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The Hikaru no Go anime—based on the Go-themed manga written by Yumi Hotta and illustrated by Death Note artist Takeshi Obata—is about to hit a major milestone. October 10 will mark the 20th anniversary of the series’ debut on Japanese TV back in 2001, so …Read more »
Those of you that fancy your anime dubbed and downloadable are in for a treat now that Viz has popped two of their relatively popular series up on iTunes. Both Hikaru no Go and Mär are available in their entirety, dubbed and uncut, on Apple's …Read more »
The anime version of Studio Apartment, Good Lighting, Angel Included (a.k.a. One Room, Hi Atari Futsū, Tenshi Tsuki. in Japanese) will debut in April, and ahead of this a new trailer has dropped. In addition to telling us more about the crew, we get a …Read more »
Pictured: Hikaru in the Light! Mai Matsuda, the creator of the Hikaru in the Light! manga, has a new title on the way, and the launch is right around the corner. According to this year’s 15th issue of Futabasha’s Manga Action magazine, the new series—titled …Read more »
July 28 marks the Japanese premiere of the third live-action Kingdom film, based on the manga by Yasuhisa Hara. While fans wait for Kingdom: Unmei no Hono (Flames of Destiny) to open, TOHO recently shared a new trailer previewing more of the epic saga and …Read more »
Good news for fans of the live-action Kingdom film series: the trailer for the third film is out, and it features a theme song by none other than Hikaru Utada. The song is called “Gold ~Mata Au Hi Made~” (“Gold: Until We Meet Again”). The …Read more »
The Oh, Suddenly Egyptian God anime is based on the social media mascot characters created by yuka, and the adorable series is officially getting a second season. Good news for fans: The cast and staff from the first season are coming back for the second, …Read more »
Valentine’s Day has passed for another year. For some, it’s just another day; for others, it’s a chance to take the sweetheart out on a fantastic date. (And for some of us, it’s a great excuse to look up romantic fanfic. Whatever works for you.) …Read more »
VIZ recently revealed a bunch of new manga and books they’ve licensed, which will become available either later this year or by spring of next year. Here’s a breakdown of what’s coming up next from the North American publisher: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba–Stories of …Read more »
Hiraku spent his twenties working for a terrible company. He spent his thirties sick in bed. At 39, he died. But then God gives him another chance. God (in this manga, vaguely pictured in a humanoid form) offers to send Hiraku to another world, so …Read more »
The first five episodes of the Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba TV anime premiered in the form of a special compilation film in Japan this week. The world premiere also served up the perfect opportunity to reveal new details about the adaptation of Koyoharu Gotouge’s …Read more »
November 3 marks what would be the ninetieth birthday of Osamu Tezuka, the man known both as the God of Manga and the Walt Disney of Japan. During his sixty years on this planet, Tezuka created manga as we now know it, invigorated Japanese animation, …Read more »
Studio Colorido is adapting Tomihiko Morimi‘s Penguin Highway novel, and the production house has lined up a big act to perform its theme song. The duty falls to Hikaru Utada, known for her own albums as well as themes for the Evangelion movies and Kingdom …Read more »
Pop culture magazine Nikkei Entertainment, published by Japanese media conglomerate Nikkei, has released its list of the best entertainment of 2016. The list is made to resemble rankings of sumo wrestlers, and like the sumo world, has separate “east” and “west” divisions (in sumo, east …Read more »
Today marks NIS America's premium Blu-ray release of Chronicles of the Going Home Club , so it's the perfect time for an exchange with the anime's director, Hikaru Sato. We took some of our own questions and some from our readers and sent them over, …Read more »
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