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Anime is getting more globalized as overseas companies become interested in getting involved. Arch Inc. CEO, Graphinica representative director Nao Hirasawa and Fanworks CEO Akira Takayama held the seminar “Next Generation Anime Producer’s Plan for Overseas Collaboration in Production” at TIFFCOM to discuss this situation. …Read more »
The Scotland Loves Anime Festival took place last month, and it included two categories where anime could win: the Jury Award and the Audience Award. The Jury Award went to Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko, and the Audience Award went to Sing a Bit of Harmony. …Read more »
An anime and LEGO fan going by ericlego321 is trying to get LEGO to officially pick up his creation, a motorized Howl’s Moving Castle. “Dated back in 2004, Howl’s Moving Castle remains one of the most beloved anime films even to this day,” ericlego321 explained. …Read more »
The anime Dropkick on My Devil! was all set to have an event called “Thank You Dropkick! in Sapporo” on November 7. The anime’s cast was supposed to be there, along with Yuki Miku, a mascot for Hokkaido who’s based on Hatsune Miku. However, those …Read more »
Crunchyroll gave information on some upcoming anime English dubs, while also noting these series will receive French, Spanish, Portuguese, and German dubs as well. Here’s what we know right now, in the order of release. Platinum End, from the creators of Death Note, will launch …Read more »
Yoshiharu Tsuge has been very influential in the world of manga, but very little of his work has been translated into English. We have Drawn & Quarterly to thank for licensing The Swamp, and its new followup, Red Flowers. Red Flowers is a short story …Read more »
The Japanese family magazine President Family recently did an interesting survey with students from Tokyo University, one of Japan’s top colleges. The magazine asked the students, all of whom passed their entrance exam the first time, which video games offer the best educational benefits for …Read more »
Melody of Iron is a solid short story collection by Osamu Tezuka, the “god of manga.” It contains three stories, with the first and titular story being the longest. In the afterword Tezuka explained that these stories were written during difficult times for him, and …Read more »
Adobe Fonts has more than 20,000 fonts to choose from, and most recently the company has taken some inspiration from Demon Slayer. They’ve added the fonts Kokuryu-sоu and Shinryu-sоu, both of which can be seen in the anime. The Kokuryu-sоu font is related to the …Read more »
Pokémon is going big for its 25th anniversary, partnering up with everyone and everything from Katy Perry to Universal Studios Japan in Osaka. And Pokémon’s latest announcement has the Pocket Monsters working closely with one of Japan’s most iconic traditions: sumo wrestling. Specifically, Pokémon has …Read more »
The Japanese government has unveiled the names of 21 people who will receive this year’s Person of Cultural Merit honor, and two of them are beloved by otaku. First up is none other than Gundam creator Yoshiyuki Tomino. Tomino got his start working under Osamu …Read more »
Aoi Nemo seems to have it all. He’s exceptionally rich through his family, set to inherit a pharmaceutical empire, and is a doctor to boot. He’s on the covers of magazines and is treated like a celebrity. He goes to swank parties full of bigwigs. …Read more »
Hellsing isn’t a new manga in America, but more recently Dark Horse has come out with some pretty impressive formats for the series. Hellsing: Deluxe Edition contains the whole vampiric series in three large, handsome hardcovers with blood-red binding. The third volume also has its …Read more »
Sanpei Shirato and Tetsuji Okamoto were brothers as well as professional manga creators, and they passed away within days of each other. Shirato (a pen name for Noboru Okamoto) died first, on October 8, from aspiration pneumonia. On October 12, Okamoto died from interstitial pneumonia. …Read more »
The Tokyo Anime Award Festival 2022 isn’t set to take place until next March, but they’ve already revealed their main image. The very detailed and quirky poster is the brainchild and hard work of animators from Kyoto Animation. Here is the whole poster: To make …Read more »
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