In 1972, mangaka Riyoko Ikeda launched her shojo series The Rose of Versailles. Fifty years later, the series has sold 20 million copies around the world, and led to such adaptations as an anime and musicals. It has also left its mark on the Japanese …Read more »
A new video for the anime adaptation of Spy Classroom has been released. It not only gives us a chance to see the character Lily, but it also announces that the anime will debut in January. This video is part of a pattern where Spy …Read more »
The publishing news outlet Publishers Weekly featured an article titled “Manga Wins New York Comic Con 2022.” Its writer, Deb Aoki, who is known for her writing about manga, posited that “the overall impression was that manga, anime and Japanese pop culture are now overwhelmingly …Read more »
The anime adaptation of Tatsuki Fujimoto’s Chainsaw Man manga debuted on Tuesday, and it got an unusual institution talking about it: the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. Technically, it was the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission’s Twitter handle, and it began with a tweet musing …Read more »
Yu-Gi-Oh creator Kazuki Takahashi passed away at sea this past July, and the autopsy listed the cause of death as drowning. Now Stars and Stripes, a news source aimed for members of the U.S. military community, says that it seems he died trying to save …Read more »
Mika Kano, who is part of the Kano sisters, is famous for her fashion, and sometimes her fashion includes cosplay. On the sisters’ Instagram page, Mika shared images of herself as Makima from Chainsaw Man. She released this one day ago, to coincide with the …Read more »
Studio Ghibli films are beloved around the world, but they’re especially treasured in their home country of Japan. Line is a popular messaging app in Japan, and recently Line Research posed a question for a survey: “Which Ghibli anime do you like?” The survey received …Read more »
It’s pretty common knowledge that you shouldn’t drink bleach. That is, unless it’s a Coca-Cola drink themed for the anime Bleach, and not the toxic chemical compound sodium hypochlorite that we find in many cleaning items. In America we have things like Cherry Coke or …Read more »
All eyes are on Bleach as the anime finally returns with Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War. Some lucky people were able to get a sneak peek of the show while at New York Comic Con over the weekend. For the rest of us, the series will …Read more »
Kadokawa has released a new trailer for The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess (a.k.a. Tensei Ojo to Tensai Reijo no Maho Kakumei in Japanese). The trailer has all sorts of useful information, including the fact the anime will debut in January, plus more credits …Read more »
The hotly anticipated anime adaptation of Chainsaw Man is getting a sneak peek at New York Comic Con today, then officially debuting on Japanese TV and Amazon Prime Video on October 11. To keep up the momentum for promotion, six new cast members have …Read more »
The very first trailer for the upcoming The Super Mario Bros. Movie has been released! It was revealed during a Nintendo Direct livestream that’s synced up with New York Comic Con. Shigeru Miyamoto, creator of Super Mario Bros. and co-producer of the film, gave an …Read more »
Tetsuya Chiba, the creator of Ashita no Joe (Tomorrow’s Joe), is a member of the Japan Cartoonists’ Association, and he suggested the group put on an auction to aid the people of Ukraine. The Association agreed, and is establishing an online charity auction. Manga creators …Read more »
There is sad news coming out of Japan. It’s been announced that award-winning illustrator Yuriko Yamawaki, some of whose works have been adapted into shorts by Studio Ghibli, passed away late last month. She was 80 years old and the cause of death was listed …Read more »
Kurokata’s quirky isekai light novel series The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic began coming out in August, and the manga adaptation by Kugayama Reki will hit shelves this November. Both series are published by One Peace Books, and Kurokata and Kugayama Reki spoke to …Read more »
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