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Passing this on for the folks at the Designer Toy Awards:

We know you all have been patiently waiting for us to announce the host of the 6th Annual Designer Toy Awards, so hold on to your socks as we reveal this year’s big news…
Stella Chuu to host the 6th Annual Designer Toy Awards!

This year, our special host is renown cosplayer, Stella Chuu! Being an award winning cosplayer and advocate for nerd culture and self-confidence, Stella is a match made in geek heaven for the Designer Toy Awards!

Dropping a few lines for The Designer Toy Award:

The finalists for the 6th Annual Designer Toy Awards (DTAs) have been announced and Public Voting has begun! We’d like to thank the nomination committees, who have worked tirelessly to whittle down the 100’s of nominees. (more…)

The Spring clearance sale for FUNimation has begun. Head over to check out the prices of the 400 products they’ve reduced at the FUNimation shop.

The Right Stuf’s affiliate program has been around since this site was created… the program will finally shut down on May 1, 2015 detailed in an email by Right Stuf president Shawne Kleckner. Honestly, I am surprised that the program has lasted this long. Mr. Kleckner also mentions that, Right Stuf hopes to bring the program back in some form in the future. Don’t hold your breath folks.

Apparently, Metal Gear is taking over Uniqlo again. This time around for the 25th anniversary events. There will be Uniqlo T-shirts for the 25th anniversary and autograph sessions from the one and only Hideo Kojima-san and artist Yoji Shinkawa. (more…)

As reported on ANN, in February Bandai will stop all new releases of DVDs, Blu-ray, and manga. If you can believe Bandai only has 2 full time staffers.

You have until December 12 to enjoy special savings on discs, DVDs, and other goodies - Oh My!~ Check out their site daily to see what bargains get revealed next.

For the month of December items are now up to 50% off. Get them now before the store doors are closed forever.

http://store.bandai-ent.com/

Press release

NEW PEOPLE, the dynamic San Francisco entertainment destination bringing the latest examples of Japanese popular culture to North American shores, kicks off the 2011 holiday shopping season with a variety of special sales and promotions that will take place throughout the venue beginning on Black Friday, November 25th. (more…)

Check out CDJapan’s autumn clearance sale, you might find some CDs, DVDs or other collectible figures and etc. that you’ve always wanted, but was holding out for a good price.