Nan Desu Kan, Denver’s premier anime convention and perhaps the only con in the world taking its name from a bad Japanese pun, has announced its latest Japanese guest, one Hiroyuki Hashimoto. Hashimoto is the series director of this year’s Is The Order A Rabbit? …Read more »
Kotaku just posted the results of a poll of Japanese viewers and what they’ve been enjoying this summer. Of the total 36 shows (not counting shows left over from spring!) airing this season, a group of 578 anime fans picked their top 10 for music …Read more »
The Science Fiction & Fantasy Hall of Fame announced last Thursday that Studio Ghibli co-founder Hayao Miyazaki is one of the four new inductees for this year, alongside other visionary creators like fantasy artist Frank Frazetta and 2001 director Stanley Kubrick. For those wondering, the …Read more »
Frozen ’s huge. Besides winning the Academy Award for best animated feature, it’s conquered box offices worldwide, Japan being no exception. But it’s not just dominating ticket sales -- the film’s soundtrack has hit #1 on the Oricon music sales chart for three weeks straight, …Read more »
Popular Japanese lifestyle site MyNavi Woman held a poll recently to determine the 10 most popular manga series involving music among working women aged 22-34. Oddly specific, but the results are fascinating and might just give you a few ideas about what manga series to …Read more »
Everyone has their own criteria for what's most important in an anime series, from what company produced it to specifics of the content itself. BigGlobe.jp published the results of a survey recently, with 2,740 votes ranking the elements crucial to deciding whether or not to …Read more »
Japanese company Flight System Consulting has put out a strange little iPhone app that tells you the time via a message delivered from the mouth of your favorite anime archetype. While you won't find any officially licensed characters in Toki-Doki Dokei , whatever your particular …Read more »
Before I read Walking Your Way to a Better Life (released by Vertical in August) I'd never heard of a walking class, let alone "face yoga," but apparently these kinds of classes are common in Japan. Kimiko (the book's single-name author) was once an average …Read more »
Yukihiki Tsutsumi (the Trick films) isn't through with 20th Century Boys by a long shot. The third and final film in the trilogy just popped up in trailer form over at the official Japanese website, so go ahead and click on the link in the …Read more »
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