Sculpture Park @ RoCA: When/Where: Saturday, Sept. 15, 10:00 am/Rockland Center for the Arts, 27 S Greenbush Rd, West Nyack

Why Go: Visit the Catherine Konner Sculpture Park at Rockland Center for the Arts (RoCA) to see the permanent sculptures on exhibit and impressive landscaping.

Cost/Contact: Free/jamie@­rockla­ndartcenter.­org

'To the Arctic' at IMAX Palisades: When/Where: Saturday, Sept. 15, 10:00 am  / IMAX Theatre at Palisades Center, 4270 Palisades Center Dr, West Nyack

Why Go: West Nyack’s big screen is the only theater in the region showing this polar bear biopic. Grab the kids—the flick is narrated by Meryl Streep, with songs by Paul McCartney.

Cost/Contact: $9 / (845) 353-5555

Apple Picking at The Orchards of Concklin: When/Where: Saturday, September 15 starting at 10 a.m./2 South Mountain Rd, Pomona

Why Go: The Orchards of Concklin celebrates 300 years of growing apples since 1712

and invite you to pick-your-own apples every weekend through October 21 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Concklins grow over 20 varieties of apples and they cost $18 a peck bag. For additional fun for kids, every weekend through October 21, from noon to 5 p.m., there are inflatable slides, bouncies, Jurassic Adventure and Kid's Haunted House.

Cost/Contact: $18 for peck bag of apples and additional cost for rides from 50 cents to $1/845-354-0369

Get Fit Feel Great Kickoff Party at Bounce!: When/Where: Saturday, Sept. 15 at 10 a.m./612 Corporate Way, Valley Cottage

Why Go: Bounce! Trampoline Sports hosts benefit for Rockland Farm Alliance. Get Fit Feel Great is a pilot program sponsored by Bounce! Trampoline Sports, New York area sports nutritionist Dr. Michael Wald, and Rockland Farm Alliance. At the Kickoff Party, kids, ages 12 to 15, and parents will have an opportunity to meet Victor Byrne, head trainer, participate in mini aerobic and acrobat classes, see trampoline demonstrations by top athletes.

Cost/Contact: $12/ www.bounceonit.com or 845-268-4000.

Make & Take Crafts: When/Where: Saturday, Sept. 15 from 1-3 p.m. at A.C. Moore

Why Go: Stop by A.C. Moore in Nanuet this Saturday with your kids for a hands-on demonstration with Darice Washi Tape and Embossing Folders

Cost/Contact:  A.C. Moore / Free

About this column: A weekly calendar of kid-friendly activities and new places to try out with children.

Manga Review: Case Closed Volume Four by Gosho Aoyama

Written by:  Lesley Aeschliman on blogcritics

Detective Conan

Case Closed Volume Four is a manga by Gosho Aoyama, and it was published in North America by Viz Media in 2005. The series is rated “T+” for older teens; with what I’ve read of the Case Closed series, I would agree with this rating.

Case Closed focuses on Jimmy Kudo, a teen detective who was shrunk back down to his first grade self after a crime organization forces him to take an experimental poison and leaves him for dead. In order to hide his identity, the younger version of Jimmy takes on the name of Conan Edogawa. Without letting on that he is Jimmy, he goes to live with his friend Rachel Moore and her bumbling detective father, Richard Moore.

There are a total of three mysteries that appear in this volume of Case Closed. While all three of these stories appear in the animeseries, the beginning of the third mystery is told a little differently between the two mediums.

The first mystery sees Conan, Rachel, and Richard going to an art museum after hearing about a suit of armor at the museum moving around by itself. While they are there, they meet the curator, and learn that the museum will be shutting down because the new owner wants to turn the property into a hotel. The new owner of the museum is murdered while Conan and the others are there, and Conan helps to crack the case. There’s really no difference between the telling of this story between the manga and the anime. Continue

Eyeshield 21 (a story by Riichiro Inagaki) about a weakling boy who was a favorite subject for bullying. Thought despite of this Sena (the lead character) happens to be the secret weapon of an American football team.

biasedotaku.blogspot | Milanoo.com - Scam/Fraud or Not? Neither

A famous Chinese Wholesale website deemed as a "scam/fraud" by many trustworthy websites continues to scam many. While many know of this website, there are some who do not. Well, like the lot of you, I had placed an order to them. While many got scammed, I did not.

"Milanoo should just be shut down!"

Milanoo is a Chinese Wholesale website, correct? Their products are most likely rip offs. I don't care. You shouldn't neither if you ordered something from an unknown wholesale website. But since they are what they are, then ordering something that requires too in-depth detail will most likely give either nothing, or low-quality items. It's a no brainer that you'll get ripped off somehow. If not, you're just lucky like I was.

Hypothetical numbers, but probably damn close to how this really works:

Ordering something that requires in-depth detail, or requires too much work (e.g. dresses, heels, cosplay) will have a 20% of arriving to your door step, and an unknown chance of decent to good quality.

Ordering something requiring only simple printing, or simple putting together (e.g. dakimakura, sneakers) will have 3-4 times better chance of arriving to your door step, and 80% or more chance of being good quality.*

*However, I'm basing my own experience as a reliable source since no one else has ordered and submitted any kind of review on what I bought myself.

Stories

There have been cases where people did or did not get their money back. Lots of people were persistent towards getting their refund. There was one chick's story I read where she was trying to connect for two hours, and spent a bunch of time getting her money back, which she only got half back.

