The isekai genre is going to be with us for quite a while longer. With more isekai anime being made every season, and light novels and manga coming out full force, it’s pretty much everywhere. It’s been around for some time, but how we think of it has a …Read more »
Tsukimichi -Moonlit Fantasy-, a series of isekai novels by Kei Azumi, is set to get the anime treatment. That’s the word from Nippon TV, the Japanese TV network that’s just launched a brand-new anime division. Tsukimichi will be the first anime project developed by the …Read more »
Two people have been arrested in Japan for allegedly creating counterfeit Quintessential Quintuplets T-shirts with intent to sell, reports Japanese media outlet Sports Hochi. The two culprits, aged 41 and 38, had produced 50 such shirts, featuring characters from Quintessential Quintuplets and other anime. They …Read more »
The Demon Slayer franchise has a new feather to put in its cap: of all the movies playing across the globe last weekend, Demon Slayer The Movie: Mugen Train was the most successful. From its release on Friday until Sunday, Demon Slayer sold 3.42 million …Read more »
Hestia of Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? has a new job: to help people navigate. Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? III and MAPLUS have teamed up for their own version of …Read more »
Sega has been celebrating its 60th anniversary with Sonic the Hedgehog taiyaki, and now it’s announced that Sonic the Hedgehog 2 and Nights into Dreams can be played free on Steam. This has gotten many fans excited, but Sonic’s lead programmer, Yuji Naka, is not …Read more »
Mamoru Hosoda, the director behind Summer Wars, Wolf Children and more, has just finished the storyboards for his latest film. Said Hosoda in an interview with Oricon News: “We’re working on it right now. I just finished all the storyboards. We’re now going into serious …Read more »
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba continues to be a smash hit in Japan, where the theatrical film made huge amounts of money this past weekend. All well and good, but a certain sector of the population is suffering at the hands of Demon Slayer’s popularity. …Read more »
Bleach creator Tite Kubo takes readers to Reverse London in BURN THE WITCH, a manga series about a world where dragons both exist and are highly legislated. This year, the manga became a one-shot film. And we’re in love. One movie — or three episodes — …Read more »
Demon Slayer: Mugen Train is basically everything right now. It’s setting records in Japan, and fans in the US can’t wait to see it for themselves. Sadly, we have to wait for next year until the film hits North America. In the meantime, here are some …Read more »
There was a big hoopla when someone stole 20 volumes of Demon Slayer from Onsen no Mori hot spring and the facility responded by asking nicely on social media for the books to be returned. Time passed and at least 190 copies of Demon Slayer …Read more »
Digital Manga Inc.’s imprint LILYKA publishes independent yuri manga, and one of their creators is Mintaro, who has a line of fairy tale influenced comics. Mintaro also maintains a YouTube page where she posts some drawing videos to help aspiring artists. LILYKA shared this information …Read more »
Norah Jones is releasing a digital deluxe version of her album Pick Me Up Off the Floor, and she’s teamed up with mangaka Rumiko Takahashi for a new music video for her song “I’m Alive.” “We’re all human, and we experience many things in life, …Read more »
After lots of false starts and global delays, the final Evangelion movie will be coming to us in January 2021. 3.0+1.0, or Thrice upon a Time, is the end of an era. It’s also been a long time in coming, so understandably we’re all a bit antsy as …Read more »
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba is one of the biggest hits of the last few years. The manga has sold about a bajillion copies, and the anime is no slouch either. Early reports about this weekend’s box office show the new film, Mugen Train, taking …Read more »
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