Kakeru Utsugi’s How to keep a mummy manga follows high schooler Sora Kashiwagi as he receives a package from his father, a self-proclaimed adventurer. Inside that package is… a tiny mummy! Just as one would expect, right? The series is getting an anime adaptation in …Read more »
Toei Animation and director Junji Shimizu are teaming up to breathe new life into Go Nagai’s Mazinger Z with anime film Mazinger Z: Infinity. It already made its debut at the International Rome Film Festival, followed by a general theatrical release in Italy, and its …Read more »
Dragon Ball has a lot of monstrous, non-human villains which are tough to pull off in cosplay. Usually when a cosplayer attempts a character like Frieza, Cell, or Buu, it illicits reactions like “great effort, even if it’s not realistic”, or just “A+ for comedic …Read more »
Ichita Yamamoto is a member of the House of Councillors and the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan. On Sunday he appeared on a political talk show called Shin Hodo 2001, to discuss a recent murder case. Body parts of nine different victims were found in …Read more »
We could all use a little more One-Punch Man in our lives. We could also use more JAM Project, and we’re getting both in the latest image song sample from the upcoming One-Punch Man Maji CD Drama & Song collection volume. This one has JAM …Read more »
Anime streaming newcomer HIDIVE added another classic series this week with the announcement of Space Runaway Ideon. The series goes live on the service today, with new episodes set to debut every Thursday at 1:00pm Eastern. Ideon comes from Mobile Suit Gundam mastermind Yoshiyuki Tomino, …Read more »
There are new iPhones out, and Cardcaptor Sakura fans need something to put ‘em in. Enter Ojaga Design, the makers of this leather iPhone case based on the popular shoujo manga and anime series. Cases, rather. The two variations, designed for the iPhone 7 and …Read more »
Heads up! Three fans were injured by a camera that fell during a performance by Nogizaka46 at Tokyo Dome Tuesday, according to Tokyo Reporter. Nogizaka46 is, of course, a spinoff of idol group AKB48 featuring—you guessed it—46 active members. Three Nogizaka46 fans suffered injuries when …Read more »
Here’s an interesting one from ranking site Goo: they’ve asked their readers which Japanese celebrities’ lives would make for a good dramatic TV series—and one of the country’s most famous animators has made the list! Let’s check out the top 10: 10. Hidetoshi Nakata Soccer …Read more »
DARLING in the FRANXX, the new series from Studio Trigger and A-1 Pictures, may have a bizarre name, but frankly, it’s looking pretty good. After a few months of teaser visuals, we’ve finally got a proper look at the series via a 3.5-minute trailer. https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x68a75e …Read more »
Princess Jellyfish, the manga from Akiko Higashimura about a group of otaku women in Tokyo, will be getting a live-action television series adaptation. The series, which goes on-air January 2018, will star Kyoko Yoshine in the main role of Tsukimi Kurashita. It will be directed …Read more »
SMAP was one of Japan’s biggest boy bands until they broke up last summer after 25 years. They created the themes for the anime series Hime-chan’s Ribbon and Akazukin Cha Cha, and member Takuya Kimura voiced acted in Howl’s Moving Castle and Space Battleship Yamato. …Read more »
Hiroshi Matsuyama is the CEO of CyberConnect2, known for everything from the .hack series to Asura’s Wrath and a plethora of Naruto games. With the release of .hack//G.U. Last Recode putting these games back in the spotlight, we had the opportunity to speak with Matsuyama-san …Read more »
The four-episode Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt anime was compiled into a feature in the form of an anime film called DECEMBER SKY, which premiered in Japan last summer. Fast forward to the present and it’s time to start looking ahead to international streaming plans. The …Read more »
Anime inspired by western medieval fantasy is pretty big right now. Sure, it’s partly just a side-effect the tangentially-related “stuck in an MMO” genre being even more popular, but between more pure fantasy series like Seven Deadly Sins and the new Berserk, and less futuristic …Read more »
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