Back in early April, voice actress Mami Yamashita tested positive for COVID-19 (coronavirus), after which she went into isolation for a month. Now, the Aoni Production talent management agency has announced that Yamashita tested negative for the virus after the results of her second PCR …Read more »
COVID-19 has put a damper on anime conventions for this year, but there’s good news: Funimation is setting out to replicate the con experience at home. Funimation Con 2020, the first convention for the anime distributor, will take place online July 3-4. That’s when Anime …Read more »
Japan’s State of Emergency declaration was scheduled to end on May 6, but the fight to contain COVID-19 continues. As a result, Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced that the State of Emergency will be extended until May 31. The announcement follows a preliminary message …Read more »
Musicians and other artists are getting inventive in the face of COVID-19, holding free streaming concerts and the like. But this might be the most, uh, creative idea we’ve heard of yet. AKB48, the chart-dominating, many-member-having pop group from Akihabara, Tokyo, is famous for its …Read more »
Tired of showing friends and colleagues blank walls or messy rooms during video calls? Check out these free backgrounds courtesy Tsuburaya Productions, the creators of Ultraman and its various spinoffs. Released today as part of the company’s “Stay At Home With ULTRAMAN” campaign, the backgrounds …Read more »
Golden Week, a series of national holidays, just kicked off in Japan, and many denizens will no doubt be tempted to skirt the country’s voluntary COVID-19 lockdown. Many companies are offering at-home entertainments in order to keep folks safe and indoors. As of today that …Read more »
We’ve entered an age in which parties, meetups, meetings and dates have moved online to Zoom or other platforms. It’s great we have the technology to connect, but there are times when Zoom meetings can go on and on. But how to make a graceful …Read more »
The ongoing COVID-19 outbreak has seen multiple anime films delayed. Last week, the latest film to join that list was Nakitai Watashi wa Neko o Kaburu, also known as A Whisker Away, the upcoming original from studio Colorido and writer Mari Okada. Now Neko is …Read more »
Remember the famous “Hare Hare Yukai” dance from the ending credits of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya? Of course you do. Stuck at home thanks to COVID-19, Haruhi Suzumiya voice actors Aya Hirano (Haruhi) and Tomokazu Sugita (Kyon) have busted out their webcams and busted …Read more »
We have some disappointing news for those looking forward to getting in on one of the biggest parts of anime convention season later this year. Due to the current state of events and complications from COVID-19, Otakon 2020 has officially been canceled. Otakon 2020 was …Read more »
The official website for the Black Clover announced the expected earlier today. Starting May 5, new episodes of the ongoing adaptation will be postponed due to the ongoing COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic. The statement explains that they continue to put the health and safety of their …Read more »
Japan’s artists are doing what they can to help spread awareness about COVID-19 and keep stir crazy fans at home from going, well, crazy. In the last few days, we’ve seen Khara upload all three Rebuild of Evangelion films to YouTube, Aya Uchida stream a …Read more »
We’re just a few episodes into Kingdom season 3, but we’re going to have to wait a while for more. Right before the broadcast of the latest episode, the official website announced that the rest of the series will be postponed due to the ongoing …Read more »
It’s a familiar story at this point, but that doesn’t make it suck any less: The latest anime to be delayed due to COVID-19 is the second season of The Irregular at Magic High School. The second season, also known as the Visitor Arc, was …Read more »
The Promised Neverland season 2 was originally planned for an October 2020 debut in Japan, but fans will have to wait for more of the adaptation of Kaiu Shirai and Posuka Demizu’s dark fantasy manga. The official website came through with an update, announcing plans …Read more »
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