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One Piece began in 1997, and its one hundredth volume will go out on September 3. Japan is in the mood to celebrate, and One Piece is getting all sorts of ways to enjoy the milestone, including having 100 One Piece taxis in Tokyo. Japan’s …Read more »
With The Boy and the Heron, Hayao Miyazaki just won his second Academy Award. But where is he keeping his Oscar statuette? Beginning today, it can be found at the Ghibli’s Grand Warehouse at Ghibli Park. The park is located in Aichi Prefecture, and Aichi …Read more »
Two Japanese movies were honored at the 2024 Academy Awards: The Boy and the Heron and Godzilla Minus One. Godzilla Minus One got the award for best visual effects, and upon getting back to Japan, the movie’s crew set up a press conference to talk about …Read more »
Overall Japan likes getting tourism for its anime and manga, but that doesn’t mean that some tourists can’t be annoying. A railway crossing in Kanagawa, Kamakura, Japan is a major tourist stop for fans of Slam Dunk, and over the years some tourists have been …Read more »
The recent death of manga creator Hinako Ashihara has sent shock waves through the Japanese entertainment industry, according to Japanese news source The Mainichi Shimbun. Ashihara had publicly criticized the live-action adaptation of her manga Sexy Tanaka-san, saying Nippon TV had failed to keep its …Read more »
A ruling in the Kyoto Animation arson case is scheduled to happen tomorrow. Shinji Aoba, the defendant, has confessed to the arson, which killed 36 people and wounded almost as many. The prosecution is arguing for the death penalty, and the defense is trying to …Read more »
The trial of suspect Shinji Aoba, who has confessed to being behind the deadly Kyoto Animation arson that killed more than 30 workers, has reached a new point. After family members gave their opinions on what kind of sentence they’d want — with many, but …Read more »
Ghibli Park officially threw open its doors last year, but not all of the park was completed at the time. The section known as Mononoke Village is set to open on November 1, and the section known as Valley of Witches is supposed to start …Read more »
Sometimes people with disabilities have trouble getting and/or maintaining a job. But Shake Hands Sanjo-Karasuma, an anime studio in Kyoto, Japan, makes the point of hiring people with disabilities to help make anime. Tomoya Sawada is the head of the company. All of this began …Read more »
Sony is coming out with the Access controller for PlayStation on December 6, and it’s meant to let people with a variety of disabilities be able to play video games. It’s able to do this because it comes in a kit where people can configure …Read more »
Kadokawa was one of the major sponsors for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics (which actually occurred in 2021 because of the COVID pandemic). However, there were soon accusations that some people at Kadokawa bribed their way into being sponsors. And Toshiyuki Yoshihara, an executive at Kadokawa, …Read more »
Johnny & Associates, an idol talent agency in Japan, has been under the microscope over accusations that its founder, the late Johnny Kitagawa, sexually abused teen boys for decades. Kitagawa died in 2019, and while there were some written reports in the press about the …Read more »
If you’re hotly anticipating the anime adaptation of Initial D sequel MF Ghost, you can now mark a date on your calendar. According to the latest Japanese broadcast details, the series will race to the airwaves on TOKYO MX, BX11 and RKB Mainichi Broadcasting starting …Read more »
The Mainichi Shimbun, a major Japanese news outlet, picked up a story of a Japanese artist in the Kansai region who had her work stolen and changed by AI after she came out against AI-made artwork. The artist’s name was not given. She made a …Read more »
Sony is a major corporation, and in recent years it has bought Funimation, Crunchyroll and Right Stuf, making it a serious player in the international and North American anime business. However, Sony has seen its profits slip significantly this year. In 2022, their fiscal first …Read more »
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