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Yuto Yotsuba and Ryo Ogawa’s Ya Boy Kongming! manga previously inspired a TV anime adaptation, and now that take on the material is headed to the big screen. A compilation film has been announced for the series, with Ya Boy Kongming! Road to Summer Sonia …Read more »
Studio TRIGGER’s anime adaptation of Ryoko Kui’s Delicious in Dungeon manga is set to premiere in January 2024, but fans in Japan will get a chance to see it early. A three-week limited advance screening is set to run in 41 theaters throughout Japan, with …Read more »
Writer Takahiro and illustrator Yohei Takemura’s Chained Soldier manga has an anime adaptation on the way, and now a date has been put in place. According to the official Twitter account, the series is set to premiere in Japan on January 4, 2024. This follows …Read more »
It used to be that manga were only read as physical books, but as technology has advanced, reading manga digitally has grown. Oricon ME recently did an internet survey in Japan to see who is reading the most digital manga, and it might not be …Read more »
Actor and comedian Beat Takeshi, whose real name is Takeshi Kitano, was recently at Tokyo’s Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan to talk about his upcoming historical movie Kubi, which he wrote, directed, and acts in. He also got to talking about the Japanese entertainment business …Read more »
Turns out there are consequences to John Wick being such a popular series: aside from two live-action spinoff series, it looks like there’s going to be an anime, too. That’s the word from John Wick director Chad Stahelski on the podcast The Discourse, who said: …Read more »
McDonald’s Japan wanted to advertise its Yoru Mac (translated as Night Mac), which is what they call their special menu for evenings. So what did they do? Anime ads, of course. McDonald’s Japan has been putting out a series of them, starting on September 20. …Read more »
The upcoming My Hero Academia video game — which will be known as My Hero Ultra Rumble in America and My Hero Academia Ultra Rumble in Japan — has dropped two trailers, one in English, and one in Japanese. The game will debut a week …Read more »
Gaming and cosplay are two big things in the realm of otaku interests, but how about cosplaying historically while gaming? Let me be more specific: how would you like to dress as an actual samurai warrior and dance along with a game like Dance Dance …Read more »
The Japanese labor ministry puts out a survey each year asking workers about their experiences in the world of arts and entertainment and elsewhere. This time around it asked people with artistic careers about sexual harassment, a question it has not asked in the past. …Read more »
Let Me Check the Walkthrough First is a 2022 donghua (Chinese animation) series that’s now on the way to TV in Japan. The Japanese-dubbed version of the series will premiere on TV TOKYO and Sun TV starting on October 6, 2023, followed by broadcasts on …Read more »
It was just last week that Hayao Miyazaki’s The Boy and the Heron anime film entered the top 100 list of highest-grossing films of all time in Japan. At the time it was in 93rd place, but now it has already bumped up a few …Read more »
Running from 2023 to 2026, the sprawling Gintama 20th Anniversary Project celebrates the 20th anniversary of Hideaki Sorachi’s manga serialization and the 20th anniversary of the TV anime broadcast debut. As part of the celebration, re-edited versions of the anime’s Thorny arc (AKA Baragaki Arc) …Read more »
After being teased back in November 2022, the latest Japanese Godzilla film locked in US theatrical plans in July. It opens in the US on December 1, 2023 following its premiere in Japan on November 3, and a new trailer has arrived to show some …Read more »
Hayao Miyazaki’s The Boy and the Heron anime film has been in Japanese theaters for over a month now, so it’s time to look at how the updated numbers are shaking out. According to the latest, the film has just entered the top 100 list …Read more »
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