How can you make learning a second language fun? Japanese public broadcaster NHK has an idea. They’ve published a 178-page isekai light novel called The Legendary Girl Who Was Reborn in an Alternate World that’s written in junior high level English. The thought is that …Read more »
Gundam Factory Yokohama was supposed to open next month and show off his giant, moveable RX-78 Gundam anime mecha. While the opening has been postponed (yet again because of COVID-19), we are able to catch some sneak peeks of the nearly 60-foot mecha during a …Read more »
Konami Kanata showed her skill at making cat stories with her very adorable and very successful Chi’s Sweet Home. Now she’s back with Sue & Tai-chan, another feline franchise. Sue is a 17-year-old cat used to living with her master and no one else. She …Read more »
Anime News Network wrote up a summary of the Dr. STONE panel at Crunchyroll Expo 2020, which involved animation producer Shūsuke Katagiri, chief animation director Mari Tominaga, and director Shinya Ino. Katagiri said his favorite character from the series is Chrome and complimented the Crunchyroll …Read more »
South Korea’s Busan International Film Festival is a major event for cinephiles, and this year it will boast an impressive 192 films from 68 countries. The anime movie Josee to Tora to Sakana-tachi (translated to English as Josee, The Tiger and the Fish) will have …Read more »
Video game company Capcom, creator of the Street Fighter franchise, has an agreement with Tezuka Productions for Capcom vs. Osamu Tezuka Characters. But instead of fighting it out digitally, as the name implies, they’re working with each other for a special event at the Osamu …Read more »
Japan’s national pastime with karaoke has been suffering as a result of COVID-19, and that extends to the karoke joints themselves. Even though new, specially made karaoke masks have been created, they still only protect so much, and many people would rather just avoid big …Read more »
The Super Mario Bros. franchise has just turned 35, and Nintendo shows no signs of slowing down their work with Mario and Luigi. After a few years of teasing about a Mario Bros. animated film, it just announced that the movie is scheduled to …Read more »
On September 16, the Tokyo Public Prosecutor’s Office officially filed a formal indictment against Act-Age writer Tatsuya Matsuki, who was accused of sexual harassment and assault toward two junior high school girls in June. Matsuki’s popular manga, Act-Age, was canceled as a result of Shonen Jump …Read more »
Since the arson attack on Kyoto Animation in summer of last year, all eyes have been on the anime company as it rebuilds. The latest business news is that Kyoto Animation absorbed its affiliate studio Animation DO. According to Anime News Network, the affiliate studio …Read more »
Polygon conducted an email interview with horror manga master Junji Ito, asking him everything from portraying cats’ personalities to his thoughts on America making live-action adaptations of anime and manga. “This goes without saying, but America is the foremost country when it comes to producing …Read more »
Heidi, Girl of the Alps is one of those iconic retro anime series that even people who claim not to know about anime would recognize. Now more than 40 years after its release, Japan continues its celebration of Heidi with the “Heidi’s Hill” (Haiji no …Read more »
It’d be hard not to choose the new Pokémon Air toy that lets you ride around on an inflatable rubber Pikachu. While it’s designed for kids, many adults can also catch a ride, as it can handle up to 220 pounds sitting on it. According …Read more »
Each Cells at Work! spinoff has its own flavor while keeping the style of the original. So if Cells at Work! Baby is cute and Cells at Work! and Friends is about foibles, then Cells at Work! Bacteria is . . . well, gross. But it’s …Read more »
Anime News Network released an interview they did with three people from the anime Deca-Dence: director Yuzuru Tachikawa, Cyborg designer Kiyotaka Oshiyama, and designer Hiromatsu Shu. Asked about character designs, Oshiyama replied, “Whenever I think of designs for an original work, there’s a feeling of discovery …Read more »
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