Archive for the ‘Anime’ Category

A Holiday Message from Neko Chan!

Just in time for the holidays, Neko chan joins us tonight with his very first voice solo! From everyone here at Senpai, we wish you a happy holidays and a happy new year!

The Holidays You Know: Celebration in Japan: Part One- Christmas

Hello Senpai readers! Have you ever wondered how the holidays portrayed in anime hold up against holidays in real Japan?  If anyone in Japan really celebrates Christmas? Or just what the deal is with White Day? Well, we here at Senpai Magazine are happy to answer these questions and more-  just in time for Christmas, [...]

Making the Holidays a Little Easier…

The holidays can be a stressful time for gift giving. In addition to not knowing what someone might want, sometimes you just don’t know where to start! So to help kick off your holiday season and maybe make it a little easier, us here at Senpai have not only provided a Shopping Guide in our [...]

Update: Little Kuriboh’s “Bloodlines” video game side-adventure

Hi All! Rayna here, letting you know that Little Kuriboh, the creator of Yu-Gi-Oh Abridged has updated his video game adventures in “Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines” as played by Marik. For those of you who missed my first installment on this topic, it can be found >>>here. The two new videos, which feature commentary by [...]

A Word About AMVs

Posted by Alysson for Rayna   Hello Folks! Rayna here, and today, I’ll be sharing some thoughts on that addictive art form, the animated music video (AMV). As you may know, not everything that we call an AMV is actually a music video. Some of these entertaining pieces are dependent on using dialogue taken from [...]

LeetStreet Boys Release “She’s So Kawaii” Music Video

LeetStreet Boys have released a new music video for the single “She’s So Kawaii” from their second album entitled Otaku Hearts. The spiritual successor to their 2008 hit “Yuri The Only One,” “She’s So Kawaii” emphasizes themes of love and anime fandom, featuring over four minutes of original animation. The story follows the romantic trials [...]

Nightstalker Games – Games that Won’t Go Quietly into the Night

Last weekend myself and Dave went to Sarge’s comics (www.sargescomics.com) of New London CT for an upcoming spot in a future issue. It’s true that many of us at Senpai enjoy comics as well as anime/manga, and going to a place like Sarge’s is a real treat. Granted, it was mostly for business this time, [...]

Just Listen: The Importance of a Soundtrack in Anime

     A musical score can either make or break a film.  It is a fine line to walk; if the musical score is too dominating it can distract the audience. Or worse, if it is not strong enough then the audience feels disconnected and the movie is without its soul.  There are even some cases [...]

Persona 4 Anime is in the works!

A strange count down appeared on http://www.mayonaka-tv.jp/ (though there is another there now at the time of this writing) But Aniplex will be in charge of developing the Persona 4 anime and it is looking amazingly close to the cut scenes that were in the original PS2 version. There is no set release date yet [...]

Little Kuriboh, Marik, and Masquerade

Hi all! Rayna, here. Browsing through the list of things that consistently cheer me up and make me laugh, I remembered this: Little Kuriboh’s “Let’s Play” of the Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines game. What’s Bloodlines about? Basically, it‘s a game that lets you play as different kinds of vampires and go through an exciting, gritty [...]

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