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Fans of winter 2016 anime BBK/BRNK (actually pronounced “Bubuki Buranki,” not “bbbkbrrnkkk,” much to my dismay), you’re in luck: a new season of the series is on the way, and it’s been set for this October. The title of the BBK/BRNK sequel series is BBK/BRNK …Read more »
Joji Yanami—a veteran of anime voice acting, with roles that span the beloved baseball anime Kyojin no Hoshi (Star of the Giants), Dragon Ball Z, and more—is no longer with us. As announced through his agency, Aoni Production, Yanami passed away on December 3. He …Read more »
I could barely believe it in 2012, when the United States finally saw a DVD release of the 1979 shojo anime classic, The Rose of Versailles. In 2020, I was taken even more aback by the release of an English version of Riyoko Ikeda’s original …Read more »
TV Asahi asked 150,000 Japanese people what manga titles they consider to be the best. The results have been tallied, and some of them are huge titles here as well, while others have never been licensed in North America. Here’s the list: 1. One Piece …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 »
Sports manga and anime haven't traditionally been released here in the US very often. In Japan, they tend to make up some of the most popular, enduring titles and several have been extraordinarily influential classics. Baseball in particular is a major sport in Japan, so …Read more »
As Father’s Day approaches, Japanese ranking site Goo has released a very timely poll entitled, roughly, “boy, it’d suck if that anime guy were my dad.” For this poll, Goo asked 500 anime and manga fans which father figures they’d just as well avoid, and …Read more »
Ken Sugimori is a cool dude. You might think the guy who helped co-create Pokemon would be a little arrogant, spending his days in some kind of ivory tower, sleeping on top of large piles of money, and generally being a media gadfly. But if …Read more »
If you pay attention to social media, you may have noticed that people have been talking non-stop about the World Cup for what feels like forever. If you keep up with current anime, you may have noticed that one of last season’s most interesting titles …Read more »
I admit it – it’s a little early in the year to be thinking about baseball. But with the Super Bowl over and done with and the World Baseball Classic coming to Tokyo Dome next month, I’ve got America’s and Japan’s combined pastime on the …Read more »
Orbital battle stations! Improbable, insectoid mecha! C-beams glittering in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate! Dangers, drama, explosions! None of these will be appearing in today’s Vault of Error offering: Prefectural Earth Defense Force. Well, none except for the explosions. Can’t have an anime without …Read more »
Jonathan Clements knows his anime and manga. He’s helped in the dubbing and translation process, and has even published a few books on the matter, including Schoolgirl Milky Crisis , The Erotic Anime Movie Guide and the Anime Encyclopedia (co-written with Helen McCarthy). But then …Read more »
With the fall anime season upon us, pretty much everyone has been getting in on big acquisition announcements, and as usual that means it's time for Crunchyroll to reveal its latest lineup. Announcements are still rolling out from Crunchyroll and other companies at events like …Read more »
From left: UFO from Battle in Outer Space, Gamera, Godzillla, Ultraman, Yamato Hey, this is Patrick. And what would you know? Another year is actually coming to an end, which means that the inter-dimensional space-time anomaly known as “2010 is 1980” is about to conclude. …Read more »
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