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Right now if you go to the Event Hall at Hirakata Park in Hirakata, Osaka Prefecture, there’s something really cool to see: the “Fullmetal Alchemist Exhibition: Returns!” event! The exhibition was created in response to 20 years of Fullmetal Alchemist. There are more than 300 …Read more »
There’s a special type of joy when your favorite manga series gets an anime adaptation. You have the chance to see and hear your favorite characters which is always exciting to see how they are brought to life digitally. Many manga go on to become …Read more »
God of manga Osamu Tezuka created the unicorn manga Unico back in 1976, and soon there will be an attempt to make an all-new Unico comic. If their soon-to-start Kickstarter campaign works, the Gurihiru illustrator duo and Samuel Sattin will publish Unico: Awakening (Unico: Mezame …Read more »
Some things are getting moved around at Crunchyroll. Colin Decker, Crunchyroll’s chief executive officer, is going to be moving on from the company, though he’ll stick around a few more weeks during the transitional phase. He’s being replaced by Rahul Purini, who has been both …Read more »
Mistreatment of anime workers is unfortunately a very real and all too common occurrence in Japan. Right now Toei Animation, the giant studio behind hits like One Piece, Dragon Ball Z, Sailor Moon and more, is in hot water after a recent news conference where …Read more »
The Fruits Basket -prelude- compilation movie will come out on Blu-ray this June 24 in Japan, and purchasers will get a little something extra: a brand-new manga from creator Natsuki Takaya. The manga will be short — only eight pages — and Takaya created it …Read more »
The Japanese paper The Nikkei posted an ad for the manga Tawawa on Monday (Getsuyōbi no Tawawa in the original Japanese), and it angered the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. The UN group sent a letter to The Nikkei, …Read more »
The anime adaptation of Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer (Hoshi no Samidare in the original Japanese) is going to be debuting this July. The livestream that announced this additionally shared a new visual and told us more about the cast. M.A.O plays Anima, Tatsumaru Tachibana …Read more »
Yuu Toyota’s BL manga series Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?! (30-sai Dōtei da to Mahō Tsukai ni Nareru Rashii in the original Japanese) just had its movie adaptation come out in Japan. The movie in turn is a sequel …Read more »
The LOOPERS kinetic novel is coming out on Nintendo Switch on June 2, and they’ve revealed the opening movie for it. Ryukishi07, the creator of the Higurashi: When They Cry and Umineko – When They Cry series, is the writer of the game’s scenario. But …Read more »
A trailer has dropped for the anime Shine On! Bakumatsu Boys, which is an all-new story not based on a manga, video game or novel. The series will make its debut on July 8 in Japan. Members of the cast have been revealed: Gen Sato …Read more »
Do you need some Pokémon nail polish to go with your Pokémon clothes and Pokémon jewelry? The Japanese company uka has you covered with their limited edition uka Pokémon Study Series consisting of six different nail polishes! Each nail polish is associated with a different …Read more »
There are two new live-action Fullmetal Alchemist movies coming out, and a new trailer has dropped for both of them. The first of the two movies is Hagane no Renkinjutsushi: Kanketsu-hen – Fukushūsha Scar (translated as Fullmetal Alchemist: Final Chapter – The Avenger Scar) and …Read more »
The long-awaited anime adaptation of SPY x FAMILY just debuted, and its ending theme song “Kigeki” (translated as “Comedy”), has already hit the top spot in Japan’s weekly digital single chart. During its first week out, the song received 20,012 downloads. The song comes to …Read more »
Mariko Kikuchi’s manga “Kami-sama” no Iru Ie de Sodachimashita ~Shūkyō 2-Sei na Watashi-tachi~ (translated as A Home Life With God ~We Children Born Into Religion~) has been pulled from its Yomitai web media platform. Each chapter has to do with a child born into a …Read more »
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