This year, Kamen Rider will be even more exciting as there will be two main characters donning the Kamen Rider suit in Kamen Rider W, pronounced Kamen Rider double. The two main characters are Shotaro Hidari and Philip; both are private detectives with the ability to change into Kamen Riders, Gaia Memory Joker unit and the Gaia Memory Unit.

Both Hidari and Philip can combine to become Kamen Rider W using the Double Driver transformation belt. Makes you wonder if they’ll have to perform a fusion dance similar to what Goku and Piccolo had to do in Dragon Ball Z. You can view the video below to the Kamen Rider W suit in action and see the fusion dance reference.

Image and news source: Anime Vice
Video source: Anime Vice

It’s been six years since Ayumi Hamasaki has sang a theme for a drama show. Hamasaki’s new single, “Sunrise ~LOVE is ALL~”, will be the theme song for “Dandy Daddy?”. The last song Hamasaki did for a drama was “forgiveness” used in “Kougen e Irasshai”.

Here’s more detail about the new single, courtesy of tokyograph:

Hamasaki’s “Sunrise ~LOVE is ALL~” will be released as a double A-side single called “Sunrise / Sunset ~LOVE is ALL~” on August 12. Included on the single is a “Special Mega-Mash-Up-Mix” that combines the singer’s past summer hits “July 1st,” “Greatful days,” “fairyland,” “BLUE BIRD,” and “glitter.”

In addition to the regular CD single, a CD+DVD edition will be available that includes music videos for the two title tracks and a making-of video for “Sunrise ~LOVE is ALL~.”

Source: tokyograph
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So-net Hikari, Internet access provider in Japan, is launching a campaign which will have AKB48’s Mariko Shinoda visiting people’s homes in a nurse outfit. Shinoda donned the yellow nurse outfit and joined the campaign character Momo no Hana at an event to promote the campaign.

Shinoda’s role is not entirely clear yet, but she hopes she can share her love for TV with those who will welcome her to their home. She would also like to help customers become familiar with the Internet if they’re inexperienced in surfing the Web.

What does Shinoda hopes for when she’s visiting So-net Hikari’s customers? That they serve her favorite food, curried rice.

“I love curry, so I want to dress up in a costume resembling curry rice, using white and brown colors.”

Source: Japan Today
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If you’ve been reading the latest “Weekly Shonen Jump” then you’re probably very excited to read about Mashima Hiro’s “Fairy Tail” will get its own television adaptation to launch later this fall.

Below is details about “Fairy Tail”:

A young sorceress, Lucy Heartfilia, travels to the land of Fiore to join the magical Fairy Tail Guild. Along the way, she meets Natsu Dragneel, a teenage boy looking for a dragon named Igneel. Shortly after their meeting, Lucy is abducted by Bora of Prominence, who was posing as Salamander of Fairy Tail, to be sold as a slave. Natsu rescues her and reveals that he is the real Salamander and has the skills of a Dragon Slayer. He offers her membership into the guild, which she accepts, and they become a team performing various missions for the Fairy Tail guild.

Images and news source: moetron

Those of you who are waiting to see “Evangelion 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance” may enjoy the pamphlet that came out the same time the movie did. But then again, chances are you don’t live in Japan and desperately trying to find the movie online. Well, you won’t find a link to a site that is streaming the movie but you will find scans of the pamphlet for the movie thanks to moetron.

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Just when you thought you knew all there is to know about “Fullmetal Alchemist” there’s news that a new character will debut in the second half of “Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood”. If you haven’t watched the series yet, you’re missing out. The pacing is a lot faster and it feels even darker than the previous broadcast.

Also, there will be a new opening and ending theme; 「Hologram」 by NICO Touches the Walls and 「Let it out」 by Fukuhara Miho will be lending their musical talent to the awesome series.

Source: moetron