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The live-action adaptation of mega-hit manga/anime series Gintama hit theaters in Japan this past weekend, and while it opened in third at the box office and seems to be getting decent reviews from fans online, one professional viewer was not amused. The reviewer for weekly …Read more »
How much money do hardcore fans of Japanese idol music like AKB48 and Momoiro Clover Z pour into their hobby per year? A market research firm called Yano Research attempted to find out, but the results have left some idol otaku scratching their heads. Yano’s …Read more »
Rewrite , the upcoming anime based on a visual novel by Key ( Kanon , Clannad ), will premiere July 2 with an hour-long episode featuring more shots than your standard TV anime, according to its director. Rewrite director Tensho ( Kinmoza , Grisaia ) …Read more »
When it comes to respecting their source material, some anime are more faithful than others. There’s a new list making the rounds on Japanese social media that lists seven times anime adaptations had wildly different character designs than the manga (or light novels) on which …Read more »
Teiko Junior High Basketball Club ( Kuroko's Basketball ) Certain Polling Site Charapedia has cooked up an interesting question for its readers this week about that enduring genre of anime and manga set in high school clubs. Whether sports, music, dance or student council, anime …Read more »
Fans of Shirobako , hold onto your hats. The team behind the 2014-15 series, which detailed the lives of anime creators, are at work on an anime made for theatrical distribution, according to a tweet from the official Shirobako Twitter account. “This has nothing to …Read more »
Seems like we use the ol' "burnt-out Shirobako characters" image a lot these days... We’ve posted a lot over the past few years about the dismal wages in the anime industry. But a lot of what we hear is anecdotal, with a lot of rumors, …Read more »
Polls, polls, polls. The Japanese internet can’t get enough of them, and truth be told, nor can we. It’s just so fun to see what those folks in Japan are thinking about, y’know? This week Charapedia asked its readers to pick the top 10 anime …Read more »
Now seems like the perfect time for Tetsuya Tsutsui's Prophecy manga to make its way to English readers. First published in France in 2012, Prophecy concerns an enigmatic online video streamer who calls out people and companies for their wrongdoings and exacts his own style …Read more »
Hayao Miyazaki isn't one for mincing words, and he recently got the opportunity to share more of his personal thoughts on otaku. He's had his share of things to say about otaku in the past , so an interviewer begged the question, "Aren't you, also, …Read more »
Idol supergroup AKB48 is no stranger to appearing in ads, and the latest collaboration has the girls teaming up with Nintendo to promote Super Smash Bros. As the post over at Kotaku points out, some Japanese commenters had mixed feelings about the resulting commercial, which …Read more »
Estimating losses in the trillions of yen due to piracy of anime and manga, the Japanese government, plus a coalition of anime companies, will begin a five-month crackdown campaign starting in August. The campaign will mostly focus on websites in China where anime and manga …Read more »
A few days ago we posted about CNN's story on Japan's new bill banning child pornography , which focused heavily on the fact that anime and manga are an exception to the rule. CNN's coverage was done tabloid style, going so far as to blur …Read more »
Former Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso caused a bit of a stir last week when he was found… buying manga? Yes, Taro Aso. The same Taro Aso who’s a self-confessed anime and manga fan, was caught reading Rozen Maiden in an airport back in 2011, …Read more »
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Japanese Death Note Fans Comment On Hollywood Version Plans
Japanese Death Note Fans Comment On Hollywood Version Plans
The news the other day that the Hollywood version of Death Note will probably be rated R caused a bunch of anime fans to remember “oh right, there’s gonna be a Hollywood Death Note ,” leading to a flurry of comments on this site and …Read more »