Is the recently appointed pope, Pope Leo XIV, a fan of Pokémon? At the very least, he found it amusing when a young Catholic asked him to sign a Popplio card — and he did indeed autograph it! The reason for that particular card is …Read more »
A once-obscure manga called Watashi ga Mita Mirai (translated as The Future I Saw) by Ryo Tatsuki allegedly predicted the earthquake/tsunami disaster in March 2011 because Tatsuki claims to have psychic dreams and her manga predicted “A Big Disaster on March 2011.” Following this, she …Read more »
Netflix has made it clear it’s very interested in anime, and at last weekend’s Anime Expo it shared some of why it’s so excited about Japanese animation. For one thing, the streaming service says that more than half its worldwide viewers — about 300 million …Read more »
There is sad news coming out of Japan as we learn about the passing of mangaka Ukyou Takao, whose works include To Heart and Muv-Luv. According to his family, he passed away from a heart attack on June 30. Anime News Network lists his date …Read more »
Netflix and Warner Bros. Japan took the opportunity of Anime Expo last weekend to show off a subtitled new trailer for Record of Ragnarok III, the anime’s third season. Since then they also dropped a new visual and more info on the cast. First up …Read more »
The Sailor Moon Museum is a traveling exhibit that’s spent limited time stationed in Tokyo, Fukuoka, Osaka, and Nagoya, but soon it will be making a trip overseas! Its organizers have shared that the exhibit will be leaving Japan, and that it will “power up,” …Read more »
The One Piece Body Make Competition Presented by BragMen, which was first announced in February this year, has come and gone! Dozens of bodybuilders strutted their stuff and did their best Luffy impressions, and the winners have been announced. Men 18 and up were allowed …Read more »
The anime Cultural Exchange With a Game Centre Girl is inching closer to its July 6 launch, so the people behind it shared a new trailer as well as a commercial. The trailer also lets us hear part of the ending theme song “Amusing Flavor” …Read more »
Japanese etiquette has different styles of bowing for different scenarios, including the dogeza, where a person gets on their hands and knees and rests their head on the floor. It’s a way to show that you’re really, really sorry. But there’s a difference in someone …Read more »
The second season of Grand Blue Dreaming will be here on July 7, so the anime is using LA’s Anime Expo 2025 to hype the release. And it’s doing it in a very unique way — by letting you almost (hopefully just almost) get hit …Read more »
The light novel series Haibara’s Teenage New Game+ (a.k.a. Haibara-kun no Tsuyokute Seishun New Game in Japanese) by Kazuki Amamiya is getting an anime adaptation! HJ Bunko, an imprint of Hobby Japan, shared the news online this week along with the above visual. Not a …Read more »
The anime The Most Heretical Last Boss Queen: From Villainess to Savior (a.k.a. Higeki no Genkyō to naru Saikyō Gedō Last Boss Joō wa Min no tame ni Tsukushimasu. in Japanese), which debuted in 2023, is finally getting a second season! Suzunosuke, the illustrator of …Read more »
The first season of My Hero Academia: Vigilantes just wrapped, but if you’re wanting more episodes, then there is good news for you! TOHO Animation has already confirmed that a second season is on the way, and is scheduled to debut sometime next year. This …Read more »
There is now more information on the second season of The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten! The new season will arrive in April 2026, and a teaser trailer tells more about the staff. The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten Season 2 Trailer The …Read more »
The upcoming anime This Monster Wants to Eat Me, which is due out in October, is getting special attention at Anime Expo, Otakon and Japan Expo Paris this summer. It also dropped a new trailer and visual you can see below. This Monster Wants to …Read more »
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