Search Results for: Ikebukuro
Train to the End of the World is a weird and wonderful new anime about friendship, forgiveness, growing up, and the eldritch consequences of advanced wireless technology. The post-7G world—or what still exists of it—has spread out wider than ever, and each town has its …Read more »
A lot of anime fans want to also buy anime merchandise, and where are the best places to do that? If you’re looking for a brick and mortar building as opposed to the internet, then the Ikebukuro neighborhood in Tokyo is bound to please, because …Read more »
Sometimes nothing beats the thrill of tossing in a couple 100 yen coins into a gachapon machine and opening up the plastic capsule to see your prize. It’s a gamble, of course, but that’s half the excitement. The feeling of winning the toy you have …Read more »
If you only have Akihabara on your anime shopping bucket list, you’re missing out on the many shopping areas that are filled to the brim with every type of anime merchandise you can imagine. Gachapon? Check. Hello Kitty collab toys? Check. Themed makeup products? You …Read more »
We may not be able to check out the third season of the Re:ZERO anime just yet, but at least we have some dress-up fun to tide us over in the meantime. A trio of the anime adaptation’s heroines—namely Ram, Emilia and Rem—took the opportunity …Read more »
The I’m in Love with the Villainess anime (a.k.a. Watashi no Oshi wa Akuyaku Reijō in Japanese) dropped a new trailer that announces the show will debut on October 2. It also lets us know that the opening theme song is called “Raise Y/Our Hands!!” Like …Read more »
Neo-Tokyo is about to EXPLODE… with Akira cels! If you’re in Tokyo in August, one event you can’t miss is the Akira Cel Exhibition, featuring actual cels from the 1988 classic directed by Katsuhiro Otomo. That exhibition, which ties in with the Otomo Complete Works …Read more »
Back in December, the first CG-animated film was revealed for the Crayon Shin-chan series, based on the manga by Yoshito Usui. Now we finally have our first full look at the production with the debut trailer for Shin Jigen! Crayon Shin-chan The Movie Chonoryoku Dai …Read more »
Oshi no Ko is this season’s star child. Every week since its debut, fans and critics gush out their thoughts online. Captivated by the 90-minute pilot episode, positive reviews helped dethrone (even for a short while) Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood to take the number one spot …Read more »
The third installment of Takara Tomy Arts and syn Sophia’s idol-themed franchise Pretty Rhythm, titled Pretty Rhythm Rainbow Live, was a TV anime that aired from April 2013 to March 2014. That means the series is celebrating a decade-long milestone this year, so a 10th …Read more »
rockin’on group’s Rhapsody music anime project is coming out with a “live” concert anime. This will premiere during their in-person performances this summer. A short trailer a little over half a minute long has been released to give us an idea. If you’re wondering how …Read more »
There’s a SPY x FAMILY anime film in the works for a premiere sometime this year, but ahead of that fans in Japan will get to watch the first three episodes of the TV anime on the big screen. Thanks to the fact that the …Read more »
When it comes to two great tastes we didn’t expect to see together, Gintama and Kuroko’s Basketball are up there. Nevertheless, the results are oddly fitting in a new anime collaboration, with the two series’ adaptations teaming up to deck out Ikebukuro’s Sunshine Town shopping …Read more »
The My Dress-Up Darling anime adaptation is nearly a year old, and it’s got some big plans to celebrate. Chief among them is an immersive exhibition that’s set to be held at the Space Galleria on the 8th floor of Animate Ikebukuro in Tokyo from …Read more »
Shuichi Shigeno, the creator of Initial D, Sailor Ace, MF Ghost and more, is getting an exhibition dedicated to his art this November. The exhibition will run at the Seibu department store in Ikebukuro, Tokyo from November 18 to 30. It celebrates 40 years (give …Read more »
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