SAKUGAN makes its debut later this week, on October 7. From today, October 4, until December 19, a charity auction associated with SAKUGAN is taking place in Japan. SAKUGAN is working with auction site Mobaoku and charity group WakeAi, which helps with food and preventing …Read more »
Japanese paper The Mainichi interviewed Goro Miyazaki about his movie Earwig and the Witch, computer-generated animation, and the future of Studio Ghibli. “With 3DCG, you try to handle the characters like dolls,” Miyazaki said. “But if you make it look too much like a doll …Read more »
There’s sad news as it was revealed that prolific stage, TV, film and voice actor French Tickner passed away recently. Anime fans would probably know him best from playing Watari in Death Note, Dozle Zabi in Mobile Suit Gundam, and Kagome’s grandfather in Inuyasha. The …Read more »
loundraw, the illustrator behind I want to eat your pancreas and Josee, The Tiger and the Fish, is about to make his directorial debut with the anime short Summer Ghost. A trailer has dropped for it, and in it we can hear Nobunaga Shimazaki play …Read more »
The Chinese government continues to grow stricter on what it allows in the entertainment section. Last week The National Radio and Television Administration said that programs aimed at kids, including cartoons such as anime, would be prohibited if they have any “violence, blood, vulgarity or …Read more »
If you think you know all about voice actor Hiro Shimono, think again. You can hear his voice in a ton of anime (not to mention the theme songs he’s done), but unlike a lot of American celebrities, he tends to keep his private life …Read more »
In The Emperor’s Lady-in-Waiting Is Wanted as a Bride, main character Lyse Winslette works as a lady-in-waiting in the European fantasy kingdom of Olwen. But she remembers her past life as Qatora, a knight in the nearby Razanate Empire. There is something in the empire …Read more »
North American fans of Studio Ghibli can thank Steve Alpert for his tireless efforts bringing the beloved movies to a wider audience. Alpert explains his important role as the resident gaijin (foreigner) at Studio Ghibli in his memoir Sharing a House with the Never-Ending Man, …Read more »
A lot of objects have been made in honor of Demon Slayer, both official merchandise and fan-made. One of the most iconic images of the series would be Tanjiro’s Nichiren Blade, and this has led to Nichiren Blade kashigiri designed after Demon Slayer and here …Read more »
Banished from the Hero’s Party, I Decided to Live a Quiet Life in the Countryside author Zappon recently went through some scary things, but thankfully they appear to be okay in the long run. Zappon explained in a series of tweets that they were strolling …Read more »
The live-action Cowboy Bebop comes to Netflix on November 19, and we’re slowly getting reveals of what to expect. After some images of the cast in character were revealed, the Japanese replies online to Neflix were generally not favorable. However, now that the opening sequence …Read more »
Super Nintendo World in Osaka’s Universal Studios Japan has had some hiccups from opening during the middle of COVID, which caused delays and means not as many people will visit as they would otherwise. Despite these setbacks, they’re already going full steam ahead with expanding …Read more »
The Honor Student at Magic High School aired its concluding episode over the weekend, but fans were quickly rewarded with a trailer for the upcoming The irregular at magic high school: Reminiscence Arc. Information on the cast and crew were also revealed, along with the …Read more »
The game Project Sekai: Colorful Stage! feat. Hatsune Miku came out in Japan last year, and will become available globally later in 2021. But that’s not all that’s going on with this franchise! The “Project Sekai Anniversary Festa 2021″ event revealed that the game is …Read more »
The popular franchise Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku is getting a new OAD. This is the series’ third OAD, and a trailer has been released for it that lets us hear the theme song “Love or Respect” being performed by Arisa Date and Kent …Read more »
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