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Tomomi Shimizu has been creating manga to document real-life stories of Uyghurs kept in Chinese internment camps. According to Radio Free Asia, Shimizu has already written six books on the subject, and they were most recently translated into Turkish. She takes no payment for her …Read more »
If you have to wear a mask, you might as well have fun with it using a samurai mask. That seems to be the mindset of UM Succeed, a Shibuya-based company that sells tourist items based on Sengoku Period castles. You know what else was …Read more »
Manga and anime can inspire some pretty impressive fan creations. Just take a look at this 3D image inspired by Hayao Miyazaki’s Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind. Created by Granicoph, the image was shared by Sketchfab, which describes itself as “the largest platform …Read more »
Media Blasters and Discotek Media have both announced new Blu-ray anime releases. Media Blasters had previously released Shrine of the Morning Mist on DVD back in the 2000s, but now they’re making it available for Blu-ray. Since we are on the Shrine of the Morning …Read more »
Tsukumo-tan, a popular moe mascot for the computer parts store Tsukumo, has an expired contract. And fans are sad to see her go. Her last day was August 31, and on September 8, Tsukumo made this announcement on Twitter:
It appears that Fruits Basket Another, a manga spinoff of the very successful Fruits Basket, has come to an end. According to Anime News Network, creator Natsuki Takaya tweeted this information, saying she “currently has no plans to write a story from the point of …Read more »
Pictured: The Scream Coffin! Hanako-san is a Japanese urban legend about a girl who haunts restrooms at school. The Lagunasia theme park in Japan has tapped into this legend with their new creation: Horror! Hanako-san of the Toilet. According to SoraNews24, this is an aspect …Read more »
Anime News Network recently shared an interview with EX-ARM director Yoshikatsu Kimura and voice actor Sōma Saitō from the upcoming Crunchyroll Original adaptation. The two were in attendance virtually at this past weekend’s Crunchyroll Expo 2020 event. Saitō explained how he got into the original …Read more »
Eisner Award-winning manga The Way of the Househusband is getting a live-action TV series adaptation. According to Anime News Network, the adaptation is slowly telling us its cast members, and most recently the project hired Yūta Furukawa to play police officer Tatsuki Sakai. And who …Read more »
The manga series 12 Beast (licensed by Seven Seas) has been canceled. But it’s not at all like the case with Act-Age, where the mangaka got in trouble for allegedly doing something illegal and the publisher decided to end it. According to Anime News Network, …Read more »
The two women known by their professional pen name Akira Himekawa sat down for an interview about their The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess manga. Asked how their manga is different from the video game, we got this answer: “First off, it’s completely different from …Read more »
Junji Ito is one of Japan’s best known horror manga creators, and anyone who reads Venus in the Blind Spot can see why. This collection of short manga stories highlights his artistic and storytelling talents, showing how he can give you delicious chills and keep …Read more »
The doujinshi convention Comiket decided to go fully online to avoid the spread of COVID-19 and were quite thorough in their digital world. However, Comitia, another doujinshi convention, is hoping they can have a physical con in November. Comitia is holding a crowdfunding campaign to …Read more »
Japan’s weekend box office numbers are in! According to Anime News Network, the much-advertised Cells at Work! movie, Tokubetsu Jōei-ban “Hataraku Saibō!!” Saikyō no Teki, Futatabi. Karada no Naka wa “Chō” Ōsawagi!, came in at number 10 for its opening weekend. Doraemon the Movie: Nobita’s …Read more »
With an anime adaptation of So I’m a Spider, So What? coming out early next year, Anime News Network interviewed the original creators: novelist Okina Baba and artist Tsukasa Kiryu. Asked how he felt when he learned there would be an anime adaptation, Baba replied, …Read more »
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