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Publisher: NIS America Developer: Spike Chunsoft System: PS Vita Available: Now Rating: M Those who have played the Danganronpa visual novels know their quirks well. These are dark, funny, and well-written murder mysteries, and spin-off Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls attempts to boil its …Read more »
"Who, me?" Japanophiles may be aware that despite great strides, gender equality in Japan still isn’t quite where it is in the western world. That’s well-exemplified in a new word that appeared in Japanese around 2009: jōshiryoku, or “women’s power.” Where in the States “women’s …Read more »
Naming your child after a cartoon character: if Nicolas Cage can do it, why can’t we all? That was the question posed (okay, maybe not in those exact words) last week by our favorite polling site, Charapedia, who asked 10,000 anime fans what anime characters’ …Read more »
You know, I know it, and manga and anime creators sure know it: there’s nothing better than a good rivalry. Be it sports, shonen or virtually any genre, there’s few things that keep viewers watching than two equally-matched rivals fighting for the same prize, or …Read more »
The Psycho-Pass anime film will open in Singapore's Golden Village Suntec City theater on Friday, so Southeast Asian channel Aniplus-Asia is here with an English-subtitled version of the second trailer. See the subbed preview of the film—which Makoto Fukami ( Chotto Kawaii Iron Maiden ) …Read more »
The internet seems to run on lists these days, and that’s no less true in Japan, where several sites have taken to regularly polling their audience and listing the results for fun and profit. But the constant creation of new polls means coming up with …Read more »
FUNimation will be releasing Ping Pong the Animation —directed by Masaaki Yuasa and based on the original manga by Taiyo Matsumoto—on DVD and Blu-ray this June. With the release date looming, FUNi recently uploaded a couple samples of the anime's English dub. Here's the cast …Read more »
Are you ready for the One-Punch Man anime? Madhouse is producing the adaptation of Yusuke Murata's manga, and the official website shared the very first promo. The trailer is light on footage, but what little we do get to see is pretty exciting. Even better …Read more »
The ladies of YuruYuri are making their return to television in a third anime season, and Pony Canyon's announcement arrived in the form of a 20-second video. The announcement video first popped up during a March 7 P'sLIVE02~LOVE&P's event promotion on Nico Nico Douga, and …Read more »
In the mid-1990s, the manga anthology Weekly Shonen Jump was at the zenith of its success in Japan, with a per-issue circulation of over 6 million. This astonishing prosperity came during a time when Dragon Ball was concluding—before Naruto and Bleach existed. Eiichiro Oda, who …Read more »
Live-action adaptations of anime and manga are an inevitably contentious topic, as more often than not fans are worked into a furor over a film project that may not ever enter production. Case in point: the recent announcement that Scarlet Johannson has been cast as …Read more »
This review does not contain spoilers of the movie, but does contain spoilers for both seasons of the series. Prior to the release of Psycho-Pass: The Movie , which premiered in Japan last week, the big question on the minds of many fans was whether …Read more »
The Fafner in the Azure: Dead Aggressor anime is prepping for its return in the form of Fafner EXODUS , which will arrive first in December with advance theatrical screenings in Japan. The 26-episode series' TV broadcast follows the theatrical previews in January, and new …Read more »
The Psycho-Pass anime film opens in Japan on January 9, and the official website now has a new full trailer promoting the theatrical feature. Makoto Fukami ( Chotto Kawaii Iron Maiden ) and Gen Urobuchi ( Puella Magi Madoka Magica ) are writing the film, …Read more »
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