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Studio Ghibli has come out with new merchandise this month in the form of jewelry starring some of its heroines. These cameo brooches are inspired by characters from the films Howl’s Moving Castle, Kiki’s Delivery Service, Castle in the Sky, Whisper of the Heart, Porco …Read more »
More details are here for the anime film adaptation of Nahoko Uehashi’s (Moribito) Shika no O fantasy novel series, AKA The Deer King. Shika no O: Yuna to Yakusoku no Tabi (The Deer King: Yuna and the Promised Journey) was originally slated to premiere on …Read more »
Time Magazine has released its Time100 Next list, and Demon Slayer creator Koyoharu Gotouge is one of the people they’re highlighting. Time pointed out the success of the Demon Slayer movie and how it beat Spirited Away at the box office. “Writing under the pen …Read more »
Netflix is offering scholarships for about ten individuals between the ages of 18 and 25 who are interested in becoming animators. It will be a six month stint at WIT Animator Academy in Tokyo, created by none other than WIT Studio. Japanese fluency is not …Read more »
Spirited Away is Japan’s most successful film (until recently, at least), and part of its international reach is thanks to American businessman Steve Alpert, the “resident foreigner” of Studio Ghibli. Alpert’s Ghibli memoir, Sharing a House with the Never-Ending Man, is a fascinating, informative and …Read more »
This April, anime production house Signal.MD will unleash a new TV series based on the Death Note creators’ Platinum End manga. The anime adaptation has JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind director Hideya Takahashi at the helm, and the latest update is here to reveal the …Read more »
There’s so much anime out there, we’re constantly celebrating anime anniversaries! But if you’re looking for big special reasons to celebrate, there are some major ones coming in 2021. Sounds like a good excuse for a movie marathon (or a first watch) to us! Here …Read more »
Lawmakers in Ohio recently called for Kent State University to no longer use the scholarly book Anime from Akira to Howl’s Moving Castle: Experiencing Contemporary Japanese Animation in their curriculum. Written by Tufts University’s Dr. Susan Napier, the book in question was groundbreaking for bringing …Read more »
Multiple news outlets have reported on the Demon Slayer film overtaking various Ghibli movies in box office sales, so that only Spirited Away is still beating it. But because some Ghibli movies received revival screenings this past year, new numbers needed to be crunched for …Read more »
In this pandemic year, nations are looking for any economic boosts they can find. Japan has found a serious lifeline in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, which has broken all sorts of records as its popularity continues to soar. Now a number has been put …Read more »
It was only a matter of time, but the Demon Slayer film has made its way further toward the top of the Japanese box office rankings. Thanks to another week of showings, the Mugen Train feature is now sitting in the number two spot of …Read more »
If you’ve been paying any attention at all to anime news, you know Demon Slayer: Mugen Train is on fire. It’s slaying at the Japanese box office. Currently it’s the second highest grossing anime film in Japan, and the third highest grossing worldwide. At the time …Read more »
There’s a lot of talk about live-action adaptations lately, from rumors that a Demon Slayer show is in the works to casting news for the upcoming Cowboy Bebop series. But for some fans, a live-action adaptation stomps all over the memories of their favorite anime. …Read more »
Whether your family is together or at a distance for Thanksgiving this year, we’ve all got food on the brain. (Not literally — at least, I hope not.) So as you’re navigating those holiday cravings, why not feast your eyes on some food-centric anime and …Read more »
It’s only been out a little over a month, but the Demon Slayer: Mugen Train anime film continues to make incredible waves in Japan. The latest box office update has it steamrolling right past the lifetime gross of Makoto Shinkai’s blockbuster movie Your Name., as …Read more »
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