All eyes are on Hunter x Hunter creator Yoshihiro Togashi, who is back at work after some long breaks but still dealing with serious health issues. These health issues have caused the series to have multiple hiatuses. Fans are clamoring for more Hunter x Hunter, …Read more »
Japanese voice actress Mayumi Tanaka has voiced quite a few characters in her life, including some big names in big franchises: Luffy in One Piece, Krillin in the Dragon Ball franchise, Ryuunosuke Fujinami in Urusei Yatsura, and more. But she has a special place in …Read more »
There are reports that a Chinese anime fan got in trouble with police in Suzhou, China for dressing like Ushio Kofune from Summer Time Rendering. The issue was that she wore a kimono, which goes against the current Chinese government’s nationalistic sentiments, and is also …Read more »
Anime is dubbed into languages all over the world, and one French dub actress has found herself in hot water because of her work with fandubs. Anna Lauzeray-Gishi is the French voice for Kikyō Kushida in Classroom of the Elite, Chizuru Mizuhara in Rent-A-Girlfriend, Iris …Read more »
Avu-chan, the star of Masaaki Yuasa’s musical anime movie INU-OH, is a musician associated with the bands Queen Bee and Gokumontō Ikka. With INU-OH hitting American theaters on August 12, Otaku USA interviewed Avu-chan about playing the lead, how music can help lives, and what …Read more »
Tomona is a blind biwa priest who is haunted by the ghost of his dead father. And this isn’t the most unusual thing in the movie. Inu-Oh is musical surrealism, with trippy imagery set with memorable songs. Tomona’s life changes when he meets the titular …Read more »
There are tons of videos on YouTube of people playing video games, but have you watched one where the person who’s playing the game also created the characters? Negi Haruba, the creator of The Quintessential Quintuplets manga, has been uploading videos of himself playing the …Read more »
Arcades were once a booming business, and that was particularly true in Akihabara, Tokyo. However, the last two summers have each seen an announcement of a major arcade in the area being shut down. In summer 2020, it was Sega Akihabara Building 2. In summer …Read more »
Kenichi Sonoda is the mangaka behind Gunsmith Cats and Riding Bean, and he’s also worked on anime such as Bubblegum Crisis, Gall Force – Eternal Story, and Scramble Wars as a character designer. This weekend he’s going to the doujinshi convention Comiket, and one of …Read more »
The grand opening of Studio Ghibli Park is only a few months away, and it promises to have delicious foods themed after Ghibli movies. Well, they might be interested in hiring a person who goes by Manna-Tanuki online (the Twitter handle is @maaco414). This chef …Read more »
The live-action adaptation of My Broken Mariko by Waka Hirako is being released in Japanese theaters on September 30. Ahead of that, a minute and a half long trailer has been unveiled. For those familiar with the story, you can see that it flashes back …Read more »
Virtual idol Hatsune Miku has already been in the café business with her limited-time Sakura Miku café at Animate Café in Akihabara and Osaka. Now she’s back with a new café, and you don’t have to live in Akihabara or Osaka to access it. However, …Read more »
At about the same time Sonic the Hedgehog 3 was announced, it was revealed that another Japanese video game property would become a Hollywood movie (and it even has a Sonic the Hedgehog connection). Pac-Man, the iconic always-hungry arcade game, is getting a live-action movie. …Read more »
The anime movie One Piece Film: Red nabbed the top spot in the Japanese box office over the weekend. People bought 1.58 million tickets to see it, raking in 2.254 billion yen (approximately $16.7 million). This is impressive for its opening weekend, especially when you …Read more »
The Town of Pigs is the first manga title of horror icon Hideshi Hino’s work to be published in English in more than ten years. Hino is a top horror mangaka in Japan, and it’s easy to see why: his work is unsettling, moody, and …Read more »
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