If you weren’t planning on attending this year’s Anime Expo convention, the latest guest announcement might just change your mind. AX revealed the addition to Anime News Network earlier today, and it’s none other than Akira creator Katsuhiro Otomo. In addition to creating the Akira manga and adapting it into an …Read more »
Featured Spotlight: Anime Midwest Anime Midwest 2019 is right around the corner, with this year’s festivities set to run from July 5 to July 7 at the Hyatt Regency O’hare in Chicago. With a wide variety of guests from Japan and the world of voice acting on …Read more »
U.S. fans have been treated to a handful of video game concerts over the years, but none quite like this one. For the first time in the region Final Fantasy VII is getting its own concert, which will mark 22 years since the fan-favorite RPG’s initial launch. …Read more »
Every year, France’s Annecy International Animated Film Festival features a special program devoted to the animation of a selected country. This year, for the first time in 20 years, that country is Japan. That’s the word from an Annecy press conference held in Tokyo today. …Read more »
Yuri Fair 2019 is an exhibition celebrating love between women, and it’s coming to five cities throughout Japan this March. The exhibit—which first began in 2016 and has Village Vanguard on board as a sponsor—will feature around 30 artists celebrating the yuri theme, from books …Read more »
Fate fans have a big celebration to look forward to this year. TYPE-MOON, Aniplex of America, and Delight Works, Inc. have teamed up for Fate/Grand Order U.S.A. Tour 2019, which kicks off with a two-day event in Los Angeles this February. It all starts on …Read more »
An arson case that took place during this weekend’s Anime Los Angeles convention ended up spreading from a single car to seven, leading to scorched vehicles in the Azure Hotel and Suites parking lot. Video surveillance supposedly showed a man dumping two cans of gasoline …Read more »
Back in 2016, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and French president Francois Hollande agreed to organize an event called Japonismes 2018 to celebrate 150 years of diplomatic relations between Japan and France. From July through February of next year, Paris is to host a showcase …Read more »
If you ever wanted to see what Luffy looks like in the real world, the latest opportunity comes in the form of the One Piece Oto Utage – Episode of East Blue stage production. Performances will be held at the Tokyo International Forum Hall C …Read more »
The Dragon Ball Super movie isn’t the only event Dragon Ball fans have to look forward to later this year. Ahead of that is the Dragon Ball Tour, which is coming to the United States and Canada this year for a seven-stop tour full of …Read more »
The Haikyu!! stage play’s fifth HYPER PROJECTION ENGEKI HAIKYU!! show, “Hajimara no Kyojin” (“The Start of the Giant”), made its way to the stage in Tokyo over the weekend. Now we can get a taste of what the performance is like thanks to a new …Read more »
In what will no doubt be a dream come true for many anime fans, Studio Ghibli is getting its own theme park in Japan. The opening is now scheduled for sometime in 2022 on a 200-hectare plot of land in Nagoya, and concept art has …Read more »
Get ready for a big Dragon Ball event sometime this year! Bandai announced plans to host an event called Dragon Ball Tour in seven cities across the United States and Canada, starting with San Diego this July. More locations will be revealed at a later …Read more »
Every year, the best cosplayers from around the world assemble in Nagoya, central Japan, to participate in the World Cosplay Summit, a week-long festival dedicated to all things cosplay. The highlight of the WCS is the competition, where teams representing dozens of countries duke it …Read more »
Night two of the G1 Climax brought on the B Block action with plenty of satisfaction from the Mecca of Martial Arts, the Temple of the Toe-Hold, Korakuen Hall. The stench of death didn't quite fill the air as it did on night one, …Read more »
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