Legendary manga artist and character designer Akira Toriyama passes away

Mr Akira Toriyama is a legend in the field of manga. He has worked on many manga, video games and other forms of media but my

Naruto Shippuden Jiraiya figure – all hail the pervy sage

There is a new figure in my collection rivaling my Yoko Littner as my favourite. One of the legendary Sannin, one of the pilla

Nendoroid Alphonse Elric is awesome

One of my favourite anime and manga series is Full Metal Alchemist. I’ve collected and given away postage stamps featuri

Sekiro – Story of Hanbei the Undying GIVEAWAY

Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice is a game that that grabbed my attention from it was first announced. I was happy to report after ac

Is learning Japanese with Anime, Manga and Video Games possible?

Japan is known worldwide for being one of the leaders in the video game industry. Companies such as Capcom and Nintendo are we

I watched the Fullmetal Alchemist live-action movie in Japan

Fullmetal Alchemist (Hagane no renkinjutsushi) is one of my favourite manga series at the true-to-story Fullmetal Alchemist: B

Attack on Titan: Junior High – anime adaptation

The spin-off manga Attack on Titan: Junior High  known as Shingeki! Kyojin Chūgakkō in Japan which is  based on Hajime Isa

Berserk Golden Age Arc I The Egg of the King

I have been on an action anime high lately drinking down episode after episode and movie after movie featuring giant swords, e

JAPAN: Kingdom of Characters – Exhibition Photos

I attended the press preview of the JAPAN: Kingdom of Characters exhibition which opens tomorrow at the National Gallery in D

JAPAN: Kingdom of Characters coming to National Gallery

In recent years, interest in Japanese pop culture, particularly anime and manga has dramatically grown all over the world. Jam

Awesome Dragon Ball Villains Fan Art

Dragon Ball and especially Dragon Ball Z is one of those core anime series/franchises that introduced and/or influenced our lo

Japanese Animation Film Festival and Manga Poster Contest 2013

The year 2014 will mark 50 years of diplomatic relations between Jamaica and Japan. One of the first events to mark this occas

Dragon Ball Canned Drinks help raise your power level

Feeling that you are not strong enough lately? Are you being defeated by inferior adversaries? Not able to punch through steel

10 Awesome Anime Villains

I originally wanted to call this post “My 10 favourite anime villains but the list surged way past 10 and I couldn’

Japan Snippet – I have found a Dragon Ball

This post may fly over the head of readers who have never heard of, read or watched the Dragon Ball anime or manga. While shop

Japanese Covers for Game of Thrones books

I am a big fan of the Game of Thrones series that premiered on HBO earlier this year. Being a epic fantasy geek I was looking

Seya Police Station’s new Kawaii Mascots

Japan is well renowned to be a land of lovers of all things cute. Hello Kitty and Pikachu are two of the biggest starts in Jap

Manga marks 50 years of US Japan Alliance

The US Military in Japan has published the first chapter of a new manga to coincide with  50 year anniversary of the security

Manga Farming anyone?

There is a new way to recycle and reuse old manga books in Japan – use them for farming! o_O. Tokyo-based artist Koshi K

Study Japanese Popular Culture in College

Temple University in Japan is the largest and oldest international University in Japan. They recently anounced a new summer pr

Japanese study material has arrived

I have tonnes of Japanese study material, all kinds of text books, notebooks, workbooks, print-outs, websites and audio CDs bu

Annoyed with the Naruto Manga and Anime – quick rant

The Naruto manga series and it’s anime adaptation is one of the most popular series not only in Jamaica but in the entir

Anime Ground – anime, manga and drama archive

Anime Ground is one of the premiere distributing sources for high quality anime files. They are currently offering over 18 GB

Dragon Ball RN, a dragon ball dōjinshi

Growing up I was a big Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z fan but for me the series went downhill after the Freiza saga (though I c