The former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe recently talked about his experience dressing up as Mario from the Super Mario Bros. for the closing ceremony of the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics. “To be honest, when [Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee head Yoshiro] Mori first came …Read more »
After having massive success with producing anime like The Seven Deadly Sins and Beastars, Netflix is looking to make more anime. According to Deadline, the streaming service just inked deals with the Japanese anime companies NAZ, Science SARU, MAPPA, and with the South Korean company …Read more »
Kyoto Animation has big news for its archery-themed Tsurune anime — they’re making a feature film. The Japanese Twitter handle for the anime shared the announcement, along with a teaser trailer. Meanwhile, their website tells us to stay tuned for more news. Meanwhile, their website …Read more »
The 2017 Power Rangers reboot movie didn’t do so well compared to previous manifestations of the franchise, but that doesn’t mean morphin’ time is going away. Hasbro’s eOne is involved with It’s the End of the F—ing World creator Jonathan Entwistle to bring out more …Read more »
The Japanese magazine TV Bros. has announced their winner for the Bros. Comic Award 2020. According to Anime News Network, the esteemed honor goes to My Broken Mariko by Waka Hirako. As part of the decision, Hirako will illustrate two covers (one of which will …Read more »
One of the most anticipated anime of the Fall 2020 season is here, with the debut of the long-awaited Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? III. The third season of DanMachi is just as full of laughs and action …Read more »
Nippon TV wants to get more into anime. The massive Japanese company, which already has Tatsunoko Production and Madhouse as subsidiaries, has created an Anime Department inside its Business Development division. Managing Director of International Business Division Kako Kuwahara has been given a promotion to …Read more »
Dark Horse is re-releasing Blade of the Immortal as a deluxe hardcover edition, and the first omnibus volume comes out this month. In honor of the event, Dark Horse shared an article written by Senior Editor Philip R. Simon on the localization of the fan …Read more »
Yesterday Aniplex of America and Toonami said that the final season of Sword Art Online: Alicization War of Underworld is coming to Adult Swim next month. The first episode will air at 12:30 in the morning of November 8, as part of their November 7 …Read more »
Tsukimichi -Moonlit Fantasy-, a series of isekai novels by Kei Azumi, is set to get the anime treatment. That’s the word from Nippon TV, the Japanese TV network that’s just launched a brand-new anime division. Tsukimichi will be the first anime project developed by the …Read more »
The Demon Slayer franchise has a new feather to put in its cap: of all the movies playing across the globe last weekend, Demon Slayer The Movie: Mugen Train was the most successful. From its release on Friday until Sunday, Demon Slayer sold 3.42 million …Read more »
Hestia of Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? has a new job: to help people navigate. Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? III and MAPLUS have teamed up for their own version of …Read more »
There was a big hoopla when someone stole 20 volumes of Demon Slayer from Onsen no Mori hot spring and the facility responded by asking nicely on social media for the books to be returned. Time passed and at least 190 copies of Demon Slayer …Read more »
Digital Manga Inc.’s imprint LILYKA publishes independent yuri manga, and one of their creators is Mintaro, who has a line of fairy tale influenced comics. Mintaro also maintains a YouTube page where she posts some drawing videos to help aspiring artists. LILYKA shared this information …Read more »
Norah Jones is releasing a digital deluxe version of her album Pick Me Up Off the Floor, and she’s teamed up with mangaka Rumiko Takahashi for a new music video for her song “I’m Alive.” “We’re all human, and we experience many things in life, …Read more »
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