The French documentary Satoshi Kon, l’illusionniste (a change from the old title, Satoshi Kon: La Machine À Rêves) is finally going to be screened. It will have its debut at the prestigious Festival de Cannes 2021 in France next month. It will be screened sometime …Read more »
A trailer for Sega’s Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Hinokami Chronicles shows us a glimpse of adventure mode. Scenes like Tanjiro’s first confrontation with Muzan Kibutsuji and his meeting with Tamayo are showcased. The game comes out October 15 and can be played on …Read more »
Earlier this month it was announced that Kakegurui – Compulsive Gambler writer Homura Kawamoto was coming out with a new isekai manga called Isekai Tenseisha Goroshi -Cheat Slayer- (translated as Killing the People Reincarnated into the Other World -Cheat Slayer-). Now June isn’t quite over …Read more »
The company Goo Ranking asked a unique question to Japanese netizens in a survey: what anime characters who died early in the show left a big impression on you? In other words, it doesn’t count if the character dies a ways into the show, and …Read more »
Heritage Auction’s The Art of Anime and Everything Cool Signature Auction over the weekend was a great success. The auction house estimated they’d take in $979,222, but they ended up earning $2,118,954. My Neighbor Totoro and Akira pulled in the most money and were in …Read more »
Netflix India has pulled the anime Record of Ragnarok. Netflix has not stated why, but there has been controversy with the way the Hindu god Shiva is portrayed, so this is likely the reason. Record of Ragnarok has characters based on ones found in multiple …Read more »
The new season of Rick and Morty recently debuted, and Adult Swim France shared a claymation video with the short comment “Totoro Rick and Morty.” Totoro Rick and Morty. pic.twitter.com/ZpgkT7Gon4 — Adult Swim France (@AdultSwimFrance) June 27, 2021 In the video you can see Morty …Read more »
There are lots of plushies and pillows starring anime and manga characters, but the new Yamper pillow is unusual because it only consists of the Pokémon’s rear end. Titled Otsukare-sama Everybody Nap Time Cushion-Yamper’s Butt, the pillow has two arm holes on the sides so …Read more »
Sailor Moon is an anime character ambassador for the Tokyo Olympics, and over the weekend she was part of an official tweet from the Japanese Olympic Committee that said, “I hope to see medals shining beautifully like the full moon on everyone’s chest. Go Japan!” …Read more »
The Cabinet Secretariat in Japan has a new website called “Us Civil Servants” that shows Japanese government ministries and agencies anthropomorphized into anime characters. While it claims it’s making an anime about this, that appears to only be a gimmick to get people’s attention. At …Read more »
On Friday Digital Manga Publishing’s yuri imprint Lilyka held its first live event, which consisted of an hour watching mangaka Mintaro draw and answer questions from the audience during a livestream. The picture she drew and colored in is above. Viewers could type in their …Read more »
Magical Girl Ore (sometimes titled Mahou Shoujo Ore) is not your average magical girl manga. Main character Saki Uno is a teenager who has full-color dreams about being an impressive magical girl with a cute mascot, but in real life she and her friend Sakuyo …Read more »
There’s a type of potato cracker in Japan called Ottotto, and it likes to do something special with Pokémon on a regular basis. In 2021 their Lightly Salted Ottotto or the Consommé flavored Vegetable Ottotto will be shaped like 70 different Pokémon. They’ll be around …Read more »
2021 is the 35th anniversary of Hayao Miyazaki’s Laputa: Castle in the Sky film, and Japanese company Seiko is coming out with a special, limited edition watch for it. On the watch’s face you can see the emblem from Sheeta’s pendant. The same symbol is …Read more »
Mamoru Hosoda is getting a short-term exhibit of his work at the “Studio Chizu Exhibition at animate ONLYSHOP” located in the Yokohama Vivre building. But even if you’re not local or unable to travel, you can visit the exhibit digitally on July 15. YouTuber and …Read more »
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