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A social media lifestyle app in Japan known as Gravity conducted a survey with women ages 20-39, asking them what they spend their money on for fun. There are plenty of necessities out there that paychecks go to—rent, groceries and bills, to name a few—but …Read more »
For many people Charles Martinet is the voice of Mario. He began voicing the character in 1991, and while he’s played other people in the franchise (including Luigi, Waluigi and Wario) he’s mainly known for voicing the main character. That’s about to change, though. The …Read more »
The 27th Fantasia International Film Festival has completed, so let’s see how anime did there! When it came to the award for Best Animated Feature in the Audience Awards, all three winners (gold, silver and bronze) are anime movies. First place went to Kurayukaba, second …Read more »
The two 2023 movies doing best in Japan this year are The Super Mario Bros. Movie and Detective Conan: Kurogane no Submarine (translated as Detective Conan: Iron Submarine). In fact, they’ve basically tied in how much money they’ve earned, with each raking in about $95 …Read more »
Sometimes people get crushes on fictional characters, like ones from anime and manga. More rarely, sometimes people get unofficial marriages with these characters. Akihiko Kondo, a man who unofficially married Vocaloid Hatsune Miku, has created a group called Association of Fictosexuality. It is a place …Read more »
Today, July 18, 2023, is the four-year anniversary of the Kyoto Animation arson. As a result, a memorial ceremony took place in Fushimi Ward in Kyoto to honor the victims. The memorial service began at approximately 10:30 in the morning, and this time was chosen …Read more »
If you read so much manga you need a tracker for it, there’s a new book that has you covered. My Manga Collection: That Time I Read So Much Manga That I Needed This Tracker to Record Everything, from the God-Tier Volumes to Trash Faves …Read more »
In Haita the Invisible, main character Yuzu can’t speak and she’s harassed at school because of it. Adolescence is hard enough, but the mean girls see her as vulnerable and walk all over her. They say vicious things about her, which she hears, and they …Read more »
TOKYOPOP says its imprint LoveLove is dedicated to romance books, whether they be Japanese manga or Western graphic novels. It will include shojo, josei, boys love and girls love manga. It also shared four titles it will be releasing from the imprint later this year. …Read more »
Wonder House of Horrors is a horror anthology consisting of ten short stories: “Ugly Face,” “The Amazing Dismembered Girl,” “Monologue,” “Severance,” “Speed Girl,” “Wonder Valentine,” “Chocolate Man,” “Mission School,” “The Hut in the Mountains” and “The Mansion of Sweet Mystery.” The main characters in these …Read more »
Lonely Castle in the Mirror is a moving, relatable movie for anyone who has ever felt lonely, especially anyone who has ever had troubles going to school. The main character, adolescent Kokoro, is terrified of going to school and will make herself sick to avoid …Read more »
Father’s Day was over the weekend, so it was the perfect time to reveal the first trailer of the anime My Daughter Left the Nest and Returned an S-Rank Adventurer. It’s based on the light novel series Bōkesha ni Naritai to Miyako ni Deteitta Musume …Read more »
Media Do International, Clover Press and Shueisha are all working together on a Kickstarter for the English translation and publication of romance novel Love Like the Falling Petals, which has been a bestseller in Japan and received a live-action Netflix adaptation. The Kickstarter is currently …Read more »
Juné Manga, the boys’ love imprint of Digital Manga Publishing, is coming out with a new edition of No Touching At All (a.k.a. Dōshitemo Furetakunai in Japanese) by Kou Yoneda. The announcement was short, saying: “It’s finally here! Coming Fall 2023! No Touching At All …Read more »
A new subtitled trailer has dropped for Reign of the Seven Spellblades (Nanatsu no Maken ga Shihai Suru in Japanese) which we now know will debut on July 7. In it you can hear the opening theme song “Kenka” (translated as “Sword Flower”) being performed …Read more »
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