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If you follow general Japan news, you know the country held an election this weekend. While here in the real world, it looks like Shinzo Abe will keep his job as prime minister for the time being, pollsters Charapedia used the opportunity to ask readers …Read more »
Having a Shonen Jump hero as your boyfriend sounds great at first, right? They’re generally a strong, loyal, and handsome bunch, after all. But Japanese ranking site Goo has asked its readers to take another ponder in their latest poll, entitled “if he were my …Read more »
Though Shunji Iwai is a relative newcomer to the world of anime, he’s one of Japan’s most beloved independent filmmakers. Now the auteur behind films like Love Letter , Swallowtail Butterfly and All About Lily Chou-Chou is bringing his classic short film Fireworks, Should We …Read more »
Big news has been coming out of early leaks of the latest Shonen Jump , and it looks like the final chapter of Bleach is being celebrated in style. That celebration will come in the form of a live-action movie based on Tite Kubo's manga, …Read more »
The future is in our hands! After years of being suffering pariahs in a bleak anime world devoid of the light that only a gambling apocalypse can bring, we can finally legally watch the two seasons made to date of the most beautiful ugly puppy …Read more »
Geek culture industry site ICv2 posted a chart that lists the top 10 manga franchises for spring 2016, and the results are pretty much what you might have expected. According to ICv2, the chart is based on interviews with retailers, distributors, and manufacturers, and the …Read more »
(Almost) too sexy for TV. That’s this week’s theme over at ranking site Goo, where they’ve asked their readers to vote on a list of anime heroines who just skirt the limits of what’s acceptable on broadcast television. Who made the cut by wearing the …Read more »
Osaka's Universal Studios Japan will be holding limited Universal Jump Summer attractions this year, featuring showings inspired by Dragon Ball Z , One Piece , and Death Note . Dragon Ball Z The Real 4-D will run July 1 - September 4, One Piece Premium …Read more »
Anime and manga company Viz Media has announced it will partner with Hollywood talent agency United Talent Agency, or UTA, to create live-action content based on its anime and manga library. “We are excited to start this partnership to push the boundaries of storytelling, innovation …Read more »
The first trailer recently went online for Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress , an original survival-action anime featuring some of the talent behind the Attack on Titan adaptation. Joining director Tetsurō Araki ( Attack on Titan , Death Note ) is Ichirō Ōkouchi on scripts, …Read more »
I Am a Hero , Kengo Hanazawa’s manga about one man’s fight for life in a zombie apocalypse, is getting a live-action adaptation, and the first trailer has hit the net today. The film, which debuted earlier this year at the Sitges Fantastic Film Festival, …Read more »
It was tough to miss the loud accusations of whitewashing leveled at Dreamworks earlier this year when their live-action adaptation of Masamune Shirow's Ghost In the Shell was announced, placing Scarlett Johansson in the lead role of Major Kusanagi. The news this week is that …Read more »
If there’s one clear trend we’ve seen over the last few years in Japan, it’s a rise in the number of live-action adaptations of anime and manga. It’s to the point where over half of the films we review here at Japan HQ aren’t even …Read more »
Death Note isn’t the only series about a god of death to have a continuation announced today. RIN-NE , also known as Kyoukai no Rinne , the anime series based on the manga by Rumiko Takahashi, will get a second, 25-episode season in spring 2016, …Read more »
Back in December we reported the manga Himitsu would be getting a live-action adaptation courtesy of Rurouni Kenshin director Keishi Otomo. Now the casting for the main two characters, Maki Tsuyoshi and Aoki Ikkou has been announced. Tsuyoshi will be played by singer and actor …Read more »
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