Anime Vegas 2012 was held at the Cashman convention center over this past weekend. The facilities were beautiful and provided a great venue for the event. It seemed as though there were many more attendees than previous years and the cosplayers were amazing as always. Click here to view a slideshow of the Anime Vegas cosplayers.

Here are some of the highlights from Anime Vegas 2012…

The Cashman convention center is a huge space with a lot of room for the many vendors that offered a great selection of things like plush toys, posters, t-shirts, keychains, DVDs, costumes and cosplay …

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From Marvel, Madhouse and Sony comes the Blade Anime on DVD July 31st. This 2 disk set features all 12 episodes of the series and comes in a clam shell case with a disk on each side.

The Blade Anime has a very Japanese style story with a samurai theme to it. This is found more-so than in X-Men, Iron Man and even Wolverine—other Marvel series’ made into Anime.

Characters return cross-over style with an appearance by Wolverine and new characters are introduced such as Makoto, a vampire hunter who helps Blade in his quest for revenge against Deacon Frost.

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Coming to DVD on July 31st 2012 is Wolverine: The Anime! Produced by Madhouse, Marvel and Sony, this is one beautifully animated series. Continuing the line up of great Anime from X-Men and Iron Man; Wolverine features the best art and animation available today.

Here is the synopsis of the story that branches 2 disks and 12 episodes:

The love of Logan’s life, Mariko Yashida, is forced back to Japan by her father Shingen, a notorious crime lord. Once in Japan, she is forcibly betrothed to Kurohagi, a cruel criminal associate of her father, to solidify their business interests. …

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I’m probably the LAST person to rate something related to Iron Man, I’m not big on most of what Marvel does, however I am an old school fan of Anime and so I looked at it through the eyes of an Anime fan and man, I was very impressed.

Written by Marvel’s Warren Ellis and re-written from that story by the writers at Madhouse in Japan, the Iron Man Anime takes the viewer into a later stage of Tony Stark’s career. Tony travels to Japan with nothing but peace in mind after years of manufacturing and selling weapons. In order to …

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“Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit,” “Seirei no Moribito” – powerful story, amazing art – on Hulu and Cartoon Network

I just finished watching this series, which was beautifully done. It is based on fantasy novels by Nahoko Uehashi. She develops many characters that I respected and wanted to watch grow. Taking place in a fantasy world with many lands and races, the anime follows a bodyguard beauty, Balsa. She gets caught up in a royal incident that includes a prince, Chagum. She must protect the boy, who is fated to bear the egg bearer of a water spirit. It’s …

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In 1983, writer Tetsu Kariya and artist Akira Hanasaki began a series of manga chapters that spanned over one hundred volumes, called Oishinbo.

Oishinbo: A La Carte is a manga-sized print telling the best of the stories. These stories are informative and funny–based around a newspapers cultural staff, the main character Yamaoka is constantly put to the test to prove his mettle with food. Most chapters consist of Yamaoka proving that he knows how to make the best tasting foods and which are the best.

The book itself has a recipe in the beginning–this one is how to make rice and …

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