Netflix has really been upping its anime game, increasing the number of anime it creates itself. A lengthy article on the matter was published by Wired with the title “There’s Something Super Weird About Netflix Anime.” The article, written by Cecilia D’Anastasio, interviews several people …Read more »
My Hero Academia is one of the most successful manga/anime franchises in recent memory, and it’s gone far enough into the mainstream it was picked up by John Oliver as a stereotypical denotation to teenage boys. In his new episode, Oliver talks about what everyone …Read more »
The French site Red Bull France recently interviewed Toshihiro Nagoshi, director of the Yakuza games. A translation of the interview was also put out in English. Asked if he’d like to work in the movie industry, Nagoshi responded, “I think the cinematic direction of the …Read more »
A sweet story in Japan has been gathering news. The Naka Ward in Yokohama City received a donation of 3,000 yen (a little under $29) with a note that said: “It’s a little early, but here’s a Christmas present. I hope it can help bring …Read more »
Studio Ghibli put some information on its new movie Earwig and the Witch on its website before taking it down. Anime News Network was able to catch it while it was up, and reported that Earwig and the Witch is supposed to make its debut …Read more »
The Media Blasters Twitter page is giving us some nice extras for the anime Kite. The first is part of an interview with writer and director Yasuomi Umetsu that you can get on the Blu-ray. “I’ve had a piece I’ve wanted to do since my …Read more »
Anime News Network picked up on a report that the Motion Pictures Association of America (MPA) put out a cease-and-desist toward the Nyaa torrent site. The MPA claims that Nyaa is taking part in copyright infringement and has done “significant, irreparable damage.” The MPA has …Read more »
It’s a well-known and unfortunate reality in the anime industry that animators typically earn very little, and directors and character designers often don’t receive royalties. The Japan Times did an article on Jun Sugawara, a CGI animator who’s trying to change this. Sugawara started NPO …Read more »
Yesterday we reported that the Demon Slayer film has done better than most movies have in Japan at the box office, even beating out all the Miyazaki movies at this point except for Spirited Away. While Miyazaki was out picking up trash to help the …Read more »
Nintendo and Japan are celebrating 35 years of Super Mario Bros., and over the weekend the American iconic television show Saturday Night Live got in on the celebration. Their skit revolves around fans talking about their first “Mario memories.” The conversation quickly gets sidetracked as …Read more »
After dominating at the global box office, Demon Slayer – Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train continues to do well. While we won’t have it in North American theaters until next year, the film is now the fifth most successful movie in Japan. …Read more »
The winners of this year’s Person of Cultural Merit award, given out by the Japanese government, have been announced. Among them is Shigeaki Saegusa, who composed music for Mobile Suit Gundam: Char’s Counterattack, Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam and Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ. As Anime News …Read more »
Netflix and Hulu both want to get involved with the success of manga series The Way of the Househusband. Not long after it was announced Netflix would be doing an anime adaptation, Hulu Japan announced they’re doing a live-action spinoff. Japan already has a live-action …Read more »
Higurashi: When They Cry – GOU began airing in Japan at the beginning of last month, with Funimation doing a simultaneous screening of the subtitled version. Yesterday Funimation premiered their dubbed version and released a list of the dub cast and crew. Emi Lo plays …Read more »
Sega’s arcades in Japan have taken a major hit because of coronavirus and social distancing. Unfortunately, it’s such a big hit that it is hurting the entire company, and Sega’s parent company Sega Sammy Holdings is asking some of its employees to voluntarily leave the …Read more »
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