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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 »
Things are really different at this year’s Olympics because of COVID, but it appears the Tokyo Olympics might have been even more different if the pandemic hadn’t begun. And by that I mean different in a good way and very exciting for otaku. Anime News …Read more »
It’s a wish fulfillment trope that’s made it into almost every anime genre, from romantic comedies to scif-fi and fantasy. Plot circumstances drop an ordinary average guy into a close living/working situation with a group of attractive women, and inexplicably they all fall for him …Read more »
The company Goo Ranking asked a unique question to Japanese netizens in a survey: what anime characters who died early in the show left a big impression on you? In other words, it doesn’t count if the character dies a ways into the show, and …Read more »
Super Smash Bros. series creator Masahiro Sakurai has a column titled “What Masahiro Sakurai Thinks About Games” in Weekly Famitsu magazine, and his latest column was headlined “Everything has an End.” Sakurai tweeted, “I’ve been writing my column in Weekly Famitsu for more than 18 …Read more »
With the fiscal year having come to a close in March 2021, Nintendo released its full report, and the results even managed to surpass expectations. Thanks to high sales numbers for titles like Animal Crossing: New Horizons and for the Switch console itself, Nintendo had …Read more »
The results of the Academy of Interactive Arts and Science’s DICE Awards 2021 were recently revealed, and Final Fantasy VII Remake was among the big winners. Square Enix’s action-RPG took home the RPG of the Year honors, with the award coming one year after its …Read more »
The latest anime film from Studio 4ºC (Tekkonkinkreet, Mind Game) is Gyoko no Nikuko-chan (Nikuko of the Fishing Harbor), which is set to premiere in Japan on June 11. Ahead of that we have a new preview, and in addition to showcasing more footage, this …Read more »
NEO: The World Ends with You, the sequel to The World Ends with You role-playing game, will become available on PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch on July 27. The game will also become available for PC on the Epic Games Store sometime this summer. Ahead …Read more »
Megumi Ogata, the voice actor for Shinji Ikari in Neon Genesis Evangelion, has been having problems with a herniated disk. She’s had herniated disks in the past, typically as a result of working too hard, but this time around was much worse than before. She …Read more »
Considering how tumultuous 2020 was, it should come as no surprise that theaters are struggling to stay in the black. It’s easy to forget just how tough things are, however, when Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train spent the latter half of …Read more »
Word got out early thanks to a leaked trailer, but now that the Game Awards are happening Atlus was finally able to formally showcase western release plans for Persona 5 Strikers. The action-focused entry takes the Phantom Thieves on a road trip to strike back …Read more »
The PlayStation Partner Awards (previously known simply as the “PlayStation Awards”) have been streamed in Japan. Sony put on the event. Games could win in three categories: the Partner Award, the Special Award, and the Grand Award. The first category is for games that do …Read more »
Sega has been celebrating its 60th anniversary with Sonic the Hedgehog taiyaki, and now it’s announced that Sonic the Hedgehog 2 and Nights into Dreams can be played free on Steam. This has gotten many fans excited, but Sonic’s lead programmer, Yuji Naka, is not …Read more »
The anime adaptation of I’m Standing on a Million Lives is out in the world, meaning more Japanese high school students are venturing out into unknown fantasy worlds. We knew there were some wild times coming, but the very first episode threw us for a …Read more »
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