Cosplay Universe, a documentary about cosplay and cosplayers, is set to debut at this year’s Anime Expo. The film, shot over a period of six years, was directed by Jonathan McHugh and Jordan Rennert, and “celebrates the rise of the popular costuming sub-culture and explores …Read more »
BIRDIE WING -Golf Girls’ Story- was one of the surprises of this past season with its charming characters and wild golf setups. Now it’s been announced that the series will return for a second season in January 2023. Along with that announcement came a teaser …Read more »
Robotics;Notes, the visual novel that also spawned an anime series, is celebrating its 10th anniversary. The game, the second in the Science Adventure series (following Chaos;HEAd and Steins;Gate) hit stores in Japan on June 28, 2012. The new piece of art unveiled to celebrate shows …Read more »
The popular manga Berserk started serialization in 1989, but came to an end suddenly in 2021, after creator Kentaro Miura died from acute aortic dissection at the age of 54. At the time of his passing, he was in the middle of working on the …Read more »
Yesterday Otaku USA reported that the Spirited Away stage play was on hiatus because Romi Park, who plays Yubaba and Zeniba in alternating performances, had caught COVID. Rather than have the alternating actress take over as Yubaba and Zeniba, the production felt it was best …Read more »
The anime film adaptation of Mei Hachimoku and Kukka’s The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes novel is set to open in Japan on September 9, and a new update arrived to reveal the theme song artist. That task falls to singer-songwriter eill (Tokyo …Read more »
The long-awaited anime adaptation of Junji Ito’s Uzumaki manga was previously hit with some delays, and the latest had it set to premiere this October. Unfortunately, that didn’t end up being the final delay, and the official Twitter account announced that it has to be …Read more »
Until I Meet My Husband is illustrated by BL mangaka Yoshi Tsukizuki and is about a man in relationships with other men. But it’s not your typical BL. It’s a true story—a manga adaptation of Japanese gay activist Ryousuke Nansaki’s prose book of collected essays. …Read more »
Talk to My Back is a sparsely illustrated and unsentimental look at married life. Originally published in Japan in the early 80s, it’s finally getting an English release. Talk to My Back was serialized in Garo, an influential alternative comics manga magazine, and one that …Read more »
The final live-action Fullmetal Alchemist film—Fullmetal Alchemist: Final Transmutation—may have received praise from original creator Hiromu Arakawa, but it wasn’t enough to push it to the top of the charts. The movie opened in 345 theaters throughout Japan on June 24, pulling in 70 million …Read more »
Shibuya, Tokyo is full of visual delights, and one of my favorites is the Astro Boy/Tetsuwan Atom piece by the famous street artist Invader. Is? I mean was. That’s because the city removed the piece from its location over a tunnel on June 17. The …Read more »
Genjitsu no Yohane -Sunshine in the Mirror- is a series of magazine illustrations based on the Love Live! Sunshine!! series, and it’s officially getting an anime adaptation. An anime was previously teased as an April Fools’ gag earlier this year, but now it’s actually in …Read more »
Sentai Filmworks is getting musical this summer with the addition of the paranormal comedy series Phantom of the Idol. The anime is set to premiere exclusively on HIDIVE this July, with a home video release to follow at a later date. Daiki Fukuoka (Yuki Yuna …Read more »
Streaming giant Netflix has been releasing a lot of its own anime (as well as animated shows inspired by anime), but it’s been seeing a loss in revenue. After letting go of about 150 workers in May (and noting these layoffs were not because of …Read more »
People were getting themselves seated for the Spirited Away play at the Misono-za theater in Nagoya when it was announced the performance had been cancelled. Romi Park, who plays Yubaba and Zeniba in alternative performances, had been diagnosed with COVID. Park said she was using …Read more »
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