A lot of people like to cosplay, but Enako is one of the lucky few who is able to cosplay professionally. And while she’s known for getting compliments for her various looks, she wants people to know that “complimenting” her by saying she looks like …Read more »
The Oshi no Ko anime’s original opening theme song “Idol” has broken records and been a top search on Google. Will the upcoming live-action Oshi no Ko have the same sort of success with its music? Well, the eight-episode series is definitely going heavy on …Read more »
The anime movie The Colors Within (a.k.a. Kimi no Iro in Japanese) did really well at LA’s Animation Is Film festival over the weekend. For starters, it received its North American debut at the festival. Then, in terms of awards, it took home the Audience …Read more »
While doing a panel at New York Comic Con, manga creator Hiro Mashima was asked by a member of the audience if his series Fairy Tail was based on his real life. Mashima answered, “To tell you the truth, I wrote the story cause I …Read more »
The nineteenth and next volume of the manga Otherwordly Izakaya “Nobu” (a.k.a. Isekai Izakaya “Nobu” in Japanese) is not going to have a cover or bonus features, unless something changes. That’s because Virginia Nitohei, the artist for this manga — published originally in Japan by …Read more »
Over in Japan, Shueisha and Bandai Namco Entertainment worked together to launch the One Piece Base app. Along with giving you access to the manga, the app allows you to take a picture of yourself and have it converted into One Piece mangaka Eiichiro Oda’s …Read more »
At New York Comic Con over the weekend, Crunchyroll took the opportunity to share an English subbed trailer of ZENSHU, an upcoming original anime from famed studio MAPPA. ZENSHU Trailer ZENSHU is scheduled to start in January, and it will be streamed by Crunchyroll. The trailer …Read more »
The OVERLORD: The Sacred Kingdom anime movie is hitting American and Canadian theaters on November 8, and tickets are now officially on sale. The movie will be offered in both dubbed and subbed versions on the big screen, and it takes place after what happens …Read more »
When Dragon Ball Daima was first announced at New York Comic-Con in 2023, we were told that original Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama was “deeply involved beyond his usual capacity.” At this year’s New York Comic-Con, which is currently going on, Dragon Ball series executive …Read more »
Oba Electroplating Factory is the latest collection of works from Yoshiharu Tsuge, the famous and influential mangaka who wrote Nejishiki. All of the stories here were originally published in the 70s. “Boarding House Days” has two men talking after not seeing each other for a …Read more »
There is sad news as we learn of the passing of author and lyricist Rieko Nakagawa. Her children’s books have sold millions of copies, and she’s been involved with Hayao Miyazaki. Nakagawa was 89 years old when she passed away on October 14. A cause …Read more »
It’s a good time to be mangaka Yama Wayama, because she’s getting not one, but two of her manga adapted into anime! Her titles Captivated, by You (or Muchū sa, Kimi ni. in Japanese) and Let’s Go Karaoke! (or Karaoke Iko! in Japanese) are going …Read more »
Yoshiharu Tsuge’s avant garde short manga story “Nejishiki” has been very influential in Japan, and it’s great that it’s finally been translated into English in book form. The book Nejishiki, published by Drawn & Quarterly, is an anthology of some of Tsuge’s short works. It …Read more »
There are some changes in the anime business world as TOHO is completely acquiring GKIDS, a North American animation distributor that works with Studio Ghibli titles, other anime, and animation from outside of Japan. The amount of money involved has not been made public. Going …Read more »
In America, SAG-AFTRA has been fighting for actors’ rights against generative AI, and now some well-known Japanese voice actors have launched their own group known as “No More Mudan Seisei AI” (translated as “No More Unauthorized Generative AI”). They dropped a short video, which starts …Read more »
Danica Davidson
