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Gunma-chan is the pony mascot of Gunma Prefecture, and also the star of its own anime adaptation. However, an episode meant to come out in December has been permanently pulled because it deals with gambling. A brief summary of the episode is available. In it, …Read more »
VA and singer Shoko Nakagawa (who also goes by Shokotan) had a serious health scare but appears to be doing better now. Shokotan had been dealing with a fever (she assured everyone she tested negative for COVID) and took some medicine to try to feel …Read more »
Late each year the Japanese publisher Takarajimasha puts out its publication Kono Manga ga Sugoi! (translated as This Manga Is Amazing!) about top manga titles for the next year. Their list for 2022 has been revealed, and it’s divided into female and male readership. They …Read more »
It’s the twentieth anniversary of the Bleach manga’s debut, and in response the comic is getting its very first art exhibit. The limited time exhibit takes place in Tokyo and began on December 18. It will shut its doors on January 17, but in the …Read more »
The year isn’t quite over, but a report has come out showing which movies did the best in Japanese theaters during 2021. The report crunches the numbers from the beginning of the year through December 12, and the top spot goes to none other than …Read more »
The movie Cherry Magic! the Movie: Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?! (CheriMaho the Movie ~30-sai Dōtei da to Mahō Tsukai ni Nareru Rashii~ in the original Japanese) is being released on April 8, 2022, and a teaser trailer has just dropped. …Read more »
Hayao Miyazaki has dedicated his life to hand drawn animation, but a big fan of his just made an image of the master using CG. While the image was uploaded a few months ago, it just got a lot more attention after Cartoon Brew shared …Read more »
This December marked what would have been the 88th birthday of Doraemon creator Hiroshi Fujimoto (one half of the duo known as Fujiko F. Fujio). Fujimoto passed away in 1996, but love of Doraemon remains strong in Japan, and a monument for the series has …Read more »
It’s not every day a song inspires an anime adaptation. But that’s what happened here. The song “Heroine Tarumono!” from HoneyWorks is becoming the anime Heroine Tarumono! Kiraware Heroine to Naisho no O-Shigoto (translated as To Become a Good Heroine! The Unpopular Girl and the …Read more »
Fans have been eagerly waiting for the information on Final Fantasy XVI that was supposed to come in 2021. It still hasn’t arrived, but, like many things, it’s been delayed because of COVID and is not the fault of the people working on it. Producer …Read more »
Takahashi is a 25-year-old workaholic who’s never had a girlfriend. And he’s not even a workaholic because he enjoys his work — he’s stuck doing it to pay the bills and help his parents, and he’s miserable. His coworkers sign up him on a dating …Read more »
Ken Akamatsu, the mangaka behind Love Hina, Negima! and more, recently expressed an interest in running for public office to protect creators’ freedom of expression. Whether he does that or not, he’s already doing other work that’s meant to protect creators. He put a lawsuit …Read more »
As a general rule of thumb, you can never have too many life-size Gundam statues. Japan agrees, and that’s why they’re putting together their third life-size Gundam in the country. It’s western Japan’s first life-size Gundam. This Gundam is the RX-93ff Nu Gundam from Mobile …Read more »
Kentaro Waki, the compositing director for Sword Art Online: Alicization and Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway, is also involved with the Girls’ Frontline anime. He just revealed on Twitter that he was in charge of directing, storyboarding and editing the opening theme video. You can check …Read more »
Clockwork Apple is a collection of short stories by Osamu Tezuka that were originally published in the 60s and 70s. Its publication as a book in English was backed by a Kickstarter campaign. The first story, “The Execution Ended at Three O’Clock,” shows a Nazi …Read more »
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