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In 2020, GBL released Hawaiian shirts styled after My Neighbor Totoro and Kiki’s Delivery Service, and in 2022 they’re coming out with a Hawaiian-themed line with Princess Mononoke and Porco Rosso. Each set of items use the same design inspired by these movies. So on …Read more »
Japan has been having a lot of fun with its 3D digital billboards, showing everything from a menacing Frieza to Final Fantasy VII’s Red XIII escaping from Shinra. The billboard near Shinjuku Station is sharing the latest otaku ad with Sanrio’s Pompompurin, and a lot …Read more »
The Academy Awards may have snubbed anime again, but there’s still the Magademy Awards. Never heard of the Magademy Awards? That’s because it’s brand-new this year, and it gives a unique twist: the winners are all fictional characters from manga. The idea came from BookLive, …Read more »
Studio Ghibli joined Twitter not that long ago, and recently they invited fans to ask them questions about Princess Mononoke. On Friday the studio shared their answers to a selection of those questions. Asked what scene was the most challenging to animate, Studio Ghibli replied: …Read more »
As an April Fool’s prank, the gacha game Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Mei from the horror franchise Higurashi: When They Cry contended they were going to put cute Sanrio characters in their world, along with a theme park.
You know Sanrio characters can supply the cuteness, but did you know they can also supply the grossness? Toy company Mega House is coming out with Sanrio toys where you can undress the adorable characters . . . down to their bones and innards. After …Read more »
Hey, how many kilos are the dumbbells you lift? This may sound like a completely off-topic question, but it happens to be the roughly translated title of Danberu nan kiro moteru?, a workout comedy manga by MAAM and Kengan Ashura author Yabako Sandrovich. The series …Read more »
I can't think of anything I'd rather be doing on a Friday night than checking out a new movie from Katsuhito Ishii (one of my favorite directors -- Japanese or otherwise), so it was pretty sweet that NEW PEOPLE in San Francisco offered anyone who …Read more »
People of San Francisco, better get your tickets now for the September 25th screening/regional premiere of Katsuhito Ishii's romance/comedy Sorasoi . It's not the only chance to check out the film at New People, but it's the only showing that features attendance by the directors …Read more »
Let’s do the Food Wars again. The third season of Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma was announced last week, and now we’ve got the first look at the series via a visual unveiled today. The visual (which, yes, we already got a decent peek at …Read more »
Yesterday millions of people dressed up for Halloween, and that includes NBA star Victor Wembanyama of the San Antonio Spurs. Wembanyama, who is nicknamed Wemby, donned a No Face outfit from Hayao Miyazaki’s Spirited Away. He wore it when showing up at the stadium for …Read more »
The anime adaptation of Taiga Miyakawa’s Tasuketsu horror manga continues with a second part this October, so we have a new key visual and some more cast to prepare us. Check out the new piece of art and five additional voice actors below. Tasuketsu Cour …Read more »
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba is one of the most popular franchises in recent memory, so of course Osaka’s Universal Studios Japan wants to highlight Tanjiro and his friends. The park is retiring some of its previous Demon Slayer stuff, but is also adding more …Read more »
Not only has Hayao Miyazaki, Japan’s most famous director, recently given up his beloved car, he also appears to have lost another Miyazaki trademark: his beard. He recently appeared in a video message for viewers of The Boy and the Heron at the San Sebastian …Read more »
The first full trailer for Netflix’s live-action One Piece series was released last weekend at San Diego Comic-Con. Many Japanese fans had previously been scared and annoyed by the teaser image released in May, showing the front of the ship Going Merry. But what do …Read more »
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