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Being trapped in a video game might not be so bad, depending on the game. In the case of office worker Leon, he ends up being reincarnated into a dating sim video game, but thankfully he remembers everything about his past life, including a complete …Read more »
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time hit Japanese theaters one year ago yesterday, and on the anniversary creator Hideaki Anno answered fans’ questions on Twitter. One fan wondered, “Mr. Anno, if someone actually commanded you to pilot Evangelion Unit-01, would you?” To which Mr. Anno …Read more »
Mangaka Hiroya Oku, the creator of Gantz, took to Twitter to share really important information: the name of the man who allegedly debuted the now-infamous anime breast bounce. Oku wrote in this tweet, “The first anime animator to include a breast bounce was Yoshiyuki Sadamoto. …Read more »
Anime may not be at the Oscars this year, but we still have the r/anime awards, a.k.a. the Reddit Anime Awards. The winners have been announced, and each category has two possible winners, because official jurors and the public were each able to vote. There …Read more »
Next week, NHK documentary series Professional Work Style devotes an episode to Hatsune Miku. She joins comedians, doctors, and directors in the series. But does this virtual idol really work as hard as the others in the series? Well, it’s the programmers and composers who work …Read more »
It’s time to take a look at the “Professional Work Style” of a virtual superstar. Hatsune Miku will be the next subject of NHK documentary series Professional: Shigoto no Ryugi (Professional Work Style), a series that profiles high-level people in their respective fields. As the …Read more »
It was only a matter of time, and JUJUTSU KAISEN 0 has officially zipped past another major box office milestone in Japan. After a little over a month in theaters, the anime film adaptation of Gege Akutami’s prequel manga has exceeded 10 billion yen as …Read more »
Jan Scott-Frazier has an impressive résumé in the world of anime. She was the first non-Japanese person in the production department of an anime studio, she founded the production company TAO Corporation Ltd., and she was once the president of Production I.G. USA. Unfortunately, she’s …Read more »
GEM Partners spent the past year asking 7,000 people each week which streaming shows they watch, covering viewers between the ages of 15 and 69. With 2021 behind us, a top 10 list has been released, and while live-action shows were totally viable, none of …Read more »
It’s still too early to know if any anime are going to be nominated for the Oscars, but the nominees for the Japan Academy Film Prize Association have been revealed, and you better believe anime is getting attention here. BELLE, Evangelion: 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon A …Read more »
2012 was ten years ago? Nah, can’t be. Don’t believe it. Anyway, since it’s 2022, now is a good time to look back at some of the titles that hit the big and small screen back in 2012. Weirdly, it looks like there were only …Read more »
The movie Gekijō-ban Jujutsu Kaisen 0 hit theaters in Japan on December 24 and has been racking up sales. Evangelion: 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon A Time was the most successful film in the Japanese box office in 2021, and it made 4,934,996,800 yen (approximately $42.6 million) …Read more »
Despite the fact that a lot has happened in 2021, it turns out it’s actually possible to capture it all in one piece of amazing art. Proof of this comes from Daromeon—the artist responsible for bringing Yabako Sandrovich’s Kengan Ashura manga to life on the …Read more »
A lot happened in 2021, and there was also a ton of anime on everyone’s minds, which is reflected in the latest roundup of trending topics from Twitter. The social media company’s Japanese branch compiled a list of its top trends once again, and among …Read more »
The Anime Tourism Association held a new poll about great otaku places to visit, and has unveiled its 2022 list. The list was not updated last year because of COVID-19. Here are the new editions, with the franchise listed first and then the pilgrimage tourism …Read more »
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