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The Digimon Adventure LAST EVOLUTION -Kizuna- anniversary film may be aiming to put a cap on the franchise in celebration of its 20th anniversary, but it isn’t the only animated project in the works. The series creators are also kicking off a new crowdfunding campaign in an …Read more »
The Island of Giant Insects manga by Yasutaka Fujimi, RED ICE, and Shu Hirose is getting an original video anime this June, with streaming planned for Crunchyroll worldwide outside of Asia. The folks behind the adaptation want to take things further, however, and are preparing to …Read more »
Are folks out there excited to enter the world of Spice and Wolf? Yes, to put it mildly. The official Japanese crowdfunding campaign for the game kicked off on Campfire November 25, and made its goal in two hours. That goal was 8,000,000 yen (about …Read more »
A few months ago, it was announced fantasy series Spice and Wolf would be getting a VR game. Now Spicy Tails, the development team behind that game, have announced that crowdfunding will kick off November 25. Crowdfunding will take place across two platforms: Campfire, for …Read more »
We know of FUNimation and Sentai Filmworks as two companies that do a great job of bringing us fun anime, but now they’re doing a great job by helping people impacted by Hurricane Harvey. Since the two companies are headquartered in Texas, it’s no surprise …Read more »
Tetsuya Akutsu stands with his hands in his pockets, an embarrassed grin on his face. “I haven’t cleaned the place in a while,” he explains. In his defense, the place, a room on the second floor of a house in west Tokyo, isn’t so much …Read more »
Chikao Shiratori (right) with late wife Murasaki Yamada. Though they might not get as much name recognition as manga writers themselves, behind every good manga is a good editor. And among them, Chikao Shiratori is one of the greats, especially for those interested in underground …Read more »
Last month Pied Piper, Inc. announced the license of the Skip Beat! anime , with plans to crowdfund an English-dubbed DVD and Blu-ray. Well, the time has come, and as of March 1 the Indiegogo campaign is officially live , and it's seeking $210,000 to …Read more »
Ask us at Otaku USA HQ what our favorite anime studio is, and on days when we’re feeling arty and experimental, we’ll definitely answer “Studio 4°C.” The studio, founded by producer Eiko Tanaka and animator Koji Morimoto and named after the temperature at which water …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 »
In August, Otaku USA reported on how some Western credit card companies have threatened penalties or told Japanese companies they need to stop selling some of their explicit manga titles. Manga creator and politician Ken Akamatsu spoke out against this, and now he’s been pulled …Read more »
An experimental new anime film titled CHERRY AND VIRGIN is in the works. Director Masanao Kawajiri (Stella Women’s Academy) is at the helm of what’s being called a “nervous romance animation” that aims to incorporate manga, rotoscoping, and live-action elements into the production. Takashi Okado …Read more »
As we reported a few days ago, Yutaka “Yamakan” Yamamoto ( Fractale , Wake Up, Girls! ) was set to announce a new anime project February 25, and the director did not disappoint. Yamamoto’s next anime project will be Twilight ( Hakubo ) a film …Read more »
There are some exciting things going on these days with indie PC games in the West, but due to the greater emphasis on developing for consoles in Japan, it can be difficult to get one's fix of Japanese games this way. For the next five …Read more »
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