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The Orikasa Station and the Orikasa River floodgate both appear in Makoto Shinkai’s new movie Suzume. So Yamada, Iwate Prefecture, the town in that area, has put up a door referencing the movie. The door is near the bay, was designed to look old, and …Read more »
The SPY x FAMILY attraction recently launched at Universal Studios Japan, and it sounds like fans who check it out will be able to get in on a little adventure of their own. According to a report from Mainichi Shimbun’s Mantan Web, the attraction mixes …Read more »
Ghibli Park has been open since late last year, but there is still more fun to come. The Aichi Prefectural Government, the government in the prefecture that holds the park, has revealed some of what we can expect at the upcoming Mononoke Village and Valley …Read more »
The opening minutes of the upcoming Alice Gear Aegis Expansion anime—based on the mobile game by developer Pyramid and publisher Colopl—are on display thanks to a new video preview. You can get a taste of some action and fun in the first five minutes, and …Read more »
Manga has traditionally been hand-drawn, and there is the issue of protecting the paper from being damaged over time. This is no small feat. “The illustration has undergone color fading and wearing,” mangaka Tetsuya Chiba remarked about the iconic last scene of his famous manga …Read more »
Singer-songwriter Kiro Akiyama is in trouble for allegedly assaulting his girlfriend. The musician, who is 26, was arrested on November 23. The incident is said to have taken place in the Shibuya Ward in Tokyo. According to The Mainichi Shimbun, a major Japanese news outlet, …Read more »
The November 1 opening of Ghibli Park has gotten a lot of attention in Japan and abroad, with people all over the world interested in visiting. However, it’s three days in and there’s already some unsavory behavior going on around the park. Tickets are sold …Read more »
The long-awaited day is finally here! Hayao Miyazaki’s Ghibli Park has thrown open its door for its grand opening. So far three areas are open to the public: Ghibli’s Grand Warehouse, Hill of Youth, and Dondoko Forest. Goro Miyazaki, Hayao’s son, was there for the …Read more »
The grand opening of Ghibli Park is now less than a week away! The park, which will continue to expand, will throw open its doors on November 1. Tickets went on sale in August, but with as much interest as people have in the park …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 »
On October 5, the company Kadokawa held a press conference in the midst of a scandal involving an alleged bribery to get Kadokawa in as an official sponsor for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Chairman Tsuguhiko Kadokawa, whose father founded the company, ex-Kadokawa executive Toshiyuki Yoshihara …Read more »
It’s being reported by the Japanese news outlet Mainichi Shimbun that Kadokawa chairman Tsuguhiko Kadokawa, whom police believe illegally bribed an ex-member of the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics organizing committee, plans to put in his resignation. The Mainichi Shimbun said it got this information from …Read more »
The First Slam Dunk film will be debuting in Japanese theaters on December 3. As a unique form of advertising, creator Takehiko Inoue’s hometown is putting up an exhibition of his work. This is meant to help promote the movie, and probably is also a …Read more »
Ghibli Park will have its grand opening on November 1, and in the meantime fans are getting little tidbits of news and information. Yesterday more details of the park were unveiled to the press. “There is enough in Ghibli’s Grand Warehouse for people to enjoy …Read more »
The TV anime adaptation of TNSK’s My Master Has No Tail manga is another piece of the gargantuan Fall 2022 anime puzzle, and we’ve been seeing a bunch of character spotlights leading up to its release. Beyond those, the fantasy comedy series is now ready …Read more »
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