China Times: Makoto Shinkai the next Miyazaki 新世代宮崎駿:新海誠

Picture taken from Apple Daily's 2007 interview with Shinkai.

  Taiwanese Newspaper "China Times" has recently published an article on an interview with Makoto Shinkai (新海 誠), the director of many anime films such as "5 Centimeters per Second" and "Voices of a Distant Star", where he was said to be "the next Hayao Miyazaki" (宮崎 駿) . 

Modern Warfare 3 Breaks Pre-order, Day 1 Shipment Records

 

  Addressing investors and analysts following the publisher's impressive third quarter financial results last night, Activision Publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg said "the record number of pre-orders from Modern Warfare 3 drove the largest day one shipments in our history and in the industry's history".

Black Rock Shooter TV Anime Retains Video Voice Cast

 According to the official website of the Black Rock Shooter TV anime (which opened Wednesday), the voice cast from the previous BRS video anime will be returning for this new project:

Highlights: Comments by Policymakers at Cannes G20 G20峰會:法國戛納

Here are the highlights of 2011 Cannes, France G20 Summit.

National Day of Taiwan: Happy 100th Birthday Taiwan!

Today marks the 100th year of the Republic of China (Taiwan)! Long live ROC!
中華民國(台灣)100年國慶快樂!中華民國萬歲!

Free X2010s to all

Yup. It has begun. After Vettel's successful win of the 2011 F1 title, Kazunori Yamauchi is now giving out free X2010s, as long as you log in to GT5 before October 16th, 2011 (Confirmed ).

Vettel wins his second F1 title

After a fierce battle at Suzuka, Japan, Sebastian Vettel has won his second F1 title, being the youngest driver ever to do so (At age 24).

Details on GT5 Spec 2.0: Standard car interior, replay controls, new cars, and more!

 Good news everyone! A list of things include in the Spec II update for GT5 has been announced by Kazunori Yamauchi today via Twitter.

Steve Job, Genius behind Apple's Success, passes away.

Steve Jobs, the genius behind the success of the Apple company, has passed away at the age of 56 in California due to pancreatic cancer.

My Top 25 Favorite Female Anime Characters!

Here's a list of the 25 female anime characters I love the most...

Gran Turismo 5 Spec 2.0 + DLC Coming Late October

  After almost a year, it's finally been confirmed (By Kazunori through a rare English tweet) that a new update will be coming to GT5, with DLCs following a week after.

Project "Discovering Taiwan": Coming Soon

 I will soon be starting a new project called "Discovering Taiwan", which will be focusing on sharing information on Taiwan with the rest of the world. My goal: to let as much people as possible to know about Taiwan.

Never forget: 10 Years later... September 11th, 2001



"Terrorist may be able to take down our buldings, but they will never be able to take down the spirit of the American people"


It was  a decade ago, at 8:46 a.m., when the world stood still... watching as a passenger plane crashes into the North Tower of the World Trade Center in New York. The world was never the same after that day, and it never will be. But no matter what, the United States of America will remain strong, as one undivisible nation.

Anime: Recommended Viewing of 2011

Here's a list of the must sees of 2011:

2011 Frankfurt Motor Show: Highlights

 All the cars you should have not missed during the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show, including the all new Porsche 911, Ferrari 458 Italia Spyder, Alfa 4C, and more.