Hey, we all make the occasional mistake. Those who have seen Makoto Shinkai’s Weathering With You know it’s a stunning visual experience. But on the occasion of the film’s home video release in Japan, the director has revealed one big “oops” that made it into …Read more »
The suspect in last year’s arson attack on anime studio Kyoto Animation has been arrested. The police had been waiting for the suspect, 42-year-old Shinji Aoba, to recover enough from the burns he sustained in the attack to be arrested. Aoba still cannot walk, and …Read more »
Now that’s a double whammy. Both upcoming Rurouni Kenshin Final Chapter films, the long-awaited sequels to the lauded original trilogy, have been delayed due to you-know-what. Originally set for a July and August release in Japan, they’re now set to come out in April and May …Read more »
Every year, Japan Cuts, the NYC film festival dedicated to the freshest slices of new Japanese cinema, makes me sad I don’t live in New York. This year, like many events around the world, Japan Cuts won’t be able to take place in its usual …Read more »
It’s a project years in the making: a life-size Mobile Suit Gundam statue that actually moves. Announced way back in 2014, the project is finally nearing completion and was all set to debut this October. But then a pandemic got in the way. Due to …Read more »
Believe it or not, Studio Trigger’s hit film Promare is a year old. Back in the before times, when people could go out and watch movies, Japanese fans made the film a surprise hit, going to see it again and again in special participation screenings …Read more »
Anime Expo 2020 was canceled last month in the face of the COVID-19 crisis. But it appears we’ll be getting at least a taste of the convention that was. That’s because Anime Expo has announced Anime Expo Lite for July 3 and 4, 2020. But, …Read more »
We learned late last year that Gege Akutami’s manga Jujutsu Kaisen would be jumping from the pages of Shonen Jump to TV screens. Thanks to an info dump today, we know a whole lot more, including the fact the series will premiere in October. We’ve …Read more »
Your Bad Box Office in April. Okay, jokes aside, this is some pretty depressing (though unsurprising) box office news. Compared to April 2019, Japan’s movie theaters pulled in 96.3% less yen. In total, the country’s theaters made just 688 million yen—about $6.4 million. Thanks, COVID-19. …Read more »
Netflix is hard at work on live-action adaptations of Cowboy Bebop and One Piece—or as much work as they can do during a pandemic, anyway. Producer Marty Adelstein recently had an interview with SyFy Wire in which he let us in on how both shows …Read more »
Both fans of the 1998 classic and those who have never seen it, rejoice: Cardcaptor Sakura is headed to Netflix. The series will begin streaming in the US and Canada on June 1. Cardcaptor Sakura aired in Japan from 1998 to 2000, but the road …Read more »
Neon Genesis Evangelion is never far from the mind of anime fans. The franchise, now 25 years old, is still a perennial favorite, as evidenced most recently by the huge number of streams each of the films pulled in on YouTube last month. Japanese public …Read more »
Now that’s dedication. A YouTuber in Japan with the username Tarue Totsugeki is praying for the return of Yoshihiro Togashi’s manga Hunter x Hunter in his own special way: by throwing 1,000 karate punches every day. On his channel, the user promises “one thousand thankful …Read more »
Looking for something new (new to you, that is) to watch? You could do worse than ticking some films off this list. Straight from the folks at the British Film Institute, it lists the best Japanese film of the year for each year starting in …Read more »
Sing “Yesterday” For Me will feature a new opening theme song starting with its seventh episode, reports the series’ official Twitter account. The song, called “Aoibashi,” will be performed by Sayuri. Sayuri, who made her major-label debut in 2015, is well-known by many anime fans: …Read more »
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