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GKIDS has another hit on its hands with the North American release of Makoto Shinkai’s Weathering With You. According to the numbers from Box Office Mojo, Shinkai’s latest made $3 million in just the first two days of fan screenings, and the feature is estimated …Read more »
Makoto Shinkai’s Weathering With You anime film has been running in Japan for 10 weeks now, and its only big shakeup this week was that it dropped down from third to fourth place. Pulling in another 150 million yen put its grand total at around 13 billion …Read more »
It was always going to be tough for Makoto Shinkai to top his previous success with Your Name., but his latest anime film Weathering With You is holding on just shy of it in the Japanese box office. The feature hit the number one spot for the second week in …Read more »
The Mob Psycho 100 II anime is getting a special event in Shibuya next month, giving fans the rare opportunity to visit Reigen’s office and, hopefully, receive some expert-level spirit consulting. Okay, so the man himself might not be present, but the event takes place …Read more »
Hayao Miyazaki’s new movie The Boy and the Heron hit American theaters on Friday, and not only did it top the country’s weekend box office, but it made new records. This is the second time an anime film has been number one in America’s box …Read more »
Studio Ghibli made the point of not doing official advertising for its new Hayao Miyazaki movie, How Do You Live?, which is known in English as The Boy and the Heron. That meant no trailers, no cast announcements, no information on the plot, none of that stuff. …Read more »
The Invisible Man and His Soon-To-Be-Wife is an unusual office romance story. Tounome is the head of a detective agency. He also happens to be invisible. You can see his suit and clothes, and if he gets cut he’ll drip blood, but you’ll never see …Read more »
Cute Executive Officer—based on the office comedy manga by Odeko Fujii, also known as Youjo Shachou—is a web anime that’s currently available to stream on HIDIVE, and more is officially on the way. A second series has been announced for the adaptation, which is currently …Read more »
Dragon Ball Super: SUPER HERO kicked butt in its opening weekend in the US, beating expectations and coming in at number one. The film brought in a cool $21 million, according to Variety, after opening the weekend on 3,007 screens. The film is distributed by …Read more »
Mistreatment of anime workers is unfortunately a very real and all too common occurrence in Japan. Right now Toei Animation, the giant studio behind hits like One Piece, Dragon Ball Z, Sailor Moon and more, is in hot water after a recent news conference where …Read more »
Over in Japan there’s currently a limited time sale going on for Final Fantasy VII Remake and Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade. As part of the promotion for this, Square Enix released a video that looks like a news report, telling us that Red XIII …Read more »
Bootleg anime merchandise is still most definitely a thing, and while access to the real deal is extremely convenient now, that hasn’t stopped some folks from attempting to make a quick buck. That was the case with a 37-year-old office worker in Japan, who recently …Read more »
It’s not that exciting, but it pays the bills. A recent survey of young Japanese people asked “what do you want to be when you grow up?” and the number one answer for most was “kaishain,” meaning “company employee” or “office worker.” Y’know, a good …Read more »
Your Bad Box Office in April. Okay, jokes aside, this is some pretty depressing (though unsurprising) box office news. Compared to April 2019, Japan’s movie theaters pulled in 96.3% less yen. In total, the country’s theaters made just 688 million yen—about $6.4 million. Thanks, COVID-19. …Read more »
A cool video popped up on YouTube the other day. It’s a chart that cycles through the years 2001 to 2019, showing the box office gross of anime films in Japan as time goes by. The chart is largely in Japanese, but thanks to illustrated …Read more »
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