The good news is that manga sales are way up in America. The bad news is that supply isn’t always able to keep up with demand. An article at ICv2 interviewed comic book store owners and manga publishers about the issue. “Chainsaw Man [volumes] two …Read more »
A Girl on the Shore (a.k.a. Umibe no Onna no Ko in Japanese) is getting a live-action movie that’s coming out in Japan on August 20. The original manga is by Inio Asano (Goodnight Punpun, Dead Dead Demon’s Dededededestruction), and a new trailer has been …Read more »
The company Cocode has come up with a new way to show your love of Sanrio. They’ve released five T-shirts themed after My Melody, Cinnamoroll, Kuromi, Pompompurin, and Pochacco. (What, no Hello Kitty?) In addition to the shirts already being themed after each character, they …Read more »
Recently a Nintendo shareholder said to top people at the company during a meeting that discussed candidates for the board of directors, “We hope that those holding key positions at Nintendo are at least game enthusiasts, even if they don’t have skills in game production. …Read more »
The anime movie Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop (a.k.a. Cider no Yō ni Kotoba ga Wakiagaru in Japanese) will hit theaters in Japan on July 22. But even if you don’t live in Japan, you won’t have to wait any longer, because it will …Read more »
Crunchyroll has been doing some market research, and made announcements of their findings at the Acceleration Japan industry showcase event. Head of Global Partnerships and Content Strategy Alden Mitchell Budill reported that 27% of people don’t know what anime is, but when you get down …Read more »
Light novels are big in Japan, and they’re increasingly making their ways licensed overseas. But the Kadokawa Culture Museum might have the biggest collection of light novels in the world. That’s what the museum is saying, and it would be hard to beat them. When …Read more »
Chihayafuru 3 (a.k.a. the third season of Chihayafuru) comes out on home video on July 27 and is available for pre-order. Sentai Filmworks shared information on the dub cast and crew, as well as a trailer to hear the English dubbed voices. Luci Christian plays …Read more »
VIZ recently revealed a bunch of new manga and books they’ve licensed, which will become available either later this year or by spring of next year. Here’s a breakdown of what’s coming up next from the North American publisher: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba–Stories of …Read more »
A trailer has dropped for the vampire-themed anime Visual Prison that lets us know it will debut in October, just in time for Halloween. It also lets us hear the insert song “Guilty†Cross,” which is performed by Eclipse, a band in the anime. The story …Read more »
A man living in Toshima, Tokyo has allegedly been charging people to modify their The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild game save data so that they can have more abilities. While the gamers probably enjoy this and it’s allegedly made the man as …Read more »
One Peace Books just announced that the first book in The Rising of the Shield Hero light novel series has received an audiobook, and it’s available on Audible, Audiobooks, BookBeat, Hoopla Digital, Libro, and YouScribe. Professional actor Kurt Kanazawa is the book’s narrator, and he …Read more »
The first two episodes of SSSS.DYNAZENON become available on Funimation last week, and as a result Funimation has released information on the English dub cast and crew. Dallas Reid plays Yomogi, Jason Liebrecht plays Koyomi, Megan Shipman plays Chise, Aaron Campbell plays Gauma, Kristen McGuire …Read more »
Chuck Dixon has literally written thousands of American comics, and on his YouTube Show Ask Chuck Dixon he received the following question: “What is your theory/thoughts on why Manga is wiping the floor with American comics?” The question arrives at 20:26 in the video, and …Read more »
Virtual YouTuber Minato Aqua isn’t quite three-years-old, but she’s already an ambassador for the Yokosuka Sea Anime Carnival event and has had a horse race named after her. In fact, the two things are connected. The Yokosuka Sea Anime Carnival event is still to come, …Read more »
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