After joining Twitter, Inuyasha mangaka Rumiko Takahashi shared her work schedule for a few days, revealing that she basically gets three-hour naps between pulling all-nighters. Since then she has shared more details on her schedule for doing a chapter of manga. According to her, each …Read more »
This past March Shibuya Station got a total Jujutsu Kaisen makeover, with walls and columns sporting images from the manga. The display only lasted until March 14. Once again Shibuya Station has a Jujutsu Kaisen display, but now it honors the anime and is done …Read more »
A new trailer has dropped for Tsukimichi -Moonlit Fantasy-. In it we learn that the anime will debut on July 7 and that the ending theme song will be called “Beautiful Dreamer” and performed by Ezoshika Gourmet Club. “Gamble” by syudou, the opening theme song, …Read more »
How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom will come out at 1:30 in the morning Japan time on July 4. A new trailer for it also lets us listen to opening theme song “Hello Horizon” performed by Inori Minase, and disclosed more members of the …Read more »
The free virtual Aniplex Online Fest event begins July 3 at 9 PM Eastern Standard Time in America and July 4 at 10:00 AM Japanese time. It is set up to have both live music and information on Aniplex programs. Aniplex already teased that the …Read more »
RetroCrush is adding more anime to its roster this June, including several Osamu Tezuka titles. Today Puppet Princess, Galaxy Angel, and Galaxy Angel Z all become available and can be watched either dubbed or subbed. Then we get to the Tezuka titles. On June 11 …Read more »
The mobile manga subscription app Mangamo now has more than 1,200 manga volumes from Kodansha available after the publisher contributed an additional 800 or so. The newly supplied volumes include ones from Tokyo Revengers, Fire Force, FAIRY TAIL, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, …Read more »
Mamoru Hosoda’s anime movie Belle has received an international trailer that includes English subtitles. Belle is scheduled to come out on July 16 in Japan. This is the description given for the feature: “Our protagonist, Suzu, is a 17-year old high school girl, who lives …Read more »
The Fruits Basket franchise is coming to Nintendo Switch’s Animal Crossing: New Horizons! The characters have their own island, and you can find it by using Dream Address DA-8458-4531-4562 and design code MA-0019-7722-5775. The island will have characters Tohru, Yuki, Kyo, Shigure, Hatori, Ayame, Kureno, …Read more »
McDonald’s is very popular in Japan, and their popularity might rise with the addition of three limited edition Pikachu food and container designs. Together, the three items are referred to as “Sweets Trio Furuchu,” which is a play on the word Pikachu and the Japanese …Read more »
The manga Do not say mystery (Mystery to Iu Nakare in the original Japanese) by Yumi Tamura is getting a live-action adaptation that will debut early next year. Masaki Suda, who has been in live-action adaptations of Assassination Classroom and Death Note, will play lead …Read more »
Shinichiro Watanabe, director of Cowboy Bebop, is the musical advisor for Madhouse’s science fiction anime Sonny Boy. Watanabe says he brought different bands and musicians to the attention of Sonny Boy director Shingo Natsume, who decided which ones he wanted to work with. At the …Read more »
Lilyka, DMP’s yuri imprint, is having its first online live event, involving mangaka Mintaro. The event takes place June 25th 2021 6PM – 7PM (PST) and consists of three parts: Introduction, drawing session and Q & A, and announcement. https://twitter.com/LilykaManga/status/1399792660282368002 There are two ways to …Read more »
The Sanrio Summer Puro Festival occurs at Sanrio Puroland and mixes adorable Sanrio characters with traditional Japanese summer activities. The festival obviously didn’t happen last year because of COVID, but is scheduled to return this July 9. It will take place until August 31. They’ll …Read more »
Inuyasha creator Rumiko Takahashi recently set up a Twitter page and encouraged fans to ask her questions. When asked about her daily schedule, Takahashi gave a detailed reply . . . and showed she barely gets any sleep at all.
Danica Davidson
