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MAPPA, the studio behind Yuri on Ice and Zombie Land Saga, is bringing the world of gymnastics to anime with Taiso Samurai, a new original series set to land this October. The series centers around male gymnast Shotaro Aragaki, a once-great member of Japan’s gymnastics …Read more »
Bleach may be over, but its creator Tite Kubo is still making manga, including stories occurring in the Bleach universe. Kubo published the one-shot manga Burn the Witch two summers ago and told the story of witches Noel Niihashi and Nini Spangle, workers at the …Read more »
Animal Crossing has always been popular to some degree, but New Horizons managed to be just what we needed at just the right time. In addition to the game experience itself, the simulator fills in a huge socializing gaps. People are hanging out, having birthday parties, …Read more »
The pandemic has been tough on a lot of people, and that definitely applies to events and those who depend on them. In the case of the World Cosplay Summit, the executive office issued an announcement this week that they will be turning to crowdfunding …Read more »
Recently, the official YouTube video of loved (and memed) “Chika Dance” surpassed 20 million views. Voice actress Konomi Kohara commented on the milestone on her Instagram, thanking fans for their support. This milestone, though, only covers views for Aniplex’s video of “Chikatto Chika Chika,” which …Read more »
We’ve had stories in the past about Enako, known as Japan’s top cosplayer, but what exactly does that title mean for her earnings? Well, Enako decided to let everyone know in an effort to shut up an Internet commenter who asked if she had a …Read more »
It was already starting to seem like a foregone conclusion, but now it’s official that this winter’s Comiket 99 has been canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In its place, an ‘Air Comiket’ will be held virtually at some time during the end-of-year holidays, and …Read more »
Rent-A-Girlfriend, the new anime about, well, renting a girlfriend, kicks off in Japan tomorrow, July 10. For a final bit of pre-broadcast enticement, Shonen Magazine has published a photo spread with popular cosplayer Enako dressed as the show’s main squeeze, Chizuru Mizuhara. In the series, …Read more »
Yuriko Koike, the governor of Tokyo best known by some anime fans for her cosplay skills, has won reelection. Koike, who first took the governorship in 2016, easily won reelection July 5, earning some 3.6 million votes. The second place candidate, Kenji Utsunomiya, received about …Read more »
Oh, to be an anime girl. Great clothes, amazing hair, and — if this new poll is to be believed — an enviable figure. Women in Japan were polled by anime news site Anime! Anime! and asked which animated lady they’d most like a figure …Read more »
At least for the time being, we’re not going to anime conventions in person — there’s no two ways about it. Lots of us remember ripple over the spring of con after con shuttering for the year, rescheduling, or moving online in the face of …Read more »
Ayasa — rock violinist and self-styled “wotalist” (wotaku violinist) — has been wowing YouTube and live crowds with her music stylings for years. Whether you tune in for her concert music or her anison covers, you’ll know within minutes that she’s absolutely amazing. And best of …Read more »
If you’ve met voice actors at an event, you may have asked them to say some lines in character for yourself or a friend — and more often than not, they’ll do so without hesitation. (Especially if you’re talking to Solid Snake voice actor David …Read more »
Dokyuu Hentai HxEROS, the upcoming sci-fi harem anime, continues to build the hype for its July 3 premiere. This time, we’ve got some new visuals, including the series’ four main female leads cosplaying their respective characters. From left to right, we’ve got: Yuki Kuwahara as …Read more »
The August 2020 issue of Otaku USA magazine is in the hands of readers as we speak, bringing with it a white-hot cover story on My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising. The latest big screen outing for one of the most popular anime series of the …Read more »
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