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The Asahi Shimbun, one of Japan’s largest newspapers, put out an editorial on why it thinks Demon Slayer has been doing so well. Many people are amazed that the movie has broken records despite a pandemic, though the editorial argues that the pandemic has really …Read more »
Saturday Night Live star Jim Belushi is asking the public for anime recommendations. Belushi, who played Takashi Yamada in the English dub of Studio Ghibli’s My Neighbors the Yamadas, had this to say: Any anime fans out there? I always loved Studio Ghibli after I …Read more »
Makoto Shinkai, the writer/director of Weathering With You and your name., has been working on a new script. “It’s a story where something major happens that one’s own power can’t do anything to affect,” he announced in an interview with TV Asahi. “By making this …Read more »
It won’t be much longer before part one of Pretty Guardians Sailor Moon Eternal The MOVIE hits theatres in Japan. Gearing up for the January 8 release, the Sailor Moon franchise revealed a short video clip starring Chibiusa and Helios. Take a look: After the …Read more »
The Cells at Work! manga series is almost over. Its last chapter will be in the next issue of Kodansha’s Monthly Shonen Sirius, which becomes available in late January. The final manga — volume six — will be released in Japan just afterward, on February …Read more »
For a few years Nintendo and Mari Mobility Development Inc. have been duking it out (legally). Mari Mobility Development Inc. owns MariCar, a Mario-Kart-esque tourist attraction in Tokyo and Osaka where you used to be able to wear Nintendo outfits while driving. Nintendo’s initial fears, …Read more »
The unimaginable has officially happened: Spirited Away has lost its number one spot as the biggest earner in the Japanese box office. The 2002 film now takes second place to Demon Slayer – Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train. The Demon Slayer movie …Read more »
After news that a pre-ordered shipment of limited edition Goku figures from Bandai may have been lost at sea en route to California earlier this month, we figured it’s a good time to count our blessings and take look at premium Goku memorabilia that doesn’t …Read more »
GKIDS has dropped two trailers for Studio Ghibli’s Earwig and the Witch: an English dubbed trailer, and an English subbed trailer with the original Japanese voices. In the first trailer we get to hear Kacey Musgraves performing the theme song and get our introductions to …Read more »
The giant Gundam robot in Yokohama, to no one’s surprise, has been included in the Guinness World Records. According to Anime News Network, the moving robot has set records for “Largest mobile humanoid robot and Largest mobile Gundam.” You don’t say? “Thank you so much …Read more »
Tatsuya Matsuki, the writer of Act-Age, has been found guilty of a coerced indecent act. Matsuki had previously confessed to groping two middle school girls. During the trial, the prosecution argued for an 18-month prison sentence. Meanwhile, the defense argued that because Matsuki’s manga series …Read more »
The Asahi Shimbun interviewed Makoto Tezuka (sometimes written as Macoto Tezka) about adapting his father Osamu Tezuka’s manga Barbara into a live action movie, Tezuka’s Barbara. Osamu Tezuka wrote the provocative and mature Barbara in the 70s, when his son was a child. “I think …Read more »
Demon Slayer is breaking all sorts of records with sales. Yet in terms of bestselling manga, it’s still a long way from beating the numbers of One Piece. But it turns out that One Piece creator Eiichiro Oda has not only been reading Demon Slayer, …Read more »
Miyazaki prefecture has an official Pokémon who’s going to work as their Poké-ambassador — Exeggutor. The reason for this choice is that Exeggutor looks like a palm tree, and part of Miyazaki’s tourism comes from its warmer climate, as evidenced by its phoenix palms. So …Read more »
Sephiroth arrives in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate tomorrow. Ahead of the highly anticipated addition, Nintendo released a YouTube video — “Mr. Sakurai Presents ‘Sephiroth.'” Mr. Sakurai being Masahiro Sakurai, the creator of the Super Smash Bros. franchise. “I think he might be one of the …Read more »
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