Search Results for: mangaka
The Animator Dormitory gives anime animators a more affordable place to live, and it’s part of Jun Sugawara’s mission to help animators have a better life and be treated better at work. Recently they released an English dub for “I Learned How to Skateboard for …Read more »
The North Carolina anime convention Animazement is cancelling its 2021 event, and says it will be back late May 2022. “The health and safety of our Animazement family is of the utmost importance to us,” the con wrote on its website. “Along with our attendees, …Read more »
Earlier this month 28-year-old Kensuke Nakanishi allegedly did a major heist to steal almost $10,000 worth of rare Yu-Gi-Oh! and Pokémon cards. Reports say that he went to the top of a tall building in Tokyo during the early morning hours, tied himself to the …Read more »
SacAnime in Sacramento is having a swap meet April 2-4 and requires face masks. The Sacramento Bee reports that the location of the event is the same as where the “main county-run vaccination center” is located. Vaccines are not being offered there Thursday or Friday …Read more »
Satoshi Wagahara, the creator of The Devil is a Part-Timer!, began a new light novel series last September. Titled Dracula Yakin! (translated as Night-Shift Dracula), it’s about a vampire working the night shift at a convenience store. Night-Shift Dracula is getting a manga adaptation, thanks …Read more »
In the series My Androgynous Boyfriend, character Wako is a fan of the Kougu Ishin musical group. So two members of the group — Hirotsugu Otsu and Kоsei Awaji — are starring in the first episode of the live-action adaptation of My Androgynous Boyfriend. The …Read more »
Storm Fairy is a manga collection of three stories by Osamu Tezuka, all originally published throughout the 1950s. It’s one of his lesser-known works, but is important in manga history, and it’s very valuable that it’s been translated. In the titular story, a fairy who …Read more »
Attack on Titan creator Hajime Isayama is originally from Hita City, Oita Prefecture, and the city likes to show its love for his creations. After unveiling statues of Eren, Mikasa and Armin near their dam, the city has opened an Attack on Titan museum. The …Read more »
French company Carlotta Films is coming out with a documentary on Satoshi Kon, directed by Pascal-Alex Vincent and titled Satoshi Kon: La Machine À Rêves (translated as Satoshi Kon: The Dream Machine). Kon may have passed away more than a decade ago, but his movies …Read more »
The manga Kyūketsuki wa Sugu Shinu (translated as The Vampire Dies in No Time), which debuted in 2015, is getting an anime adaptation. During AnimeJapan 2021, a minute-and-a-half trailer for it was dropped. It will debut on Japanese TV this October, just in time for …Read more »
Because of COVID-19, this summer’s San Diego Comic-Con Will be a virtual event. Earlier, Comic-Con had mentioned trying to do an in-person event later in 2021, and now they’ve started releasing those details. The plan is for the in-person event to take place on the …Read more »
Tokyo Babylon 2021 was previously delayed after it was discovered that costume designs had been plagiarized. The production committee decided to investigate exactly what happened here, and when they did, they found more examples of plagiarism. The production committee did not say what the plagiarism …Read more »
Daisuke Ashihara has been dealing with health issues, and it’s getting in the way of the release schedule for World Trigger. The manga’s latest chapter was missing in the March issue of Jump SQ, and it’ll also be missing in the May issue. We’ve been …Read more »
Q Posket comes out with all sorts of cute chibi figurines, taking inspiration from such anime series as Demon Slayer, Sailor Moon, One Piece, My Hero Academia and more. It also makes figurines of non-anime characters, like ones from Disney or comic books. And since …Read more »
U-TREASURE has been coming out with different Pokémon jewelry (is their slogan perhaps “Gotta wear ’em all”?), and their latest is a Mew necklace. The necklace is made of silver with rose gold plating and has a small diamond in the Poké Ball. People outside …Read more »
Danica Davidson
