Makoto Shinkai fans in particular and curious anime fans at large may be wondering why mega-hit Your Name is taking so long to be released in America when it’s already come out in China, South Korea, Australia and the U.K., among others. This may be …Read more »
Reika Nakayama, known professionally by her stage name Ray, announced her retirement from music in a blog post January 25. Ray, who has released three albums since 2013, is best known in the anime world for her theme songs for series like Waiting in the …Read more »
The going had been tough for the Kitauji High School concert band for a while; at least ever since the club’s advisor changed. It seems like just yesterday that they weren’t even able to make their way to the qualifying competition for the Nationals, but …Read more »
It's hard to believe, but as of August 31, 2017, Vocaloid superstar Hatsune Miku will be a decade old. The synthesized voice we've come to know and love was created using samples of Saki Fujita's singing, and was originally released in the Vocaloid2 Character Vocal …Read more »
What year is it again? Normally the Overfiend graces your average website once every thousand years, but it looks like we're in for a double whammy this week. Hot on the heels of our manga review is news that Tiger Lab Vinyl has opened pre-orders …Read more »
How much money do hardcore fans of Japanese idol music like AKB48 and Momoiro Clover Z pour into their hobby per year? A market research firm called Yano Research attempted to find out, but the results have left some idol otaku scratching their heads. Yano’s …Read more »
Pop culture magazine Nikkei Entertainment, published by Japanese media conglomerate Nikkei, has released its list of the best entertainment of 2016. The list is made to resemble rankings of sumo wrestlers, and like the sumo world, has separate “east” and “west” divisions (in sumo, east …Read more »
The two members of Trustrick, the musical duo that’s contributed songs to anime like Danganronpa , My Love Story!! , and Shonen Maid , are going their separate ways, at least for now. The duo, vocalist Sayaka Kanda and guitarist Billy, will pursue separate solo …Read more »
Eir Aoi, the singer who has contributed themes for anime like Kill la Kill , Sword Art Online and The Heroic Legend of Arslan , has performed her final concerts before going on indefinite hiatus, reports Anime Anime. The two-day event, which took place November …Read more »
Sad news from the camp of Japanese electronic music duo Boom Boom Satellites, as guitarist/vocalist Michiyuki Kawashima has passed away. His lengthy battle with a brain tumor came to an end on October 9, and bassist/programmer Masayuki Nakano shared an official statement last night. Kawashima …Read more »
Man, being an anime fan in the 90s was something. Tapes (yeah, tapes ) were over 30 bucks and only had two episodes on ‘em, you had to choose between sub and dub, and the selection of stuff available in English was a drop in …Read more »
Whether you think Babymetal are sacrilegious heavy metal pretenders or an fresh take on the genre, there’s no denying they’ve hit it big with their fusion of J-pop idol and metal theatrics. Now Babymetal is getting a short series that combines animation with live-action and …Read more »
The opening. A classic anime trope, and a way for a series to show its stuff in a one minute, thirty-second montage of greatness. With hundreds of openings created every year, picking the top 10 of all time is a formidable challenge indeed, but readers …Read more »
Opinions were definitely mixed on the 2016 Berserk anime series. One thing fans of the classic 90s series missed, no doubt, were opening and ending themes featuring strangely-worded, Japanese-accented English lyrics. Those fans are in luck, as the ending theme for the 2016 series, “Meimoku …Read more »
The premiere of the first Death Note film in 10 years, Light Up the New World , is mere months away, and new info about the film is coming out faster than you can say “L” (okay, maybe not that fast, it’s only one letter). …Read more »
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