Japan saw a drop in tourism — most specifically from Hong Kong — due to the prediction of a manga creator whom some people believe to be psychic. Ryo Tatsuki, the mangaka, rose to fame after her dream book allegedly predicted the 2011 earthquake. When …Read more »
Following last month’s release date reveal, a new full trailer is here for the live-action Alice in Borderland season 3 series. This time around we see the return of two of the main cast members, Kento Yamazaki as Ryohei Arisu and Tao Tsuchiya as Yuzuha …Read more »
GKIDS revealed it has licensed Shin Godzilla, which was written and co-directed by Hideaki Anno of the Evengelion franchise and co-director Shinji Higuchi of Shin Ultraman, who also took care of the visual affects. GKIDS will offer the movie in a Deluxe Collector’s Edition, limited …Read more »
On August 25, Post Japan joined with Swiss Post, the United Kingdom, India, New Zealand, Australia and other countries in saying they will halt shipping parcels to the United States. They all point to the same reason: President Trump’s tariffs. And they’re specifically, especially concerned …Read more »
If the recent theatrical re-release of Shin Godzilla wasn’t enough for you, GKIDS has something else in store for later this month. Next up for Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi’s 2016 bureaucratic city-stomper is SHIN GODZILLA:ORTHOchromatic, which presents the film in black and white. Limited …Read more »
A partial skull chanced upon in Australia in 2019 has been declared a newly discovered, extinct species of whale and given the name Janjucetus dullardi. The specimen will help scientists better understand whale evolution — and it’s getting compared to Pokémon. Senior curator of vertebrate …Read more »
Chie Shinkyu’s Wakakozake manga has been running since September 2011 and has inspired both anime and live-action adaptations. For the latter, a ninth season is currently on the horizon, and the latest set of episodes will officially kick off their broadcast on BS TV Tokyo …Read more »
Out of Japan’s many specialty cafés, maid cafés might be the best known. There are sometimes different takes on maid cafés, like this one that only hires women over 65, or this one that’s a virtual maid café. But a new twist is the Maid …Read more »
The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications has been keeping tabs on demographics since 1968, and this year’s survey shows that Japan’s population is decreasing while its foreign population is increasing. On January 1, 2025, there were 120,653,227 Japanese people living in Japan. Last year, …Read more »
The One Piece Lego sets have officially launched! This is something great for fans around the world, but probably no one is geeking out more than One Piece creator Eiichiro Oda. Netflix, home of the successful live-action One Piece adaptation, offered a video of Oda …Read more »
There’s plenty to look forward to in the second season of the live-action ONE PIECE, which just shared a new trailer during ONE PIECE DAY ’25. The followup is officially subtitled Into the Grand Line, and we get a quick taste of some of the …Read more »
In May, Otaku USA reported on a new law in Japan meant to protect women from coercive practices at host clubs. There were 207 criminal investigations into host clubs in 2024, and these revolved around cases where, for example, host clubs pressure customers who owe …Read more »
You may recall back in December 2022 when “KICK BACK,” Kenshi Yonezu’s Chainsaw Man opening song, surpassed 180 million global streams. That number has risen further since, naturally, and the music video for the song also hit a major milestone this week. According to the …Read more »
Steam recently announced that the platform will reject “Content that may violate the rules and standards set forth by Steam’s payment processors and related card networks and banks, or internet network providers. In particular, certain kinds of adult only content.” The issue of credit card …Read more »
The movie Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle will hit American theaters on September 12, but it will be on the Japanese big screen a lot sooner. With the movie set to release on Friday, July 18 in its homeland, the ads and promotions …Read more »
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