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58-year-old voice actor Toshihiko Seki—known for roles such as Iruka Umino in Naruto, Muzan Kibutsuji in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, and Senketsu in Kill la Kill, among many others—is the latest in the industry to test positive for COVID-19. The announcement came through agency …Read more »
Many things are being done differently as we move through the COVID-19 pandemic, and that includes voice-over work in Japan for the latest anime. Anime News Network interviewed Seiichi Nakayama, a sound engineer from the production company G-angle, to see how things are being handled. …Read more »
Toru Yamashita, the guitarist and leader of Japanese band ONE OK ROCK, has tested positive for COVID-19. According to reports, Yamashita is hospitalized but stable. It’s also reported that the other members of the band have not been in contact with Yamashita recently. ONE OK …Read more »
An audience-free stream of the My Hero Academia The Ultra Stage Honmono no Hero: PLUS ULTRA ver. stage play was originally set to kick off on July 17, but plans have changed. Unfortunately, the reason for this delay comes down to the fact that a …Read more »
Some changes in manga production are necessary to keep up with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. One example is Kohei Horikoshi‘s My Hero Academia manga, which is moving to a fully digital system to create upcoming chapters. As a result, the next chapter will be postponed. …Read more »
If you guys are like me, you’ll take any good news you can get these days. Well, here’s some: the development team for the next Final Fantasy VII Remake game are not feeling a big impact from COVID-19. That’s the word from head honchos Yoshinori …Read more »
Entertainment facilities and theme parks have had it rough during the pandemic, and that includes the Tokyo One Piece Tower. The world’s first permanent indoor theme park dedicated to One Piece first opened its doors back on March 13, 2015, and it will be closing …Read more »
The grand opening of Super Nintendo World, the Nintendo theme park located inside Universal Studios Japan in Osaka, has been delayed. Originally set to open to the public in late July, it has been postponed as a precaution against the spread of COVID-19. A new …Read more »
COVID-19 has caused a lot of misinformation to spread around the internet, but the new myth surrounding Sonic The Hedgehog ice cream bars might be the most insidious. Manufacturer Blue Bunny has been producing the Sonic ice cream bar since the 90s, but its absence …Read more »
Black Clover is headed back to screens. Production on the anime was temporarily halted back in April, but the series will resume with episode 133 on July 7. That’s the word from the latest issue of Shonen Jump, where Yuki Tabata’s Black Clover has been …Read more »
The Millionaire Detective – Balance: UNLIMITED is set to return following a COVID-19-related production delay. That’s the word from Aniplex, which reports Funimation’s simulcast will return July 30. Only two episodes of the series, based on the novel by Yasutaka Tsutsui (Paprika), had aired before …Read more »
Hardcore Fate/Grand Order fans were disappointed this week to learn that the game’s latest live event will not be happening this year. The official website made the announcement that Fate/GO Fes 2020, which was planned for August 10 in Tokyo, has been canceled due to …Read more »
It’s the latest in a long list of delays: This time, it’s the upcoming Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway, which was set for a release in Japanese theaters July 23. A new release date for the film has not yet been announced. While Japanese theaters are …Read more »
The next leg of the anime journey for The Seven Deadly Sins—which adapts the manga of the same name by Nakaba Suzuki—was previously announced for this October, but fans of the series are going to have to wait a little longer. As a result of …Read more »
It’s a project years in the making: a life-size Mobile Suit Gundam statue that actually moves. Announced way back in 2014, the project is finally nearing completion and was all set to debut this October. But then a pandemic got in the way. Due to …Read more »
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