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Happy Mother’s Day! If you’re in the U.S., it’s that time of the year that we set aside to thank our moms for everything they do for us. Although we find that the mother is missing in a lot of anime, there are still plenty …Read more »
United States President Barack Obama was feeling particularly grateful while welcoming Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to the White House. He thanked the PM for a handful of Japan's key cultural contributions to the United States, including, of course, manga and anime. Here's what Obama …Read more »
Hopefully you're ready for another peek at the upcoming live-action Attack on Titan film, because a second official trailer is here along with a new poster. The adaptation opens in Japan on August 8, and you can see the latest preview below. Here's the new …Read more »
Wolfsmund volume five was all about the siege of the notorious, seemingly impenetrable Sankt Gotthard Pass, home to the vile bailiff Wolfram. It was pretty much non-stop action, with Walter leading the charge and helping his people evade every last attempt at keeping them out …Read more »
Not too long ago we were remarking how more anime is moving off the America-based Kickstarter and onto Japan-based crowdfunding platforms. Well, here to prove us wrong is Coluboccoro , a new fantasy anime project from Kenji Studio. The good old “if it ain’t broke, …Read more »
Shirobako has been one of the most pleasant surprises of the anime season: a delightful office comedy about the work of actually putting together anime. This is a very meta premise, with more than its share of industry in-jokes and not one but multiple shows-within-the-show. …Read more »
If you are in the habit of pouring one out for dead homies, please offer your next libation to crowdfunding site Anime Sols, who will shutter their virtual doors May 1. As stated on the Anime Sols news page : As you may have noticed, …Read more »
Naota's got it rough. Robots and aliens and laser guns, the usual anime protagonist fare. That’s all there, front and center, but he’s got other problems. Nobody wants to pay attention to him. Nobody gives him any credit. He’s smarter than every adult around him. …Read more »
Gainax, the anime studio behind such projects as Wings of Honneamise , Neon Genesis Evangelion and Gurren Lagann , has opened an anime museum in rural Miharu, Fukushima Prefecture. Fukushima is recovering from 2011’s triple earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster. Gainax president Yoshinori Asao, originally …Read more »
Japanese crowdfunding has grown up. While the earliest successfully-funded anime ( Little Witch Academia 2 , Kick-Heart ) were financed via America-based Kickstarter, recent months have seen Japanese crowdfunding sites play a bigger role in anime projects. Case in point: In This Corner of the …Read more »
Not a week goes by, it feels, that we’re not reporting on some anime or manga that’s being turned into a live-action film. Though it’s not a particularly new phenomenon, the pace seems to be increasing as studios bank on nostalgia to drive ticket sales …Read more »
Good news for fans of Studio Khara’s Japan Anima(tor)’s Exhibition : the series of anime shorts is in for a second season. Animator Expo, which debuted online last November, is a series of animated shorts produced by Hideki Anno’s Studio Khara, the studio behind the …Read more »
There are times you’ll hear people refuse to touch certain shows because of how dated they look. But sometimes, that isn’t really all that bad. In fact, when you get older, those dated shows become something precious and dear to your heart like an old …Read more »
Japanese polling site Goo, which often asks its readers anime and manga-related questions, just released the results of a recent poll asking, “which celebrities are you most surprised to learn have otaku hobbies?” Depending on how much attention you pay to Japanese pop culture, your …Read more »
How Deep Is Your Love… for Sword Art Online ? Enough to wake up every morning and put Sword Art Online on your face? In that case, we have the product for you. Released February 26, the Sword Art Online PC Frame by maker Heart …Read more »
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