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In August, Otaku USA reported on how some Western credit card companies have threatened penalties or told Japanese companies they need to stop selling some of their explicit manga titles. Manga creator and politician Ken Akamatsu spoke out against this, and now he’s been pulled …Read more »
Just in time for the official release of Shin chan: Shiro and the Coal Town on the Switch and Steam, we had a conversation with the game’s producer, Akira Nagashima. I recently wrote a preview of the first three days of the game and fell …Read more »
I Have a Crush at Work, the anime adaptation of the manga by Akamaru Enomoto, is set to hit screens this January. We’ve already had a look at the show via its trailer, but now we’ve got the next piece of the puzzle: the official …Read more »
Kujaku no Dance, Dare ga Mita? (Who Saw the Peacock Dance in the Jungle?), the josei crime manga from Rito Asami, is getting a live-action TV series. The show will star Kenichi Matsuyama (Death Note) and Suzu Hirose (Chihayafuru) and will start airing in January …Read more »
Last night The Simpsons aired its yearly “Treehouse of Horror” special, and once again it included nods to otaku interests. The first story segment, titled “Information Rage” and written by Rob LaZebnik, spoofs American politics in the form of giant fighting kaiju. It begins when …Read more »
In 2022, voice actress Amanda Winn Lee (known as Rei in Neon Genesis Evangelion) aided anime industry veteran Jan Scott-Frazier in getting a GoFundMe page to help pay her health bills. The campaign was a success, bringing in more than they had hoped for. Now …Read more »
A new video has arrived to preview the live-action Oshi no Ko drama ahead of its November 28 premiere on Amazon Prime. The latest look centers on an original song by B-Komachi called “Twilight,” the music video for which is now available to stream. Check …Read more »
In an exclusive reveal on Anime News Network, Tapas recently showcased a new trailer for Solo Leveling: Ragnarok. Based on Daul’s original story, the webcomic from artist JIN (REDICE) and adaptor Brix (REDICE) launched on Kakao Page on August 1, and now its English release …Read more »
If you’re going to cast Tomokazu Sugita (Gintoki in Gintama) in your anime, you might as well go all out. The Detectives These Days Are Crazy! anime must have gotten that memo, because the staff announced a triple role for Sugita as Chikubi Shishoku Ojisan, …Read more »
Fairy Tale Revengers is the latest spin on Ken Wakui’s Tokyo Revengers to make its way to the screen. This time around the series puts the characters into folktales and other classic stories, starting with a Revengers version of the tale of Momotaro. The first …Read more »
Attack on Titan The Movie: THE LAST ATTACK, which will hit Japanese theaters on Friday, November 8, is billed as a compilation film. But that doesn’t mean it’s all going to be recycled footage from Attack on Titan Final Season THE FINAL CHAPTERS. The Attack …Read more »
The Gundam SEED series is getting ready to continue, this time with the announcement of a followup to Gundam SEED FREEDOM. Mobile Suit Gundam SEED FREEDOM ZERO is a prequel project, and according to the announcement, the original script was completed 20 years ago. Screenwriter …Read more »
Here’s a nice piece of Halloween news: Paul W.S. Anderson, the director behind films like Event Horizon, Mortal Kombat and the Resident Evil series, is set to bring the arcade horror shooter The House of the Dead to the big screen. Production is expected to …Read more »
Fans of the manga My Love Story With Yamada-kun at Lv999 have a reason to be excited, because its long hiatus has finally come to an end! The hiatus began in February 2024, due to creator Mashiro’s health. With the manga returning, that hopefully that …Read more »
Not content with letting services like Spotify and YouTube grab all the video game music love, Nintendo saw fit to release its own app called Nintendo Music. True to the name, Nintendo Music is a dedicated app for playing music from Nintendo games from the …Read more »
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