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A live-action film adaptation was recently revealed for CLAMP’s xxxHOLiC manga, and now we have two more cast members to look forward to when it premieres in Japan on April 29, 2022. The latest announcement has SixTones idol group member Hokuto Matsumura joining the cast …Read more »
Goodbye, DonGlees!, the new film from Atsuko Ishizuka (A Place Further than the Universe), is set to hit Japanese theaters on February 18. That’s the word from the Tokyo International Film Festival, where the film had its world premiere this week. The film centers around …Read more »
Buronson and Tetsuo Hara’s post-apocalyptic fighting series Fist of the North Star (Hokuto no Ken) is an anime and manga mainstay. Starring the overclocked Kenshiro and a whole roster of absolute beasts, the series delivers intense combat and gory fatalities. It’s also conquered the world …Read more »
Back in April 0f 1991, Banpresto gave mecha anime fans their greatest wish. With the advent of Super Robot Wars, lovers of giant robot anime could lead a fleet of their own and save the world. 30 years on, the games are still going strong. If …Read more »
Back in October, we learned Tokyo Babylon, the manga by CLAMP, would be getting a TV anime in 2021—entitled, appropriately, Tokyo Babylon 2021. Now we’ve learned the series has been delayed. Originally set for April 2021, it’s been pushed back to an unspecified date (still …Read more »
It’s nearly time for Evangelion 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time to be unleashed upon the world. The upcoming film has been the focus of fan hype and theory for ages. And really, so has the show as a whole. Come to think of it, Eva just seems …Read more »
Tokyo Babylon 2021 has released a new trailer, new visuals, and new information on the cast and crew. First up is the trailer, which is almost three minutes long and gives us more of a look at the iconic characters (minus the 90s ridiculously broad …Read more »
What happens when you mix the dynamite devs at Yakuza house Ryu ga Gotoku Studio with one of the most storied manga and anime franchises of all time? You get Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise, which essentially puts Kenshiro in his very own …Read more »
Sega confirmed what many Fist of the North Star fans were hoping for yesterday. The company will be bringing over Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise, an upcoming action game that has the studio behind the Yakuza series tackling Kenshiro’s post-apocalyptic world. Fist of …Read more »
Confession time: sometimes when I go to important meetings, I wear a Fist of the North Star T-shirt under my suit and tie. By all outward appearances, I look like a guy in a regular ol’ monkey suit, but on the inside, Ken is giving …Read more »
We were in Kichijoji the other day, so we popped into the manga-themed Cafe Zenon, which is currently done up in the style of Strawberry Flavored Fist of the North Star, the parody manga starring Fist of the North Star’s Souther in a variety of …Read more »
Chiwa Takanashi is in an awkward situation. She’s balancing two jobs to try to pay off her father’s debts, but all her money problems can be swept away if she agrees to marry a man she just met. One of Chiwa’s jobs is at an …Read more »
To celebrate the 30th anniversary of Buronson and Tetsuo Hara's Fist of the North Star manga, a new version of the super-deformed DD Hokuto no Ken anime is preparing to air in Japan this spring. The series adapts the Comic Zenon gag manga by Kajio, …Read more »
With glimpses into Japanese subculture mostly supplied by the likes of Genshiken and the future of Japan given pessimistic overtones in Eden of the East —not to mention the countless headlines in the news at home and abroad of Japan's shrinking birthrate, debt-ridden economy and …Read more »
There is a small, albeit significant, minority of anime fans out there for whom the feature film Redline encapsulates the spirit of what they wished most anime produced was like. I consider myself one of them, which is why it’s that much more crushing that …Read more »
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