The movie Gekijō-ban Jujutsu Kaisen 0 hit theaters in Japan on December 24 and has been racking up sales. Evangelion: 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon A Time was the most successful film in the Japanese box office in 2021, and it made 4,934,996,800 yen (approximately $42.6 million) …Read more »
One of the hotly-anticipated anime on the horizon is the next season of Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?, based on the hit light novel series written by Fujino Omori and illustrated by Suzuhito Yasuda. A new update arrived …Read more »
Ryota Kobayashi is back in the live stage role of Tanjiro Kamado in the third Demon Slayer play, which is gearing up to adapt the mega-successful Mugen Train storyline featured in the record-breaking anime film and the latest TV anime season. Performances of “Butai Kimetsu no …Read more »
MF Ghost, the followup to Shuichi Shigeno’s street racing manga Initial D, is officially getting a TV anime adaptation. The series has been confirmed to be in the works for a 2023 premiere, and the official website and Twitter account launched to show off the …Read more »
We previously reported about Love Hina creator Ken Akamatsu’s foray into the world of Japanese politics, and naturally that means there isn’t much time for manga. As Akamatsu prepares to run in next summer’s upper house election for a seat in Japan’s parliament, he announced …Read more »
Official English readers of Kentaro Yabuki’s Ayakashi Triangle manga will have to skip the 74th chapter of the series. While a reason wasn’t provided, both VIZ Media’s Shonen Jump and Shueisha’s MANGA Plus services won’t be publishing the chapter, and will instead skip the installment …Read more »
Following up on the anime adaptation’s adorable Anya illustration for the holidays, it’s SPY x FAMILY author Tatsuya Endo’s turn to wish everyone a Happy New Year! This one features Anya once again, and she’s teamed up with Bond to ring in the Year of …Read more »
We get it, we get it. New year, new you. You can tell yourself every morning that you can just choose to do things better. But there’s a new year energy whenever the calendar turns over. We know deep down we’re in danger of losing …Read more »
Another installation is about to kick off in Japan for the 30th anniversary celebration of the Patlabor series. Following showings in Tokyo, Aichi, and Niigata, the next stop for the Patlabor exhibition—which includes a new collection centered on Patlabor: The TV Series, Patlabor: The New …Read more »
Gunma-chan is the pony mascot of Gunma Prefecture, and also the star of its own anime adaptation. However, an episode meant to come out in December has been permanently pulled because it deals with gambling. A brief summary of the episode is available. In it, …Read more »
VA and singer Shoko Nakagawa (who also goes by Shokotan) had a serious health scare but appears to be doing better now. Shokotan had been dealing with a fever (she assured everyone she tested negative for COVID) and took some medicine to try to feel …Read more »
Despite the fact that a lot has happened in 2021, it turns out it’s actually possible to capture it all in one piece of amazing art. Proof of this comes from Daromeon—the artist responsible for bringing Yabako Sandrovich’s Kengan Ashura manga to life on the …Read more »
2021 was a big year for anime, which means we had plenty of awesome opening theme songs to jam to along the way. Japanese website Anime! Anime! recently polled its readers to find out which OPs were their favorites from the past year, and 741 …Read more »
The beginning of the end has arrived for Suzuhito Yasuda’s Yozakura Quartet manga. The series launched in Kodansha’s Shonen Sirius magazine back in 2006, and according to the author’s latest update, it will enter its final arc sometime in 2022. While the final story is …Read more »
Artist Kurone Mishima is getting ready to release a book full of illustrations she made for Natsume Akatsuki’s KONOSUBA -God’s blessing on this wonderful world! light novel series, and some familiar voices are getting in on the promotion. KADOKAWA’s official YouTube channel started streaming a …Read more »
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