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Wan Piao, a man who owns an import toy store located in El Monte, California, has been busted for making and selling a bunch of counterfeit goods. Piao was arrested on November 1 under charges of manufacturing and possessing what amounts to over US$1.4 million …Read more »
Anime and manga have inspired countless works of art and merchandise, but there aren’t many as pricey as some of the items on display at The World’s Only Jewelry Art Exhibition, which will be held in Tokyo’s Ginza district this weekend. Among the 80 works …Read more »
When Sanrio does a collaboration, they don’t mess around. This time Sanrio has hooked up with Toho for a campaign with the My Hero Academia anime, which pairs some of Kohei Horikoshi’s main characters up with Sanrio brand characters ranging from Hello Kitty to Kero Kero Keroppi. …Read more »
This year, Megumi Hayashibara, the voice actress and singer behind some of anime’s most iconic roles (and theme songs), celebrates both her 50th birthday and her over 30 years in the business. Hayashibara, who debuted in 1986 on the series Maison Ikkoku , has starred …Read more »
The latest issue of Otaku USA Magazine, the October 2015 issue, hit newsstands yesterday with a big, blue Show by Rock cover. Editor-in-chief Patrick Macias has the scoop on what's in it: "Based on the subjects and themes popping up in our features this time, …Read more »
It seems like not a week goes by when we don’t feature an article about some new Evangelion merchandise. Hey, we’ll stop reporting on it just as soon as they stop making the stuff (but considering it’s been coming out in a pretty much constant …Read more »
Has Japan been bombarded by enough Evangelion merchandise? No way, Jose, says Evangelion copyright holder studio Khara, for whom Eva continues to be a golden goose regardless of the critical reaction to the films themselves. April 24th will see the latest deluge of Evangelion products, …Read more »
Ah, Don Quijote. When I first arrived to Japan, I was impressed that so many people knew of Don Quixote, the famed Spanish work of literature, thinking that it was sign of how cosmopolitan the island nation could be. Alas, the reason people knew of …Read more »
Hello, everyone! This is otaku and trend watcher Yunmao Ayakawa. It's getting hotter in Japan, summer is well on its way! Do you know that summer is the season for scary movies in Japan? Why? Because we want to enjoy a 'chilling feeling' to beat …Read more »
With glimpses into Japanese subculture mostly supplied by the likes of Genshiken and the future of Japan given pessimistic overtones in Eden of the East —not to mention the countless headlines in the news at home and abroad of Japan's shrinking birthrate, debt-ridden economy and …Read more »
As seen on TV! Poster art for the first Gundam movie. In the last breathtaking installment of “2011 is 1981”, I dipped back into the dusty mists of history to investigate the anime titles that debuted on the airwaves a mere three decades ago. This …Read more »
Here is my short list of highlights from the 4th and final New York Anime Festival: - Yoshiyuki Tomino draws a haru-ball with every signature. - The one-man Indy-short Cencoroll premiered and looks like fun (I only saw the trailer). - Vertical picked up Chi's …Read more »
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