It has also created industry icons that have become well-known, household names such as Mario ™, Donkey Kong ™, Metroid ™, Zelda ™ and Pokemon ™. A wholly owned subsidiary, Nintendo of America Inc. , based in Redmond , Wash. , serves as...

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...seller, Afro Samurai, came in with 420,000 copies sold, just above Tales of Vesperia's 410,000 games sold. Rounding out the top five was Mobile Suit Gundam : Battlefield Record U.C. 0081 for the PS3 , with sales of 320,000. Notably, Namco...

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...weeks. "Beast Master," debuting today, might sound like yet another catch-all-monsters shonen (boys) manga in the vein of " Pokemon " and " Yu-Gi-Oh ," but it's actually a shojo (girls) title being published under the Shojo Beat imprint. The...

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...isn't even a priority, and he would just like to do something in the sci-fi genre, given that he's an admitted fan of the anime series " Neon Genesis Evangelion ," perhaps Anderson could make the live-action movie version that's been in...

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... Goober Grape., Jason Caffey , Jeff Jaeger , Kamala the Ugandan Giant, Kurt Loder , Lemmy from Motorhead , Lord Byron, Mikey Whipwreck , Mobile Suit Gundam , Mountain Dew, Nellie Fox , Oran "Juice" Jones , Sorority date function commemorative...

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...City you never knew existed. We show off the Japanese Bayonetta demo and check out new import releases like Sin and Punishment 2 , Fullmetal Alchemist , and more! Its the Today On The Spot Halloween Fright Fest! We show you an exclusive...

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...of Liberty City you never knew existed. We show off the Japanese Bayonetta demo and check out new import releases like Sin and Punishment 2 , Fullmetal Alchemist , and more! We explore the new and old Rapture, learn about the new villain, her...

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...come a long way from her Japanese homeland. Christian Dior , Cynthia Rowley , Betsey Johnson and Kimora Lee Simmons have all hopped on the Hello Kitty pop icon bandwagon over the years, whisking the kitten around the world in high style. But...

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...in November with Winning eleven. Here's the top full top ten, with life to date sales in parenthesis. Pokemon Heart Gold & Soul Silver ( Pokemon , DS): 118,000 Wii Fit Plus ( Nintendo , Wii ): 88,000 (699,000) Friend Collection ( Nintendo ,...

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... Nintendo has claimed at least two of the top three chart spots on Media Create 's Japanese retail sales charts. This unfortunate Pokemon appears to have a constantly exploding spine. For October 19-25, Nintendo actually reprised its...

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...2, Dementium 2, and more! We show off the Japanese Bayonetta demo and check out new import releases like Sin and Punishment 2 , Fullmetal Alchemist , and more! We explore the new and old Rapture , learn about the new villain, her effects...

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...isn't deep enough to keep you playing Touch-screen power-ups are tricky to activate. As an action-packed re-creation of the Naruto anime , Naruto Shippuden: Ninja Destiny 2 gets the job done, but as a solid fighter, not so much. This...

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...a tradition of amalgamating diverse concepts and tones. Like many qualities of manga, Osamu Tezuka offers the great, primal example. From Astro Boy to Black Jack to Phoenix , nothing was boxed into a simple, restrictive definition. If Tezuka...

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...to steamroll at retail. Reporting on the week of October 12-18, Japanese stat-tracking firm Media Create said that Pokemon HeartGold and Pokemon SoulSilver combined to sell 164,721 units for the DS, securing the top spot in its weekly...

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...Over Tokyo," he said he wanted to pilot a giant purple robot once he got to Japan. That was a reference to the blockbuster animated series " Neon Genesis Evangelion ," which aired on Japanese TV in the mid-1990s. Now, it's spawned a film...

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...manga does not sell well outside Japan is the relative lower amounts of cash that children have On Dimaond Bookshelf From Astro Boy to Gantz : An Interview with Dark Horse Manga Editor Carl Horn BookShelf: What current trends do you see...

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...of the category's existence. Only in 2002 were they're five nominees. So far this year there are these animated films competing: " Astro Boy " ( Summit Entertainment ), "Battle for Terra" (Roadside Attractions), "A Christmas Carol" ( Walt...

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... Square Enix doesn't only make Final Fantasy. The Japanese company also has an anime and manga division, responsible for titles like Saki and Full Metal Alchemist. More » Our time with the Nobody Roxas in Kingdom Hearts II was far too...

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