It’s set up in Japan so that a new invoice system will begin in October 2023, and part of it takes away tax-exempt status from freelancers and sole proprietors. 1,275 people took part in a recent manga industry survey on the matter, and just 17 …Read more »
Singer-songwriter Kiro Akiyama is in trouble for allegedly assaulting his girlfriend. The musician, who is 26, was arrested on November 23. The incident is said to have taken place in the Shibuya Ward in Tokyo. According to The Mainichi Shimbun, a major Japanese news outlet, …Read more »
Popeye and Goku are two musclemen who like to save the day. They are also both helped by food when in a pinch, though it’s regular old spinach for Popeye and the mystical Senzu Beans for Goku. The similarities between the two characters led to …Read more »
Anime and manga are getting more and more popular around the world, but Cool Japan Fund isn’t doing so well. Cool Japan Fund gave this description of itself: “Cool Japan Fund was founded in November 2013 as a public-private fund with the aim of supporting …Read more »
The Shadows House manga has its own atmosphere and aesthetics. The main characters, Kate and Emilico, live together in their own room, like their own little world. Kate Shadow has no discernible features and gives off soot when she’s having negative emotions. Emilico is a “living …Read more »
Hi, I’m a Witch and My Crush Wants Me to Make a Love Potion is a long title and gets across the basic idea of the manga. Rose, who is descended from witches, becomes the Witch of the Lake after her mother and grandmother die, …Read more »
Yesterday we reported on the sad news that Jason David Frank, who played Tommy Oliver (the Green Ranger and White Ranger) on Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, has passed away. Since then tributes have poured in, both from fans who appreciated him from afar and people …Read more »
Jong Hyon Pak used to just be known as a manga editor at Kodansha who was involved with hits like Attack on Titan, A Silent Voice and Seven Deadly Sins. However, after his wife Kanoko died mysteriously in 2016 at the age of 38, Pak …Read more »
The launch of the game Samurai Maiden is less than two weeks away. On December 1, it will become available on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, and Switch in Japan, and then people around the globe will be able to play it on Steam on December …Read more »
There is sad news as reports are coming out on the death of Jason David Frank, who was part of many 90s kids’ lives as Tommy Oliver in The Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers. Tommy was the Green Ranger first and later became the White Ranger. …Read more »
Black Paradox is a self-contained one-volume manga that opens with an unusual scenario: four strangers are meeting in public so they can commit suicide as a group. They get in a car together, share their existential reasons for wanting to die, and plan it out. …Read more »
A new trailer for the upcoming Endo and Kobayashi Live! The Latest on Tsundere Villainess Lieselotte anime revealed that it will make its debut on January 6. The trailer also let us know that Tomokazu Sugita will play Baldur Riefenstahl and Ryota Ohsaka will play …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 »
There are plushies and then there are plushies. The latest Demon Slayer plushies are serious plushies, and though the characters were created with chibi proportions, they’re far from being small. In fact, these plushies are just under forty-two inches in height and about twenty-five and …Read more »
Japanese pop culture has an obsession with both maids and robots, so why not combine them? A pop-up maid café in Akihabara tried exactly that by using maid robots. It’s called the “Maid Apprentice Substantializing Ideal Robot” Project or MaSiRo Project. It was created by …Read more »
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