The Mike Abundo Effect

Check out the latest trailer for Tekken 6 from AOU 2007, featuring actual gameplay footage along with new characters Leo and Zafina.

With Dead or Alive 5 already announced and Virtua Fighter 5 already in stores, the fighting game scene heats up in time for a new generation of consoles.

(Via Matt Leone.)

And a child shall lead them. In a rare move from a mainstream media outlet, anime schoolgirl Haruhi Suzumiya pushes positive DRM on behalf of Japanese media giant Bandai.

Stick that up your rootkit, Sony. More at Anime Mashups.

One of the smartest, most virally marketable anime ever made, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, will soon hit North American shores via Kadokawa Pictures USA and Bandai Entertainment. As I’ve mentioned before, the high-sci-fi-inspired hijinks of Haruhi and friends are purpose-designed for the age of the mashup.

The zany tone of this promo video suggests translators will stay true to the spirit of the source material — essential for a global product American fans have been incessantly dissecting almost since it premiered in Japan earlier this year. North American bloggers and remixers, even those not normally into anime, will love this. Read the rest of this entry »