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Slowpoke is Kagawa prefecture’s official Pokémon ambassador. The prefecture and the Pokémon decided to make this connection because Kagawa is associated with udon noodles and Slowpoke’s Japanese name, Yadon, is close to the word “udon.” So as the ambassador for Kagawa, it only makes sense …Read more »
The fifth season of My Hero Academia premieres in Japan on March 27, and the franchise is ready to celebrate this milestone. Fans are being teased that a bunch of new merchandise is expected along with some sort of artwork from character designer Hitomi Odashima, …Read more »
Megumi Hayashibara has been doing voice-over work for more than thirty years. She’s voiced Rei Ayanami in Neon Genesis Evangelion, Jessie in Pokémon, Lina Inverse in Slayers, Ranma in Ranma ½ and Faye Valentine in Cowboy Bebop, to name a few. She’s written about all …Read more »
Singer-songwriter Masayoshi Ōishi is no stranger to anime music, as he’s been involved with the theme songs for everything from Monthly Girls’ Nozaki-kun to the three seasons of Overlord to SSSS.Gridman. In February he teased that he was working on his own anime, and now …Read more »
NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139… will become available in America in April, shortly after the Japanese release. Square Enix has released a video revealing the English cast and also giving brief interviews with them. Ray Chase and Zach Aguilar play Protagonist as an adult and child, respectively. …Read more »
Megumi Ogata, the voice actor for Shinji Ikari in Neon Genesis Evangelion, has been having problems with a herniated disk. She’s had herniated disks in the past, typically as a result of working too hard, but this time around was much worse than before. She …Read more »
The BL manga Love Stage!! by Taishi Zaou and Eiki Eiki ran from 2010-2016 and spun off into an anime series that’s available in America through Sentai Filmworks. From there it also got a live-action movie that came out in Japan last year. But the …Read more »
The news outlet Reuters published a piece called “For manga’s striving artists, success lurks online,” showing how sometimes manga first published on the internet will become very successful series. Their main case in point is Kamentotsu, who self-published Koguma’s Cake Shop online and soon had …Read more »
The Washington, D.C.-based anime convention Otakon revealed its struggles in January, saying, “We use the proceeds from each year to plan the next Otakon and make sure we survive until then. So without the income from Otakon 2020, and the early pre-registrations we would normally …Read more »
The nominees for the 25th Annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize have been announced! The award seeks to reward manga that follows Tezuka’s tradition, and this year nine titles are in the running. Without further ado, the nominees are: I Want to Hold Aono-kun so Badly …Read more »
Since One Piece has reached 1,000 chapters, it’s clear that many people love its story and characters. But the One Piece franchise wants to officially know who the most beloved characters are for fans, and they have a website in English where you can vote. …Read more »
Hatsune Miku’s franchise continues to expand with the announcement of an animated series, with plans for webtoons and comics to follow. Crypton Future Media, the Japanese company that developed Miku, is teaming up with Graphic India and Carlin West Agency to do this. Co-Founder & …Read more »
Ikuma Saeki has known Sumika since childhood and he’s adored her the whole time. Now they’re adults and married, with Ikuma working as an app developer and Sumika working as a high school nurse. Despite their history, despite all the time dating, and despite the …Read more »
As part of the celebration for One Piece’s 1,000 chapter, Japanese magazine Weekly Playboy did a themed issue that included cosplay of the female characters. Weekly Playboy is not the Japanese version of Hugh Hefner’s Playboy, if you’re wondering. The cosplayers involved include famous cosplayer …Read more »
With COVID-19 still a major issue, many anime conventions are struggling. Some are choosing to cancel their events this year, while others are trying virtual cons. FanimeCon, an anime convention taking place in San Jose, California with more than 30,000 attendants in the past, has …Read more »
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