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As sad as it is to say, there are just a couple episodes remaining in Dragon Ball Super. Just because the TV anime is coming to an end doesn’t mean the saga itself is over, though. There’s still the movie to look forward to, and …Read more »
You thought manga cafes had a lot of comics? Think again. The Shonen Jump 50th Anniversary Exhibition, hosted in Roppongi, Tokyo, will have virtually every volume of the magazine available for reading from March 15 to 26. That’s 50 years of shoneney goodness. Meanwhile, a …Read more »
Juushinki Pandora (Heavy Sacred Device Pandora) is an original mecha TV anime featuring direction by Shoji Kawamori (Macross Plus, Aquarion) and Hidekazu Sato (The Slayers next, Aquarion Logos). The Satelight production is set to broadcast in Japan this spring, and the series’ site updated with …Read more »
When it comes to adaptations of popular manga and novels, the original is usually considered the holy grail—but every so often, an anime that tops the original appears. Pollsters Goo asked their readers to list these original-topping anime adaptations, and the top 20 were as …Read more »
Michiru Shimada—a 58-year-old anime scriptwriter with credits that include series composition and script work on anime such as Little Witch Academia, One Piece, Urusei Yatsura, Little Busters!, and many more—has passed away due to illness. News of Shimada’s passing comes from her daughter, who made …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 »
Here’s an interesting one from ranking site Goo: they’ve asked their readers which Japanese celebrities’ lives would make for a good dramatic TV series—and one of the country’s most famous animators has made the list! Let’s check out the top 10: 10. Hidetoshi Nakata Soccer …Read more »
They sometimes say behind every scar is a good story. If that’s the case, these characters definitely have some tales to tell. In manga, a scar is often emblematic of a rough and tumble past or a closely-guarded secret. Ranking site Goo has asked its …Read more »
Fans of the Bungo Stray Dogs anime—which adapts the series by Kafka Asagiri and Harukawa 35—can look forward to more when BONES’ Dead Apple anime film arrives. Previously announced for a spring 2018 debut, the feature is now officially set to open in Japan on …Read more »
Will these long-running manga series ever end? Not if the fans have anything to do with it. Ranking site Goo just asked its readers to choose the manga series they hope go on forever, and here are their top 20 picks: Date in parentheses indicates …Read more »
Wit Studio’s anime adaptation of Kore Yamazaki’s The Ancient Magus’ Bride manga is one of the biggest of the current season, and its next stop is a dub courtesy of Funimation Entertainment. Funimation will stream the dub starting October 30 at 4:00pm Eastern Time, so …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 »
Namie Amuro, one of Japan’s most popular singers, will retire from show business next September, she announced today. “I, Namie Amuro, would like to take this opportunity to inform all of my fans of my decision to retire as of Sept. 16, 2018,” news service …Read more »
There's been a bunch of excitement surrounding Hiro Mashima's Fairy Tail manga lately, mostly due to it coming to an end. While that's no doubt a bittersweet moment for long-time fans of the series, thankfully it's not the only content to look forward to. …Read more »
Quick: who’s your all-time favorite manga-ka? Not an easy question, is it? Still, it’s one thousands of readers of Japanese site Charapedia were willing to tackle the past week, serving up a list of 20 of the country’s most manga creators. Who came out on …Read more »
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