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Users of “Japanese YouTube” Niconico were recently polled on their favorite anime of this past summer season. How did shows like Sword Art Online II , Space Dandy and Akame ga Kill fare? Without further ado, let’s check out the list! 1) Barakamon 2) Monthly …Read more »
Viz Media rescued one of the series by manga artist group CLAMP ( X , Magic Knight Rayearth , xxxHolic ) with the addition of Suki: A Like Story to its digital lineup. The first volume is set to hit the Viz Manga platform along …Read more »
There's plenty to look forward to in the fall anime season, and website Charapedia wanted to see what's topping the lists of Japanese fans. The results of their 10,000 user poll are in, with a nearly 50/50 split among male and female respondents, 81.9% of …Read more »
It's always fun to see what an established artist does with another property, and the latest example is here from the author of the Hidamari Sketch manga. Ume Aoki, who also provided original character designs for Shaft's Puella Magi Madoka Magica anime, took a crack …Read more »
This month, an exhibition rolling through Japan is celebrating the 25th anniversary of Ghost in the Shell . Though it's almost been overshadowed by the various anime adaptations , the Ghost in the Shell that appeared 25 years ago and serves as the template for …Read more »
Let no one accuse Kunihiko Ikuhara of being boring. The director, who masterminded Revolutionary Girl Utena and Penguindrum , directed a decent chunk of Sailor Moon and has a pretty wicked sense of fashion, never fails to crank the weirdness up to 11. So we’re …Read more »
Angel's Egg . Patlabor . Ghost in the Shell . Jin-roh . The Sky Crawlers . These films are all the creation of Mamoru Oshii, one of anime's most celebrated and influential directors. A thinking person's director, Oshii's films are full of religious symbolism, philosophical …Read more »
Kamen Rider: Battride War II recently hit PlayStation 3 and Wii U in Japan, providing another ample dose of action that blends the worlds of Neo-Heisei-era Riders and the gameplay stylings of the Dynasty Warriors franchise. Needless to say there's an endless well of beating …Read more »
Bad news for any fans of the Japanese music scene: according to a statement released by record company Avex yesterday, Yellow Magic Orchestra co-founder and prominent composer Ryuichi Sakamoto has been diagnosed with throat cancer. YMO is one of the most influential bands of the …Read more »
Bishoujo (“beautiful girl”) is a word that means many things to many people, particularly when taken in the context of anime and manga. An art exhibition opening in Japan next month is looking to break Bishoujo out of its box, look at it from every …Read more »
Next year will mark the tenth anniversary of Noitamina, Fuji TV's late-night anime block devoted to anime that reaches beyond the anime mainstream. Leading up to that significant date, Noitamina's been publishing weekly interviews on their site with creators who've worked on some of the …Read more »
For a certain generation of American anime fans, the original Sailor Moon , along with Dragon Ball Z , was one of the entry points for getting into Japanese animation in the first place. For those fans, as well as the hundreds of thousands in …Read more »
Con-nichiwa is an annual convention held in Tucson, AZ in March. This year they relocated to the Tucson Convention Center and featured guests like God Save the Queen! There were many cosplayers roaming the halls and posing for photos, and here is a collection of …Read more »
Spring's Haikyuu! anime series is coming to digital and home video courtesy of Sentai Filmworks. The volleyball series features direction by Cuticle Detective Inaba and Bunny Drop 's Susumu Mitsunaka, with Taku Kishimoto ( Silver Spoon , Tales from Earthsea ) on series composition. Takahiro …Read more »
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