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The Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Official Programme book just came out in Japan, and English speakers will be able to read a translated version on July 21. The book goes into detail on the thirty-three featured sports in the Olympics, and several contributors would catch …Read more »
Donguri Kyowakoku is rolling out more Spirited Away-themed merchandise as part of the movie’s 20th anniversary festivities. The latest merchandise, which go on sale July 22, consist of a very special lamp and four watches. The lamp is stylized after the movie’s hopping lantern. You …Read more »
The Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo might throw off Japan’s anime schedule on TV. NHK, the Japan Broadcasting Corporation, cautioned that these titles will probably be cancelled (meaning rescheduled) during their broadcasts from late July through September on the NHK E-TV channel: Love Live! …Read more »
The anime DEEMO Memorial Keys, based on the Deemo video game, has released a 2 minute and 40 second promotional video (or “teaser movie”) that contains English subtitles. It lets us hear some of the haunting music and reveals members of the cast: Akari Nibu …Read more »
Horror master Junji Ito will be taking part in San Diego Comic-Con’s virtual Comic-Con@Home 2021, and you can catch his panel on July 24 at 3 P.M. PST. And one lucky fan will get more than just a panel — they’ll get to take home …Read more »
The good news is that manga sales are way up in America. The bad news is that supply isn’t always able to keep up with demand. An article at ICv2 interviewed comic book store owners and manga publishers about the issue. “Chainsaw Man [volumes] two …Read more »
A Girl on the Shore (a.k.a. Umibe no Onna no Ko in Japanese) is getting a live-action movie that’s coming out in Japan on August 20. The original manga is by Inio Asano (Goodnight Punpun, Dead Dead Demon’s Dededededestruction), and a new trailer has been …Read more »
The company Cocode has come up with a new way to show your love of Sanrio. They’ve released five T-shirts themed after My Melody, Cinnamoroll, Kuromi, Pompompurin, and Pochacco. (What, no Hello Kitty?) In addition to the shirts already being themed after each character, they …Read more »
Recently a Nintendo shareholder said to top people at the company during a meeting that discussed candidates for the board of directors, “We hope that those holding key positions at Nintendo are at least game enthusiasts, even if they don’t have skills in game production. …Read more »
The anime movie Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop (a.k.a. Cider no Yō ni Kotoba ga Wakiagaru in Japanese) will hit theaters in Japan on July 22. But even if you don’t live in Japan, you won’t have to wait any longer, because it will …Read more »
Crunchyroll has been doing some market research, and made announcements of their findings at the Acceleration Japan industry showcase event. Head of Global Partnerships and Content Strategy Alden Mitchell Budill reported that 27% of people don’t know what anime is, but when you get down …Read more »
Light novels are big in Japan, and they’re increasingly making their ways licensed overseas. But the Kadokawa Culture Museum might have the biggest collection of light novels in the world. That’s what the museum is saying, and it would be hard to beat them. When …Read more »
Chihayafuru 3 (a.k.a. the third season of Chihayafuru) comes out on home video on July 27 and is available for pre-order. Sentai Filmworks shared information on the dub cast and crew, as well as a trailer to hear the English dubbed voices. Luci Christian plays …Read more »
VIZ recently revealed a bunch of new manga and books they’ve licensed, which will become available either later this year or by spring of next year. Here’s a breakdown of what’s coming up next from the North American publisher: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba–Stories of …Read more »
A trailer has dropped for the vampire-themed anime Visual Prison that lets us know it will debut in October, just in time for Halloween. It also lets us hear the insert song “Guilty†Cross,” which is performed by Eclipse, a band in the anime. The story …Read more »
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