(Anime)  The Tokyo Anime Fair  has begun!!  To see lot’s of pictures from the first day click over here!!  Click here for more details from the Good Smile Booth!!

Will have more as they become available.

(Game)  Yesterday was the much awaited release date of “Monster Hunter 2nd G” in Japan!!  Lots of reports on the lines of people who lined up all around Japan to get their hands on this game.  Akihabara, Shinjuku, Osaka

(Akiba)  A list has been made of the Akiba-Kei events that will be held in or near Tokyo.  Interested? Go check it out!!   

As of March 26 the Overdrive website is in the process of changing servers.

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All photos were taken at the Miyazawa Mokei Trade Show held on 11th . Miyazawa Mokei is the largest figure and toy distributor in Japan.

This will be the Mecha page the bisyojo figure report will be posted later.

OverDrive is a webshop based in Akihabara, Japan that sells Japanese toys and figures at less then retail price all over the world. Please fell free to ask about items that are shown on this page even if pre-ordering has ended. We have also restared pre-ordering on the Legioss it is now available on our webshop for $220.99 plus shipping. Click on this link to order it.

[Anime]  Sakurako Gokurakuin’s popular manga “Sekirei” to be made in TV anime series that will start airing in Japan this summer!!  Click to read more about this news!!   

[Anime]  To celebrate the August release of Mamoru Oshii’s new movie “ The Sky Crawlers” Bandai will be releasing a special DVD box of five of Oshii’s past works.  Click for more information!!

[Game]  A demo version of “Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword” to be released on the Nintendo Channel one of the channels that is available on the Wii. Click for more!!    

[Movie]  The release of the “Dragoonball” live action movie looks like it has been pushed back to April 3 of 09!! Click to read more about it!!  

[Game]  A english report on the new “Gunadam VS Gundam” arcade fighting game recently released in Japan!!   Click to read it!!

[Anime]  More details on the TV anime series of Masamune Shirow’s  ”Appleseed” series!!  A major anouncement scheduled for March 30!!  To be directed by Romanov Higa who has worked on other Shiro projects like  the 06 released “TANK S.W.A.T. 01″!!  Click to read more about it!!

[Anime]  Best selling light novel series “Slayers” to come back as a TV anime series in April!! Will be the fourth  time it has been made into a anime series and the first in 11 years!!  Click to for more!! 

[Movie] First english trailer for the live action “Death Note”  movie has been released!!  Screened at selected theaters it will be released on DVD later in the year in Japanese with English subtitles.  Click to read more about it!!

[Anime]  The last part of the “Saint Seiya: Hardes” anime OVA series to be aired in Japan staring from March!!  To be called “Chapter Elysion”  it will span six episodes with the final two episodes scheduled to air on Auguest 1.  Click for more!!

[Game]  More information on the new characters that will be introduced in the new  3D “Samurai Shodown”(Spirits)  arcade fighting game to be released by SNK!!  Click to see them as well as some screenshots of the game.  

[Figure]  A report on the newest figure in the Fraulein Revoltech “The Idol Master”’s Haruka Amami!!  To be the first of many from the hit X-Box360 game to be made into their own figure!!  Go check out the report here!!  

[Anime]  A new anime version of the latest in the  popular “Angelique” game series will start airing in Japan in April!!  To be called “Neo Angelique” to find out more about click here!!

[Anime]   Maaya Sakamoto confirmed as the singer of Macross Frontier’s opening theme song!!  For more details click here!!

[Game]  More characters from “Street Fighter?” revealed!!  Sagat and Vega(Bison) in action!!  Go check it out!! 

[Game]  “Bio Hazard Zero” to be re-released on the Wii!!  Click for more!! 

[Manga]  “Hunter x Hunter” restarts again!!  To write 10 weeks before stoping once again.  Click for more details!!

[Akiba]  Only in Akiba will maids try to sell you apartments on a Sunday.  Anyone want a state of the art apartment about 5 minites from Akiba for around 43 milion yen($430,000)?? Click for more!!