*Volunteer Positions* While evaluating the state of the Gaming Journalism scene, I noticed that we at Real Otaku Gamer has a unique approach when covering geek/otaku culture. As the site gets restructured and we go into our 3rd year, we are looking to create opportunities that will help the site become more robust and varied with coverage. Real Otaku Gamer has a global vision, we accept writers from all over the world.

These new job positions are going to help Real Otaku Gamer become more organized and develop a bigger community so we can grow as a brand. These positions are volunteer only as we are a small site. As we grow so will the sponsors and hopefully revenue.

IF HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE POSITIONS, Email us at feedback@realotakugamer.com

These New Positions are as follows:

1. Community Manager: You will be taking care of the daily running of the site. You will work along side the Editor in Chief and other Admins on the site with promoting the site and helping build a brand. You must have good communication skills.

2.Marketing and PR: You will be responsible for all Public Relations with companies and the community. You must have good communication skills and be able to relate to people of a number of levels. You will also run contests and giveaways.

3.Managing Editor: You will work closely with all staff to make sure the posts we produce, are up to our standards.

4.Social Media Manager: You will be in charge of growing our social networking presence. You will be working close to the senior staff.

5. Assistant to Editor in Chief: You will assist the E.I.C. in the daily running of the site.

6.Advertising and Promotion: contact us for more details.

7.Art Director: contact us for more details.

8.Podcast Producer/Editor: contact us for more details.

9.Video Producer/Editor :contact us for more details.

Now, the next few positions are for the Real Otaku Gamer Specialists. These positions are dedicated for people who want to cover a specific genre/category. This is where your inner Otaku can really shine.

1. PC

2. Mobile/Tablet

3. Tech

4. Anime

5. Manga

6. Comics

7. Nintendo

8. Sony

9. Microsoft

10. Movies/Television

11. Asian Cinema

12.Indie Games

13.Toys/models and Merchandise

14.Convention Coverage

15.Cosplay and Cosplay Culture

To apply for these positions, you must first submit a writing sample and once the sample is approved, submit an small essay telling us why we should pick you for the job you are interested in. An essay is not necessary for all positions. Deadline to have the samples submitted is May 20th, 2013. We must have all essays in my May 17th. Send the Essays and Samples to feedback@realotakugamer.com.

If you have any questions about any of the positions and their responsibilities, just email us at feedback@realotakugamer.com or go to the Twitter and Facebook pages. Thanks you for your time.

Andre Tipton

Founder/Editor in Chief

Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods has been battling the box office in Japan, and in true Goku style, is dominating. In its opening weekend, the film pulled in ¥683,925,000 in it’s first two days of March 30 and 31. That is about $6.8 million making it the number 1 non-American movie and number 5 movie in the international box office behind G.I. Joe: Retaliation, The Croods, Jack the Giant Slayer, and Oz the Great and Powerful. Now this might not sound like much but to put in a little perspective; those 4 movies are being shown in over 50 territories while DBZ was only shown in Japan on 3828 screens. That is impressive. It should be also noted that it also played on IMAX screens, which is a higher ticket compared to normal screens.

In it’s second weekend, 9 days of being in theatres, Battle of Gods and earned a total of ¥1,772,955,800. Toei Animation has stated it expects this movie to earn over 3 billion yen and it is well on its way. The last Dragon Ball theatrical movie was released 17 years ago. Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods marks the first Dragon Ball movie with the original creator, Akira Toriyama, actively participating in the story of the film. It takes place a few years after the end of the Majin Buu saga where the Birus, God of Destruction, (Hakaishin Birusu) is awakened looking for an opponent to give him a challenge. And anyone who knows Goku, knows he loves a challenge.

With the success of the film, DBZ fans abroad would hope that there would be a fast release of a dub by Funimation. Well, it might take longer than we would want. 20^th Century Fox distributed the movie over in Japan and gets the first option to release it internationally. So if they decided to do so and release their own dub, they have the option to do so. If they decide to do nothing, Funimation can step in but they do not think that we’ll see it on our shores until next year. Here’s hoping Funimation get to dub with the voices we all love, or hate for some people, and Fox doesn’t decided to pack it full of celebrities who know nothing about anime. But I doubt that will happen.

So cute you can’t deny it.

The University of Miami Anime Club is hosting their second annual anime convention, Miami Hurricon, on April 14. Yours truly will be hosting panels during the event on behalf of ROG. Although the con schedule has not been released yet both of these panels have been confirmed.

