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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 »
A number of Japanese cities use anime and manga to stoke tourism. The town of Kamimine is doing that, but in a really unique way. It’s taken one of its historical figures and turned him into an anime J-pop video. The man in question is …Read more »
In June it was announced that Shinji Aoba, the arrested suspect of the Kyoto Animation arson, would undergo psychiatric examinations to see if he is mentally competent enough to go to trial. Japanese prosecutors have announced they’re officially indicting Aoba, which indicates he must have …Read more »
When Act-Age was cancelled following the arrest of writer Tatsuya Matsuki, many pointed out that the artist, Shiro Usazaki, was also being punished even though she hadn’t done anything. While Usazaki herself supported the decision to pull the manga, it left her without a job. …Read more »
Last December Tomohiro Maki, the president of Gainax, was arrested following accusations of sexual harassment and assault against someone contracted to one of his companies as a voice actress. According to Anime News Network, the Tokyo District Court has found him guilty and sentenced him …Read more »
American Mike Howard used the antics of his years as a Japanese salaryman for his humorous memoir The Salaryman, illustrated by mangaka Rena Saiya. After this he turned The Salaryman into a manga (again with artwork from Saiya) and has recently translated the manga into …Read more »
Anime companies are always looking at what they have down the pipeline that will interest fans. Sentai Filmworks has some new releases coming out in the spring that are available to pre-order, and they shared the news on Twitter. https://twitter.com/SentaiFilmworks/status/1337200992207646721 The little video specifically shows …Read more »
Yesterday during the Disney Investor Day 2020 livestream, information was revealed about Star Wars: Visions, an anime anthology. Since Disney has already been involved in Star Wars manga, Star Wars anime is not such a stretch. “Star Wars: Visions will be a series of animated …Read more »
Final Fantasy VII Remake was nominated for six awards at the 2020 Game Awards, and we learned yesterday that it won two of them: Best Role-Playing Game and Best Score and Music. The Last of Us Part II nabbed Game of the Year, Best Game …Read more »
After being told for a while that Sony has eyes for buying Crunchyroll, some official movement has happened. AT&T, which owns Crunchyroll, has agreed to sell the streaming service for $1.175 billion to Sony’s Funimation group. While Crunchyroll’s numbers continue to go up (it now …Read more »
More information has come out since the Monster Hunter movie was officially yanked from Chinese theaters for a pun that was viewed by some movie-goers (and vocal parts of the Chinese government) as an insult. The scene in question stars Chinese-American actor Jin Au-Yeung and …Read more »
It’s getting to be the end of the year, which means it’s time to start putting together Best Of lists. J-Novel Club is in on the action, and is inviting fans to list off their favorite J-Novel Club titles of 2020. Guys, reminder that it'd …Read more »
Image credit: Dominique Charriau/Wireimage/Getty Images Eight people will be receiving the 2021 Tokyo Anime Award Festival’s Achievement Award. Let’s take a look at who is being honored for growing and elevating anime throughout their lifetime. First up, to no one’s surprise, is Studio Ghibli co-founder …Read more »
Tumblr has put out some official stats about itself, including the Top Anime & Manga Shows category, which demonstrates what franchises have the most fandom on the site. Counting from tenth place down, it goes like this: 10. Sailor Moon 9. Fruits Basket 8. One …Read more »
The creepy urban legend of Hanako-san, about a girl haunting a toilet, has led to everything from a haunted toilet attraction for Halloween to the manga Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun. Fans continue to clamor for more, and it’s been announced that Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun will soon get a …Read more »
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