Denkyu: Anime Webzine

Adaptation of Yumi Nakata’s Manga Series Coming to Crunchyroll Starting January 4th

San Francisco, CA and Tokyo, Japan (January 4, 2009) ‹ Crunchyroll and StarChild announced today the addition of CHU-BRA!! to Crunchyroll’s Winter 2010 Anime Lineup. Adapted from the oft-talked about manga series created by Yumi Nakata and published in Futabasha’s COMIC HIGH! and animated by ZEXCS, CHU-BRA!! features Minako Kotobuki, Minori Chihara, and Sayuri Yahagi in the lead roles of Yako, Nayu, and Haruka. More information can be found at http://www.crunchyroll.com/chubra.

³CHU-BRA!! continues our long-lasting relationship with StarChild and looks to fit well into one of Crunchyroll’s audience segments, the moe fan,² said Rob Pereyda, Crunchyroll’s Vice President of Licensing. ³We anticipate its

success.²CHU-BRA!! will be available in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom in standard definition free of charge to all visitors of Crunchyroll’s website and across the Crunchyroll network one week after airing in Japan. Crunchyroll’s Anime Members and All-Access Members will receive early access  to the program in 480P within one hour after its Japanese airing.

CHU-BRA!! joins hundreds of other Japanese anime and Chinese and Korean live-action drama series in one of the largest English-subtitled streaming collections of officially-licensed East Asian content in the world.

Title Synopsis:

CHU-BRA!!

Nayu is a twelve-year old girl who enters a private school at the top of her class. Her classmates are quickly shocked to discover that on the first day of school, she announces to the whole school everything there is to know

about adult lingerie.Now, it is time for the panty revolution to begin…

X JAPAN INVITES FANS TO BE A PART OF HISTORY

Mega Super J-Rock Band Filming on January 9, 2010 in Hollywood

X JAPAN, one of Japan¹s most popular and influential bands, invites American fans to the streets of Hollywood, CA to film four major music videos! It will be a huge and momentous event in the band¹s history. Fans will need to pre-register online to participate in the event. More information can be found at www.jrocknation.

About X JAPAN

X Japan is not only the biggest band in Japan rock history, their popularity is spreading overseas, to Asia, to Europe, and about to explode in the US. X Japan has sold over 30 million albums/singles/videos to date. They also pioneered Visual-Kei, which is infecting worldwide Anime fans through the unique style of music and fashion.

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IRVINE, Calif. - Dec. 23, 2009 - While cute may rule on ijji.com’s popular anime-influenced massively multi-player online role-playing game (MMORPG), Lunia, the addition of its latest rambunctious character, Ralph, may add some grit to the charm. In celebration of the holidays, Lunia bestows a raucous character, Ralph the Fighter, onto its players. Fans of the game, and ijji.com gamers generally, can now play Lunia as this extremely speedy, powerful and ferocious character and leave their enemies in critical condition while saving the lives of the innocent.

“Lunia enjoys an astounding following for a reason - it is fast, fun, bright and always evolving - and we intend on keeping it that way,” said Philip Yun, CEO, NHN USA, which hosts ijji.com. “To keep our community and the fans of all our games, including Lunia, intrigued, we strive to incorporate fresh new characters and updates that satisfy gamers’ latest cravings. Keeping our eyes on trends and community boards alike, we cater to our members’ needs in a timely fashion.”

The story of Lunia revolves around an intricate plot of mystical characters and fantasy settings. The game possesses a unique anime-influence - with cell shading, in the style of Japanese Manga comics. Players battle monsters and each other over the course of multiple, increasingly difficult episodes, making their way through winding storyline of this mystical tale.

With the introduction of Ralph the Fighter, Lunia adds a new colorful character with a dark history. Ralph spent his childhood in the dark, cold corner of an alley, abandoned by his family, with no one to rely on but himself. He honed his fighting skills on streets filled with despair, avenging crimes against the innocent. Now at age 20, Ralph uses a fast and strong combat style as he continues to wage war in the name of the needy. Unlike many video game heroes, Ralph doesn’t cower behind a weapon to defeat his foes. Employing powerful timed punches and swift, menacing kicks, the feisty fighter stops his adversaries dead in their tracks.

For those ready to bring the New Year in with a new game and a new character, additional information about Lunia can be found at http://lunia.ijji.com.

About ijji.com

ijji.com (www.ijji.com) is the leading portal for hardcore online gaming.  Owned and operated by Irvine, Calif.-based NHN USA, Inc., ijji.com launched in 2006 and now boasts more than 9 million unique registered gamers.  The portal hosts a diverse suite of hardcore, fast action free-to-play online games, each with an optional micro-transaction model.

ijji.com’s extensive portfolio includes the renowned online games Lunia, GUNZ The Duel®,SOLDIER FRONT™,DRIFT CITY™, the massively multi-player first-person shooter (MMOFPS),Alliance of Valiant Arms, and the fantasy MMORPG, Soul of the Ultimate Nation. The portal will soon be home to highly-anticipated multi-player online first-person shooter (MOFPS) titles, such as, the Unreal Engine 3-powered game, Huxley: The Dystopia, and the World War II-inspired thriller, KARMA: Operation Barbarossa.

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