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Studio Colorido is adapting Tomihiko Morimi‘s Penguin Highway novel, and the production house has lined up a big act to perform its theme song. The duty falls to Hikaru Utada, known for her own albums as well as themes for the Evangelion movies and Kingdom …Read more »
While we’re all still waiting (not with bated breath, or we’d all be dead by now) for any word on Evangelion 4.0 (or is it 3.0 +1.0 ?), a bit of new(ish) Evangelion content is out this week in the form of what is essentially …Read more »
1999 was a special year for me. It wasn't just the end of the 90's, it was the year that I got my first taste of Japanese music that would leave me wanting more. The sample came in the form of a website reviewing the …Read more »
FREEDOM was a "special project•bCrLf to the people who made it, so here is a special review, written in real time, minimally edited, with the aid of a six-pack of Anchor Steam Liberty Ale. Heads up! Here comes an opening sequence: cell shaded screen tone …Read more »
It seems like it’s been forever and a day since we last saw some fresh Kingdom Hearts III footage, but D23 Expo Japan 2018 finally put an end to the drought. In addition to a new trailer that highlights the Monsters Inc. world, Square Enix …Read more »
If you’ve been keeping up with the To Your Eternity anime adaptation, you’ll enjoy a condensed look at Fuji’s journey so far in the form of a new video from the official YouTube channel. The three-and-a-half minute clip collection recently made its way online, and …Read more »
Anime is full of bunny girls—some more literal than others. So many, in fact, that we could fill several articles with our favorites. But this Easter weekend, we’re at least going to hat tip a few of them. Because of the sheer number out there, …Read more »
A live-action series based on a pair of Hikaru Utada’s classic songs, First Love Hatsukoi, is coming to Netflix worldwide on November 24. Ahead of that, the Netflix Asia YouTube channel went up with a brand new teaser trailer to sample some of what’s to …Read more »
The second season of the To Your Eternity anime is arriving a little later than most fall shows, with a premiere date previously announced for October 23. Ahead of that, the official website went up with a brand new trailer offering up both a look …Read more »
Back in 1999, BROCCOLI hobby store Gamers debuted their mascot, Di Gi Charat. Dejiko, along with other cute animal-eared friends, promoted the store via anime, manga, and music. More than 20 years later, the lead cast is preparing to make some big announcements. But did …Read more »
Despite the fact that the final Evangelion anime film opened on a Monday, it still managed to pull in some impressive numbers. With 23.8% more revenue and 21.7% more tickets sold than 2012’s Evangelion 3.0, Hideaki Anno’s long-awaited Evangelion 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon a Time now …Read more »
The folks behind the fourth and final Evangelion rebuild film are wishing us a Merry Christmas with quite a present—a new trailer for the film. Aside from lots of new battle scenes and even a few characters we’ve never seen, the trailer features the new …Read more »
Maybe it was the power of the Keyblade, or maybe the song just plain slaps. Either way, some big congrats are on the way to Hikaru Utada and Skrillex, who just barely broke into the Billboard Hot 100 charts with Kingdom Hearts III opening theme …Read more »
Here’s an interesting one from ranking site Goo: they’ve asked their readers which Japanese celebrities’ lives would make for a good dramatic TV series—and one of the country’s most famous animators has made the list! Let’s check out the top 10: 10. Hidetoshi Nakata Soccer …Read more »
Pop culture magazine Nikkei Entertainment, published by Japanese media conglomerate Nikkei, has released its list of the best entertainment of 2016. The list is made to resemble rankings of sumo wrestlers, and like the sumo world, has separate “east” and “west” divisions (in sumo, east …Read more »
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