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It’s the end of an era for the Kyoani&DoShop!, which was previously converted into a workspace for animators after the arson attack on Kyoto Animation Studio 1. The online store remains, but with more incoming staff that need a place to work, Kyoto Animation has …Read more »
The 25th anniversary of Pokémon means there are many celebrations going on, but even this huge franchise is facing negative impacts from COVID. A number of Pokémon stores and centers in Japan are shutting down — some temporarily, some permanently. Recently an employee at the …Read more »
The Fuji-Q Highland amusement park, which is located in Japan close to Mount Fuji, has shut down its Evangelion: World attraction. But it’s not being shut down temporarily because of COVID, the way places like Super Nintendo World are doing. Evangelion: World is gone for …Read more »
Square Enix, the video game company behind iconic titles like Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest, will allow its employees to work from home permanently going forward. The change is a result of a survey of employees at home temporarily due to the COVID-19 pandemic: some …Read more »
For most fans with a casual knowledge of anime history (myself included), there’s a pretty massive gap in the chronology between the black-and-white debut of Tetsuwan Atom ( Astro Boy ) in 1963 and, say, the superhero team shows of the early 70s like Gatchaman …Read more »
This December marked what would have been the 88th birthday of Doraemon creator Hiroshi Fujimoto (one half of the duo known as Fujiko F. Fujio). Fujimoto passed away in 1996, but love of Doraemon remains strong in Japan, and a monument for the series has …Read more »
Another veteran of the voice acting world has left us, with news of Masako Sugaya’s passing arriving via talent agency Arts Vision. Sugaya—who passed away during a medical treatment for an undisclosed illness—was 83 years old. Masako Sugaya has a long and impressive list of …Read more »
This January’s Lupin III TV special, Goodbye Partner, features a very special cameo from none other than Russia-based whistleblower Edward Snowden. Er, in the anime he’s actually called Edward Znoden, but come on. A screenshot of Mr. Znoden in the show from anime superfan and sometimes Otaku USA …Read more »
The original creators of the Deadman Wonderland manga, Jinsei Kataoka and Kazuma Kondou, were at this year’s Anime Central, giving us the perfect opportunity to learn more about their thoughts on the series, its anime adaptation, and what they’re working on now. Dig into the …Read more »
As you may have heard, 2017 is kind of a big deal for the history of anime. The first piece of animation made in Japan was produced in 1917, making this whole Japanese animation thing a century old. What better time, thought the folks behind …Read more »
After Puella Magi Madoka Magica aired, it seemed as though any magical girl television series with even a modicum of darkness was mercilessly compared to what had become "the" subversive magical girl show. I never thought it was fair to examine shows by raising them …Read more »
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