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The live-action Cowboy Bebop hits Netflix on November 19, and there have just been two big reveals. One is that Titan Comics is coming out with a comic book series adaptation of the Netflix show and a prequel novel. The other is a big interview …Read more »
Last week Aniplex teased that it had an announcement coming up. It turns out they’ve been at work on a new anime called Gunjō no Fanfare (translated as Fanfare of Adolescence) that’s about horse racing and boys learning at a special academy how to become jockeys. …Read more »
The manga Yakunara Mug Cup Mo (translated as Let’s Make a Mug Too) hopes to bring tourism to the city Tajimi. The second season of its anime adaptation, Yakunara Mug Cup Mo Niban Gama (translated as Let’s Make a Mug Too: Second Kiln) dropped a …Read more »
After announcing the limited (5,000 copies) Ultimate Edition of Neon Genesis Evangelion, GKIDS is back to offer more Eva goodies. GKIDS will also be releasing Neon Genesis Evangelion on Collector’s Edition Set, Standard Edition, and digital download-to-own, adding more options to the series’ first Blu-ray …Read more »
Osamu Tezuka’s Record of the Glass Castle is a dark and epic science fiction single-volume manga. It takes place in 1992 — which was in the future when Tezuka was writing this in the 70s — and cryosleep has been banned. A swindler named Reizou …Read more »
Beth Kawasaki, who was formerly a senior editorial director at VIZ Media and brand executive director at Funimation, has just become executive director of content and marketing for Media Do International, Inc. Otaku USA caught up with Kawasaki to learn more about what she’ll be …Read more »
The anime Fena: Pirate Princess made its debut in America, becoming available on August 14 on Crunchyroll (subtitled) and Adult Swim (dubbed). But the anime won’t come out in Japan until October, and a Japanese-language version of the trailer has been released by the official …Read more »
The 20-day-long Fantasia International Film Festival just wrapped up in Montreal, Canada, and it had a number of exciting moments for anime. A Special Mention for the “Axis: The Satoshi Kon Award for Excellence in Animation” went to Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko (Gyokō no Nikuko-chan …Read more »
Yuki Yuna Is a Hero: The Great Full Blossom Arc (or Yūki Yūna wa Yūsha de Aru Dai-Mankai no Sho in the original Japanese) is coming to TV in Japan on October 1. This is the franchise’s third main TV series or season, and a …Read more »
The BL movie Gekijō-ban Dakaretai Otoko 1-i ni Odosarete Imasu. Spain-Hen (translated as DAKAICHI -I’m being harassed by the sexiest man of the year- the Movie in Spain) is hitting Japanese theaters on October 9. Ahead of this the new DAKAICHI trailer lets us hear …Read more »
Yesterday Kodansha revealed five manga series that will receive digital debuts for Americans in September. Kodansha wrote, “As a reminder, these new digital debuts as well as returning favorites will be available upon release across all our participating digital vendors including Bookwalker, comiXology, Kindle, Apple …Read more »
The 25th anniversary of Pokémon means there are many celebrations going on, but even this huge franchise is facing negative impacts from COVID. A number of Pokémon stores and centers in Japan are shutting down — some temporarily, some permanently. Recently an employee at the …Read more »
One Piece began in 1997, and its one hundredth volume will go out on September 3. Japan is in the mood to celebrate, and One Piece is getting all sorts of ways to enjoy the milestone, including having 100 One Piece taxis in Tokyo. Japan’s …Read more »
Takashi Watanabe, director of How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom, is concerned by the way he’s seeing anime studios handling COVID. He said he’s aware of an anime studio that has had to go into lockdown because of a COVID outbreak. Apparently there’s a …Read more »
Keiji Nakazawa survived the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, and this experienced forever colored his work. He’s most famous for the manga series Barefoot Gen, a fictionalized story borrowing from what happened to him. And now Last Gasp Publishing has revealed on Twitter that it’s licensed …Read more »
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