Marvel posted news regarding the release dates for their upcoming films. Look for Iron Man 2 in 2010!

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Namco Bandai has released new info and screenshots for the Afro Samurai game coming to XBOX 360 and Playstation 3 this Fall.

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I stumbled upon a CGI fan film developed by Monty Oum featuring an epic battle between female characters from Final Fantasy and the Dead or Alive video game series. Worth watching!

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There's something about the young male psyche that loves the idea of jumping inside a hulking humanoid war machine and wreaking havoc. It's not too surprising that mecha stories are some of the most popular and common franchises in the anime and manga industries. But which ones stand at the top of the mecha mountain?

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Okay, so I'll admit that I've been lax on cleaning up the comment spam. Hopefully that's all better now, and Protaku will be relatively spam free.

My latest article over at IGN Anime ranks Miyazaki's masterpieces.

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As many of you know, the impact of fansubbing and scanlating on the anime and manga industries is one of my favorite topics to write about. Recently IGN gave me the chance to rant about it to their audience.

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Anime News Network has very good coverage of a recent proposal to work with fansubbers made by Pokemon Executive Producer Masakazu Kubo. It's an interesting idea, but is it enough to solve the rampant piracy issues that the anime industry is facing?

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