Like anyone who sat down to My Next Life as a Villainess: All Roads Lead to Doom!, we can’t wait for the second season. The isekai light novel turned anime ended up being absolutely charming and adorable. No matter what Catarina Claes may have been doomed to become, …Read more »
A new update is here for the Moriarty the Patriot anime, which is based on the manga by Ryosuke Takeuchi and Hikaru Miyoshi. The series officially kicks off on October 11 at 10:30pm on Tokyo MX, with premieres on BS11 and MBS to follow on …Read more »
What happens when Japan’s Gundam Café collaborates with Namjatown for some new Gundam pilot goods? You get some extremely feline takes on everyone’s favorite Mobile Suit Gundam stars, from a few of the heroes of Gundam Wing to pilots from Gundam 00 and Iron-Blooded Orphans. …Read more »
Professional Japanese singer and crooner Yumi Matsutoya, who sang the theme song in Kiki’s Delivery Service, is thrilled to be doing the new theme song for the historical game franchise Touken Ranbu. In the game, you get Japanese swords (nihonto), which look like bishonen. Matsutoya …Read more »
It’s not every day a manga turns 50, so people are ready to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of Doraemon. According to Anime News Network, the Doraemon anime will be celebrating the manga that came before it with three episodes that will air this Saturday. Gen …Read more »
There’s a set of toys in Japan with the English name “Who Are You?” where you start out with a colorful fluff ball and you have to wash it for it to turn into the actual toy. Once washed, you can see if you have …Read more »
Studio Ghibli co-founder Hayao Miyazaki is no stranger to winning awards, and they keep on coming. On August 26, he took home the 38th annual Kawakita Award from the Kawakita Memorial Film Institute. The award itself was created in honor of Nagamasa Kawakita, a Japanese …Read more »
What do you get when you combine Japanese rock star Yoshiki, Attack on Titan and canned coffee? This commercial, that’s what. In the ad, released today, Yoshiki (he of X Japan and charitable giving), transforms into a Titan, slams on a giant drum kit, and …Read more »
Dragon’s Dogma has picked up some vocal talent. The upcoming Netflix series, based on the Capcom video games, is set to debut this September 17. Now we’ve learned who’s playing who in both the English and Japanese dubs. Character: English actor / Japanese actor Ethan: …Read more »
I love vintage anime. Some of my earliest series were shown to me by local friends who have been collecting anime since the 1970s. New anime is great, too, and I’ve seen plenty of shows as they aired or just after. And now, a lot …Read more »
In summer 2020’s Rent-A-Girlfriend, college student Kazuya Kinoshita avails himself of a service that lets him… well, rent a girlfriend. The service is meant to assist struggling, lonely guys; but it seems like Kazuya’s struggles are only increasing. And that’s with multiple girls in his …Read more »
We all know that Eiichiro Oda’s bestselling manga One Piece will be coming to an end in the next four or five years. But that leaves the question: what will Oda do next? Twitter user Sandman says that according to a recent Japanese interview with …Read more »
Artistic otaku can use social media to show off their creations, from dioramas to officially approved fan art. Just take a look at Twitter user annkoromoti (@ufjmFR0BF7t5Jq7) and this shared image of a Valkyrie from Macross:
If you’ve ever wondered what income is like for a professional manga creator, mangaka Ryōma Kitada tweeted information and even a chart on how it is for him. His harem manga SUPER HXEROS, which will be released in America next year by Seven Seas Entertainment, …Read more »
Do you like playing crane games to get a toy for yourself or your sweetheart? Then your next destination might be the brand-new Tokyo arcade called Taito Station Fuchi Kururu, which boasts an impressive 454 crane games. That’s so many that the business has already …Read more »
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