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Another week, another history-making milestone courtesy of Koyoharu Gotoge‘s Demon Slayer manga. This time the series has taken up all of the top 19 spots on the Oricon sales chart, which tracks physical sales of manga. This marks the third week in a row for …Read more »
Puella Magi Madoka Magica turns six this year, and the latest piece in the series, Rebellion , came out back in 2013. But the popularity of Madoka appears to be evergreen. An album of music from the series released August 9 sold enough copies in …Read more »
Making its debut on April 21, the 55th volume of Masashi Kishimoto's mega-hit Naruto has officially hit #1 on Oricon's weekly comic ranking charts. This makes it the 11th Naruto volume to pull off such a feat. The numbers for the volume during the week …Read more »
Anime and manga series about aspiring bands and musicians have been a big deal for a long time… but K-ON! changed everything when its in-series band, Ho-kago Tea Time, became the first fictional characters to top the Oricon weekly music charts. Now the age of anime …Read more »
Last month the Sword of the Demon Hunter anime announced plans to premiere on June 27, 2024, but that’s no longer the case. The production committee released an official statement saying that the broadcast has been delayed, and is now penciled in for sometime in …Read more »
If you’ve been jamming to the Oshi no Ko opening theme song “Idol” by YOASOBI, it might interest you to know that YOASOBI has just announced two more performances in America! The band is set to be at Coachella (along with Hatsune Miku) on April …Read more »
It used to be that manga were only read as physical books, but as technology has advanced, reading manga digitally has grown. Oricon ME recently did an internet survey in Japan to see who is reading the most digital manga, and it might not be …Read more »
The Oshi no Ko theme song—YOASOBI’s “Idol”—has been breaking records ever since the anime debuted. Now it has another trophy to add to its heaving shelf, because it has now become the fastest song in the history of the Oricon charts to go beyond 400 …Read more »
Earlier this month The Vampire Dies in No Time author Itaru Bonnoki announced a personal hiatus to rest and work on some health issues. This was at odds with the fact that the manga was due to return to the pages of Weekly Shonen Champion …Read more »
The Evangelion Beyond stage play just opened this weekend in Japan, so as a result there are a bunch of video reports from Japanese media that offer a taste of the production. Media members were invited to the dress rehearsal performances one day before the …Read more »
One of the many treats the Chainsaw Man anime provides is a new ending theme song by a new artist each week. The series closed out its first episode on October 11 with the help of Japanese singer-songwriter Vaundy, who belted out “CHAINSAW BLOOD” over …Read more »
Voice actor agency Aoni Production updated its official website this week to announce that Hiroshi Kamiya—the voice behind Attack on Titan‘s Levi, One Piece‘s Trafalgar Law and more—has tested positive for COVID-19. According to the announcement, Kamiya is recuperating at home and is “currently in …Read more »
Even if a couple shows come close, it’s hard to argue for anything other than Ya Boy Kongming! taking home OP movie of the season. From the catchy track by QUEENDOM, “Chikichiki Banban”—which itself is a cover of a 2013 song by Hungarian singer Jolly-Bulikirály—to …Read more »
The popular shonen manga series Hunter x Hunter debuted in 1998, and since 2018 it’s been on hiatus. However, its creator Yoshihiro Togashi has started his own Twitter account, and gave a teasing message that Hunter x Hunter might be back with new chapters soon. …Read more »
Two-member unit YOASOBI originally released their official music video for BEASTARS season 2 opening theme “Kaibutsu” (“Monster”) back on January 13, 2021, and it managed to hit one million views by June of the same year. In the time since, the popularity of the song …Read more »
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