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Japanese police have arrested Tetsuya Yamagami for the assassination of former prime minister Shinzo Abe, but half the world away a politician in France had a different theory on the murderer. Damien Rieu, who is described as being far-right, put forward the idea that video …Read more »
People in Japan aren’t buying as much rice as they used to, and that matters in Niigata prefecture, because rice is a big commodity to them. And they’ve found something to blame: anime. We all know the cliche of the anime girl who’s late for …Read more »
Ichita Yamamoto is a member of the House of Councillors and the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan. On Sunday he appeared on a political talk show called Shin Hodo 2001, to discuss a recent murder case. Body parts of nine different victims were found in …Read more »
Twitter went down worldwide earlier today, reportedly the victim of a distributed denial of service attack that also affected several other major sites. But the official account of Twitter in Japan has offered an alternate explanation. @TwitterJP, the official support account for the social media …Read more »
Much like Knights of Sidonia before it, the next anime based on a manga by Tsutomu Nihei, Blame! , is planned for release on Netflix. Kodansha Comics announced plans on Sunday for Blame! to be a Netflix original anime film, with the premiere set for …Read more »
There’s an interesting new piece up at Variety for anyone interested in why, in the minds of many critics, Japan’s theatrical output in recent years has lacked a certain spark. Variety writer Brett Bull tackles the quandary of the “production committee” system, in which many …Read more »
Revered Studio Ghibli director Hayao Miyazaki is known for speaking out in interviews, and that held true in a recent television talk in which Miyazaki let everyone know what he feels is one of the key problems holding the anime industry back. While sketching, Miyazaki …Read more »
The first four episodes of the Kaina of the Great Snow Sea anime premiered at Crunchyroll Expo back in August, but the full series doesn’t kick off until January 11, 2023. With a little ways to go before the debut, there’s plenty of time to …Read more »
Plans have been updated for the upcoming Kaina of the Great Snow Sea anime—based on a new story from Knights of Sidonia and Blame! creator Tsutomu Nihei—which is now set to kick off its broadcast in Japan in January 2023. Ahead of that, the first …Read more »
Studio Kadan is a new 3DCG and visual effects anime studio founded by the Kadokawa Corporation. Kadokawa has a 97.5% stake in it. Producer Takeshi Kikuchi has been tapped as the president. Director Hiroyuki Seshita (Knights of Sidonia, Blame!, Levius) is the vice president and …Read more »
It’s always interesting to see how your favorite manga authors draw totally unrelated characters, especially when those characters are as iconic as Disney mascot Mickey Mouse. Thanks to Kodansha’s recent Spring Manga Festival promotion that’s exactly what we get to see, with Attack on Titan …Read more »
Star Wars Resistance, an upcoming Star Wars TV series, will be animated at Polygon Pictures, the studio behind Ajin, the recent CG Godzilla films and more. Polygon previously contributed animation to Star Wars: The Clone Wars. Star Wars Resistance, which is said to have an …Read more »
City on Fire In the far-flung future on a planet that may or may not be Earth, technology has taken over. The entire world is covered in a byzantine network of industrial construction, a self-replicating structure known only as the City. Pockets of humanity survive …Read more »
The first ever Anime NYC takes place at the Javits Center in New York from November 17 to November 19, and the latest guests to be revealed hail from the world of Mobile Suit Gundam. Leading the trio is Shin Sasaki, executive producer of all …Read more »
What if you were just going about your day-to-day business, only to suddenly find out you're not human? Not only that, but you're a dangerous, immortal non-human, which means the government suddenly wants you in a lab with a barrel to your temple. That's what …Read more »
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