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Monster Hunter’s release date got bumped around a few times, until it was ultimately released in America on December 18. It ended up coming in first place at the box office, pulling in a profit of $2.2 million. Anime News Network remarked that director Paul …Read more »
Tatsuya Endo’s spy comedy Spy x Family has been doing so well that the sixth volume is receiving an initial print run in Japan of more than a million copies. Volume six becomes available on December 28, and at that point there will be more …Read more »
Kirby Morrow’s talents were many. To anime fans he’s well-known for playing everyone from Miroku in Inuyasha to Goku in the Ocean dub of Dragon Ball Z to Teru Mikami in Death Note. But you could have just as easily caught him as Cole in …Read more »
Lawmakers in Ohio recently called for Kent State University to no longer use the scholarly book Anime from Akira to Howl’s Moving Castle: Experiencing Contemporary Japanese Animation in their curriculum. Written by Tufts University’s Dr. Susan Napier, the book in question was groundbreaking for bringing …Read more »
The Demon Slayer movie is having hiccups toward its theatrical release in China, and it’s related to the fallout from Monster Hunter. To recap, a pun ad-libbed in Monster Hunter by Chinese-American actor Jin Au-Yeung (which was intended as a showing of Chinese pride) was …Read more »
YouTube recently released a video about the growth and success of Virtual YouTubers. By this last October, more than 1.5 billion views a month on the site were dedicated to VTubers. “As motion tracking software and face detection technology became more and more widely accessible, …Read more »
The BL FES!!-Boys Love Festival!!- (yes, that many exclamation points are necessary) has released videos giving fans a peek at the Marudase Kintarō and Yes, No, or Maybe? anime. First up is the opening of Marudase Kintarō, which has the skill of showing so much …Read more »
Sailor Moon has rolled out its latest fashion accessories — watches inspired by the Sailor Scouts. There are two versions of the watch. The Sailor 4 Senshi Version gives you two different possible wrist straps and colorful charms that invoke Sailor Mercury, Sailor Mars, Sailor …Read more »
Yoshiyuki Kondo is a Buddhist priest in Japan who has also become a professional mangaka. His manga is called Yankee to Jushoku (translated as Bad Boy and Chief Priest). In an article on his work with The Asahi Shimbun, Kondo says that Buddhism first really …Read more »
2020 has been a stressful year. Toei Animation and Mages’ Animal Theratopia is supposed to be a relaxing new anime for women, starring both cute animals and cute men. And the cute animals and the cute men are the same beings. Just not at the …Read more »
The Funimation app is now available on Nintendo Switch, making it the first and only anime app on the console. Later the app will be made available for PS5 and Xbox Series X. Funimation released a new video about it, narrated by Nicholas Friedman. The …Read more »
Mangaka Daiji Kazumine, who made his manga debut in 1956 when he was only 21, has passed away at age 84. According to reports, he died late last month from cerebral hemorrhage and lobar pneumonia. His first manga was Karakuri Yashiki no Himitsu. He went …Read more »
Lawmakers in Ohio are trying to get an anime book pulled from Kent State University and threatening the college’s funds over it. The book in question is Anime from Akira to Howl’s Moving Castle: Experiencing Contemporary Japanese Animation by Dr. Susan Napier of Tufts University. …Read more »
Multiple news outlets have reported on the Demon Slayer film overtaking various Ghibli movies in box office sales, so that only Spirited Away is still beating it. But because some Ghibli movies received revival screenings this past year, new numbers needed to be crunched for …Read more »
With Earwig and the Witch set to debut on Japanese TV later this month and an English version to hit North American theaters next year, a dub cast has been announced by GKIDS. The lead Earwig will be played by Taylor Paige Henderson. Kacey Musgraves …Read more »
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