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Some new info was just made public about Shangri-La Frontier, including the fact it’s debuting on October 1. We’ve also learned that the opening theme song is titled “Broken Games” and performed by FZMZ, while the ending theme song is called “Ace” and performed by …Read more »
The nominees for the upcoming 2023 Harvey Awards have been revealed! The winners will be disclosed at New York Comic Con, and in the meantime let’s take a look at which manga received nominations. There are five titles competing in the Best Manga Category, and …Read more »
Hidekazu Tanaka, an anime and video game composer who has worked on Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out!, Pokémon Journeys: The Series, The IDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls and more, has been found guilty by the Tokyo District Court for various counts related to preying on women and …Read more »
35-year-old Hidekazu Tanaka used to be best known as a young and prolific composer of anime and video game music. That was before he got into legal trouble. This week, at the Tokyo District Court, he confessed he used “obscene language” toward a fifteen-year-old girl …Read more »
The anime Otaku Elf (a.k.a. Edomae Elf in Japanese) will premiere on April 7. Ahead of this both a trailer and commercial have been released. We also received information on the theme songs: the opening theme song is titled “Kien Romance” and performed by Akari …Read more »
Hidekazu Tanaka, a 35-year-old composer known for working on everything from the IDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls soundtrack to the opening song “Ichigo Ichie Celebration” for Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out!’s second season, has been arrested. Police believe he attempted to sexually assault a teenage girl. His …Read more »
Today Square Enix unveiled titles that will be published by Square Enix Manga & Books next year in the spring. All the books are available for pre-order, and we were given brief descriptions for all of them. Chocobo and the Airship: A Final Fantasy Picture …Read more »
The Utano☆Princesama franchise is getting a new anime special called Utano☆Princesama♪ Maji Love ST☆RISH Tours: Tabi no Hajimari (translated as The Start of a Journey) that will play on Japanese TV on July 31. Ahead of this a trailer has been released to show the …Read more »
Some awesome news out for fans of uber-composer Joe Hisaishi. Hisaishi’s Symphonic Suite “Princess Mononoke” 2021 is set for release in Japan this July. As the title implies, it’s a “symphonic suite” version of the soundtrack to Hayao Miyazaki’s Princess Mononoke. This version, which features …Read more »
There’s an anime site in Japan called Anime Anime, and it posed an important question to netizens: “Which anime do you most want a sequel to?” Voting was open for the week of April 14-21, and during that time 2,208 people responded. 55% percent were …Read more »
Kodansha’s 46th annual Manga Awards have revealed this year’s winners! Let’s see if your favorites won. The Award for Best Shonen Manga goes to That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime by Taiki Kawakami, beating out A Couple of Cuckoos, Shangri-La Frontier, and Frieren: …Read more »
The nominees for Kodansha’s 46th annual Manga Awards have been revealed! We’ll learn the actual winners on May 11, but in the meantime, congratulations to all the nominations! Let’s take a look at what’s running. In the category of Best Shonen Manga, we have: A …Read more »
The Academy Awards may have snubbed anime again, but there’s still the Magademy Awards. Never heard of the Magademy Awards? That’s because it’s brand-new this year, and it gives a unique twist: the winners are all fictional characters from manga. The idea came from BookLive, …Read more »
ROBUSTNESS – Road to Olympia takes place in the eighth century B.C. Grenos and Huros are brothers who live on the island of Lemnos, and together they train in the art of Pankration, a real ancient Greek martial art form. Grenos isn’t as good as …Read more »
Late each year the Japanese publisher Takarajimasha puts out its publication Kono Manga ga Sugoi! (translated as This Manga Is Amazing!) about top manga titles for the next year. Their list for 2022 has been revealed, and it’s divided into female and male readership. They …Read more »
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