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An anime adaptation is officially in the works for Aki Akimoto’s Kikaijikake no Marie (Mechanical Marie), a romantic comedy manga that ran in the pages of Hakusensha’s Lala magazine from August 2020 to August 2023. The announcement came from the author herself, who shared a …Read more »
A new trailer has dropped for My Daughter Left the Nest and Returned an S-Rank Adventurer (a.k.a. Bōkensha ni Naritai to Miyako ni Deteitta Musume ga S-rank ni Natteta in Japanese) that lets us hear the opening theme song "Sen" (translated as “Flash of Light”) …Read more »
After 40 years of serialization, Osamu Akimoto’s Kochikame manga came to an end in the pages of Weekly Shonen Jump in 2016. A handful of bonus chapters have been published since, most recently in August 2022, and now a new one-shot is on the way …Read more »
The winners of the spring 2022 Medal with Purple Ribbon have been announced! These medals are given out by the Japanese government and are meant for “individuals who have contributed to academic and artistic developments, improvements and accomplishments.” This year both Hideaki Anno and founder …Read more »
A trailer has dropped for the anime Shine On! Bakumatsu Boys, which is an all-new story not based on a manga, video game or novel. The series will make its debut on July 8 in Japan. Members of the cast have been revealed: Gen Sato …Read more »
This July will mark the debut of the first original TV anime from planning and production company Twin Engine. Shine On! Bakumatsu Boys has Tetsuo Hirakawa (Grimoire of Zero) at the helm, with Shaman King manga author Hiroyuki Takei providing original character designs for the …Read more »
Shonen Jump: from the pages of this boys’ manga magazine have emerged some of the most iconic manga and anime properties of all time. Now 5,279 Japanese fans have ranked them, creating the definitive (or, y’know, at least one) list of top 10 Shonen Jump …Read more »
The ultimate professional assassin just scored another major hit with the announcement that the Golgo 13 manga has surpassed the previous record for most published volumes. This comes with the publication of the series’ 201st volume, which just hit shelves in Japan on July 5 …Read more »
The world of anime magical girls is massive, starting from Sally the Witch and Himitsu no Akko-chan back in 1969. So it’s understandable that we’ve forgotten a handful along the way. Standouts like Sailor Moon and Minky Momo have survived… but how many lesser-known series have you seen? Here’s …Read more »
There are officially 200 volumes of Takao Saito’s Golgo 13 manga out in the wild, which puts it in the rare company of Guinness World Record holders. Back in 2016, Osamu Akimoto’s Kochira Katsushika-ku Kamearikouen-mae Hashutsujo (Kochikame) manga hit the 200-volume milestone and earned the …Read more »
Dokyuu Hentai HxEROS, the upcoming sci-fi harem anime, continues to build the hype for its July 3 premiere. This time, we’ve got some new visuals, including the series’ four main female leads cosplaying their respective characters. From left to right, we’ve got: Yuki Kuwahara as …Read more »
Feeling like your “hentai energy” is down lately? That may be the fault of the alien invaders from Dokyuu Hentai HxEros, a manga that’s set for the anime treatment. The manga is about an organization called HxEros, assembled to protect earth against the Kiseichū, an …Read more »
Anime studio P.A. Works has an original TV anime on the way in the form of Sirius the Jaeger, which has factions of vampires and werewolves going to battle against one another in 1930s Tokyo. Masahiro Ando is on board as director, and you can …Read more »
Police have filed charges against a man in Fukuoka for leaving over 500 AKB48 CDs on a mountain, the Japan Times reports. Those who have followed stories about the popular music group over the years know where this story is headed: the man was after …Read more »
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: a human, a demon, and a Buddha walk into a temple … in an alternate dimension through a drawing as led by a magical priest and his anthropomorphic rabbit-wife. Wait, you’ve not yet seen the humorous, touching, …Read more »
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