Netflix is currently hard at work on a live-action adaptation of Yoshihiro Togashi’s classic Jump manga Yu Yu Hakusho, and the official Twitter account has gradually been revealing the four main cast members. At the time of this writing we know who will be voicing …Read more »
Tsukumo Sana of the hololive English -Council- group is calling it quits. She’ll be graduating (in other words, retiring) at the end of the month. Cover Corp put out statements in both English and Japanese, saying they regret to inform us of this news. The …Read more »
People across the world were shocked to learn about the death of Yu-Gi-Oh! creator Kazuki Takahashi (the pseudonym of Kazuo Takahashi). On July 6, his body was found floating in the ocean off the city of Nago and he was wearing snorkeling gear. He was …Read more »
Japanese police have arrested Tetsuya Yamagami for the assassination of former prime minister Shinzo Abe, but half the world away a politician in France had a different theory on the murderer. Damien Rieu, who is described as being far-right, put forward the idea that video …Read more »
We haven’t really seen or heard much about the live-action adaptation of Masami Kurumada’s Saint Seiya manga, titled Knights of the Zodiac, but apparently that’s about to change at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con. The event’s website lists a “first look” at the feature for …Read more »
It’s been two days since Yu-Gi-Oh! creator Kazuki Takahashi was found dead at sea, and while details of what happened are still emerging, people around the world are expressing their sorrow over losing the beloved creator. George Morikawa, the mangaka behind Hajime no Ippo, put …Read more »
According to reports out of Japanese public broadcaster NHK, former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe was shot during a political rally in the city of Nara. Abe passed away shortly after at the age of 67. Abe was speaking in support of a local candidate …Read more »
It’s time for Hollywood to take another crack at adapting Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata’s Death Note manga. Following up on director Adam Wingard’s 2017 effort, Netflix is starting all over again with a new live-action series from Matt and Ross Duffer, also known as …Read more »
Warner Bros. lined up some fresh movie premiere dates this week, and the sequel to Godzilla vs. Kong is among them. We’ll have to wait a little while for this particular slugfest to continue, because the next installment is due out in theaters on March …Read more »
Japan is famous for its BL culture, but it’s not the only place where women create stories about men in love. Thailand has a growing BL market, and it’s using it for tourism, particularly tourism aimed at Japanese women. A case in point: earlier this …Read more »
The live-action adaptation of Reiji Miyajima’s Rent-a-Girlfriend manga has another new cast member to reveal this week. The latest to get in on the series is comedian Oideyasu Oda (Birds Without Names), who will play lead character Kazuya’s father, Kazuo Kinoshita. According to Oda, this …Read more »
The final live-action Fullmetal Alchemist film—Fullmetal Alchemist: Final Transmutation—may have received praise from original creator Hiromu Arakawa, but it wasn’t enough to push it to the top of the charts. The movie opened in 345 theaters throughout Japan on June 24, pulling in 70 million …Read more »
Fullmetal Alchemist: Final Transmutation closes out the live-action adaptations of Hiromu Arakawa’s series when it hits theaters in Japan today, and the original author had a bunch of thoughts to share on the final results. In addition to praising the work of actor Ryosuke Yamada, …Read more »
The girls of Japanese rock band SCANDAL are marking their 15th anniversary as a group, and they’re doing so in style this year. The band revealed plans for a North American summer concert tour, which kicks off in Toronto on July 9 and also coincides …Read more »
If you’ve ever wanted to go on a date with the most popular character from Rent-a-Girlfriend, an opportunity has arrived. Chizuru Mizuhara topped a character popularity poll that was held to mark the milestone of Reiji Miyajima’s manga hitting 200 chapters, and the life-size figure …Read more »
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