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Do you love massive idol group phenomenon AKB48? How about Sega light-gun arcade classic The House of the Dead ? Well, Bandai Namco Games must have sensed a market demand for those two great flavors going together, because they totally just made it happen: Sailor …Read more »
Hey, like, what if Kirino from My Little Sister Can’t Be This Cute and Asuna from Sword Art Online fought each other? Would the universe fold in on itself and implode? Well, folks, we’re about to find out, because Dengeki Bunko, the publisher behind light …Read more »
Famitsu, one of Japan’s top gaming magazines, has compiled a big survey of Japan’s gamer population in 2024 and compared it to the same numbers from a decade ago (2015 was seriously 10 years ago?). The top-line number shows an increase in the number of …Read more »
More information is here for the Playing Death Games to Put Food on the Table anime, which adapts the Shibo Yugi de Meshi o Kuu light novels written by Yushi Ukai and illustrated by Nekometal. In addition to more on the staff and the lead …Read more »
Sometimes you die. Sometimes you get isekai‘d. And sometimes you grab a magic gem and get transported back in time. Whatever the reason, many of this summer’s fantasy anime heroes get a second chance at life. But, at least in the case of these three …Read more »
Today is Lovers’ Day in Japan, so it’s only fitting that an anime adaptation be revealed for Yuki Demoto’s I Want to End This Love Game manga. The news of a TV anime series came ahead of the release of the manga’s seventh volume, which …Read more »
Last week saw the announcement of Oshi no Ko wedding dresses and a tuxedo, but this is far from the only otaku franchise involved with weddings! In fact, at last weekend’s Pokémon Go Fest, which attracted more than 50,000 people, a wedding took place for …Read more »
Otaku references continue to pop up in the American professional sports world, and this time around we can thank Shohei Ohtani’s wife Mamiko Tanaka for the Sailor Moon nod! Dodgers Station in Los Angeles held Women’s Night “to champion the women in our lives and …Read more »
A few weeks ago Square Enix took to social media to share the announcement of Rival Fantasy: Ever Crisis Academy Seven, where the iconic characters from Final Fantasy VII are put in a Japanese high school. Because this was announced on the eve of April …Read more »
Spirit Hunter: Death Mark II was released as a sequel to Experience’s original Spirit Hunter: Death mark visual novel in February 2024, and now it’s getting a manga. The May issue of MAG Garden Corporation’s Monthly Comic Garden magazine unveiled plans for the adaptation, which …Read more »
Have you heard? Brooklyn just got its very own Bandai Namco Cross Store! This is the first flagship store in the US. Bandai Namco, the renowned Japanese entertainment conglomerate behind iconic franchises like Pac-Man, Gundam and Tamagotchi, officially opened its doors on February 28, 2025. …Read more »
Masahiro Sakurai, the creator of the video games Super Smash Bros. and Kirby, was recently given the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology’s Art Encouragement Prize (courtesy of Japan’s Agency for Cultural Affairs) for his YouTube channel “Masahiro Sakurai on Creating Games.” After …Read more »
Next month’s Kodansha manga releases are full of fearsome foes. From vampires to kaiju to a recent horror movie heroine, these titles should be fully fearful. But this trio of new releases runs the gamut from horror to wholesome! Join us as we review this trio …Read more »
If you’re eager to see what GoHands does with Brocco Lee’s manga adaptation of Nekoko’s The Exiled Heavy Knight Knows How to Game the System novels, you’re gonna have to wait until 2026. That’s the word in a new teaser trailer, which also unveils the …Read more »
An anime adaptation was announced for Eri Ejima’s Young Ladies Don’t Play Fighting Games manga—known in Japan as Tai Ari Deshita. Ojou-sama wa Kakutou Game Nante Shinai—back in 2021, and now a release window has been penciled in. According to the official website and social …Read more »
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