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10th International Manga Award Winners Announced
Contest for foreign artists held annually in Japan. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan announced the winners of its 10th Annual Japan International Manga Awards on Tuesday. The awards recognize...
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Yuri!!! on Ice Promotes Main Character’s Home Prefecture
This fall’s hit anime Yuri!!! on Ice and Saga Prefecture’s Sagaprise! project announced on Monday that they are collaborating to promote Yūri Katsuki’s home prefecture. The project will kick off with...
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Shinkai’s “Your Name” tops South Korean box office with US$8.1 million
Sells 1.18 million tickets as 1st Japanese film at #1 since 2004’s Howl’s Moving Castle. Makoto Shinkai‘s your name. (Kimi no Na wa.) anime film ranked #1 at the South Korean box office over the...
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Original short anime “Hizukuri” meets crowdfunding goal
Naoki Matsuura directs story inspired by artisan scissor creator. “Hizukuri,” a short anime film project that launched on the crowdfunding platform MotionGallery in October, met its goal of of 1...
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Attack on Titan manga’s former editor arrested for wife’s murder
Morning magazine editor Chonhyon Park allegedly strangled wife to death. The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department arrested Chonhyon Park on charges of homicide on Tuesday. The 41-year-old Park is the...
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SMAP idol group members issue farewell messages to fans
The popular idol group SMAP broke up on December 31 after performing music together for more than a quarter century. Although the pop stars are continuing with their solo careers, they issued SMAP...
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Fukushima teacher threatens students with “Death Note”
Teacher reprimanded, school apologizes to families. An elementary school in Fukushima Prefecture held a meeting on Wednesday that to discuss incidents of one teacher telling students “I’ll write your...
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Ghibli Museum Attracts 10 Million Visitors
Museum in Tokyo opened in October 2001. The Ghibli Museum in Tokyo held a ceremony on Saturday to celebrate hitting the milestone of having 10 million visitors. The museum originally opened in October...
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Bring a smile to your valentine with One Piece chocolates
Oscar and Marie Antoinette aren’t the only characters inspiring chocolates this month. The Straw Hat crew and other characters from One Piece have become edible chocolate sweets in collaboration with...
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Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku idol Rina Matsuno passes away at 18
Idol had missed Tuesday concert before succumbing to unspecified disease. Rina Matsuno, a member of the idol group Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku, passed away on Wednesday, February 8 due to an unspecified...
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Cardcaptor Sakura Fan in Peru Gets Guinness World Record For Largest Collection
The Guinness Book of World Records awarded Sofia Pichihua of Peru with a certificate recognizing her as the owner of the world’s largest Cardcaptor Sakura memorabilia on December 11. Pichihua began...
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Man arrested for threatening voice actress Nana Mizuki on Twitter
32-year-old allegedly admitted to charge, saying Mizuki did not respond to his email. 32-year-old part-time worker and Nagahama City resident Akihiro Fukushima was arrested on Monday on the charge of...
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Japanese AI app features robot that can communicate like a “real girlfriend”
The Japanese smartphone application and artificial intelligence engine SELF, which features a highly-detailed female robot named Ai Furuse, has just added upgraded conversation functionality,...
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Fullmetal Alchemist, One Piece Voice Actor Ed Blaylock Passes Away
Voice actor for King Bradley, Sengoku was 64. Dallas, Texas-based radio station WRR 101 revealed on Thursday that voice actor and radio host Ed Blaylock (Thomas Edwin Blaylock, Jr.) passed away on...
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Prosecutors Seek 3.5-Year Sentence for Russian Pokémon Go Blogger
Yekaterinburg court to issue verdict on May 11. Russian prosecutors requested a 3.5-year sentence on Friday for Ruslan Sokolovsky, a Russian blogger charged with inciting religious hatred for allegedly...
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A Silent Voice, Masako Nozawa, Makoto Shinkai win Japan Movie Critics Awards
Leiji Matsumoto also honored at May 16 ceremony. The 26th Annual Japan Movie Critics Awards announced its list of winners at a ceremony on Tuesday. The winners honored films from the 2016 calendar...
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Pokémon Magikarp Jump Game Launches for iOS, Android Devices
Free-to-play with in-app purchases in multiple languages The Pokémon Company released the Pokémon Magikarp Jump smartphone game for iOS and Android devices on Tuesday. The official Pokémon YouTube...
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Father Hides Real Nintendo Switch in Son’s Cardboard Version
Twitter user Mohikan recently posted some pictures of his creative, game-loving son. On April 5, Mohikan posted a picture of his son playing “Poop Prince Adventure 2” on his newest homemade PC. Mohikan...
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Nintendo Celebrates Dairy Farmers on ‘Milk Day’ with 1-2-Switch Mini-Game
Nintendo is celebrating Japan’s hardworking dairy farmers on June 1, otherwise known as “Milk Day,” and what better way then inviting them to a large-scale match of 1-2-Switch’s Milking mini-game? The...
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Spinoff novel of Shinkai’s Your Name film gets manga in July
Arata Kanou’s Your Name Another Side: Earthbound novel focuses on film’s side characters. Cygames‘ Cycomi manga app revealed on Tuesday that it will launch a manga adaptation of Arata Kanou‘s your...
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