• The History of Vocaloids and their Fandom
• Spot the Fakes: How to Avoid Ripoffs and Other Unlicensed Goods

Hurricon does have many other things to offer. Two guests have been confirmed, Marianne Miller who’s an American voice actress for English dubs and Little Kuriboh creator of Yu-Gi-Oh! The Abridged Series. A costume contest will be held again this year and so will a video game tournament sponsored by Anime Gaming Experience. This a free event anyone who lives nearby shouldn’t miss. You can RSVP on the Facebook event page and like their official Facebook page to keep updated about their plans and future events.

I hope to see a great turnout this year, and if you can come drop by one of my panels that would be awesome!

UPDATE: Unfortunately, due to a scheduling conflict Marriane           Miller will not be at this year’s Hurricon. But her husband (Little Kuriboh) is still coming as scheduled.

It’s no secret that Nickelodeon’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles has turned into one of their best shows currently airing. After a monumental series premiere, Nick already green lit the show for a second season. Not too long ago, Nick announced that season three was already picked up! Great news for all turtle fans (myself included). Nickelodeon Group president Cyma Zarghami came out and said that 2012 was a hard year for Nickelodeon with a lot of competition. She also said that Nick will be reinventing themselves with a strong emphasis and animation. Many people have been complaining for years how Nick has lost its way with the lack of animation and all the teen live action shows. Looks like the internet was right and Nick wants to change that image and get back to where it once was. With Legend of Korra and TMNT leading the way, I’m very interested to see how true they stay to their claims. Only time will tell.

As part of the promotion of Wreck-It Ralph‘s UK release, Disney has made one of the most amazing promotions a gamer can imagine happen. They took a street in London and gave it a touch of nostalgic 8 bit glory. The street in question is Brick Lane, and I recommend anyone who lives in the United Kingdom or in a European country that can easily access it to visit is before it’s scrapped.

My thumbs are ready.

For those of us who would kill to see it but sadly can’t make the overseas trip, there is a tiny hidden object video game that takes you down the street to find 8 distinctive items with 8 bit qualities. It’s simple and educational, and once you’re finished you “unlock” a promotional clip…. Or you can just see it on YouTube.

The street also hosts the world’s first Blippar building. A large print of the building from the Wreck-It Ralph universe was hung on a building to be played once you aim the phone at the screen. What you get to do is basically play the video game from the movie in real life, which I find amazing.

My only complaint  was that they couldn’t show more of the street in the aforementioned game. There are some amazing things they have not shown, like a Tetris Wall and a Next Level arrow I’ve seen in other pictures. I only hope my fellow gamers in the UK all get the chance to experience this Disney magic, they’re quite lucky.

When I saw that there was a new DBZ movie in the works and it was being written and directed by series creator Akira Toriyama for 2013 I lost my mind. The movie is entitled Battle of the Gods and it will be released on March 30 2013 in Japan only with Toei Company Ltd and 20th Century Fox, the US release has yet to be announced and the plot is as follows.

“The events of Battle of Gods takes place several years after the titanic battle with Majin Buu, which determined the fate of the entire universe. Bills, the God of Destruction who is tasked with maintaining some sort of balance in the universe, awakens from a long slumber. Hearing rumors that a Saiyan defeated Frieza, Bills tracks down this warrior: Goku. Ecstatic over the new challenge, Goku ignores King Kai’s advice and battles Bills, but he is overwhelmed and defeated. Bills leaves, but his eerie remark of “Is there nobody on Earth more worthy to destroy…?” lingers on. Goku and his allies must aim to stop the God of Destruction before all is lost. A mysterious character named Wiss also appears in the film”

Visit the films website here

The Legend of Korra had a great first season in terms of audience averaging 3.8 million viewers for the first season. Some people expressed issues with the season finale but overall, most people loved season 1 and can’t wait for season 2. Nickelodeon agreed and doesn’t want the gravy train to end, so they ordered 26 more episodes to be split up into 2 seasons. This will bring the total up to 4 books over the course of 52 episodes. Exciting new for fans. It’s also been confirmed that book 2 will be called “Spirit” and deal with Korra learning to get in touch with her spiritual side and expanding on the spirit world The Last Airbender established. A few other mentions have been made including the return of Probending and Mako going the police force, but I think the most interesting mention was that the show would delve into how the mythology of the Avatar. I personally really want to see this expansion on the spirit world since I always felt like there was so much more they could have done with that. I’ve also always wondered about who was the first Avatar and how that got started so it’ll be interesting seeing how they tell that story. There is no release date for Legend of Korra but stay tuned. In the mean time enjoy this poster that many people at Comic Con received.

