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The manga Call of the Night by Kotoyama is getting an anime adaptation. The anime will debut in July, and meanwhile we’ve been given a teaser trailer with some information on the cast and crew. In it we can also hear the theme song “Yofukashi …Read more »
Cosplayers and fans of Violet Evergarden just received some useful information: how to braid your hair to look like Violet’s. This information comes to us from the production staff, and they revealed it through the official Violet Evergarden Twitter account. It turns out that when …Read more »
Cross Academy has an interesting setup: during the day it teaches regular humans, but its night school caters to vampires. Yuki Cross, the adopted daughter of the headmaster, finds herself torn between her loyalty and feelings for Kaname, a Pureblood vampire of the Night Class, …Read more »
Netflix only just announced the main actors for their live-action adaptation of One Piece, but that’s long enough for people on the internet to give their opinions. The announcement came with wanted posters of the actors, plus a video of the actors (not in character) …Read more »
The Netflix Festival Japan 2021 event has the streaming service talking a lot about anime and upcoming anime projects. This includes writer/director Mitsuo Iso’s original anime two-parter movie Chikyūgai Shonen Shojo (translated as Extra-Terrestrial Boys & Girls). Over in Japan, the anime will be released …Read more »
The second part of the OAD The Ancient Magus’ Bride -The Boy from the West and the Knight of the Blue Storm (Mahō Tsukai no Yome: Nishi no Shōnen to Seiran no Kishi in the original Japanese) has released a trailer. The OAD consists of …Read more »
Over the weekend there was a Bungo Stray Dogs franchise event that both released a trailer for the upcoming live-action movie Bungo Stray Dogs the Movie: Beast and announced a new season for the anime. The trailer is a minute and a half long and …Read more »
The anime adaptation of Love of Kill (called Koroshi Ai in the original Japanese) will be arriving this January. Kadokawa has dropped a trailer for it that is almost two minutes long and contains English subtitles, so you don’t have to speak Japanese to know …Read more »
Publisher Kodansha began its Noma Publishing Culture Awards three years ago, saying it’s meant to honor people who are a big asset to the industry and are “reinventing publishing.” This year’s winners are Attack on Titan mangaka Hajime Isayama, Kikansha Sensei author Shizuka Ijūin, and …Read more »
There are reports that publisher Shueisha filed a legal application with Google, as well as with Hurricane Electric, which is an internet service provider. Gigazine and TorrentFreak initially reported the story, then it was picked up by Anime News Network. Apparently Shueisha is doing this …Read more »
The experience of COVID has given Nintendo some ups and downs. On the up end, for example, were their amazing sales of Animal Crossing: New Horizons last year, where more than 10 million units sold within the first six months of 2020. But COVID is …Read more »
Over in Japan, the chain Mister Donut has made it a habit to release special Christmas Pokémon donuts at the end of each year. Their new 2021 donuts will be hitting stores on November 12, but in the meantime they’re sharing pictures and descriptions to …Read more »
The “KADOKAWA Anime’s Overseas Business Strategy, Case of ISEKAI. and Future Prospects” seminar at TIFFCOM talked all about anime, isekai and how the company wants to get more involved with overseas deals. The two people representing Kadokawa at the seminar were Takeshi Kikuchi, the Kadokawa …Read more »
Last year Penguin Random House expressed its intent on purchasing another publishing company, Simon & Schuster, for $2.175 billion. The American Booksellers Association felt that this would build a monopoly and hurt authors and editors, so they requested the Department of Justice get involved. That …Read more »
The government of Japan bestows the Medal with Purple Ribbon on “individuals who have contributed to academic and artistic developments, improvements and accomplishments.” This autumn, they’ve giving it to Masaaki Yuasa. Yuasa has been in the anime business for a long time. He began as …Read more »
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