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Fuminori Kizaki, the director of Afro Samurai and Basilisk, will announce a new film at the Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo March 22, Funimation has announced. Funimation says it’s “a new sci-fi, cyberpunk film project… that explores the role of humanity in Tokyo, Japan of …Read more »
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence, Mamoru Oshii’s 2004 follow-up to Ghost in the Shell, is hitting North American theaters this summer in 4K. The rerelease is courtesy Gkids. The 4K version will debut at Chicago Critic’s Film Festival in May before it heads out …Read more »
Multi-faceted artist TiaCorine just released her major-label debut EP Almost There from Interscope Records and is about to be headlining a tour. The reason she’s here at Otaku USA is because she’s a major anime fan, and anime has influenced her music, art and aesthetics. …Read more »
Coachella just put out a long list of this year’s performers, and one of them is none other than twin-tailed Vocaloid Hatsune Miku! Hatsune Miku was tapped to take part in the 2020 Coachella event, but that all got thrown off because of the pandemic. …Read more »
If you’ve been rocking it to Attack on Titan music, you might be interested to know that SiM (Silence iz Mine) , the band behind Attack on Titan The Final Season Part 2‘s opening theme song “The Rumbling,” will have its very first headlining North …Read more »
Panda Mony Toy Brands, LLC, which was founded by Ryan Magnon, has teamed up with Studio Entertainment Graphic Innovation (a.k.a. ENGI), a company backed by KADOKAWA, Sammy Corporation, and Ultra Super Pictures, for the graphic novel series Tankdrome. Tankdrome is set to debut in 2024, …Read more »
If you’re a fan of both My Hero Academia and the National Basketball Association, then this ought to be of interest! There’s a lot of merchandise out there for anime favorites, and now My Hero Academia, TOHO Animation, Crunchyroll, the NBA, NBALAB and HYPERFLY are …Read more »
Japanese rock band RADWIMPS most recently returned to the world of director Makoto Shinkai for a third collaboration, this time with his new anime film Suzume, and now they have their sights set on North America. The band announced a multi-city North American tour for …Read more »
The movie Gekijō-ban Utano☆Princesama♪ Maji Love ST☆RISH Tours hit Japanese theaters in September, where it played in more than a hundred different locations. If you don’t live in Japan and were feeling left out, there is some good news: the movie will have a limited …Read more »
The girls of Japanese rock band SCANDAL are marking their 15th anniversary as a group, and they’re doing so in style this year. The band revealed plans for a North American summer concert tour, which kicks off in Toronto on July 9 and also coincides …Read more »
The last time Samurai Guitarist MIYAVI was in North America touring was back in 2019, so it’s high time for a return. The musician/actor/philanthropist announced plans for a new North American tour, which is set to run for 19 dates starting this September in Alberta, …Read more »
Fans are buzzing with excitement over the impending arrival of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean. The sixth installment in Hirohiko Araki’s weird saga introduces Jolyne Cujoh, our first (and so far only) female JoJo. It also introduces tons more expectedly bizarre characters… including the baseball-uniform-wearing Emporio …Read more »
The most recent update regarding Hollywood’s Your Name remake—which was revealed back in 2017 and aims to take Makoto Shinkai’s hit film into the live-action realm—had the director changing from Marc Webb to Lee Isaac Chung (Munyurangabo, Minari). We’ve had some time to process the …Read more »
At this point, it should come as no surprise when an event is canceled. One of the latest is still a disappointment, though, especially since the Dragon Ball Symphonic Experience Tour offered up something pretty unique. Originally slated for a March debut in Chicago, the …Read more »
Featured Spotlight: Con+Alt+Delete If you’re searching for the best way to bring 2019 to a close, look no further than Con+Alt+Delete! This year’s event takes place December 20-22 and is being held just outside of Chicago in Rosemont, IL. The Hyatt Regency O’hare features tens of thousands …Read more »
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