Friday marked the 20th anniversary of the popular manage series Bishojo Senshi Sailor Moon. During a live event celebrating the manga’s anniversary, creator of the series Naoko Takeuchi, publisher Kodansha, and the Japanese female idol group Momoiro Clover Z announced that a new anime adaptation is currently in the works.

Unfortunately, many details concerning the new series have not yet been revealed. Momoiro Clover Z will be singing the theme song to the new anime, but there is no confirmation on who will be playing Sailor Moon/Usagi/Serena, the Sailor Scouts, or Tuxedo Mask/Mamoru/Darien.

The new anime is slated to release worldwide summer 2013.

Sailor Moon Manga Gets New Anime Series in Summer 2013 [Anime News Network]

Feel like you aren’t seeing enough representation of anime on television today? VIZ Media feels the same way and wants to do something about it, by launching their new 24 hour anime channel with a twist. Instead of being a television channel that you probably couldn’t get unless you paid for a bunch of other channels you probably wouldn’t watch in a cable package, VIZ is launching a streaming channel on a video game console.

This streaming channel will act like any other television channel except on your gaming console. Programming will include uncut english dubbed anime such as new episodes of Naruto Shippuden, Tiger & Bunny, Blue Exorcist, and many others. They will also bring back some shows that have been featured on other networks before like Naruto and Death Note all completely uncut. If that wasn’t enough, anime movies and dubbed kung fu movies will also be featured along with behind the scenes and original content.

While VIZ hasn’t specified which console the service if not both, this subscription based channel will cost you $6.99 a month. I’m sure there are some of you out there who don’t like dubs or might not want to pay for this subscription with other sites out there. However you choose to enjoy your anime please just remember to support the titles you like. You can find out more about Neon Alley by going to http://www.neonalley.com/ and check out this trailer featuring more anime titles.

Every year it seems to be the same story. The so called “suits” get to promote their brand and remind us why we should own a Microsoft Xbox 360. The most disappointing part of the Microsoft E3 press conference was the lack of a nextgen console announcement and the boring promotion of Windows hardware.  We did get to see some good stuff though.

The press conference started with a superb Halo 4 intro and some equally superb gameplay. Even as a non-Halo fan this really made my day. The title looks very promising and has been one of the most popular twitter topics since yesterday, only to be shattered by the new Southpark game buzz. The overall press conference was actually a bit boring. Microsoft kept plugging their Windows tablets and phones because soon these will be useable as interactive remote controllers. This will be made possible with Microsoft’s new “Smartglass” technology. I really liked the tech, but it really doesn’t add anything  groundbreaking. I mean, who wants to see an interactive map of Westeros or check out the cast list while you are watching Game of Thrones?

These were the most impressive games:

Halo 4: Microsoft’s major announcement was the latest installment of their best-selling exclusive series, and they really didn’t have a choice. Speculation around the time of Halo: Reach’s release was that the series was done.

Gears of War Judgement: Sadly to say we’ve only seen a short trailer, a nice interview with Rod Fergusson from Epic Games and some gameplay. I”m looking forward how this special collaboration will end up. As a Gears fan I will pick this up anyway, I do have high hopes.

Kinect Sports Season Two and Dance Central 2 were the major offerings for Microsoft’s new technology, after both were hits with the product’s launch. “Kinect Fun labs”, “Kinect Disneyland Adventures”, and “Ryse” a first-person action game from Crytek set in the times of the Roman Empire, where the other major offerings for Kinect, as well as what seems to be an on-rails shooter in the Fable franchise called Fable: The Journey. We even got to see a slightly older and less fit Usher dancing around in his skinny jeans, are you serious Microsoft?

Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon, Mass Effect 3 and several EA Sports titles including Madden and Tiger Woods are among the third party titles that will be receiving varying degrees of Kinect support.

Forza Motorsports 4 Horizon finally received a release date, it will be hitting the console on October 11. You guessed it, it will also be Kinect compatible! I dare to say it really looks better than any racing game out there. Pretty excited for this title, even though I”m more of an Arcade racing fan.

I hoped for so much more stuff to be unveiled. Hopefully Gamescom 2012 in Cologne will  make up for this meager presentation. Like I said many times. It”s time for us gamers to take back our beloved industry from the corporate suits. I think they are messing up big time! Gamers want games, E3 is about showing of your games, not all your interactive multimedia ideas and shamelessly plugging your and your sponsors products. Keep an eye out for a recap of the Sony and Nintendo highlights too. The Real Otaku Gamer crew will be following E3 all day long to bring you the latest news!

 The story of Gears of War Judgement revolves around fan favourite CoG Baird.