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A novel associated with Final Fantasy VII Remake is being released in Japan this July. It’s called Trace of Two Pasts and follows characters Aerith and Tifa. It will be bundled with the Final Fantasy VII Remake Material Ultimania Plus book or fans can just …Read more »
In addition to anime and video games sales skyrocketing during COVID, trading cards have also seen major increases to their sales. Unfortunately, sometimes customers have gotten out of hand trying to get these cards. There are reports of scalping and damaging merchandise to get cards, …Read more »
Can you believe 2021 marks twenty years of The Prince of Tennis anime? Plans are already being made to celebrate in Japan. The “TeniPri 20th Anniversary Event -Future-” will take place October 10 at the Tokyo Dome City Hall. The date was chosen because that …Read more »
The manga Mob Psycho 100 is receiving its third stage play production. The two previous stage plays occurred in 2018. The new play is called Mob Psycho 100 ~Gekitotsu! Tsume Dai-7 Shibu~, the subtitle of which can be translated as Crash! Tsume’s 7th Branch. The …Read more »
Over in Japan Mattel International and Nintendo have come out with Mario Kart Uno decks. While the gist of the game remains the same, it does get tweaked with some Mario Kart themes. For instance, if you draw a banana peel, then the last person …Read more »
Yasuo Ohtagaki, who is the mangaka behind the Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt and Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt Gaiden manga series, is getting to work on a new project. The manga will be based on the 1980s anime Fang of the Sun DOUGRAM. Original director Ryousuke …Read more »
Kazune Kawahara is the mangaka behind My Love Story!!, High School Debut and more, and it was just announced that she’s about to release a new series. Her new manga will be called Taiyō Yori mo Mabushii Hoshi (translated as A Star Brighter Than the …Read more »
The Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation has announced that this year’s Anime Expo will be “Anime Expo Lite” and take place digitally on July 3-4. This is Anime Expo’s thirtieth year. The event is supposed to include “exclusive streamed content” from industry partners …Read more »
Trumpeter Susumu Kazuhara, who sometimes used the stage name Shin Kazuhara, has passed away at age 74. A cause of death was not given. If you’ve seen the movie Laputa: Castle in the Sky, the trumpet music done by character Pazu was performed by Kazuhara. …Read more »
The movie Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time was done by Hideaki Anno at Studio Khara, but it turns out Studio Ghibli had some involvement. There’s a scene in the movie that they wanted to make by drawings characters by hand and then taking pictures …Read more »
The website MMORPG recently interviewed Final Fantasy XIV director Naoki Yoshida. Asked if the development team for Final Fantasy XIV felt the FFXIV Free Trial expansion was a success, Yoshia replied, “Yes, I definitely believe it was a big success. I’ve been an online gamer …Read more »
Netflix has released Japanese and English trailers for its anime Eden, which will premiere on May 27. Some more cast members for the Japanese version were also released. The newly revealed Japanese cast consists of Tarusuke Shingaki playing S566, Yūki Kuwahara playing Zurich, and Yuko …Read more »
The anime adaptation of the manga Shinigami Bocchan to Kuro Maid (translated to English as The Duke of Death and His Maid) has dropped a trailer. In it we learn that the anime will debut on July 4. Natsuki Hanae and Ayumi Mano, who play …Read more »
There’s a Gundam café in Akihabara, and it’s joined forces with Bandai and traditional craftsmen from Oshu City for some new merchandise. Taking a cue from MS-06 Zaku II, they’ve made a Zaku head cast iron kettle. These are not factory made items being pumped …Read more »
In March, Wit Studio created a Kickstarter campaign in the hopes it could come up with about $27,620 to fund a new anime adaptation of the manga Girl from the Other Side: Siúil, a Rún. They reached their goal within a day, but the Kickstarter’s …Read more »
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