The recent global poll on favorite characters showed once again how popular the One Piece franchise is. And there’s a new otaku option for One Piece fanatics: a One Piece themed wedding! This is being done by wedding and reception producer Escrit. The wedding includes …Read more »
As a result of the Epic Games vs Apple trial, some Nintendo documentation has come out into the public. Part of the documentation says that a “Content Provider” in Japan cannot be involved with “Boryokudan,” which is translated as “violence groups” and can be viewed …Read more »
The game Seven Knights Revolution from Netmarble is scheduled to come out later this year. While an exact date has yet to be released, we have received a second teaser trailer that shows us the heroes. The Seven Knights smartphone RPG was the inspiration for …Read more »
If you like audio books and light novels, then you’ll probably be happy to know that Yen Press is opening its own audio book imprint, Yen Audio. It will be working with Hachette Audio on the task. The first light novel to receive an audio …Read more »
The isekai genre has gotten so popular in Japan that a limited-time “Isekai Museum” exhibit will be on display at the Kadokawa Culture Museum. It will concentrate on specific anime titles: Re:Zero, Overlord, KONOSUBA, and The Saga of Tanya the Evil. The display will open …Read more »
An animated movie based on the Super Mario Bros. game franchise is scheduled to come out in 2022, but if Nintendo has anything to say about it, this is only the beginning of them turning their products into animation. “Animation, in general, is something that …Read more »
The results of the worldwide popularity poll for One Piece characters are here! The general results probably won’t surprise anyone. Here’s the top 5: 5. Trafalgar Law 4. Sanji 3. Nami 2. Zoro 1. Luffy But the poll also breaks up who scored best at …Read more »
Director Mamoru Oshii hasn’t seen Evangelion: 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon A Time, but he gave his thoughts on Evangelion director Hideaki Anno during a recent interview. Oshii thinks Anno is “more of a producer than a director” and that his works “lack a theme.” He also …Read more »
Jiro Matsumoto, the mangaka behind the sexy and violent girls-with-guns manga Velveteen & Mandala, has come out with a new manga. It’s called beautiful place and it debuted on Friday in Complex, the online part of Hero’s Inc’s Monthly Hero’s magazine. It sounds as if …Read more »
The anime movie adaptation of Misaki no Mayoiga (translated as The Abandoned House by the Cape) will come out August 27. This was disclosed in a newly released trailer that also tells more about the cast. Mana Ashida has been tapped to play lead character …Read more »
Square Enix is having three of its games involved in a collaboration event: A Certain Magical Index: Imaginary Fest, NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139… and Nier: Automata. This all began at the beginning of the month. A trailer for it shows up at the 22-minute mark in …Read more »
Japanese media company Kadokawa Corporation made a record 209.947 billion yen this past year, which translates to approximately $1.9 billion. It recently declared goals the company has, which include increasing their anime and e-book outputs. They’re hoping to start releasing 40 animated titles a year, …Read more »
The horror manga Ningen Kaishūsha (translated as Human Collection Truck) has received an anime adaptation that’s being streamed on YouTube. The first episode premiered last Friday, and it’s set up so that new episodes will continue to come out on Fridays. The anime does not …Read more »
The Japan Science Fiction Convention has released its Seiun Award nominations, with the winners set to be revealed in August. There are different categories for nominations: Media, Comic, Art, Japanese Novel, Japanese Short Story, Translated Novel, Translated Short Story, Nonfiction, and Free. The nominees for …Read more »
AnimEigo began a Kickstarter for the Metal Skin Panic: MADOX-01 OVA, explaining, “We have wanted to release MADOX in HD for many years, but have been unable to do so because suitable film assets were not available. Everyone thought they had been lost, but in …Read more »
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