Lists of stuff – can you even remember what the internet was like before them? The latest list out from Goo, a Japanese site that asks its readers to rank all kinds of stuff, has busted out the moe question of moe questions – which …Read more »
Character songs – or kyarason for short, sometimes known as image songs – are those anime songs sung in-universe by one or more anime characters and attributed to those characters. To give an example that dates us horribly, think of the classic “My Boyfriend is …Read more »
Japanese polling site Goo, which often asks its readers anime and manga-related questions, just released the results of a recent poll asking, “which celebrities are you most surprised to learn have otaku hobbies?” Depending on how much attention you pay to Japanese pop culture, your …Read more »
Photo credit: Guilhem Vellut Most fans interested in doujinshi – self-published amateur comics – are likely familiar with the name Comic Market, or Comiket, the twice-annual Tokyo meetup devoted to buying and selling doujinshi. It’s been around since 1975, and with over 500,000 attendees per …Read more »
Crowdfunding, crowdfunding, crowdfunding. Ain’t a week goes by we ain’t reporting ‘bout the stuff. What are those crazy Kickstarting kids up to this time? Sorry, this isn’t Kickstarter – it’s a new original site devoted to crowdfunding independent anime projects. And it is called… AniCool …Read more »
Evangelion 3.0: You Can (Not) Redo is still playing in Japanese theaters as of this writing. The film has been out since mid-November, which means that it has been playing for about 3½ months now. Weekday showings were apparently still sold out at the end …Read more »
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