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Lots of families like to have family portraits, where everything has to be just so. Then there are cosplaying families, where their family portraits are just so and amazing pop culture imagery. According to SoraNews24, a man who goes by the name @xMiCaNx on Twitter …Read more »
Japan is known both for its ancient culture and its mastery of all things hi-tech, so why not put shuriken machines in arcades and call them Ninja Trainer Arcades? It’s the brainchild of dart-making company DARTSLIVE and none other than Sega. According to SoraNews24, the …Read more »
My Broken Mariko is a heavy duty josei manga about friendship, abuse, and loss. Shiino is eating a meal at a restaurant when she hears the news that her best friend, 26-year-old Mariko, committed suicide. It’s pretty clear from the pains Mariko went to that …Read more »
Sakuta Azusagawa, a high school boy with a cutting wit and no use for cell phones, is at the library one day when he notices a young woman walking around in a Playboy Bunny outfit. It’s Mai Sakurajima, the famous actress and his senpai (hence …Read more »
Satoshi Kon was one of the most successful anime directors of all time, and France is one of the countries where manga is most popular abroad. So it comes as no surprise that a French documentary about Kon has been made. The documentary is called …Read more »
The Sky is Blue with a Single Cloud is a collection of short manga stories written during the 1960s to 80s by Kuniko Tsurita, the only female mangaka to habitually contribute to Garo magazine during its early days. Garo, like Tezuka’s COM, was a magazine …Read more »
Yoshitada Fukuhara, producer at the anime studio 8million, has been sharing insider information on the world of anime budgets through Twitter. In 2019, according to Crunchyroll, Fukuhara tweeted that it typically cost around $142,000 to make an episode of anime. That’s 15 million yen. Now, …Read more »
After Act-Age writer Tatsuya Matsuki was arrested over accusations of sexual harassment and sexual assault toward junior high school girls, Shonen Jump put out an official statement that they were canceling the series. We also got a statement from fellow shonen mangaka Taishi Tsutsui of …Read more »
LEGO has sets of everything from Star Wars to Minecraft, but isn’t it about time there’s a set based off an anime or manga? Naruto fans David and Diego Escalona, aka the DadiTwins, have made their own Naruto ramen shop LEGO set, which they’re hoping …Read more »
It’s been about a month since Act-Age writer Tatsuya Matsuki was arrested over accusations of sexual assault and sexual harassment of junior high school girls. Taishi Tsutsui, the mangaka behind another shonen series, We Never Learn, gave his thoughts on Twitter. He shared his sympathy …Read more »
The Millionaire Detective Balance: UNLIMITED anime, based on Yasutaka Tsutsui’s novel The Millionaire Detective, began playing in Japan this year and streaming in America. It’s not too often we get behind-the-scenes looks at anime, but grape Japan has published an interview with the series’ producer, …Read more »
Nanoka is a precocious fourth grade girl who loves to read and who wants to understand what happiness means. She tries to get out of things at school that make her uncomfortable, but her teacher patiently explains, “It’s not always a good thing to try …Read more »
A lot of people have extra free time during the days of COVID-19, and one 78-year-old Japanese man is putting that to good use. Trained as a woodworker, he’s been making tiny but usable furniture for his daughter’s anime figurines. According to SoraNews24, his mad …Read more »
Hello Kitty is on everything from notebooks to jewelry, but she’s continuing to expand her adorable feline empire with Hello Kitty themed hotel rooms opening this October. The new Asakusa Tobu Hotel, which is located in Tokyo, aims to offer two rooms dedicated to the …Read more »
Nagabe, the mangaka behind The Girl from the Other Side: Siúil, a Rún and The Wize Wize Beasts of the Wizarding Wizdoms, is back with the stirring short story anthology Love on the Other Side. There’s an element of fairy tales to these stories, and …Read more »
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