In June it was announced that Shinji Aoba, the arrested suspect of the Kyoto Animation arson, would undergo psychiatric examinations to see if he is mentally competent enough to go to trial. Japanese prosecutors have announced they’re officially indicting Aoba, which indicates he must have …Read more »
When Act-Age was cancelled following the arrest of writer Tatsuya Matsuki, many pointed out that the artist, Shiro Usazaki, was also being punished even though she hadn’t done anything. While Usazaki herself supported the decision to pull the manga, it left her without a job. …Read more »
Last December Tomohiro Maki, the president of Gainax, was arrested following accusations of sexual harassment and assault against someone contracted to one of his companies as a voice actress. According to Anime News Network, the Tokyo District Court has found him guilty and sentenced him …Read more »
It’s that time of year: time for Fate/Grand Order to launch its Christmas event and give another Heroic Spirit a chance to play Santa! The tradition has been part of the game since its very first holiday event, and doesn’t appear to show signs of stopping. …Read more »
In the world of turning into other things in other worlds, you don’t get much more transformative than That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime and So I’m a Spider, So What?. Both series are set to team up for a collaboration of sorts …Read more »
Following up on an earlier reveal in Weekly Shonen Jump, the news is officially out about the Chainsaw Man anime. The eternally busy MAPPA—which is currently working on JUJUTSU KAISEN and Attack on Titan Final Season, among many other recent projects—is handling animation production for the …Read more »
As was the case with this year’s list of popular buzzwords in Japan, Animal Crossing and Demon Slayer have also been listed among 2020’s top Google trends. Google breaks down the most searched terms every year, and Japan’s definitely had some crossover with the rest …Read more »
It’s happening at last: we’re getting a real honest-to-goodness Star Wars anime! Star Wars: Visions is still some way up the road, but we’re looking forward to it… so much, in fact, that we need something to tide us over. Thankfully, there’s plenty of anime out there …Read more »
Both the One Piece manga and anime have been running for over 20 years now, with only vague promises of an end in sight. Nami’s been in the Straw Hat Pirates since the beginning, and with so many arcs worth of different outfits, there are …Read more »
It’s been quite a wait, but the first part of That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime season 2 is finally about to premiere on January 12. To get everyone in gear for the return, the adaptation of Fuse’s light novels is here with …Read more »
American Mike Howard used the antics of his years as a Japanese salaryman for his humorous memoir The Salaryman, illustrated by mangaka Rena Saiya. After this he turned The Salaryman into a manga (again with artwork from Saiya) and has recently translated the manga into …Read more »
The qualifications for getting into a Super Smash Bros game, at least these days, consist of “be a video game character.” That’s why you can throw Mario, Mr. Game and Watch, and your Wii yoga instructor into the same fight. Even Sans Undertale makes an appearance …Read more »
Anime companies are always looking at what they have down the pipeline that will interest fans. Sentai Filmworks has some new releases coming out in the spring that are available to pre-order, and they shared the news on Twitter. https://twitter.com/SentaiFilmworks/status/1337200992207646721 The little video specifically shows …Read more »
Yesterday during the Disney Investor Day 2020 livestream, information was revealed about Star Wars: Visions, an anime anthology. Since Disney has already been involved in Star Wars manga, Star Wars anime is not such a stretch. “Star Wars: Visions will be a series of animated …Read more »
Ever since his debut in 2015, Saitama, known as One Punch Man, has taken the anime community by storm. Here we have a superhero whose mission in life is to find an opponent that doesn’t take one hit to defeat. I don’t think that I’ve …Read more »
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