Earlier this month, we reported on voice actor Hiro Shimono undergoing treatment for COVID-19. At the time, the voice actor had been diagnosed, with follow-up observations planned, and now we’re happy to pass along the news that Shimono is preparing to return to work. According …Read more »
Known for roles such as Zenitsu Agatsuma in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba and Conny Springer in Attack on Titan, among many others, Hiro Shimono is a well-known voice actor in the anime industry. Now, according to talent agency I’m Enterprise, Shimono has been diagnosed …Read more »
According to the official website of the Love Live! series, Love Live! Superstar!! idol and voice actress Nako Misaki has been diagnosed with COVID-19. Misaki took a PCR test after she came down with a fever on Saturday, tested positive, and is now recovering in …Read more »
A lot of businesses have been hit hard over the past year during the COVID-19 pandemic, and one of those is the Ghibli Museum. The museum has been struggling due to closures and the limitations placed on attendance even while re-opened, so Mitaka City has …Read more »
SacAnime in Sacramento is having a swap meet April 2-4 and requires face masks. The Sacramento Bee reports that the location of the event is the same as where the “main county-run vaccination center” is located. Vaccines are not being offered there Thursday or Friday …Read more »
Cities around the world are doing their best to lessen the impact of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, but a recent Kyoto manga strategy ended up rubbing some people the wrong way. Restaurants remain a risky place to visit considering the need to remove masks to …Read more »
Anime Boston cannot catch a break, man. It was about 11 months ago that we reported the 2020 edition of the convention had been canceled. Now, unfortunately, we’re doing it all over again. The con has made the difficult but inevitable decision to cancel for …Read more »
The Japanese confectionery business Tohoen, which has been making sweets for more than a century, has come out with some pretty unique candy in time for Valentine’s Day. Instead of your typical hearts, these candies all have a COVID-19 theme. Tohoen wrote on its site, …Read more »
Electronic billboards at the Nishitetsu Fukuoka Station, Fukuoka city subway and the Tenjin station have been airing COVID messages with writing and font that looks as if it came from Evangelion. Tenjin Site, which gives information on the area, shared a tweet of the electronic …Read more »
Just as Evangelion fans in Japan were finally about to be able to check out the long-awaited and delayed fourth film, Evangelion 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon a Time, Japan’s State of Emergency went into effect. While the movie is still slated to open wide in Japan …Read more »
Weathering With You, the mega-hit from Makoto Shinkai, will be broadcast on terrestrial Japanese TV for the first time January 3. Shinkai has created a special epilogue specifically for the broadcast that reflects on the hard year 2020 has been for everyone. The one-minute clip …Read more »
Every February, the Northern island of Hokkaido is host to the Sapporo Snow Festival, which typically attracts around two million people to the region to take in the amazing snow and ice sculptures based on anime, manga, other aspects of pop culture, and the world …Read more »
Square Enix, the video game company behind iconic titles like Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest, will allow its employees to work from home permanently going forward. The change is a result of a survey of employees at home temporarily due to the COVID-19 pandemic: some …Read more »
The COVID-19 pandemic has hit a lot of businesses in Japan hard. That includes a shop in Nara specializing in plastic model kits which closed due to the effects of the pandemic. But now its owners are finding a new way to do business by …Read more »
It will be no shock to hear this, but Japanese movie theaters have had a hard year. As with most cinemas worldwide, Japan’s had basically no customers for months in the early part of the year. Unlike most other places (minus New Zealand and Taiwan, …Read more »
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