A Devil and Her Love Song is getting a live-action adaptation, thanks to Hulu in Japan. Consisting of eight episodes, it will debut this June. Idol and actress Nana Asakawa has been cast as protagonist Maria Kawai and Hiroki Iijima has been cast as Shin …Read more »
It’s time to warm up with the latest figures from the Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- anime. The adaptation of Tappei Nagatsuki’s popular light novel series continues to inspire quality merch, and this time it has twin oni maids Rem and Ram getting decked …Read more »
AirAsia’s Project Kavvaii is looking for a VTuber who speaks English. The Malaysian airlines company uses this as a “platform to showcase talents in Southeast Asia’s VTuber community” and any Vtuber they hire will be helping them with their business, including getting new clients. They …Read more »
If you’ve ever been curious about how all these manga and anime-based stage plays and musicals turn out, you can get a taste in a video spotlighting the latest Black Butler musical. Based on the manga by Yana Toboso, Musical Black Butler – Secrets of …Read more »
Hatena’s second major single is “Koe dakega” (“Only the Voice”), which also doubles as the ending theme song for the second season of the Dr. STONE anime adaptation. The song was inspired by the cool, calm, curious, and passionate demeanor of Dr. STONE protagonist Senku, …Read more »
Manga Planet, a website that offers licensed digital manga, posted an interview about the possible new cosplay laws in Japan with “a staff of the Secretariat of Intellectual Property Strategy Headquarters, Cabinet Office, a Japanese government body responsible for intellectual property (IP) rights.” They did …Read more »
Hatsune Miku is going to be Sakura Miku for a short time. Just after the news she’s getting her own animated show, she’s traded her blue twin tails for cherry blossom pink hair so that she can have a limited time cherry blossom café. The …Read more »
Originally set for May 2-4 at Tokyo Big Sight, plans for Comiket 99 have changed due to the recently extended State of Emergency in the Greater Tokyo area. While they’re still aiming to hold the event under the same name, preparations have shifted to Winter …Read more »
Anime Expo, the largest anime convention in North America, will not have an in-person event this year. Instead, they’re opting for a virtual con. “We will miss gearing up for a full weekend of parading around the LACC [Los Angeles Convention Center] and reuniting with …Read more »
The movie site /Film recently interviewed Hollywood designer Nilo Rodis-Jamero after comments he made about a possible live-action movie adaptation of Katsuhiro Otomo’s Domu: A Child’s Dream back in the 90s. Lucasfilm, which had hired Rodis-Jamero to work on Star Wars and Indiana Jones movies, …Read more »
Writer Homura Kawamoto and illustrator Toru Naomura’s Kakegurui manga has already had its fair share of adaptations, and another is on the way in the form of the live-acton web drama adaptation of the Kakegurui Twin series. This eight-episode take on the prequel story is …Read more »
Bandai’s DX Nichirin Sword line of toys continues to bring some of Demon Slayer‘s key weapons to life. The latest belongs to Shinobu Kocho, and just like the others in the line, this one plays voice recordings from the TV anime and lights up with …Read more »
One of the many truths about Japan is that gashapon machines are inescapable. The machines and all the little trinkets within—many of which are anime, manga, or video game based, among other oddities—can be found all over the place, and now Bandai Namco Amusement is …Read more »
If you stuck around for the end credits in the first Sonic the Hedgehog movie, you were treated to an awesome tease of what’s to come. Tails made a brief appearance at the end of the blockbuster, and now he’s made his way into the …Read more »
This March’s AnimeJapan 2021 was previously set to be held at Tokyo Big Sight, but the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has put a halt to those plans. The latest update from the organizing committee behind the event has it moving to an online only affair, but …Read more »
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