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Director Mamoru Oshii hasn’t seen Evangelion: 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon A Time, but he gave his thoughts on Evangelion director Hideaki Anno during a recent interview. Oshii thinks Anno is “more of a producer than a director” and that his works “lack a theme.” He also …Read more »
Jiro Matsumoto, the mangaka behind the sexy and violent girls-with-guns manga Velveteen & Mandala, has come out with a new manga. It’s called beautiful place and it debuted on Friday in Complex, the online part of Hero’s Inc’s Monthly Hero’s magazine. It sounds as if …Read more »
The anime movie adaptation of Misaki no Mayoiga (translated as The Abandoned House by the Cape) will come out August 27. This was disclosed in a newly released trailer that also tells more about the cast. Mana Ashida has been tapped to play lead character …Read more »
Square Enix is having three of its games involved in a collaboration event: A Certain Magical Index: Imaginary Fest, NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139… and Nier: Automata. This all began at the beginning of the month. A trailer for it shows up at the 22-minute mark in …Read more »
Japanese media company Kadokawa Corporation made a record 209.947 billion yen this past year, which translates to approximately $1.9 billion. It recently declared goals the company has, which include increasing their anime and e-book outputs. They’re hoping to start releasing 40 animated titles a year, …Read more »
The horror manga Ningen Kaishūsha (translated as Human Collection Truck) has received an anime adaptation that’s being streamed on YouTube. The first episode premiered last Friday, and it’s set up so that new episodes will continue to come out on Fridays. The anime does not …Read more »
The Japan Science Fiction Convention has released its Seiun Award nominations, with the winners set to be revealed in August. There are different categories for nominations: Media, Comic, Art, Japanese Novel, Japanese Short Story, Translated Novel, Translated Short Story, Nonfiction, and Free. The nominees for …Read more »
AnimEigo began a Kickstarter for the Metal Skin Panic: MADOX-01 OVA, explaining, “We have wanted to release MADOX in HD for many years, but have been unable to do so because suitable film assets were not available. Everyone thought they had been lost, but in …Read more »
If you’re a fan of the flamboyant and colorful music, fashion and art associated with Harajuku, then there’s a new project for you to check out. The Animation studio Sunrise and has teamed up with Asobisystem for an ArtisWitch project. Not a lot of information …Read more »
A five-minute introduction video for Rune Factory 5 has been released. It’s described as “a tour with Chief Rivia who will introduce all the places in Rigbarth Town.” The Nintendo Switch game will debut in Japan on May 20, and sometime in 2021 in the …Read more »
Spring brings the season of cherry blossoms to Japan, and DMP’s yuri imprint Lilyka tweeted an interview with one of their creators, Ruri Kumashika, who wrote Around the Season of Cherry Blossoms. Around the Season of Cherry Blossoms 4 was just released. Have you read …Read more »
The company My Treasure creates brass accessories and the company GBL creates apparel. Together they’re coming out with “Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind My Treasure” series, inspired by the iconic Studio Ghibli movie. While the items won’t officially be on-sale until July, it …Read more »
The Final Fantasy VII The First Soldier battle royale game that’s coming out later this year now has an official English Twitter page with the handle @FFVII_FS_EN. And while it hasn’t told us too much yet, it’s teasing that we’ll get more information next month …Read more »
Resident Evil Village drops May 7. Capcom, the company that developed it, did a survey where it asked people why they chose not to play the previous game in the franchise, Resident Evil 7. The most common answer was that it looked too frightening. Not …Read more »
As an April Fool’s prank, the gacha game Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Mei from the horror franchise Higurashi: When They Cry contended they were going to put cute Sanrio characters in their world, along with a theme park.
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