Promoting the upcoming Studio Ghibli co-production, The Red Turtle , and giving fans a deeper look into the Studio Ghibli body of work, a new exhibition has taken over the Roppongi Hills Plaza Mori Arts Center that showcases the 30-year history of the animation company …Read more »
Tokyo, Japan’s capital and home to more than 13 million people, held a gubernatorial election Sunday, and it’s being reported the winner is Yuriko Koike, making her the first female governor in the city’s history. This is notable for otaku, in part, because Koike campaigned …Read more »
It’s hard to overstate how huge a hit Mr. Osomatsu , the 2015 anime series based on Fujio Akatsuka’s gag manga Osomatsu-kun , was here in Japan. For months, it was hard to go anywhere and not see Osomatsu T-shirts, badges or a gaggle of …Read more »
Pokémon Go was finally released in Japan the other day, finally giving players in Pokémon ’s country of origin the chance to look down at their phones and bonk their heads on things like everyone else. But this being Japan, players have really taken things …Read more »
If you’re into Japanese stuff and kick around YouTube sometimes (pretty sure I just described 99% of our readers), you might’ve run into a channel run by a Japanese man named Yuta called, appropriately, That Japanese Man Yuta. Yuta has gained popularity for hitting the …Read more »
“I think I may have been born just to meet you, Shinji Ikari.” This line, spoken by Kaworu Nagisa in episode 24 of Neon Genesis Evangelion , set off decades of speculation, slash fiction and general swooning. Now it’s even inspired a matching set of …Read more »
Last year, we reported on the all-too-early passing of voice actor Miyu Matsuki, who was best known for voicing characters like Yoshinoya-sensei from Hidamari Sketch and Isumi Saginomiya from Hayate the Combat Butler . Now a group of those who were close to Matsuki have …Read more »
Production I.G, the anime studio behind Ghost in the Shell , Kuroko’s Basketball and Psycho-Pass , has gotten into the retail game. The I.G Store, which opened April 16 in Shibuya’s Marui building, is up and cranking and is full of merch from I.G’s most …Read more »
Blood Blockade Battlefront fans: did you ever find yourself, in the midst of watching the 2015 series about battling monsters and terrorists in a dystopian future New York, thinking “man, you know what would be a great piece of BBB merch? Body spray.” Yeah, me …Read more »
Before he hit it big with I Am a Hero , artist Kengo Hanazawa wrote a manga called Ressentiment about men entering an online world in which VR goggles and special body suits allowed them to, uh, know the touch of a woman. A few …Read more »
Yuta Furukawa ( The Prince of Tennis Musical ) reprises his role as Sebastian Michaelis in the latest musical based on of Yana Toboso's Black Butler manga, and a new visual is here to preview the adaptation. This one, titled Black Butler: Noah's Ark Circus …Read more »
Photo: Sankei News A vocational facility in Kyoto at which several mentally and physically disabled people help to create anime has been garnering praise – and criticism – reports Japan’s Sankei News. At Kyoto’s Fukushi Kobo P&P, a social welfare vocational facility where community members …Read more »
The weather’s heating up, guys, and it’s almost time to head to the beach. But what is a fan of Puella Magi Madoka Magica to do? Wear a regular old swimsuit? Japanese fashion brand MIIA to the rescue. They’ve produced both Madoka and Homura-themed swimwear …Read more »
Which Pokemon out of the current 720 is the very best, like no one ever was? That was the question put to Japanese Pokemon fans in the Pokemon General Election 720, the preliminary round of which just wrapped up. The preliminary results are in, and …Read more »
In 1972 a prominently-chinned grappler named Antonio Inoki—a.k.a Kanji Inoki a.k.a Muhammad Hussain Inoki (it’s complicated)—unveiled his brawny brainchild at the Ota Ward Gymnasium. Its name: New Japan Pro-Wrestling. Bearing the slogan “King of Sports,” they slammed onto the scene with a bold mission statement: …Read more »
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