Between the day job and trying to catch up on reviews, there wasn’t a lot of time to report on news this week. It was a relatively quiet week but there are still a few things that managed to slip past my radar.

HIGHS

Black Rock Shooter Anime: If you’re a fan of anime or Japanese music you’ve probably heard the name Miku Hatsune. The virtual pop idol has managed to maintain a successful career for longer than many real world idols and is only getting bigger. It was announced earlier this week that Hatsune’s single “Black Rock Shooter” will be getting its own anime feature next spring. The anime won’t be about Hatsune herself but will feature her voice.

Memories of Nobody Aires on Adult Swim: It seems that the only real place to go for cartoons on Cartoon Network anymore is Adult Swim. This isn’t about lamenting Toonami though; this is about Memories of Nobody making its television premiere. On September 5^th , Adult Swim will be airing the first Bleach movie titled ‘Memories of Nobody’. Viz Media gave the movie a US theatrical premiere via Fathom Events a couple of years ago before eventually releasing it to DVD.

Fault! Gets Two Part OVA (NSFW): Despite being only released a couple of months ago, tennis themed eroge ‘Fault!’ will be getting a two part OVA starting in November. No details about the cast were reveled but it will be produced by Cottondoll. Speaking of eroge, JAST USA also put up a new update to their site revealing that Downhill Nights has gone ‘Golden Master’

Afro Samurai Wins Emmy: Alright, so it’s not a “real” Emmy but Shigemi Ikeda did walk away with the award for “Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation’. The award goes to the art director for Afro Samurai: Resurrection giving the release its first Emmy. Good momentum going into the real primetime awards in which the release is nominated for ‘Outstanding Animated Program’

LAMES 

AkibaBlog Discontinues English Feed: LAME! Where else am I going to get all the latest info about what odd marketing stores in Akihabara are using to push the latest moe series?

Astro Boy Trailer: Cora looks absolutely terrible and did they really give Astro Boy machine guns in his ass? Do I have to be the one to make a joke about ‘Mexican food goes through Astro Boy like a bullet’ joke to point out how lame of an idea that was?

Fan Attempts to Sell Limited Edition EVA Phone: Now, before I get mail or comments from people telling me to lie off let’s analyze this. The seller was selling a limited edition Japanese cell phone, nothing wrong with that. Great way to make a couple of extra dollars… or in this case, an extra $1,500. Let’s try lowering that price a little before we try to fleece otaku ok?

SINGLE OF THE WEEK

Since I’m thinking of writing an article about this series in the next few days, I’ve chosen the new ED single for fantasy series ‘Tears to Tiara‘ as this week’s single of the week.

Weeping Alone – Aira Yuuki

PRODUCT YOU DIDN’T KNOW YOU NEEDED

Moe keyboards! At $100 a pop it’s hard to imagine me adding this item to my collection. Stupid limited time offer! Regardless, this is an awesome keyboard that I could really enjoy getting my hands on.

Well, it’s about 30 minutes to midnight and I am more than ready to call this a week. Be sure to check out next week’s edition of ‘Highs and Lames’. Got a comment, feedback or question? Leave it in the comments below.