The Rose of Versailles, which first began serialization in 1972, helped revolutionize shojo manga and has influenced the genre ever since. Now the series is finally coming out in English, packaged in beautiful hardcover omnibus editions that include many colored pages. This review looks at …Read more »
Since last year, news around Kyoto Animation often stems around the horror it experienced in its arson attack and how it’s working to rebuild. But here’s a story that’s a bit more cheerful: A Japanese survey sought to figure out fans’ most beloved KyoAni works, …Read more »
Someone with sticky fingers recently stole 20 volumes of Demon Slayer from the manga shelves of the Mori no Onsen bathhouse’s relaxing area, but it’s hitting the news because of the response from the bath house and how they deal with stolen manga. According to …Read more »
Hyakkimaru was born with a curse, missing 48 body parts but still able to “see” and “hear.” Dororo is a young orphan who thinks he’s a great thief. These two characters make an unlikely match in Tezuka’s original Dororo and the new manga adaptation, The …Read more »
Variety has announced that Sega is working in conjunction with 1212 Entertainment and Wild Sheep Content to create a live action movie adaptation of their Yakuza game series. Yakuza is the second most successful video game Sega has ever made, beaten only by Sonic the …Read more »
All anime are going to have some sort of logo. But if the anime logo is written in Japanese, it doesn’t do much good in countries where most people don’t speak Japanese. This leads us to logo localization, and a fascinating new video from Crunchyroll …Read more »
Studio Ghibli is good at staying in the news, thanks to its announcement of free imagery and its extensive merchandise, like this Totoro sleeping bag. But now it’s in the news for a very viral reason — Japanese Twitter is using these Studio Ghibli images …Read more »
Demon Slayer has become so popular that a movie (Demon Slayer – Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train) and a manga spinoff are both being released next month. But these additions are no surprise as the original manga is about to have 100 …Read more »
The company Mantaro Ningyo has been making kimekomi ningyo (a type of fancy Japanese doll made from wood and fabric) for more than a century. As Japanese site grape noted, these dolls can be used to portray important figures from Japan’s history, or the dolls …Read more »
Blockbuster may have bitten the dust, but one rental store called Tsutaya in Shibuya is still going strong . . . and they have a huge collections of anime VHS tapes. According to SoraNews24, while the store also has DVDs and Blu-ray, they still maintain …Read more »
Matt Owens, head writer for the Netflix live action adaptation of One Piece, recently talked about how much it meant to him. “When I was in my early 20s, I went through a really, really bad depression,” Owens remarked on YouTube, as reported by LRM …Read more »
People are trying different ways to get through the COVID pandemic. In Japan, robots are increasingly being used. The Japan Times explained different ways robots are being utilized. There are now robot waiters: “Multi-sensor fusion technology, based on infrared, 3D mapping and machine vision, also …Read more »
Is it ever possible to have too much Totoro? Character goods shop Perfect World Tokyo doesn’t think so, and the Japanese site grape covered their adorable new releases. First up is a Totoro sleeping bag, great for sleep-overs or just for fun. Totoro himself makes …Read more »
After Robert’s Anime Corner Store noted that the Azur Lane Blu-ray will be rated TV-14 and not TV-MA, there were concerns among some fans that Funimation was censoring Azur Lane to get the lower rating. An article at Anime News Network says that ANN investigated the validity …Read more »
Many fans have been paying close attention to the news of the new Shaman King anime, and that includes original Shaman King director Seiji Mizushima, who helmed the 2001 anime version of the same series. According to Anime News Network, he tweeted, “With the series …Read more »
Danica Davidson
