Aniplex of America's panel at this past weekend's Sakura-Con in Seattle revealed some exciting news for Sword Art Online fans. Director Tomohiko Ito, character designer Shingo Adachi, and producer Shinichiro Kashiwada made special appearances, and a worldwide simulcast for the Sword Art Online II anime …Read more »
"Genocyber". It’s one of those words that evokes a vivid impression of a time not so long ago—the early 1990s, when cyberspace was restructuring the very fabric of the known world. By the end of the 80s, girls-in-mecha, gross-out body horror and sci-fi were common …Read more »
There's a scene in the none-more-otaku gag anime Lucky Star where the anime-obsessed American exchange student Patricia Martin is being asked about her taste in music. She stuns her friends by rattling off a surprisingly diverse list of Japanese pop artists, before it's revealed that …Read more »
Now that Kill La Kill ’s over, it feels like the internet’s busy drawing comparisons between it and previous Hiroyuki Imaishi/Kazuki Nakashima joint and perennial fan favorite Gurren Lagann . And hey, wouldn’t you know it, they’re turning good ol’ GL into a play! With …Read more »
A few weeks ago, we buzzed excitedly about the new Takeshi Koike-directed Lupin III film. Man, is this going to be cool or what? Well, a few shots of the film dropped along with an interview with the man playing Jigen one last time, and …Read more »
Ken Sugimori is the man with the master Pokemon plan... or at least the character designs, since he drew all of the human characters in the original games -- and of course, all 151 Pokemon -- himself. That’s what put him on the map, but …Read more »
Anime fans are often asked by non-fans about the anthropological, cultural and historical facts on anime, and Jonathan Clements’ latest book, Anime: A History , does a great job at telling anime’s background. Clements writes in his introduction, “There is... no full-length history of Japanese …Read more »
If you're going to hit up a salon to get your nails done, you might as well go all out, right? That's the kind of treatment one can expect at Ita Color's salon in Akihabara, which has its artists whipping up some insanely creative anime-inspired …Read more »
A new trailer recently hit for the second Persona 3 anime film, Persona 3 The Movie #2: Midsummer Knight's Dream . This time we have a brief look at the RPG's famous love hotel scene, as well as a few other bits from the upcoming …Read more »
Io Sakisaka's shoujo manga Ao Haru Ride is getting an anime adaptation this year. The series is set to premiere in July, and the official website added the first promotional video today. Sakisaka's manga tells the story of Futaba, a girl who was in love …Read more »
It was bound to happen sooner or later, right? The wildly popular anime adaptation of Hajime Isayama's Attack on Titan manga has been licensed for broadcast, and is set to premiere on Cartoon Network's Toonami block on May 3. Yesterday Toonami/Adult Swim's LICH KING DEMARCO …Read more »
K Missing Kings —the anime film follow-up to 2012's K series—is getting ready to premiere in Japanese theaters on July 12. It will actually have a world premiere a few days prior, with screenings planned for Anime Expo in Los Angeles and Japan Expo in …Read more »
What is it about adapting anime to live-action producers find so compelling? The most obvious answer is eyeballs. Live-action adaptations of anime or manga have the possibility to attract mainstream audience members who otherwise avoid anything anime-related (yes, there are plenty of those people in …Read more »
Ever since 2010, the Japanese Government’s Agency for Cultural Affairs has chipped in money (about $2 million annually) to the Japanese Animation Creators Association (JAniCA), who then go on to distribute that money to studios as part of what they call the Young Animator Training …Read more »
Former Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso caused a bit of a stir last week when he was found… buying manga? Yes, Taro Aso. The same Taro Aso who’s a self-confessed anime and manga fan, was caught reading Rozen Maiden in an airport back in 2011, …Read more »
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