Materia Collective is getting ready to launch a new Pokémon orchestral tribute album, with Symphonic Journeys: Pokémon Red & Blue set to debut on June 20. With the nostalgic launch right around the corner, we have an exclusive preview track to get you ready for …Read more »
DAN DA DAN: EVIL EYE, which combines the end of the first season and the start of the second, officially hit American theaters on Friday. Now that it’s Monday, the numbers are in and we can see how it did over its opening weekend! It …Read more »
The American Music Awards has been around for 50 years and is celebrating more cross-cultural collaborations and international artists, but did you know Japan just had its very own music awards show? The inaugural Music Awards Japan (MAJ) 2025, held on May 21–22 at Kyoto’s ROHM …Read more »
For years otaku have hoped that Lego would make sets based on their favorite series, and now it’s happening with One Piece! The sets range in difficulty and in prices. Lego has announced sets for The Baratie Floating Restaurant (3402 pieces, aimed for 18+ and …Read more »
ChaO isn’t the only feature North American distributor GKIDS had to announce this week. On the live-action front, GKIDS revealed plans to bring 2016’s Shin Godzilla back to theaters. The entry features Hideaki Anno (Neon Genesis Evangelion) and Shinji Higuchi (live-action Attack on Titan) at …Read more »
Have you had a chance to check out the video reveal of Tony Tony Chopper for Netflix’s live-action One Piece? Fans around the world are sharing their thoughts, and it seems as if it’s been mostly positive in Japan. You know who else spoke up? …Read more »
The second season of Netflix’s live-action One Piece adaptation will be here in 2026, and audiences have been given their very first real glimpse (not counting the back of his head) of what Tony Tony Chopper will look and sound like. Let’s check out the …Read more »
In Oshi no Ko, Ai Hoshino gives her kids “kirakira” names — Aquamarine and Ruby. Kirakira can be translated as sparkly, shiny, or glittery, and these are unusual names that employ kanji in an irregular way. Kirakira names have been a thing since the 90s, …Read more »
The Haruhi Suzumiya series continues to have tricks up its sleeve, with the latest being a concert event called Suzumiya Haruhi no Yonsou (The Quartet of Haruhi Suzumiya). The event will have a string quartet performing music from the series, and original light novel artist …Read more »
Universal Studios Japan (a.k.a. USJ) likes to shake things up a bit by bringing in limited-time attractions around popular anime franchises. Starting July 1, SPY x FAMILY and The Apothecary Diaries are getting the USJ treatment. There’s going to be a SPY×FAMILY rally, and people …Read more »
Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? has turned into a massive franchise, and that never would have happened if it weren’t for the original light novels by Fujino Omori and Suzuhito Yasuda. The novels’ Japanese publisher, GA Bunko, has …Read more »
Last year, there were approximately 1,100 host clubs in Japan, with about a third of them in Tokyo. These are supposed to be fun, entertaining excursions, like we see in Ouran High School Host Club (and check out Otaku USA’s interview with Kyoya’s voice actor …Read more »
Japan’s economy has shrunk 0.2% in January through March, which was more than experts were anticipating. With the trade war continuing and Japan still not happy with President Trump’s tariffs, more concerns grow that, unless something changes, a recession is around the corner for the …Read more »
Japan’s Mount Fuji recently made international news after the same man had to be rescued from it twice within the same week. (The second time was because he returned to get his phone he’d dropped during the first rescue.) Mount Fuji has an on-season and …Read more »
Warner Bros. and Legendary Entertainment’s “Monsterverse” continues to expand! Last year Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire hit theaters and broke records for the franchise, and now we can confirm a sequel is in production. The sequel is called Godzilla x Kong: Supernova and is …Read more »
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