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Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train may be the reigning champ, but JUJUTSU KAISEN 0 opened on Friday and broke some records in the process to net the title of the second biggest three-day opening weekend in the history of the Japanese …Read more »
The next Free Comic Book Day is scheduled to occur on May 4, 2024, and its titles have been revealed! While the bulk of the comics are American graphic novels, there are some manga goodies being offered as well, sometimes in the form of previews. …Read more »
The anime adaptation of the novel series Kaiko Sareta Ankoku Heishi (30-Dai) no Slow na Second Life (translated as The Slow Second Life of the Retired Dark Soldier in His 30s) will debut on January 7. A trailer has dropped, and so has the news …Read more »
7/11 is a staple in Japan, so it makes sense that a 7/11 anime commercial would be making the rounds online. The 30-second spot is a charming piece that aims to celebrate the little things in life, and it enlisted some top tier talent to …Read more »
This coming weekend marks a very special event coming from the folks at Crunchyroll. It is, for those of you just joining the festivities, the "Third Annual Global Shinkai Day." So what does that mean? It means from March 11-13 Crunchyroll will be streaming three …Read more »
Crunchyroll CEO, Kun Gao, appeared as a guest on the latest ANNCast, where he made an announcement regarding his company's latest endeavor: DVDs. Primarily known for streaming, Crunchyroll is branching out with their first DVD release, 5 Centimeters Per Second , the 2007 film by …Read more »
Little Miss P, a manga series originally published as a webcomic, talks about the subject of menstruation loudly and humorously by creating an anthropomorphized period called (what else?) Little Miss P. Each chapter introduces us to a different set of characters, but menstruation is always …Read more »
Nickelodeon’s Kids’ Choice Awards is scheduled to take place July 13, and in the meantime its many nominees have been revealed, including ones related to otaku interests. For starters, The Super Mario Bros. Movie is in the running for Favorite Animated Movie. Actors Chris Pratt …Read more »
The nominees are out for the Saturn Awards, which is the “official awards group of The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films” for more than half a century! There are three otaku interests among the titles. The Super Mario Bros. Movie and Suzume …Read more »
For many people Charles Martinet is the voice of Mario. He began voicing the character in 1991, and while he’s played other people in the franchise (including Luigi, Waluigi and Wario) he’s mainly known for voicing the main character. That’s about to change, though. The …Read more »
The two 2023 movies doing best in Japan this year are The Super Mario Bros. Movie and Detective Conan: Kurogane no Submarine (translated as Detective Conan: Iron Submarine). In fact, they’ve basically tied in how much money they’ve earned, with each raking in about $95 …Read more »
The Super Mario Bros. Movie has been a global blockbuster, and it has a new claim to fame: it has now out-earned Frozen at the box office! The Super Mario Bros. Movie has brought in $1,288,321,030 and is still going. Frozen, on the other hand, …Read more »
The otaku dating service Tora Con marked the Japanese holiday Children’s Day by putting out kid-related surveys. This included asking which anime characters you’d like to have as your own child. It asked “Which anime character do you want to make your kid?” (implying adoption) …Read more »
The Super Mario Bros. Movie is currently in theaters, but at least nine million people also watched it on Twitter. This is because of an illegal, pirated upload put up by the Twitter handle “vids that go hard.” Every time a few minutes passed, about …Read more »
Ticket sales for The Super Mario Bros. Movie dropped 41% since its opening weekend, but that doesn’t mean it’s doing poorly. It was the number one movie in the box office for the second weekend in a row, bringing in another $87 million and crushing …Read more »
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