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The 49th Annie Awards have announced their nominees, and it includes several anime titles. BELLE by Mamoru Hosoda is getting the most love in terms of nominated categories. It’s nominated for Best Indie Feature, Best Direction – Feature, Best Production Design – Feature, Best Writing …Read more »
Yesterday Otaku USA reported the sad news that 35-year-old actress and singer Sayaka Kanda died over the weekend. One of her many credits was voicing Mana Nagase in Idoly Pride, and the franchise has declared it will not replace her with a new voice actress. …Read more »
Are Pokémon cards getting so expensive in Japan that they’ve become investments for adults and are out of the reach of kids, their primary targeted audience? Those are concerns raised by journalist Yuki Takahashi and published in the English edition of the Japanese paper The …Read more »
In October it was revealed there are now more than 16,000 Virtual YouTubers out there, and five more just joined the ranks. While VTubers tend to be women, NIJISANJI English is debuting its “Luxiem” group, which is made up of men. It’s already releasing videos …Read more »
Over in Japan there’s currently a limited time sale going on for Final Fantasy VII Remake and Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade. As part of the promotion for this, Square Enix released a video that looks like a news report, telling us that Red XIII …Read more »
16-year-old Kaname Amamiya is a kind, well-meaning young man with a lot of troubles. His parents have both died, leaving him to care for his 14-year-old sister, Miyu. But now Miyu is sick, and unless she gets very expensive surgery, she will die before she …Read more »
Ken Akamatsu is the bestselling mangaka behind Love Hina, Negima!, UQ Holder! and more, and in the future he might be a professional politician. He’s declared he wants to run for the House of Councillors, which is the upper house of the National Diet of …Read more »
The Anime Tourism Association held a new poll about great otaku places to visit, and has unveiled its 2022 list. The list was not updated last year because of COVID-19. Here are the new editions, with the franchise listed first and then the pilgrimage tourism …Read more »
It’s not uncommon to get special footwear in Japan that references otaku franchises (Gundam sneakers, anyone?), but it’s more rare for these things to make it in America. However, the sportswear company FILA is coming out with a limited edition set of shoes inspired by …Read more »
Demon Slayer has become a huge franchise, breaking records around the globe. The anime is still coming out, but the manga series has completed, and VIZ Media is offering a complete boxset. The box set (which costs $199.99) contains all twenty-three volumes of the manga, …Read more »
So many people want to play the Endwalker expansion that it’s become congested. Naoki Yoshida, the producer and director of Final Fantasy XIV, put out a lengthy statement about what’s going on. “We apologize for the ongoing congestion that has been occurring since Early Access …Read more »
The Japanese horror entertainment company Kowagarasetai has announced a new gig teaming up with the franchise School Days. School Days started out at a harem dating video game that has received multiple adaptations in other forms, including manga and anime. But it twists the usual …Read more »
A recent interview with Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation author Rifujin na Magonote had him talk about fighting video games, how he approaches sexuality in his work, and advice he has for writers. “I started playing fighting games when I was around 18,” he said. “Back …Read more »
The New Year is almost upon us, and that means more Demon Slayer goodies! This time the Japan Post Co. is involved with Demon Slayer mailboxes and New Year’s cards. The Ikebukuro district in Tokyo now has three Demon Slayer mailboxes. The first, of course, …Read more »
One of the manga creators in the Chara Chara Makiart creative unit has been found guilty of sexual assault on a minor. Kodansha, the unit’s publisher, shared this news. Kodansha has decided to stop publishing the current series from the unit, Harapeko Penguin Cafe and …Read more »
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