Content Warning: Discussion of suicide. Jason David Frank, best known for playing Tommy Oliver (the Green Ranger and White Ranger) in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, passed away in November, and preliminary reports said it was strongly believed to be suicide. Frank’s wife, Tammie Frank, has told …Read more »
P Godzilla vs. Evangelion ~G Cell Awakening~ sadly isn’t the name of an upcoming movie, but it is a pachinko game featuring the two colossal titles together in one place. Don’t let its pachinko status get you too down, though, because with it comes a …Read more »
Earlier this month the titles were revealed for the two-part live-action Tokyo Revengers sequel films, which follow up the hugely successful first film that premiered in Japan on July 9, 2021. The sequels—respectively titled Tokyo Revengers: Chi no Halloween -Unmei- (Bloody Halloween -Fate-) and Chi no Halloween …Read more »
As Nintendo promised, a second full trailer arrived today for The Super Mario Bros. Movie, the company’s big screen collaboration with Illumination Entertainment. This one offers way more than a quick snippet of Chris Pratt as Mario, but he’s not the only featured player. You’ll …Read more »
The Tokyo Olympics bribing scandal continues to grow. Previously, Otaku USA reported on Kadokawa having its offices raided and some employees being arrested. The Kadokawa company responded by apologizing publicly and creating a Corporate Governance Inspection Committee. But Kadokawa is not the only company embroiled …Read more »
Jong Hyon Pak used to just be known as a manga editor at Kodansha who was involved with hits like Attack on Titan, A Silent Voice and Seven Deadly Sins. However, after his wife Kanoko died mysteriously in 2016 at the age of 38, Pak …Read more »
Japanese pop culture has an obsession with both maids and robots, so why not combine them? A pop-up maid café in Akihabara tried exactly that by using maid robots. It’s called the “Maid Apprentice Substantializing Ideal Robot” Project or MaSiRo Project. It was created by …Read more »
Classic kaiju hero Gamera is getting ready to return, and while we don’t know any of the details about the project, Netflix went ahead and started teasing GAMERA -Rebirth-. In addition to teaser visuals and a teaser trailer, the news came along with plans to …Read more »
The sequel to the live-action Tokyo Revengers movie was recently revealed as a two-parter, and now we know what both films are called. First up in spring 2023 is Tokyo Revengers: Chi no Halloween -Unmei- (Bloody Halloween -Fate-), followed by summer 2023’s second part, Chi …Read more »
The live-action TV drama adaptation of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure spinoff Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan has a third season on the way, and a new key visual and cast members have been revealed ahead of the December premiere of new episodes. Episode 7 of the series …Read more »
The final arc is officially about to begin for Labo Asai’s Saredo Tsumibito wa Ryu to Odoru: Dances with the Dragons light novels. According to Shogakukan’s listing of the series’s 22nd volume, this collection will mark the beginning of the last main storyline. Volume 22 …Read more »
Have you been harassed in the metaverse? Anthropologist Liudmila Bredikhina, who has a Master’s degree from Geneva University, teamed up with Virtual Girl Nem, a “Japanese VTuber and Metaverse Culture Evangelist” to do a survey on how much social VR users around the world experience …Read more »
COSPA brand Cospatio is getting in on the fun of the new Urusei Yatsura anime, and it offers up the perfect chance for you to join in too! Among the brand’s latest items are reproductions of Tomobiki High School’s girl’s uniforms, as seen in the …Read more »
The FUUTO PI TV anime—which offers up a sequel to 2009 tokusatsu show Kamen Rider W—has inspired a stage play of its own, and a new key visual is here to show the cast in costume. Nobuhiro Mori directs the play, with Shun Nishime and …Read more »
A sequel to the first live-action Tokyo Revengers movie—which adapts the manga of the same name by Ken Wakui—was announced back in August, and this one will be a two-parter. According to the announcement in this year’s 49th issue of Kodansha’s Weekly Shonen Magazine, the …Read more »
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