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Known for roles such as Zenitsu Agatsuma in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba and Conny Springer in Attack on Titan, among many others, Hiro Shimono is a well-known voice actor in the anime industry. Now, according to talent agency I’m Enterprise, Shimono has been diagnosed …Read more »
According to the official website of the Love Live! series, Love Live! Superstar!! idol and voice actress Nako Misaki has been diagnosed with COVID-19. Misaki took a PCR test after she came down with a fever on Saturday, tested positive, and is now recovering in …Read more »
A lot of businesses have been hit hard over the past year during the COVID-19 pandemic, and one of those is the Ghibli Museum. The museum has been struggling due to closures and the limitations placed on attendance even while re-opened, so Mitaka City has …Read more »
Kaiju fans in Japan—specifically those who dig Legendary Entertainment’s MonsterVerse—will have to wait a little longer to see Godzilla vs. Kong in theaters. The official website updated on Friday to announce that the May 14 opening has been pushed back as a result of the …Read more »
SacAnime in Sacramento is having a swap meet April 2-4 and requires face masks. The Sacramento Bee reports that the location of the event is the same as where the “main county-run vaccination center” is located. Vaccines are not being offered there Thursday or Friday …Read more »
Despite all the challenges posed by a pandemic, Japanese pop culture (especially in the forms of anime and manga) have seen their sales numbers grow exponentially during quarantine. The Japan-America Society of Dallas/Fort Worth put on a virtual panel to discuss this, and if you …Read more »
This March’s AnimeJapan 2021 was previously set to be held at Tokyo Big Sight, but the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has put a halt to those plans. The latest update from the organizing committee behind the event has it moving to an online only affair, but …Read more »
Anime Boston cannot catch a break, man. It was about 11 months ago that we reported the 2020 edition of the convention had been canceled. Now, unfortunately, we’re doing it all over again. The con has made the difficult but inevitable decision to cancel for …Read more »
The Japanese confectionery business Tohoen, which has been making sweets for more than a century, has come out with some pretty unique candy in time for Valentine’s Day. Instead of your typical hearts, these candies all have a COVID-19 theme. Tohoen wrote on its site, …Read more »
Japan’s recent State of Emergency declaration, which expanded and also includes Osaka and additional areas as of January 13, means that Universal Studios Japan and other parks must abide by the rules. That also means that the planned February 4 opening of Super Nintendo World …Read more »
You can (never) watch. Evangelion 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon a Time has been delayed for a second time due to the COVID-19 outbreak. That’s the word from the film’s official Twitter feed. The film had been set for January 23 (and before that, June 27, 2020). …Read more »
Just as Evangelion fans in Japan were finally about to be able to check out the long-awaited and delayed fourth film, Evangelion 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon a Time, Japan’s State of Emergency went into effect. While the movie is still slated to open wide in Japan …Read more »
The Cells at Work! manga series is almost over. Its last chapter will be in the next issue of Kodansha’s Monthly Shonen Sirius, which becomes available in late January. The final manga — volume six — will be released in Japan just afterward, on February …Read more »
Halloween is the perfect time for an explosion of cosplay, but unfortunately this year’s Halloween Cosplay Fes in Ikebukuro was not meant to be. Thanks to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the October 31 – November 1 event has been canceled for 2020. The Ikebukuro Halloween …Read more »
Convention season is still going strong, even if it’s been downgraded a tad to virtual convention season. Unfortunately, another event has been fully canceled due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and the latest is Anime NYC Powered By Crunchyroll. Anime NYC 2020 was scheduled for …Read more »
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