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The Kagawa Prefecture in Japan has a unique law in the country: a local ordinance limiting video game playing for underage residents. The ordinance was designed as a means to prevent video game addiction in young people. In September 2020, a few months after the …Read more »
Sometimes anime and manga create their own worlds, and sometimes they hearken back to real things, including those from Japan’s past. The bishonen franchise Touken Ranbu anthropomorphizes famous old Japanese swords as beautiful young men, and this has gotten many fans interested in the original …Read more »
The upcoming My Master Has No Tail anime, which adapts the manga by TNSK, has been gradually unveiling character trailers since it introduced its protagonist. The latest is here to introduce future viewers to Byakudanji Tsubaki, a Rakugo master whose butt is apparently as notable …Read more »
The Japanese broadcast schedule has been revealed for the My Master Has No Tail anime, and with it comes a new trailer focusing on lead character Mameda. The tanuki girl is voiced by M·A·O, so get a taste of what happens when she leaves her …Read more »
In the past two years the COVID pandemic has had a major effect on all of our lives, and for all the otaku out there, that’s included anime conventions. Anime conventions in America have been cancelled or scaled back, and as Anime NYC has shown …Read more »
Oscar and Grammy-winning composer Ryuichi Sakamoto announced that he has been diagnosed with stage IV cancer. Sakamoto has previously talked about his fights against cancer. In 2014, he was diagnosed with throat cancer. Then, in 2021, he was diagnosed with rectal cancer. Stage IV cancer …Read more »
A woman in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture is in hot water for allegedly selling bootleg Demon Slayer merchandise. Yesterday police gave prosecutors paperwork on it, saying she broke the Copyright Act. Police believe that she sold a fake Demon Slayer smartphone case around March 21, 2021, …Read more »
Mistreatment of anime workers is unfortunately a very real and all too common occurrence in Japan. Right now Toei Animation, the giant studio behind hits like One Piece, Dragon Ball Z, Sailor Moon and more, is in hot water after a recent news conference where …Read more »
Are you a talented and artistic high school student who wants to make manga? Then here’s an opportunity for you! The 31st National High School Manga Championships is currently on. In the past it allowed people outside of Japan to take part, but only those …Read more »
Four years ago Akihiko Kondo held a wedding ceremony where he married Hatsune Miku. It’s not an official marriage, but it made the news, and the Japanese paper The Mainichi caught up with Kondo to see how his wedded bliss is going. And, it turns …Read more »
22-year-old Ayumu Kuroda was a member of the idol group Junon Superboy Anothers, but now he’s been arrested for alleged fraud. Both he and 26-year-old Ryoya Yatsubayashi (who is not a member of the group) were arrested on January 5 by Aichi Prefectural Police’s Toyokawa …Read more »
As a general rule of thumb, you can never have too many life-size Gundam statues. Japan agrees, and that’s why they’re putting together their third life-size Gundam in the country. It’s western Japan’s first life-size Gundam. This Gundam is the RX-93ff Nu Gundam from Mobile …Read more »
Are Pokémon cards getting so expensive in Japan that they’ve become investments for adults and are out of the reach of kids, their primary targeted audience? Those are concerns raised by journalist Yuki Takahashi and published in the English edition of the Japanese paper The …Read more »
A new trailer has arrived for CUE!, the upcoming TV anime based on Liber Entertainment’s mobile game that has players raising voice actors. The series is set at the offices of rookie voice acting agency AiRBLUE, and you can meet the members of Team Flower …Read more »
Hikaru Kondo, the founder, representative director, and president of ufotable, has been officially found guilty of tax evasion. The Tokyo District Court said that Kondo cheated by not paying 138 million yen (about $1.25 million) that he owed in taxes. In terms of sentencing, he …Read more »
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