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On Friday Digital Manga Publishing’s yuri imprint Lilyka held its first live event, which consisted of an hour watching mangaka Mintaro draw and answer questions from the audience during a livestream. The picture she drew and colored in is above. Viewers could type in their …Read more »
Magical Girl Ore (sometimes titled Mahou Shoujo Ore) is not your average magical girl manga. Main character Saki Uno is a teenager who has full-color dreams about being an impressive magical girl with a cute mascot, but in real life she and her friend Sakuyo …Read more »
There’s a type of potato cracker in Japan called Ottotto, and it likes to do something special with Pokémon on a regular basis. In 2021 their Lightly Salted Ottotto or the Consommé flavored Vegetable Ottotto will be shaped like 70 different Pokémon. They’ll be around …Read more »
2021 is the 35th anniversary of Hayao Miyazaki’s Laputa: Castle in the Sky film, and Japanese company Seiko is coming out with a special, limited edition watch for it. On the watch’s face you can see the emblem from Sheeta’s pendant. The same symbol is …Read more »
Mamoru Hosoda is getting a short-term exhibit of his work at the “Studio Chizu Exhibition at animate ONLYSHOP” located in the Yokohama Vivre building. But even if you’re not local or unable to travel, you can visit the exhibit digitally on July 15. YouTuber and …Read more »
There are a number of reality shows seeking out talented entertainers in fields like singing, dancing and modeling. But what about writing and drawing manga? Shonen Jump + is trying it out with their new YouTube show MILLION TAG. A short trailer has been released. …Read more »
One Peace Books is coming out with an audio book for their light novel The Rising of the Shield Hero 1, narrated by actor Kurt Kanazawa, who’s been on Grey’s Anatomy. The publisher had teased the news earlier this week. Tons of exciting news coming …Read more »
Line Research in Japan recently did a poll on favorite characters from the Super Mario franchise, and Mario himself was not the winner! Can you guess who was? Everyone surveyed was Japanese, and their ages ranged from 10 to 59. At the final countdown, here …Read more »
The Battle Game in 5 Seconds anime, based on the Deatte 5-byō de Battle manga (which has not been licensed in America) will debut on Japanese TV in the early morning hours of July 13. A second trailer for the series has dropped. Ayumu Murase …Read more »
Zhang Yujie was a government fund manager in China before being found guilty of embezzlement and receiving to life in prison as punishment. According to reports, the embezzlement consisted of 70 million yuan (about $10.8 million). This has led to having his items go up …Read more »
A new trailer has dropped for the anime Night Head 2041. In it we hear the opening theme song “Icy Ivy” performed by Who-ya Extended, learn that the anime will debut on July 14, and get a much bigger picture of who will be part …Read more »
Heritage Auctions is putting on the The Art of Anime and Everything Cool Signature Auction from June 25-27. Hundreds of items are up for bids. “We’ve been sprinkling anime art in all our Signature Sales to test it,” Jim Lentz, the Director of Animation Art …Read more »
Skymark Airlines has unveiled its Pikachu Jet, which will be flying in the skies for the next five years. It took its first flight earlier this week and is part of the Flying Pikachu tourism project. The plane has numerous gigantic Pikachus illustrated on its …Read more »
If the Mario themed yukata and boxer briefs aren’t enough for you, Nintendo has rolled out a whole summery selection of Mario products. They have more Mario themed fans to keep you cool, and stainless steel drink bottles with Mario on the side and Lakitu …Read more »
As part of the franchise’s tenth anniversary, the Pretty Series is getting a new anime this fall called Waccha Purimaji! There will also be an arcade game called Waccha Purimaji! The show will follow Matsuri Hinoya, who wants to become part of the stage entertainment …Read more »
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