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Say goodbye to “Japan-only”. How many times have you encountered the anime figure of your dreams, only to painfully find out that it’s sold in Japan only? And worse yet, for a limited time only to boot? For otaku overseas, the privilege of simple availability …Read more »
Anime Boston just took place, and J-Novel Club used the opportunity to reveal their new licenses, which consist of five manga series and five light novel series. Let’s take a look at what we have to look forward to from J-Novel Club. Now I’m a …Read more »
Lost Lad London is a slow cooker mystery with twists and turns. The main characters are Al, a young man who cares about his education, and a police officer named Ellis. They both live in London, and they meet after the mayor is murdered. Someone …Read more »
Netflix has been releasing a lot of anime (and animation inspired by anime), as well as live-action adaptations of anime and manga, but the streaming giant is going through some rough times. About 200,000 people have dropped their subscriptions, and their revenue is slowing. As …Read more »
Anime adaptations of manga are never exactly the same, and Requiem of the Rose King mangaka Aya Kanno wants people to know that. On Twitter she remarked, “There are quite a lot of events that the anime had to cut for time, so if you’re …Read more »
Hiraeth: The End of the Journey is an emotional and numinous manga. Teenager Mika runs in front of a truck, and a man knocks her to safety before she dies. But she doesn’t want to thank him, because she was trying to kill herself. Mika …Read more »
Plenty of One Piece fans around the world would love to have a conversation with Luffy, and thanks to AI, now you can. The massive Japanese publisher Shueisha, which publishes One Piece and many other favorites, has made AI Luffy a holographic receptionist. His first …Read more »
Akira Watanabe is a 54-year-old living in Aichi Prefecture, and when police came to his door to arrest him, he didn’t deny the charges. In fact, he confessed to them. What was he in trouble for? Threatening the lives of Sega employees and their families. …Read more »
Orochi, originally published in Japan in 1969-1970, is finally going to be fully released in America. The creator, Kazuo Umezz (sometimes written as Kazuo Umezu) is Japan’s premiere horror mangaka, but only some of his work has been licensed here. The first volume of Orochi, …Read more »
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time hit Japanese theaters one year ago yesterday, and on the anniversary creator Hideaki Anno answered fans’ questions on Twitter. One fan wondered, “Mr. Anno, if someone actually commanded you to pilot Evangelion Unit-01, would you?” To which Mr. Anno …Read more »
A trailer has been released for the second half of the anime Requiem of the Rose King (known as Bara-Ō no Sōretsu in Japanese). The trailer tells us more about the upcoming cast, and lets us listen to the song “Bara Rinbukyoku” (translated as “Rose …Read more »
New York, New York is grittier and more tragic than BL manga tend to be. Sometimes BL manga will get in plenty of angst, but plenty of others are just about fantasy. What also stands out is that the angst in New York, New York …Read more »
There are more manga and light novels coming from Seven Seas! The company just revealed that Spriggan, Lazy Dungeon Master, blanc, Cats and Sugar Bowls and Kijin Gentōshō have been licensed, and gave descriptions for each. Here is the description for Spriggan, which will begin …Read more »
The second season of The Rising of the Shield Hero anime will debut in April, and its fans can hardly wait. In fact, with the Japanese release of the twentieth volume of the manga, publisher Kadokawa revealed that 11 million copies of the light novels …Read more »
A 28-year-old man named Kohei Ohori is on trial for breaking into schools and stealing items. Ohori is up-front in confessing that, yes, he did do these things, but the reason he gave is unusual: he says he did it because of the Love Live! …Read more »
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