I've heard many stories, but they all only speak of the [lolita] dresses, cosplay outfits, heels, etc. Those had nothing to do with what I ordered, so I was scared too. Most of the recent comments about milanoo are like "I just ordered something too! I'm scared now!" Yeah. I felt the same way a day after making the order. But what was different about me? I got my order, and it's of top quality [thus far].

Also, the pillow case I ordered. When I opened it, it felt amazing. No joke. It felt like silk. Maybe it is!

Considering the huge numbers of negative stories, it's hard for a person who may have not gotten ripped off say anything positive or they'll be marked as "milanoo accomplice" or.....continue on biasedotaku.blogspot

Scams of AnimeFiesta Kuala Lumpur 2012

Published by sakurazaki - posted in Cosplay, Events, SGcafe Reviews, Vocaloid4

Anime Fiesta 2012 is currently the most talked about event and not due to the right reasons. The event which is stated to be held on the Friday 30 March 2012 till Sunday 1 April 2012 at KLCC Convention Centre, Malaysia has been rumoured to be a scam.

The event is said to also be holding the Hatsune Miku Live Party Concert and have started selling tickets. With the lowest pricing ticket going at a high amount of RM220 with is about SGD90 and the most expensive ones, the Super VIP tickets going at RM680, about SGD280, fans are starting to doubt the event. Writer Volvagia356 has reviewed the event site and discovered certain flaws that one should look out for. More information can be found at the Typical Storm Website.

For more information regarding the event check out the following links:

Anime Fiesta Website : http://kualalumpur.is-into-anime.com/index.php

Typical Storm Website : http://typicalstorm.com/2012/01/scams-of-animefiesta-kuala-lumpur-2012/

Anime Fiesta Facebook : http://www.facebook.com/pages/Anime-Fiesta-KualaLumpur-2012/236278823111541?sk=info

Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai

Anime Planet | based on 12 of 12 eps watched - Warning to readers: This is a meta-review targeted mostly at YOU! Especially those who HAVE watched a few episodes and DID like it a lot. In case you haven’t seen a single episode, just pretend this anime is described by others as WOAH AWESOME and now you are reading a second opinion. A negative one that is. Do not view this text as an attack to your integrity or something because the show itself is an attack to your common sense and feelings and I am just counterattacking it by using the same method.

This is another case of a show trying to mask its shallowness with a serious premise and once again hundreds of people are biting the lure. Busyness as usual. Let me start with some cold-hearted facts that many of you readers haven’t realized or don’t want to admit to, probably because you don’t like the idea of your escapism shows regarding reality to be so damn fake.

- “Ore no Imouto ga Konnani Kawaii Wake ga Nai” (made by the same studio) is NOT an awesome serious show about otakus being accepted as normal people by the non-otakus. It is fan catering nonsense bordering incest and fascination over porn games.

- “Yosuga no Sora” is NOT an awesome serious show about true brother/sister love. It is fan catering nonsense which go as far as resetting the story every few episodes as means to have the lead male having sex with everybody. NOT just his sister.

- “Bakuman” is NOT an awesome show about how to become a great mangaka. It is fan catering nonsense about a guy who has everything going rosy in his life and even getting a girlfriend out of someone who he never spoke to in his all life because DESTINY DEMANDS IT. Plus, it is patting at Jump Shounen fans too obviously.

In the same way, “Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai” is NOT a show about making friends. Seriously, where the hell do you see the educational aspect in this show? It is fan catering nonsense about some anti-social people gathering in a room and playing porn games all day long, while insulting one another with overused boob size jokes. Very social and helpful indeed. It is also about cosplaying to fit in as many fetishes as possible in the same character. Yeah, that’s how you make friends. Nobody ever thought of, I don’t know, trying to talk to other people in an honest way helps? Nope, five minutes and they all give up trying to not be viewed as a misinterpreted stereotype and head on to become a different stereotype. One defined by boob size, hair colour, and uniform fetishes. Oh yeah, the depth is oozing out of their ears...continue

Is KyuuCON a Scam?

article from: otakunews

After posting the press release from KyuuCon yesterday, it's been brought to our attention by various members of UK anime fandom that there is something fishy about KyuuCON. Firstly it appears that the venue mentioned the Plymouth Pavillions has not heard of KyuuCON or the organisers in question. The second major alarm bell is where the payments are going, into a personal bank account and not a building society account/non-profit account in the conventions name.

What's also interesting is their sudden change of heart, and the way they've just moved everything back a year. Plus this thread brought to our attention at the AyaCon Forum. At this current moment in time, based on what we have heard, we believe that KyuuCON is either very poorly organised or a cash grabbing scam, either way, we suggest you avoid KyuuCON for now.

Normally when people run anime conventions they've had previous experience in fandom, running anime clubs or sci-fi/fantasy clubs and similar events. At the very least people who want to run a convention would have experience as a gopher at a convention to see what is involved. The people running KyuuCON don't seem to have any of this, yet they appear to be attempting to run an anime convention larger than anything else in the UK before.

So for your general amusement we suggest you visit KyuuCON's forum and read this thread and at least one LiveJournal Posting. All current evidence points to another estranged anime fan with delusions of grandeur, we hope this is not the case since the UK could always do with another anime convention, after all the more the merrier.