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Japanese fans of Crayon Shin-chan are going to have to wait longer to see the next movie. The twenty-ninth film in the franchise, Eiga Crayon Shin-chan Nazo Meki! Hana no Tenkasu Gakuen (translated as Crayon Shin-chan the Movie – Shrouded in Mystery! The Flowers of …Read more »
The RPG Tales of Arise will be released in Japan on September 9 and in the West a day later. Three trailers have been released. Two are general trailers letting you listen to their respective English and Japanese voices, and the third is an environmental …Read more »
A new ad in Japan puts Luffy and the gang from One Piece in the real world. The ad is for a takeout app called “menu,” and you can see how excited Luffy is for the food he ordered. The commercial is debuting in Japan …Read more »
Toonami has announced its lineup for May 15 and is happily pushing the return of Dr. STONE. “The Stone Wars are about to begin! Toonami is proud to announce the newest show returning to our Saturday night lineup. Dr. Stone, season 2, premieres May 15th …Read more »
Haru’s Curse is a story about grief and the love that comes after grief, and it manages to discuss these topics soberly but without being weighed down with gloom. Natsumi’s younger sister, Haru, dies at the age of 19 after chemotherapy treatments are unable to …Read more »
Actress Megumi Hayashibara is putting on a virtual concert as her Slayers character Lina Inverse. Called the Lina Inverse 3D Concert, it will stream on XWorld VR Chat on May 7, and it costs about $30 to attend. The next day it will stream on …Read more »
The Pokémon Fossil Museum wants to teach kids about how fossilization works. But it’s not going to be using real fossils, or models of ancient creatures who have become fossilized. Instead it’s being creative and using Fossil Pokémon. SoraNews24 explained, “Side-by-side comparisons show how knowledge …Read more »
Anime News Network interviewed Chainsaw Man creator Tatsuki Fujimoto about his manga and the upcoming anime adaptation. “I always wanted to serialize in [Shonen] Jump,” Fujimoto said. “So I had the feeling that if I drew a serialization there, there was the risk that my …Read more »
Jujutsu Kaisen continues to have soaring sales, which have especially been boosted by the 2020 anime. At the end of March we were able to report that the original manga series had more than 40 million copies in circulation. It’s less than a month later, …Read more »
In March Yuu Watase revealed that she and Weekly Shonen Sunday had decided when they’d be resuming publication of Arata: The Legend, which had been on hiatus since 2015. However, they said they’d give that date at a later time. Well, that time has arrived, …Read more »
There is sad news as we learn of the passing of animator and manga creator Fumino Hisamitsu, who was 77. Hisamitsu made his manga debut when he was only fifteen, publishing Chikyū Ayaushi. It was the start of a long line of creative work. He …Read more »
There is sad news as reports come out of the passing of Edward J. Koplar, a.k.a Ted Koplar, founder of World Events Productions, Ltd.. His company, using the anime King of Beasts Golion and Armored Fleet Dairugger XV, created the highly popular and influential Voltron, …Read more »
Twenty-three previous movies were released in the Detective Conan franchise, but Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet’s opening weekend shows there’s still plenty of interest. The franchise’s twenty-fourth movie nabbed the number one spot at the Japanese box office, pushing Evangelion out of the way. All …Read more »
Director Kazuki Akane wrote a chain of Tweets in English about the future of the sports anime Stars Align. “To the overseas supporters of ‘Stars Align,’” he wrote, “I have received many Twitter direct mail questions from overseas fans of ‘Stars Align‘ regarding the episodes …Read more »
The event Animage and Ghibli Exhibition – Ghibli Began from the Pages of One Magazine has opened and will be around until May 5. It’s located in Tokyo’s Matsuya Ginza department store. Miyazaki’s Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind manga was initially serialized in …Read more »
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