The recent OpenAI craze of making Studio Ghibli style art has gotten a lot of people talking about copyright laws. Studio Ghibli itself still has not made a statement on it (though Hayao Miyazaki famously came out as anti-AI a few years ago), but the …Read more »
Fans wanting their Switch 2 have been waiting through uncertainty, because Nintendo pulled the original pre-order date for Americans (and Canadians) after President Trump put tariffs on many goods coming into the United States. Now Nintendo has put out an update, including the fact that …Read more »
There is sad news coming out of Japan with the word that actor Mizuki Itagaki, who acted in a number of live-action movies based on manga, has passed away. He was only 24 at the time of his death, and would have turned 25 this …Read more »
It’s still up in the air how the current administration’s tariffs will affect Nintendo’s Switch 2, and now Square Enix has halted some pre-orders over tariff concerns. If you go to the Square Enix store, it now says on top: “New Merchandise Pre-Orders are on …Read more »
The arrests of four people by the Tokyo Metropolitan Police this week made news as the first arrests of its kind. The people had been selling pornographic posters made by AI, but because they didn’t cover up or pixilate the woman’s private parts, they got …Read more »
How would you like to take a course on anime in a college or vocational school? That’s one of the many ideas being pushed by the Agency for Cultural Affairs, a section of the Japanese government. Right now Japanese content (which includes anime, manga, movies, …Read more »
Sales of Blu-ray and DVD discs have really plunged over the years as streaming becomes more popular. Sony even declared that it was halting its manufacturing of BD and minidiscs this past February. But the news website Japan Forward suggested that otaku can still keep …Read more »
The anime Yakuza Fiancé: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii debuted in 2024, and today Crunchyroll will begin offering an English dubbed version of all 12 episodes. Let’s take a look at the cast and crew for the dub! Here are the actors involved: Molly Searcy …Read more »
In a recent interview with Forbes Magazine, Crunchyroll President Rahul Purini talked about expanding the business and tariffs, and he also walked back previous statements he made about using artificial intelligence. In February 2024, Purini had said, “AI is definitely something that we think about …Read more »
Masaaki Yuasa, director of such titles as INU-OH, DEVILMAN crybaby, and Ping Pong, has announced his next project: a movie called Daisy’s Life. Adapted from the novel Hinagiku no Jinsei by Banana Yoshimoto, it’s the first work from ame pippin, the studio Yuasa founded earlier …Read more »
The newest Detective Conan movie, Detective Conan: One-eyed Flashback, will hit Japanese theaters next week. Ahead of this, the series (which is also sometimes known as Case Closed) has teamed up with McDonald’s Japan for some mysteriously tasty food. Conan is helping to advertise the …Read more »
In the past eight years, the Nintendo Switch has sold about 150 million units around the world. The Switch 2, which is due out on June 5, had its pre-order date in America (and Canada) postponed due to Trump’s tariffs, as Nintendo tries to figure …Read more »
The novel series Agents of the Four Seasons: Dance of Spring by Kana Akatsuki is getting an anime adaptation, thanks to famed Wit Studio. Akatsuki is best known as the creator of the popular Violet Evergarden. Here is a trailer that mixes live-action with illustration. …Read more »
The manga Chuhai Lips: Canned Flavor of Married Women (a.k.a. Hitozuma no Kuchibiru wa Kan Chūhai no Aji ga Shite) by Chinjao Musume and Tama Nogami is getting an anime adaptation. WWWave, the company behind it, shared information on the cast and crew, plus the …Read more »
Things keep shifting with President Trump’s tariffs, and yesterday afternoon the president put a 90-day pause on tariff hikes, but also raised China’s (which, as of this writing, is at 145%). For now, many countries have a baseline tariff of 10% during the pause. While …Read more »
Danica Davidson
