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Megumi Ogata is a prolific voice actress and musician, and she recently added author to her credentials with the publication of her autobiography, Saisei (Kari), which has been published in Japan by Kadokawa Corp. Japanese newspaper The Asahi Shimbun interviewed the Evangelion voice actress about …Read more »
As VTubers continue to grow in popularity, the characters can feel like real people and friends. So it’s no wonder that many fans like to send gifts to their favorite VTubers. However, the Virtual YouTuber agency hololive is changing up its gift-giving protocol because of …Read more »
Eiko Mutsuhana’s colorfully titled light novel—Return from Death: I Kicked the Bucket and Now I’m Back at Square One With a Boyfriend Who Doesn’t Remember Me (AKA Shinimodori no Mahō Gakkō Seikatsu o, Moto Koibito to Prologue kara (Tadashi Kōkando wa Zero))—is officially on the …Read more »
Asahi Shimbun Publishing and Pixiv have announced that they’re looking for horror stories, and the winner will be crowned in the Asahi Horror Comic Awards. They’ve tapped some important people to be judges, including horror master and Eisner Award winner Junji Ito. Ito won’t be …Read more »
The Sega Ikebukuro GiGO arcade in Tokyo debuted on July 21, 1993, and it’s shuttering in September, with the 20th as its final day. In addition to offering video games, Sega Ikebukuro GiGO has offered many crane games and sticker picture booths, as well as …Read more »
VTubers have shown that they can do everything from sing and dance to visit actual conventions, so why not have a VTuber horror game? At least that’s the premise behind the “hololiveERROR” horror game project from the VTubers hololive. A three and a half minute …Read more »
The Moshi Moshi Rooms hotel in Tokyo has a few different themes going on, including the Sakura room, the Origami room, and the Dosukoi room, and most recently they’ve added the Harajuku room. Harajuku is both an area in Tokyo and a sense of style. …Read more »
Doujinshi event Comiket 99 has been scheduled to be an in-person event in Tokyo for the last two days of the year. “The two-year interval without Comic Market due to COVID-19 has been a significant obstacle to Doujinshi-related activities of participants, and also for businesses …Read more »
The original proposed plans to have Akira and Super Mario in the Olympics opening ceremony may have been scrapped, but Japan is finding other ways to share its otakudom during the Games. Music often plays in the background of the sports, and otaku will recognize …Read more »
The manga Aharen-san wa Hakarenai (translated as Aharen Is Indecipherable) by Asato Mizu is getting an anime adaptation that will come out in spring of next year. While it’s still a ways off, a short preview has been released. Some information on the cast and …Read more »
New York City is known for using its massive skyscrapers as great canvases for advertisements, and a huge, hand-painted sign for That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime can currently be found at W 31st Street & 7th Avenue. The sign was the brainchild …Read more »
The eleventh volume of the Dead Dead Demon’s Dededededestruction manga shipped in Japan on July 30, and creator Inio Asano used this date as an opportunity to say he plans to conclude the series within the next year. This news is not out of thin …Read more »
Early Thursday morning, someone broke into Otaku Detroit, an otaku-themed store in Madison Heights, Michigan, and stole $7,000 worth of figurines and whatever was in the cash register. The suspect still remains at large. The figurines taken were rare, implying this is someone with knowledge …Read more »
Mangaka Makuno has decided to terminate her contract with publisher Fantasista over her doujinshi work, alleging the company has not been treating her right. Fantasista has the BL manga subscription service futekiya. Makuno put out a statement in both English and Japanese. “Even before futekiya …Read more »
The manga Something’s Wrong With Us by Natsumi Ando just finished in the most recent issue of Kodansha’s Be Love magazine, which came out today. This means the series will total sixteen volumes. Kodansha Comics publishes the series in English, and gave this description: “Following …Read more »
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