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Remember that old phrase about fury and women and scorn and stuff? Anime ranking site Charapedia were probably thinking along those lines when they set up their latest survey, asking pollees the question, “what anime woman would you most scared of upsetting?” There’s no shortage …Read more »
A secret workhorse of the Japanese animation industry, Kazuhiro Soeta has been involved in the creation of dozens of TV shows, movies and direct-to-video productions. Some of the more recognizable shows he's worked on include Black Lagoon (storyboarding, animation direction), the Record of Lodoss War …Read more »
Japanese crowdfunding has grown up. While the earliest successfully-funded anime ( Little Witch Academia 2 , Kick-Heart ) were financed via America-based Kickstarter, recent months have seen Japanese crowdfunding sites play a bigger role in anime projects. Case in point: In This Corner of the …Read more »
It was just about nine days ago that we first posted about MAPPA and production company GENCO's efforts to crowdfund the In This Corner of the World anime film. Well, it's officially been successfully funded in that time, having reached its goal of over ¥20million …Read more »
I first interviewed Brad Swaile at Youmacon in 2011, and he told me about playing Light in Death Note and the dedication fans feel in making sure he eats lots of chips. When I met up with him at Anime Central outside of Chicago, he …Read more »
For Day 2, we jumped straight into the craziness of industry activity and con events. First stop was the Universal Geneon panel, where the representatives talked about the titles Geneon was releasing in Japan and preparing for license in the U.S. and other places. Titles …Read more »
The fate of quite a few very popular titles is looking pretty bright, as FUNimation announced a deal with Geneon to distribute select DVD titles in North America. This partnership, which bodes well for pretty much everyone, includes mega-hits like Ergo Proxy , Black Lagoon …Read more »
More details are in for the Orb: On the Movements of the Earth anime, which just premiered in Japan and is coming to Netflix. The series will broadcast over two consecutive cours for a total of 25 episodes, and a new key visual is here …Read more »
The upcoming anime Orb: On the Movements of the Earth dropped a trailer with a lot going on. It lets us know more about the cast and crew as well as the October 5 debut. It also lets us listen to clips of the opening …Read more »
The MAPPA Stage 2023 event took place yesterday, and it gave us some teaser info on the upcoming anime movie The Mourning Children: Nagiko and the Girls Wearing Tsurubami Black (Tsurubami-Iro no Nagiko-tachi in Japanese) that’s directed by Black Lagoon and In This Corner of …Read more »
There’s sad news as it was revealed that prolific stage, TV, film and voice actor French Tickner passed away recently. Anime fans would probably know him best from playing Watari in Death Note, Dozle Zabi in Mobile Suit Gundam, and Kagome’s grandfather in Inuyasha. The …Read more »
Yesterday Netflix shared multiple images of its live-action adaptation of Cowboy Bebop, which will begin streaming on November 19. American fans, including Otaku USA readers, have begun sharing their reactions, whatever they may be. But how are people responding over in Japan? SoraNews24 took a …Read more »
Anime piracy is on the rise… no, not like that. Like actual pirates. Without even counting One Piece, the sheer number of pirates in anime is both impressive and satisfactory. Since decades ago, daring swashbucklers have sailed the high seas, or the sea of stars, in search …Read more »
We all know that the younger you are in an anime, the more likely you are to be severely overpowered. Teens and preteens are becoming magical girls and getting in robots. But most of the time, they’re still fairly benign with what they can do. …Read more »
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