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Story trailers for the game Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin have been released in English and Japanese. Here is the English trailer. Here is the Japanese trailer. “It’s the night of a festival held once every few years,” the narrator begins. “Beams of …Read more »
The new Shojo☆Kageki Revue Starlight movie is scheduled to come out in Japan on June 4, after its initial May release was rescheduled due to COVID-19. Ahead of this the first four minutes of the film was released on YouTube. It does not contain English …Read more »
I Think Our Son Is Gay is a manga that first appeared on social media, and it grew enough of a fanbase that it received publication as a book series. The main character, Tomoko, is a 40-year-old wife and mother who has two sons, both …Read more »
Ukyou Kodachi formerly wrote for the Boruto manga, and he’s also written scripts for Fate/Grand Order and is behind the series composition for SEVEN KNIGHTS REVOLUTION: Hero Successor. He regularly tweets to his 22,000 followers, but while most of his tweets are in Japanese, he …Read more »
The retired Japanese racehorse Nice Nature recently turned 33-years-old, and The Retired Horse Association asked for donations to keep him living comfortably. The donations they got were above and beyond what was expected, and much of it was thanks to fans of the horse-themed franchise …Read more »
Train stations can be a site for tourism in Japan, and the Station Idol Latch! franchise is here to up that tourism. AOI Pro., Amuse, and Origamix Partners are behind the franchise, with the East Japan Railway Company supervising. Their plan is to create fictional …Read more »
Pompo: The Cinéphile has had its release date bumped a couple of times, but right now it’s slated to come out in Japanese theaters on June 4. A new trailer for it has been released, and it lets us listen in on two of the …Read more »
The anime TONIKAWA: Over The Moon For You is getting an OVA called Tonikaku Kawaii ~SNS~. It comes out on August 18 and will be available on Crunchyroll for American audiences. But if you’re really eager to see it, there’s an opportunity for you to …Read more »
Japanese media critic Kimi Rito, who wrote The History of Hentai Manga, poked some fun at some 90s censorship of the Pokémon manga in America. Pokémon: The Electric Tale of Pikachu was first published by VIZ in 1998, and they flipped it to read left …Read more »
Summer isn’t too far away, and Studio Ghibli has come out with new merchandise to help people stay cooler in the hotter months. The merchandise is also an ecologically friendly way to stay cooler, which falls in line with Hayao Miyazaki’s interests. We’re talking about …Read more »
The Tokyo Revengers anime has gotten sales of the manga to skyrocket, and there’s an upcoming live-action Tokyo Revengers movie to look forward to. But that’s not all — the franchise is also getting a stage play this August! The play will be performed in …Read more »
The live-action adaptation of the manga A Devil and Her Love Song premieres on Hulu in Japan next month, and a new trailer for it lets us listen to the theme song for the first time. The theme song is titled “Take my hand” and …Read more »
Crunchyroll and Sentai Filmworks have announced what new titles they’ll be bringing to DVD, Blu-ray, and digital download in America and Canada. The companies originally revealed their partnership back at the 2020 Virtual Crunchyroll Expo. Here are the announced anime: Noblesse; Onyx Equinox; HAIKYU!! TO …Read more »
A freelance animator who goes by Mushiyo on Twitter said that they used to work for MAPPA, and that the conditions there were so bad that they left. Anime News Network caught the story and translated the tweets, but since then Mishiyo has made their …Read more »
Moto Hagio, a major trailblazer for shojo manga, has published a memoir in Japan called Ichido Kiri no Ōizumi no Hanashi (translated as A One-Time Story About Ōizumi). It’s about her life from 1970-72, when she was living with other manga creators. It also gives …Read more »
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