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A number of Japanese cities use anime and manga to stoke tourism. The town of Kamimine is doing that, but in a really unique way. It’s taken one of its historical figures and turned him into an anime J-pop video. The man in question is …Read more »
Kaichi Sato is a director of both anime and live action films. After he began doing short works for Adult Swim, he got the opportunity to make the “Samurai & Shogun” Rick and Morty anime that’s available on the season four Blu-ray. Otaku USA talked …Read more »
The new sports anime The Gymnastics Samurai will be simulcast by Funimation starting on October 10. The theme of the anime has caught the attention of Kohei Uchimura, a gymnast and 7-time Olympic medalist, who released a short video about it. “Hello, everyone, I’m Kohei …Read more »
Last month saw the reveal of Taiso Samurai, a new original gymnastics anime from the ever-busy MAPPA studio. Now we have some more details, including a new trailer, key visual, and some additions to the impressively flexible cast. First up, the latest trailer for the …Read more »
If you have to wear a mask, you might as well have fun with it using a samurai mask. That seems to be the mindset of UM Succeed, a Shibuya-based company that sells tourist items based on Sengoku Period castles. You know what else was …Read more »
MAPPA, the studio behind Yuri on Ice and Zombie Land Saga, is bringing the world of gymnastics to anime with Taiso Samurai, a new original series set to land this October. The series centers around male gymnast Shotaro Aragaki, a once-great member of Japan’s gymnastics …Read more »
Well, that didn’t last quite as long as Naruto. Samurai 8: The Tale of Hachimaru, the manga from Naruto creator Masashi Kishimoto and Akira Okubo, has come to an end in the pages of Shonen Jump this week. The manga launched in April 2019. When …Read more »
A light return to form SNK may primarily be known for its work on the venerable King of Fighters series, but it was also responsible for another excellent franchise that’s absolutely not gotten enough love over the years: Samurai Shodown. After enjoying a massive amount of …Read more »
A few weeks ago, we learned Fuminori Kizaki, the director of Afro Samurai, was working on a new sci-fi film. Now we’ve got some deets on that film thanks to a panel at C2E2. The film is titled Human Lost, and it’s a futuristic adaptation …Read more »
Now that’s a name I’ve not heard in a long time. It’s been years since SNK’s last entry to the feudal Japan fighting game series Samurai Shodown (known as Samurai Spirits in Japan), but a new game is finally on the way. Now we’ve got …Read more »
Fuminori Kizaki, the director of Afro Samurai and Basilisk, will announce a new film at the Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo March 22, Funimation has announced. Funimation says it’s “a new sci-fi, cyberpunk film project… that explores the role of humanity in Tokyo, Japan of …Read more »
Have you been dying to find out what project Naruto author Masashi Kishimoto plans to tackle next? This weekend’s Jump Festa ’19 event brought some interesting news for the creator, who announced a new sci-fi manga called Samurai 8. Kishimoto won’t be handling this one …Read more »
We’re not too far off from the July 2018 premiere of the Angolmois TV anime, based on the historical seinen manga by Nanahiko Takagi. The series follows a band of samurai as they face the overwhelming 1274 ACE Mongol invasion of Japan, and you can …Read more »
According to an announcement on the official website, the Ninja Girl & Samurai Master anime is getting ready to kick off its third season in 2018. Based on the four-panel gag manga by Naoki Shigeno, Ninja Girl & Samurai Master returns to the small screen …Read more »
Featured Spotlight: MediBang Money wasn’t always easy to come by at the tail end of Edo period Japan, especially for swordless samurai like Suzumori Ganjūrō. When the opportunity arises to claim a 100 Ryō bounty, he’ll do whatever it takes to hunt down the wanted …Read more »
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