The second My Hero Academia stage play is on the way to TOKYO DOME CITY HALL in Tokyo from December 3-12, 2021, followed by performances at The Kyoto Theater in Kyoto from December 24-26. This comes after a COVID-19 related delay that pushed the play …Read more »
The TV anime adaptation of Satoru Yamaguchi’s My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! light novel series is about to enter its second season, but there are other adaptations on the way, too. Next up is a stage play adaptation, which …Read more »
SSSS.Dynazenon is receiving something extra in its Blu-ray and DVD home video releases: live-action video shorts called “Gridknight Fight.” “Gridknight Fight” is being produced by Tsuburaya Productions, a studio known for its tokusatsu work. SSSS.Dynazenon will receive four home video releases, and there will be …Read more »
The manga Do not say mystery (Mystery to Iu Nakare in the original Japanese) by Yumi Tamura is getting a live-action adaptation that will debut early next year. Masaki Suda, who has been in live-action adaptations of Assassination Classroom and Death Note, will play lead …Read more »
The first few minutes of the live-action movie Kakegurui 2: Ultimate Russian Roulette is available to watch legally on YouTube. It does not contain subtitles. The video opens with an introduction from actor Ryusei Fujii, then moves on to the actual footage. The movie is …Read more »
The second Demon Slayer stage play is on the way to the stage in Japan this August, with advance sales of tickets kicking off to subscribers of the digital Weekly Shonen Jump from June 8-17, followed by general ticket sales on July 25. If you’re wondering …Read more »
The BL manga Given is licensed in America by SuBLime, and it’s already received both an anime and film adaptation. But the franchise isn’t over yet — it was just disclosed that Given will receive a live-action series as well as a new original anime …Read more »
The Tokyo Revengers manga is heading toward its climax, and the anime adaptation has been a big success. But we still have the live-action Tokyo Revengers movie adaptation to look forward to, and Warner Bros. Japan dropped a video to let us get to know …Read more »
The streaming platform GagaOOLala has picked up the live-action movie BL movie Love Stage!! The movie first came out last year, and it’s based on the manga by Taishi Zaou and Eiki Eiki. It’s in Japanese but has different subtitles, including English, available for viewers. …Read more »
The Kamen Rider franchise and Super Sentai franchise are both having a big year, together and separately. 2021 marks 50 years of Kamen Rider, and Super Sentai is coming out with its 45th work. That work is the crossover movie Saber + Zenkaiger: Super Hero …Read more »
Sociologist Junko Kaneda wrote an essay book called Grappler Baki BL de wa Nai ka to 1-Nichi 30-Jikan 30-Nichi Kangaeta Otome no Kiroku (translated as Notes of a Girl Who Spent 30 Hours a Day for 300 Days Thinking “So Baki The Grappler is BL, …Read more »
The live-action adaptation of the manga A Devil and Her Love Song premieres on Hulu in Japan next month, and a new trailer for it lets us listen to the theme song for the first time. The theme song is titled “Take my hand” and …Read more »
The Japan Science Fiction Convention has released its Seiun Award nominations, with the winners set to be revealed in August. There are different categories for nominations: Media, Comic, Art, Japanese Novel, Japanese Short Story, Translated Novel, Translated Short Story, Nonfiction, and Free. The nominees for …Read more »
If you’re a fan of the flamboyant and colorful music, fashion and art associated with Harajuku, then there’s a new project for you to check out. The Animation studio Sunrise and has teamed up with Asobisystem for an ArtisWitch project. Not a lot of information …Read more »
In addition to the anime that recently kicked off on Crunchyroll, Ken Wakui’s Tokyo Revengers manga is coming to the big screen in the form of a live-action film adaptation. The latest preview is now here, complete with more footage and a sample of the …Read more »
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