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Anaheim’s AX. Atlanta’s AWA. Baltimore’s Otakon. Tokyo’s Comiket. Ho Chi Minh City’s Manga Festival. Wait, what? Vietnam is an unlikely (but not altogether surprising) hotbed of anime fandom and even production. Despite the Vietnamese economy’s rapid growth of the past decade leveling off compared to …Read more »
Check out the anime rankings in Japan, and the shows you consider best of the season will likely weigh in at #4 max. Why? Because a trio of old reliable titles always takes the top three. Detective Conan, Sazae-san, and Chibi Maruko-chan will consistently outrank even One Piece — …Read more »
Christmas is not a traditional Japanese holiday, but it’s a holiday that has taken off in Japan. And while in America foods associated with Christmas might include fruit cake, Christmas cookies and egg nog, in Japan it’s all about eating fried chicken on December 25. …Read more »
It’s been exactly 10 years since the Japanese premiere of Mamoru Hosoda’s Wolf Children anime film, which hit theaters in Japan on July 21, 2012. To mark the occasion, Studio Chizu shared a memorial illustration by animation director Takaaki Yamashita and art director Hiroshi Ohno. …Read more »
Tetsuya Chiba, the creator of Tomorrow’s Joe (Ashita no Joe in the original Japanese) has had a health scare but appears to be doing better. Late last year he took himself to the hospital because he wasn’t feeling right. He was having issues in his …Read more »
Asuka fans in Tokyo will be pleased to hear that Evangelion Store Tokyo-01, located in Ikebukuro, is holding a fair centered around a very cute, miniaturized version of Asuka. Yes, it’s the Chibi Asuka Fair, and it kicks off February 2. Merchandise on offer featuring …Read more »
Tetsuya Chiba—the 82-year-old manga author known for creating the beloved Ashita no Joe (Tomorrow’s Joe) boxing manga, among other works—is currently in the hospital. According to a blog post, the author started to feel unwell as summer came to a close, so he admitted himself …Read more »
The Secret Urban Legends manga is a horror short story collection that features young women in high school or middle school. Betrayal of friendship is a common theme, as is finding darkness in people and places you associate with innocence. Because of the ages of …Read more »
Shinji Takamatsu, the director of Cute High Earth Defense Club LOVE!, posted a series of tweets about how China’s strict censorship rules affect the production of anime. According to him, there are instances where Japan needs more than Japanese viewers to make a profit off …Read more »
Since The Way of the Househusband anime adaptation centers on a domesticated yakuza, it’s only natural that there are a ton of tattoos present on the body of lead protagonist Tatsu. Viewers in China won’t be seeing that aspect of the character, however, because his …Read more »
Konami Kanata showed her skill at making cat stories with her very adorable and very successful Chi’s Sweet Home. Now she’s back with Sue & Tai-chan, another feline franchise. Sue is a 17-year-old cat used to living with her master and no one else. She …Read more »
We can’t all be high energy all the time. In the case of Tanaka-kun, he can’t ever be high energy, which is something his best friend Ota is happy to accept. So, how does someone so utterly listless manage to get through life? Find out …Read more »
Chi’s Sweet Home , the unbearably cute manga series about an adopted kitten, is getting a CG-animated series, reports Kodansha’s Morning magazine. Likelihood CG Chi will be cuter than CG Bill Murray Garfield? Extreme-chi. There aren’t many details on the series yet, but we know …Read more »
The end of an era is at hand (or paw, rather) – Kanata Konami's Chi’s Sweet Home , the tale of titular feline Chi and her life with her owners the Yamadas – will wrap up this June, according to Kodansha. The final volume, set …Read more »
Mamoru Hosoda, director of The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006), Summer Wars (2010), and the first two Digimon movie shorts (1999-2000), appeared at the New York International Children’s Film Festival on March 9, 2013 to present his newest animated feature, Wolf Children , and …Read more »
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