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Sometimes people with disabilities have trouble getting and/or maintaining a job. But Shake Hands Sanjo-Karasuma, an anime studio in Kyoto, Japan, makes the point of hiring people with disabilities to help make anime. Tomoya Sawada is the head of the company. All of this began …Read more »
Late last month, Otaku USA reported that Amsterdam’s Vincent van Gogh Museum was teaming up with Pokémon for a limited-time collaboration that included Pokémon exhibits at the museum. This is related to van Gogh’s love of Japanese art, so the idea was to get people …Read more »
One of the many panels at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con was the Manga Industry Publishing Roundtable, moderated by Deb Aoki, and The Comics Beat did a story on highlights from the panelists. One of the topics was about what’s fueling manga growth. “Instead of …Read more »
Uta Kawase, who is known for playing Nicole Saito in the 22/7 idol project, has unfortunately been dealing with an alleged stalker. Last month, a man followed her around, both to her home and her place of work. He also followed her to train stations. …Read more »
Based on the manga by Ryohgo Narita and Shinta Fujimoto, the Dead Mount Death Play anime is getting ready to continue as its second cour looms in October 2023. Ahead of that, the official website came through with updates on the new theme songs and …Read more »
In January, voice actor James Carter Cathcart and his wife Martha Jacobi announced that he had been diagnosed with an “advanced cancer that appears to have started at the base of his tongue (the ‘waterfall,’ where the tongue goes into the throat), and has spread …Read more »
MAN WITH A MISSION and milet are behind the opening and just-announced ending theme songs for the new season of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, and MAN WITH A MISSION guitarist, vocalist and rapper Jean-Ken Johnny is keen to talk about it. The opening song …Read more »
Japanese pop culture has an obsession with both maids and robots, so why not combine them? A pop-up maid café in Akihabara tried exactly that by using maid robots. It’s called the “Maid Apprentice Substantializing Ideal Robot” Project or MaSiRo Project. It was created by …Read more »
Shiro Sagisu has composed music for a number of anime, including Berserk, Bleach, Neon Genesis Evangelion and more. But right now he’s in the news because he’s been tapped to direct a concert for the music of the Genshin Impact game. The event, called “Genshin …Read more »
It’s been five years since the movie A Silent Voice came out, and to mark the occasion, it’s being shown in American theaters. Iconic Events Releasing revealed that tickets are now on sale. You can reserve your tickets here. The movie will hit theaters across …Read more »
Square Enix just recently launched the worldwide version of its digital manga reading app, MANGA UP! However, shortly after the app went live, people began discovering censorship in some of the manga. Japan has its own censorship laws, but this goes beyond that. Also, the …Read more »
Yoshihiro Togashi, the legend behind Hunter x Hunter and Yu Yu Hakusho, is known to have health issues which have forced him to take several long hiatuses over the years. Now, in the introductory comments for a new exhibition celebrating his work, Togashi has given …Read more »
The anime Engage Kiss will make its premiere on July 2, and in the meantime it just dropped its first full promotional trailer. In it you can hear the opening theme song “Dare-Kare Scramble” (translated as “Everyone, Scramble”) being performed by halca. The trailer also …Read more »
Japanese ice skater Yuzuru Hanyu might not be taking home the gold from the 2022 Olympics to sit with his previous gold medals, but his fans are as excited about him as ever. Sui Ishida, the creator of Tokyo Ghoul and Choujin X, shared some …Read more »
What will you be doing on New Year’s Eve? Partying with friends? Partying at home? Going to bed at a reasonable time and letting 2022 ring itself in? Or will you be getting in one last anime to finish out the year? Fans online have …Read more »
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