Do you like Final Fantasy ? How about cup noodles? Have you ever wished they could somehow combine? If your answer was “yes,” “yes,” and “I’ve never really thought about it, to be honest,” well, you are a normal human being! But you are not …Read more »
Y’all enjoying Final Fantasy XV ? You know who isn’t? Fairy Tail creator Hiro Mashima. You know why? Because he beat it already, suckers. On November 28, at 8 p.m., Mashima tweeted: "FF15 comes out in four hours! I’m going to take tomorrow off. Being …Read more »
It’s a go-to for anime otaku visiting Tokyo, but not for much longer: the life-size Gundam statue that towers over Odaiba, Tokyo, will fade into stardust memory this March 5. That’s not the only sad news: Gundam Front Tokyo, the Gundam -centric complex in the …Read more »
Are you familiar with any 80-year-old cooler than Kazuo Umezu? Yeah, didn’t think so. The octogenarian behind legendary horror manga like Orochi , Cat Eyed Boy and The Drifting Classroom has teamed up with fashion brand X-Girl for a line of jackets, shirts and sweaters …Read more »
Now that Bleach , which ran for exactly 15 years and two days, has come to an end, creator Tite Kubo appears to have some time on his hands. How much time? Enough to make an incredibly elaborate costume of one of his own characters, …Read more »
March Comes in like a Lion , the anime adaptation of the manga by Honey and Clover ’s Chica Umino, started airing this week, and a pop-up cafe has, uh, popped up near Tokyo Station to promote the series. The cafe, which is open from …Read more »
Chichibu, the city used in anohana , is a popular pilgrimage spot. When fans travel to a city or specific location used in their favorite anime series or film, it’s known as an anime pilgrimage. These pilgrimages have brought in a ton of cash to …Read more »
YouTuber and Japanese people on the street opinion asker That Japanese Man Yuta is at it again. This time, Yuta and his crew have hit the streets of Akihabara to ask folks on the streets of Tokyo’s otaku mecca the simple question, “what anime do …Read more »
For those of you out there who might harbor the illusion Japan is a magical land where everyone loves anime and no one cares if you’re a grown man who watches shows meant for young girls, this list might be a hard read. Japanese site …Read more »
Hey otaku ladies: check it out. You’ll soon be able to add a bit of anime flair to your compact, thanks to a new line by Bandai that shows off designs from Urusei Yatsura , Mr. Osomatsu and others. Now that’s geek chic. The face …Read more »
It’s-a-me, Shinzo! With the 2016 Olympic Games wrapping up in Rio, the next time the summer games happen in 2020, they’ll be held in Tokyo. To receive the metaphorical baton, Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike and prime minister Shinzo Abe both showed up in Rio, the …Read more »
Isao Takahata: co-founder of venerated animation studio Ghibli, director of anime classics like Grave of the Fireflies and Only Yesterday , and… DJ? That’s right: 80-year-old Takahata will man the decks at Fukushima music festival Kazetorock Imony World, it was announced yesterday. Takahata will also …Read more »
Hayao Miyazaki’s classic Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind depicts an epic battle of the beasts, as a so-called Giant Monster takes on a swarm of Ohm in one of the film’s climactic scenes. Now one creative soul has recreated that iconic battle with …Read more »
Get this: if you are enrolled at Fresno City College, you can, starting from October, take a class in Pokemon Go . A strange and wonderful time we live in, guys. What kind of class is it, exactly? A gym class, as it turns out, …Read more »
You don’t need a smartphone to catch these Pikachus. Pikachu Outbreak is a yearly event in Yokohama, just south of Tokyo, where hundreds of Pikachus march and dance their way through the city. This year the Japan Times aimed its cameras at a stage show …Read more »
Matt Schley
