Those who have been eagerly anticipating the return of the Saiyuki boys now have a date for the upcoming Saiyuki Reload -ZEROIN- TV anime. Following earlier news about January timing, the official website announced plans to kick off the series—which will adapt the “EVEN A …Read more »
Beginning tomorrow in Japan, all Donguri Kyowakoku stores in the country are getting new vending machine capsule toy collections. The Donguri Kyowakoku chain is all about selling Studio Ghibli merchandise, and these latest products are from the iconic movie My Neighbor Totoro. A brief, musical …Read more »
Wonder 3 mixes Osamu Tezuka’s penchant for showing the darkness of humanity, as well as his penchant for humorous kids’ comics, and it blends well. The setup has three aliens sent to Earth to stay there for a year to see if it’s worth keeping …Read more »
How do you sell locally produced apples, with the intent of especially advertising to women between the ages of 30 and 40? That’s easy: you just make advertising posters with sexy anime men. The Iwate Prefecture branch of ZEN-NOH (which is abbreviated from the Japanese …Read more »
There’s Evangelion cosplay, and then there’s EVANGELION COSPLAY!!!, the latter of which prop maker Maolo has down to a science. While we may have seen our fair share of EVA Unit-01 cosplay over the years, there isn’t much that comes close to the work Maolo …Read more »
No matter how much you love what you do, it’s important to recognize when your work is taking a toll on you. Voice actress Megumi Ogata recently came down with a fever, and while she tested negative for COVID-19 and the flu, she was diagnosed …Read more »
Online battle royale shooter Knives Out is currently running a crossover event with Hajime Isayama’s Attack on Titan, and Japan’s top cosplayer Enako is getting in on the fun. To promote the collaboration, Enako dressed up as Titan‘s Mikasa, complete with her Scout Regiment uniform …Read more »
If you’ve been itching to learn more about the new Bleach anime, it sounds like we’ll be getting our first proper look soon. The official Twitter account for the anime adaptation of Tite Kubo’s Shonen Jump manga—which ran from 2001 to 2016—revealed that the first …Read more »
When you think of a pick for Best Boy, you think of wholesome shonen heroes, right? Kids fighting their way up through the ranks for hope and glory. Or for their demon sister. Or to become Hokage. But… and stick with us… what if Moriarty? 2021 …Read more »
We all know that a true anime Best Girl is eternal. Maybe that’s why two of our top three picks are returning queens. And, like, the third one’s a spider. So what? As we close out the year, we’re looking at some of our favorite …Read more »
There’s nothing like the approach of a new series of anime. After years of reading manga and light novels and months of following production, it’s almost here. And the incoming selection of winter anime has some seriously big hitters… some of them starting this week! …Read more »
If you’re in Japan and feeling hungry, there are new Demon Slayer foods to eat, and not just at the Demon Slayer restaurant in Universal Studios Japan. Now that we’re close to December, Japanese brand Priroll is rolling out a line of officially-licensed Demon Slayer …Read more »
Elections tend to have public service announcements and activists reminding people to vote, and the Honduras presidential election got an unusual person involved: Light Yagami from Death Note. This is not in any official capacity from the creator or publisher, and Light doesn’t suggest any …Read more »
The official website for the new anime from Kenji Kamiyama (Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex) has revealed some new information. In addition to the visual above, the site announced plans for the Eien no 831 (The Eternal 831) anime to premiere on Japanese …Read more »
The SPY x FAMILY manga has new installments debut via Shonen Jump+ once every two weeks, but fans will have to wait for the next chapter. There’s something special running in its place, though, with the one-shot I SPY manga by author Tatsuya Endo to …Read more »
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