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Based on the light novels written by Yukiya Murasaki and illustrated by Takahiro Tsurusaki, the How NOT to Summon a Demon Lord anime is set to make its debut on Japanese TV this summer. Yūta Murano directs the adaptation, with Kazeyuki Fudeyasu on series composition …Read more »
Behind The Magic We’re always told that the sky is the limit, that we all will have that one “dream job” we aspire to land no matter what. For Aoi Miyamori, that dream job lies in the anime industry. She, along with her four best …Read more »
Get ready for some small-screen fantasy violence, because Kumo Kagyu’s Goblin Slayer light novels are officially getting an anime adaptation. WHITE FOX (Re:ZERO, Grimoire of Zero, Steins;Gate) is in charge of animation production, and the cast of the previous drama CD will be reprising their …Read more »
Here’s an interesting one courtesy pollster Charapedia: The site has asked its readers to think back over the year that was and recall the anime news that left the biggest impression. What did Japanese anime fans think were the top stories of 2017? Let’s find …Read more »
Bandai Namco recently revealed Black Clover: Quartet Knights, a team-based magic battling game that’s in the works for PS4 and PC. It’s currently set for a worldwide launch in 2018, and this past weekend’s Jump Festa paved the way for the first official English trailer. …Read more »
Oricon, Japan’s tracker of all things sold, just released the stats on the best-selling light novels and manga of 2017 (how they did this before 2017 is actually over is anyone’s guess). Anyway, here’s how light novels and manga fared in the year 2017: Light …Read more »
Picture a life in which the mere act of lifting your head from your school desk involved colossal levels of effort. Perhaps you live that life, or perhaps you’re just living with a debilitating condition that makes it so. In either case, I salute you. …Read more »
Call it the crime of the century. A woman has been arrested in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan for stealing eight of her boyfriend’s anime DVDs, reports the Kobe Shimbun. Yup: the crime of stealing eight DVDs was enough to make the newspaper. To be fair, these …Read more »
It’s almost time for the ultimate dose of action and comedy with the impending home video release of the Familiar of Zero anime! This isn’t just any release, though; Sentai Filmworks’ Familiar of Zero Complete Collection brings all four seasons of the series together on …Read more »
Kakeru Utsugi’s How to keep a mummy manga follows high schooler Sora Kashiwagi as he receives a package from his father, a self-proclaimed adventurer. Inside that package is… a tiny mummy! Just as one would expect, right? The series is getting an anime adaptation in …Read more »
Everyone has their own thoughts on what the best anime of the season are so far, but how are things shaking out in Japan? Mobile phone company NTT Docomo followed up an earlier anticipation ranking with the results of the “What are you watching this …Read more »
If you follow general Japan news, you know the country held an election this weekend. While here in the real world, it looks like Shinzo Abe will keep his job as prime minister for the time being, pollsters Charapedia used the opportunity to ask readers …Read more »
“What were you watching in 2009?” On October 18, a hashtag that asked that question started to trend on Japanese Twitter. Originally an ad for political party Komeito, it quickly morphed into a discussion about 2009 anime. Fans dished on the nostalgic series from eight …Read more »
Believe it or not, we’re almost 20 years into the new millennium. Toyo Keizai, a Japanese finance magazine that also reports on pop culture, has assembled a list of 20 anime titles that have defined the first two decades of the 2000s. In chronological order, …Read more »
It’s hard to imagine for those of us whose nerdy hobbies went misunderstood by the rest of the family, but if Japanese Twitter is any indication, more and more kids are growing up with parents who enjoy anime and videogames. Despite concerns that birth rates …Read more »
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