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According to producer Northrop Davis, in response to a question by Patrick Macias at the grand opening of New People in San Francisco this past weekend, he has pitched a notable batch of manga properties to studios in Hollywood. These titles are some real whammies: …Read more »
For decades, the word “otaku” had a distinctly mixed connotation in its native Japan. Among fellow otaku, it was a simple greeting, a literal “you” borrowed from ancient Japanese used as a kind of nod to one’s geeky peers. For those on the outside, though, …Read more »
Before we get too deep into this, don’t worry, there’s not a new live-action Dragon Ball movie on the horizon. That doesn’t mean we won’t ever see another one, though, especially if Japan hopes to remove the nasty taste of Hollywood’s Dragon Ball Evolution from …Read more »
Romance manga-turned-anime One Week Friends is getting a live-action film adaptation, and some brand-new stills have just been revealed. One Week Friends ’ two main characters, amnesiac Kaori Fujiyama and her one-week friender Yuki Hase are played by Haruna Kawaguchi and Kento Yamazaki, respectively. Kawaguchi …Read more »
If anything has significant meaning in Japanese culture it is bound to be immortalized in a manga. Trains have been a part of the Japanese comics scene since its beginning. You can see them play a pivotal role in Tatsumi's gekiga classic the Pushman . …Read more »
Japanese popular music outside of Japan used to be a mysterious and obscure no-man'sland accessible only to record collectors and people with enough money to blow on pricey imports. But now, thanks to YouTube, it's as easy as punching the following names into a search …Read more »
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