Watch maker Seiko has been getting in on some big anime collaborations lately, including a recent partnership to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Mobile Suit Gundam anime. The next anniversary project to get in on the fun is the Haikyu!! anime, which commemorates five years with a pair …Read more »
Kanda Matsuri is one of Japan’s three largest festivals, so it’s only fitting that it would team up with one of Japan’s most popular manga series. Kohei Horikoshi’s My Hero Academia is getting in on the fun for this year’s event, which will be held in the …Read more »
Featured Spotlight: Fathom Events The latest feature from anime studio Madhouse and director Kitaro Kosaka—who worked as a key animator on many of Studio Ghibli’s classic anime films—is on the way to theaters in the United States. Experience Okko’s Inn for yourself in English dubbed form on April …Read more »
What happens when you mix renowned horror manga author Kazuo Umezu, creator of classics like The Drifting Classroom, with the sugary sweet stars of THE iDOLM@STER? You get a totally ridiculous Japanese Snickers campaign that puts a horrific spin on the idols. The collaboration has Umezu putting …Read more »
As gripping as the stories may be, series like Death Note and Bakuman. just wouldn’t be the same without the incredible art of Takeshi Obata. That art is going on display at the creator’s first art exhibit—Artist Activity 20th Anniversary Takeshi Obata Exhibition NEVER COMPLETE—which is set to run …Read more »
Trigger’s original anime film Promare—directed by Hiroyuki Imaishi and written by Kazuki Nakashima—is back in the spotlight in a new promo and poster. The stylish collaboration with XFLAG Studio hits Japan on May 24, and Superfly is lined up to provide the theme song, “Awakening,” as …Read more »
If you get hungry just watching Naruto chow down on ramen at his favorite noodle spot, Ramen Ichiraku, you can now do so at an official recreation. The first official Naruto ramen restaurant in the world recently opened in Shanghai’s Global Harbor, offering up plenty of ramen …Read more »
Man, it’s hard to resist making a joke involving this figure and the last three letters in “Geass.” But we are mature adults at this cartoon website and are above such tomfoolery, so I will simply lay out the facts: The figure, as you can …Read more »
The latest film from Keiichi Hara (Miss Hokusai), Birthday Wonderland, is set to hit Japanese theaters April 26. To get the word out, Warner Bros Japan is streaming a clip from the film featuring the characters Zan Gu (Keiji Fujiwara) and Doropo (Akiko Yajima). Birthday Wonderland (which …Read more »
Netflix’s live-action Cowboy Bebop series is a very real thing that’s happening, and four key cast members are here to cement that notion a little further. According to a report on Variety, the production has John Cho (Star Trek, Harold & Kumar) playing Spike Spiegel along with Mustafa Shakir …Read more »
Now that theatrical screenings have come and gone for the first of two Made in Abyss compilation movies, it’s time to look ahead to the second. The Made in Abyss: Wandering Twilight anime film screens in U.S. theaters this year, so see how the English dub is shaping up …Read more »
Sometimes censorship seems kind of random and nonsensical. That was the case with Capcom’s awesome hack-and-slasher Devil May Cry 5, which includes a scene in which Trish’s butt is briefly visible. That slice of a scene was covered up with lens flare, but only in the …Read more »
Five-member dance and vocal unit MADKID had a big hit on their hands with “RISE,” the opening theme to the first cours of The Rising of the Shield Hero anime. That one went on to hit the six million mark in YouTube views, and they’re hoping for …Read more »
Some players take gacha games way too seriously, especially when they don’t get the items or characters they want. An example of taking it way too far presented itself when a 25-year-old nursing care worker allegedly emailed death threats to Square Enix staff members, threatening …Read more »
Fans of Wataru Watari‘s original My Youth Romantic Comedy is Wrong, As I Expected light novel series are going to have to wait for any kind of official conclusion. According to the official site for Shogakukan’s GAGAGA Bunko label, the 14th and final volume has …Read more »
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