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Zelda’s Akira Himekawa reveal Kamdo fantasy manga set in ancient Japan
My Little Pony manga artists tell story set in ancient Japan with dragons. The manga artist duo Akira Himekawa (Zelda, My Little Pony) announced at their Anime Expo panel on Monday that they are...
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Clip for Netflix’s Live-Action Death Note Film Shows Ryuk, Light’s Meeting
Film premieres on August 25 Netflix began streaming a clip from its live-action film of Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata‘s Death Note manga on Thursday. The clip shows Ryuk and Light meeting, and Light...
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Ring, Ring, Your Giant Nuclear Monster is Calling
April Fools Jokes coming out of Japan have a track record of becoming reality. The largest example in recent years was the combining of Neon Genesis Evangelion and Shin Godzilla after both franchises...
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Sony Pictures TV to Acquire Majority Stake in Funimation
Anime distributor valued at US$150 million. Sony Pictures Television Networks announced on Monday that it will acquire the majority stake in FUNimation Entertainment. The agreement, which values the...
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Miyazaki’s new Boro the Caterpillar short not scheduled before October
The official website of the Ghibli Museum has revealed the list of shorts that will play at the museum’s theater through October. While Studio Ghibli producer Toshio Suzuki previously stated that...
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Manga reimagines literature’s most famous detective as an android
You’ve seen Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s famous detective as a dog, a girl, and even Benedict Cumberbatch’s turn as the character as its own manga. A character of near infallible logic is transforming...
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Utena/Penguindrum’s Kunihiko Ikuhara to direct new work at MAPPA
New project seeking production assistants. Animation studio MAPPA (Yuri!!! on Ice, In This Corner of the World, Rage of Bahamut Genesis) posted on Tuesday a job listing that reveals that it is...
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Pikachu Outbreak event causes growing pains for Yokohama
The sheer number of people undoubtedly brought a lot of revenue to the area, but the chaos from hosting such a large crowd also took its toll on area residents and police. Most people consider this...
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Review: Death Note (2017)
After years of anticipation, this American adaptation of the hit manga thriller is available on Netflix! Jacob Chapman breaks down whether this movie is noteworthy or should just be erased. Synopsis:...
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Anthology released for gender identity disorder, FtM gender transition web comic
Titled My Husband is Too Attractive! I Entered the Family Register of a Hot Guy that Used to be a Woman. A comic anthology for the Japanese blog “My Husband is Too Attractive! The Everyday Life of...
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Manga book aims to explain Vladimir Putin
Although reportedly popular in his own country, President of Russia Vladimir Putin faces criticism from people in many countries, including Japan. To explain the world leader’s complex personal...
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Take a ride on Japan’s luckiest tram in Setagaya
Setagaya city in Tokyo is distinguished for a number reasons. It has the highest residential population of all of Tokyo, it’s home to the huge Setagaya Park and is also home to Komazawa Olympic Park,...
View ArticleYu Yu Hakusho Gets New Smartphone Action RPG
“Character raising action RPG” has co-op, competitive multiplayer. Mobcast and eitarosoft revealed on Tuesday that they are developing a new Yu Yu Hakusho smartphone game tentatively titled Project U....
View ArticleIdols stand by cryptocurrency after major theft leaves them without paychecks
The Virtual Currency Girls hit their first major snag in their dream of a cryptocurrency utopia. A major theft at the Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck caused the service to shut down...
View ArticleFive Chinese nationals arrested in Japan for translating manga, games for...
Allegedly translated Kimi ni Todoke & Maid Sama! crossover manga, Yu-Gi-Oh! game, more. Police from Kyoto, Yamaguchi, Shizuoka, Mie, and Shimane Prefectures announced on Wednesday that they have...
View ArticleTokyo Ghoul creator, anime’s star celebrate Yuzuru Hanyu’s Olympic win
Japan’s Yuzuru Hanyu became the first man in 66 years to win two consecutive Olympic gold medals in men’s figure skating at the PyeongChang Olympics on Saturday. The popular skater has achieved...
View ArticleFigure skating, shogi prove real life can beat anime feats
In a long-standing debate, some people posit life imitates art more often than art imitates life. Yet, it may be rare that real humans are able to match and exceed the deeds of anime heroes who...
View ArticleTakuya Eguchi’s Pokemon Doodle Confuses Official Eevee Account
Does this voice actor have a future in Pokémon Mega Evolution design? …probably not. Pokémon’s Eevee has a ton of evolution variants, a total of eight, and each is themed on a different elemental type....
View ArticleMamoru Hosoda’s Mirai of the Future anime film shows new characters in video
Film from Summer Wars, Boy and the Beast director opens in July Srudio Chizu began streaming a new teaser trailer for Mamoru Hosoda’s new Mirai no Mirai (Mirai of the Future) anime film on Friday. The...
View ArticleLearn to Make the Cutest Sailor Moon Bento with How-To Video
Why settle for a basic lunch when it could be magical? A promotional video for the new Sailor Moon 25th Anniversary tribute album will show you how to do it step-by-step. You’re going to need more than...
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