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Japan got in its share of otakudom for the Tokyo Olympics, like their video game music opening, their watching Gundam (not Transformer), and their concluding Demon Slayer song. But sometimes the athletes brought in the otakudom, like Greece’s Miltiadis Tentoglou and America’s Payton Otterdahl. And …Read more »
Singer LiSA and her singer/voice actor husband Tatsuhisa Suzuki (a.k.a. vocalist Ta_2 from OLDCODEX) have both announced hiatuses. The couple shared the news of their marriage last year, at the very beginning of 2020. Mental and physical fatigue are listed for LiSA’s reasons for the …Read more »
The original proposed plans to have Akira and Super Mario in the Olympics opening ceremony may have been scrapped, but Japan is finding other ways to share its otakudom during the Games. Music often plays in the background of the sports, and otaku will recognize …Read more »
Goo Ranking sought to discover which shonen manga Japanese fans think has the best ending. They quizzed 2,758 people during the early months of 2021. Make your bets now on who made the top five, and then look below for results...
Mamoru Hosoda’s BELLE continues to do well, nabbing the top spot of the Japanese box office for the second weekend in a row. So far 1.69 million people have bought tickets and it’s brought in 2,437,411,900 yen (approximately $22.11 million). The live-action Tokyo Revengers took …Read more »
Would you believe Spirited Away is 20 years old this month? The record-setting film, about a girl working at the bathhouse of the gods to buy her parents’ freedom, is one of Studio Ghibli’s most memorable stories. One of the most memorable things about it is …Read more »
The Nihon SF Taikai (a.k.a the Japan Science Fiction Convention) had disclosed this year’s winners for the 52nd Seiun Awards. The “Best Comic” award went to two different manga: Hozuki’s Coolheadedness by Natsumi Eguchi (which is available in America through Kodansha) and Kimi o Shinasenai …Read more »
Somehow it’s been 20 years since Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli delighted the world with Spirited Away, and the studio behind it all is keenly aware of the anniversary. One of the special ways they’re celebrating is with a detailed illustration of Yubaba, which they …Read more »
Earlier this month, we reported on voice actor Hiro Shimono undergoing treatment for COVID-19. At the time, the voice actor had been diagnosed, with follow-up observations planned, and now we’re happy to pass along the news that Shimono is preparing to return to work. According …Read more »
The Japanese paper The Mainichi reports that anime studio Ufotable Inc. and its president Hikaru Kondo have been indicted for crimes related to their taxes. The Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau originally filed their complaint in February of 2020. According to the allegations, Kondo and Ufotable …Read more »
ICv2 has been keeping tabs on manga sales starting in 2002, and it just put out a new article that print manga sales in America broke records in 2020 and continue to do well in 2021. The article noted that manga sales had previously peaked …Read more »
Have you seen the opening animation for Tales of Arise? If so, you know this new video game is getting nothing but the best. The beautiful sequence hails from Ufotable, the company behind some of the most gorgeous anime in recent years. And if you didn’t …Read more »
Versatile actress Philece Sampler has passed away at age 67, reportedly from a heart attack. Besides her live-action work in such shows as Days of Our Lives and Another World, Sampler has a long list of credits dubbing anime into English. She played Mimi Tachikawa …Read more »
Known for roles such as Zenitsu Agatsuma in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba and Conny Springer in Attack on Titan, among many others, Hiro Shimono is a well-known voice actor in the anime industry. Now, according to talent agency I’m Enterprise, Shimono has been diagnosed …Read more »
Aniplex Online Fest hosted by Aniplex, Inc. and co-sponsored by Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc. returns on July 3rd for an unforgettable online event streaming for free on YouTube! Hosted by everyone’s favorite bilingual idol Sally Amaki from 22/7 (nanabun no nijyuuni) and Maxwell Powers, …Read more »
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