Love Live! Superstar!! is the next Love Live! series on the way, with Takahiko Kyogoku from the first Love Live! anime series at the helm. An online vote was recently held to help choose the new school idol unit’s name from a pool of 16 …Read more »
The 28th Crayon Shin-chan movie made its debut in Japanese theaters this past weekend, and this one has Love Live! director Takahiko Kyogoku at the helm. Titled Crayon Shin-chan: Crash! Rakuga Kingdom and Almost Four Heroes, the film was treated to a solid opening, coming …Read more »
Anime News Network released an interview they did with three people from the anime Deca-Dence: director Yuzuru Tachikawa, Cyborg designer Kiyotaka Oshiyama, and designer Hiromatsu Shu. Asked about character designs, Oshiyama replied, “Whenever I think of designs for an original work, there’s a feeling of discovery …Read more »
DanMachi season 3 is on the way to screens in Japan on October 2, so we finally have another look at the hotly anticipated Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? III. The latest trailer shows off more footage and …Read more »
Seika Kyomachi is a green-garbed town anime mascot for the Seika in the Kyoto Prefecture, whose catchphrase is the popular “I will erase the hometown tax deficit!” Besides being used to educate people on how they can lower their taxes, she’s a draw for tourism. …Read more »
Sanrio recently got a creepy makeover with cute toys you can disembowel, but the kawaii company isn’t done with its flair for gross/cute stuff. Sanrio’s theme park Harmonyland is getting all decked out for Halloween. According to the Japanese site grape, the Halloween theme rolled …Read more »
There are boys’ love anime, manga, light novels, and now there’s a special BL card game that takes you through your own “choose your own adventure” storyline in a school setting. According to SoraNews24, it’s called “Minna de Making! BL,” which translates as “Making a …Read more »
When a series of any kind runs for literal decades, the opportunities for less-than-good entries become more and more frequent — and this is just as true in The Legend of Zelda as anywhere else. Turning out games like Breath of the Wild and Twilight Princess …Read more »
Whether they’re cuddling with us, ignoring us, or plotting our demise, cats are an important part of our lives. It’s no wonder they show up in so many anime! But if you’re looking for titles made especially for cat lovers, we can help you narrow …Read more »
Gintama loves to troll fans, and that’s probably going to be no different with the appropriately titled Gintama THE FINAL movie. Whether or not this will actually be the final film is anyone’s guess, especially considering the way the manga has kept eking out final …Read more »
Update: Sony has denied Bloomberg’s report, stating “While we do not release details related to manufacturing, the information provided by Bloomberg is false.” Mo’ chips, mo’ problems. Sony is said to have revised the forecast for how many PlayStation 5s it will be able to …Read more »
One of our favorite TV shows—nay, one of our favorite things, period—in the world is Manben. That’s the show where Naoki Urasawa (Monster, 20th Century Boys) visits other manga artists to learn about their styles, philosophies, what kind of pens they use, &c. Urasawa and …Read more »
Remember Legend of Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These? It’s the remake/reboot/new adaptation of the Legend of Galactic Heroes novels by Yoshiki Tanaka that first hit airwaves back in 2018. The first season of that series was followed up by a “second season” in the form …Read more »
On September 14, 2001, the gaming world welcomed a new console to its ranks: the Nintendo GameCube. The ‘Cube, Nintendo’s successor to the Nintendo 64, was unique for many reasons. For one, it marked the first time Nintendo switched from cartridges to optical discs—though in …Read more »
Japanamerica author Roland Kelts recently wrote a piece for The Japan Times about how COVID-19 is affecting anime conventions. Cons have been canceled all over this year, and one issue is that the conventions want to get cancelled for safety reasons, but they could lose …Read more »
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