It seems like just yesterday Viz launched its Shonen Jump online service, offering simulpubs of ongoing Shonen Jump titles for free. Now Shueisha is jumping into the bold new world of free simulpubs with its own service, called MANGA Plus. MANGA Plus, which is available …Read more »
Tite Kubo’s Bleach manga may have come to an end, but memories of the long-running shonen manga remain. That’s the idea behind a new web app called Bleach Endless Memories, in which fans can mix and match their own favorite scenes from the manga into …Read more »
A new app based on Akira Toriyama’s Dragon Ball is heading to smartphones. That’s the news from a countdown website revealed today. As of this writing, the counter is sitting at 16 days, meaning we’ll be hearing more details about the app on March 21. …Read more »
Re:Zero fans: now you, too, may start life in another world. That’s courtesy a new smartphone VR app that allows you to rest your head on the lap of – and sleep beside – Re:Zero ’s Rem. Oh my. The app, which is called “The …Read more »
You may recall the various incidents that have plagued the Japanese idol scene in recent years, like when two members of supergroup AKB48 were attacked by a saw-wielding fan at a handshake event in 2014, or when indie idol Mayu Tomita was stabbed in May. …Read more »
Featured Spotlight: Have you ever wanted to meet an anime character face to face? is an app for iOS and Android that lets users dive headfirst into the world of anime and manga, spending time with a cute kimono-clad character named Nagomi. Thanks to stereophonic …Read more »
Featured Spotlight: Have you ever wanted to meet an anime character face to face? is an app for iOS and Android that lets users dive headfirst into the world of anime and manga, spending time with a cute kimono-clad character named Nagomi. Thanks to stereophonic …Read more »
They said they wouldn’t. But now they have. Miitomo, Nintendo’s first smartphone app, will hit smart phones in March, says Wired. Nintendo will also launch its new My Nintendo service globally around the same time. Miitomo uses Nintendo’s Mii avatars and is described as a …Read more »
One of the reasons for the explosive success of the iPhone was the creation of the App Store, wherein application creators were welcomed to find new and innovative ways to employ the phone’s hardware. This Japanese app maker has definitely done just that, though we …Read more »
Do you like Death Note ? How about Bakuman ? The creators of both those hit manga, Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata, are teaming up for a third time with the new manga Platinum End , and now it’s been announced the English translation with …Read more »
Despite its reputation as a futuristic land of robots and high-speed trains, Japan actually trails behind the States in quite a few technological areas, like widespread wifi or internet banking. One area in which Japan seems to be catching up to the west is in …Read more »
Released in 1993, Mamoru Oshii’s Patlabor 2 was a stunning work of hyperreal animation that touched on politics, war and technology and in many ways prefigured Oshii’s work on the legendary Ghost in the Shell . Now it appears Oshii is returning to the story …Read more »
Hideaki Anno, director of Neon Genesis Evangelion , announced Sunday at the Tokyo International Film Festival his company, Khara, would be teaming up with media company Dwango to launch a new site called Animator Expo. Animator Expo is a website devoted to showing animated shorts …Read more »
Puzzle & Dragons . You may have heard of it. Little game for your phone, combines the color match puzzling of Bejeweled with the monster collecting of Pokemon, reportedly the highest grossing app in the world on iOS and Android, making something like 3 million …Read more »
Dark Horse Comics have just launched their own digital iOS comics app, which means… manga is on its way as well! Actually, there's already some on the service, as they've added volumes of Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima's classic manga, Lone Wolf & Cub . …Read more »
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