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Today marks NIS America's premium Blu-ray release of Chronicles of the Going Home Club , so it's the perfect time for an exchange with the anime's director, Hikaru Sato. We took some of our own questions and some from our readers and sent them over, …Read more »
Waterworks activated. Ranking site Goo, which seems to favor lists focused around Shonen Jump, is at it again with a simple yet enlightening question: which Jump series made you cry the hardest? Let’s find out which manga got the most dust into fans’ eyes. 10. …Read more »
You’ve come a long way, young man. If anime fans were feeling particularly dadlike, that’s what they might say to these characters, who they chose for ranking site Goo’s list of anime and manga characters who “showed the most growth into adulthood.” Which boyz went …Read more »
What's that? You want more free anime available online legitimately? It's a good time to be YOU then, my friend, because Viz has just launched Viz Anime, a beta version of an all-you-can-eat anime buffet that keeps on giving. Viz Anime is home to the …Read more »
Another passing has rocked the industry today, with news that character designer and animator Minako Shiba is no longer with us. The official Twitter accounts for P.A. Works and Studio Pierrot shared the news that Minako Shiba passed away at the age of 50. Among …Read more »
TV Asahi asked 150,000 Japanese people what manga titles they consider to be the best. The results have been tallied, and some of them are huge titles here as well, while others have never been licensed in North America. Here’s the list: 1. One Piece …Read more »
Japanese website goo ranking recently went live with another poll, and this one is all about hot dudes. We’re talking Shonen Jump hunks specifically, so readers were tasked with voting on the male characters they deemed to be the most beautiful. The editorial team at …Read more »
As gripping as the stories may be, series like Death Note and Bakuman. just wouldn’t be the same without the incredible art of Takeshi Obata. That art is going on display at the creator’s first art exhibit—Artist Activity 20th Anniversary Takeshi Obata Exhibition NEVER COMPLETE—which is set to run …Read more »
Ever watched an anime and thought to yourself, “I’d love to bury myself in that long, flowing hair”? Plenty of Japanese fans have, and they’ve rated the males with the most luscious locks in a poll released by Goo this week. Here are the top …Read more »
Originally slated to hit Tokyo MX and AT-X this April, the TV anime adaptation of Arifureta Shokugyo de Sekai Saikyo—AKA Arifureta: From Commonplace to World’s Strongest—has been hit with a delay. Citing “various circumstances,” the official website now lists the series with a 2019 debut. …Read more »
Residents of the Big Apple are about to get hit with a triple punch of Japanese pop culture. First off, playing Madison Square Garden on October 11, it’s X Japan, one of Japan’s biggest and most successful visual kei bands. The legendary group, who have …Read more »
As an otaku, or just a regular anime/manga/Japan-obsessed nerd, the holidays present a seemingly golden opportunity to introduce friends and relatives to your hobby. This is your chance to reach out to people. You are (practically) an ambassador of Japanese pop culture. Don't mess up …Read more »
This year was actually my first time attending Otakon in Baltimore, Maryland. It’s a massive convention, so in addition to the big name guests and awesome concerts, I was on the lookout for a bigger BL and yaoi presence at the convention. Overall, Otakon proved …Read more »
In the wild world of manga, every age group and every social class has their own genre and magazine that defines them. For the elementary school kid there are video game based properties like the ones that dominate Shogakukan's Coro Coro magazine. Nothing says office …Read more »
Another new cast member has been added to the ever-expanding roster of the ongoing The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, REALLY Love You anime, which adapts the manga by Rikito Nakamura and Yukiko Nozawa. The latest is Sumire Uesaka (Hayase Nagatoro in DON’T …Read more »
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