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Plenty of One Piece fans around the world would love to have a conversation with Luffy, and thanks to AI, now you can. The massive Japanese publisher Shueisha, which publishes One Piece and many other favorites, has made AI Luffy a holographic receptionist. His first …Read more »
It’s spring, and in Japan, spring is associated with cherry blossoms, called “Sakura” in Japanese. There’s a famous traditional Japanese folk song called “Sakura Sakura” that Japanese people have sung for many years in spring time, and now everyone’s favorite Pokémon Pikachu is in on …Read more »
The three beautiful boy sword movies in the Toku Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru ~Setsugetsuka~ film trilogy are all coming out this year. The first one, Yuki no Maki (translated as Snow Story) premieres on May 20, and a trailer for it has been released. In it …Read more »
Some new information has just come out about the upcoming anime adaptation of Bastard!! -Heavy Metal, Dark Fantasy- . For starters, the anime will debut globally on June 30, on Netflix. The first part of the anime will consist of thirteen episodes. The second part …Read more »
Akira Watanabe is a 54-year-old living in Aichi Prefecture, and when police came to his door to arrest him, he didn’t deny the charges. In fact, he confessed to them. What was he in trouble for? Threatening the lives of Sega employees and their families. …Read more »
The third season of the Kaguya-sama: Love is War anime, titled Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai -Ultra Romantic-, is coming out on April 9. But some lucky fans will get to see it early, thanks to Aniplex of America. The American premiere advanced screening will take place …Read more »
A Japanese person who goes by Kota online inadvertently started something by tweeting an image of their friend’s old Pokémon Piplup toy. “My friend’s Piplup is really gross,” Kota commented with the image. It could have ended there, but it turns out so many fans …Read more »
After a few delays, Digimon Survive is going to be released sometime this year for for PS4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC. The game is described as a cross between a visual novel and an RPG. A trailer for it was released during the Digimon …Read more »
J-Novel Club shared a new livestream on Twitch, and they have nine new titles they’re releasing. Six of them are manga, and three are light novels. J-Novel Club gave titles, authors and descriptions, as seen below. Fushi no Kami: Rebuilding Civilization Starts with a Village …Read more »
Orochi, originally published in Japan in 1969-1970, is finally going to be fully released in America. The creator, Kazuo Umezz (sometimes written as Kazuo Umezu) is Japan’s premiere horror mangaka, but only some of his work has been licensed here. The first volume of Orochi, …Read more »
If you’ve been wanting to see the new Prince of Tennis movie, Ryoma! The Prince of Tennis <Decide> in theaters, the wait is almost over! Anime Expo and Iconic Events are going to be putting on the very first AX Cinema Nights with this movie. …Read more »
People love the 59-foot tall life-size movable RX-78-2 Gundam statue in the Gundam Factory Yokohama facility, so it’s no wonder it’s in the Jury Selections for the Entertainment Division of the 25th Japan Media Arts Festival Awards. The Japan Media Arts Festival gave this description …Read more »
Right now, if you go to Tokyo’s National Museum of Nature and Science, you’ll get to see . . . Pokémon fossils? Yep, you read that right. And while the Pokémon fossils might not be real, the museum is using this opportunity to teach real …Read more »
In her previous life, the main character of Cross-Dressing Villainess Cecilia Sylvie was Hiyono, a Japanese girl who loved reverse harem dating sims like Holy Maiden of Vleugel Academy 3. After she died at a young age, she reincarnated — but not as a person …Read more »
This Friday, March 18, all 13 volumes of the manga Record of Ragnarok will become available on the digital manga app Mangamo. “The Record of Ragnarok manga series has sold over 10 million copies in Japan—making it one of the biggest manga hits in recent …Read more »
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