Otakon 2009 has come and gone. The otaku, cosplayers, anime and manga fans are all back to their daily routines and lives, no longer rocking their wildly imaginative and colorful costumes (at least I would think so, but who can say…?). It would have been impossible to see...

Every year, the downtown harbor area of Baltimore's regular crowd of summer tourists is transformed into a colorful spectacle as a cast of anime & video game characters, lolitas and general sci-fi fanboys (and girls) take over the whole neighborhood surrounding the Balt Convention Center --...

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“Devil Side” was the first single to be released from VAMPS’s highly anticipated second album, Beast. “Devil Side” is a dark and heavy rock song with a familiar sound. Warning: This video may not be safe for work due to all the strippers, drug use and overall scandalous tone. ...

マドンナ、シェール、BoA、またはRobynなど、シングルネームだけで名前が通るアーティストはかなり限られている。しかし、この例に当てはまるであろうX Japanのドラマーでありプログレッシブメタルのマスターマインド Yoshiki は、アジアではもちろん、アメリカ全土でもその名を広めている。...

マドンナ、シェール、BoA、またはRobynなど、シングルネームだけで名前が通るアーティストはかなり限られている。しかし、この例に当てはまるであろうX Japanのドラマーでありプログレッシブメタルのマスターマインド Yoshiki は、アジアではもちろん、アメリカ全土でもその名を広めている。...

Hyde channels his inner Johnny Depp in the road-trip music video that is “Angel Trip.” The MV is a collection of clips of K.A.Z and Hyde being tourists – if tourists wear heavy eyeliner and have blond dreadlocks. As the second single from their second album, Beast, “Angel Trip” is a less serious

“My First Last” starts off completely different from their other songs by opening with Hyde’s clear vocals and K.A.Z’s acoustic guitar. The final single from their second album, Beast, is a mesh of calming imagery and Hyde and K.A.Z sitting around a campfire. ...

It's been a bad year for the world economy, but a good one for Italy's socially-conscious rappers Zero Plastica. The political shakeups caused by the deteriorating Euro are finally bringing to light some of the things that these Genoans, who have been working in local youth communities in addition

When international audiences think of films set in Kenya, they think of scenes of poverty, unpaved roads, corruption and revolution. You don't think sci-fi. Which is why female director Wanuri Kahiu's latest film, a short that premiered at Sundance this week, made such a splash.

Rock Lee Has "A Lot of Attitude." Posted 1/6/09 5,861 Go behind the scenes of the Otakon 2008 anime convention, on MTV2's 'Otaku Week.' sirmooalot (1/7/2009 11:50:09 PM) Rock Lee has a great personality the way he is always himself and never gives up no matter what. AnimeGirl229 (1/7/2009 9:00:12

Check out short films and videos such as Anton and Crapbag, The How To Show, Hoodfab and more at MTV.com!

MTV2 went behind the scenes at the Otakon anime convention last year and found an enthusiastic cosplayer dressed as Link from "Ocarina of Time." Watch as the cosplayer explains his costume and busts out an ocarina for an unforgettable performance.