Don't get too alarmed now, but anime is dying! Well, that's how Neon Genesis Evangelion creator Hideaki Anno sees it, at least. Anno spoke with Russian news agency RIA Novosti , giving the industry about five to twenty years before it collapses. While Anno doesn't …Read more »
Death! Morbid as it may be, it’s a frequent enough conversation between friends and family: what’s the last thing you want to eat? The last person you want to see? The last anime you want to watch? Okay, I’ve never thought about that last one. …Read more »
Bakkakkoii is a portmanteau of baka (stupid) and kakkoii (cool), and that pretty much describes exactly this recent commercial for Nissin Cup Noodle. The commercial stars Kanna Hashimoto, a member of idol group Rev. from DVL who recently appeared in the live-action Assassination Classroom film …Read more »
Captain Tsubasa There are many reasons young people decide to participating in sports: through the influence of parents, friends, coaches, etc. In Japan, the land where there are manga about just about anything, comics naturally also play a part in what sports young people choose. …Read more »
Here’s one of the weirder petitions we’ve seen in a while (and we saw one recently to turn “Macho Man” Randy Savage’s birthday into national holiday): a man in Berlin is petitioning the United Nations to enact an international ban on anime and manga. The …Read more »
United States President Barack Obama was feeling particularly grateful while welcoming Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to the White House. He thanked the PM for a handful of Japan's key cultural contributions to the United States, including, of course, manga and anime. Here's what Obama …Read more »
This week, at the opening of a Naruto art exhibition in Tokyo, a 15-year-old question was finally answered, as visitors got a look at character Kakashi’s face for the first time. Copy Ninja Kakashi’s visage, hidden under a ninja mask throughout Naruto’s 15-year run, was …Read more »
Warning: contains minor spoilers. The Dragon Ball franchise has always been known for its high-octane fights, charming gags and its colorfully designed characters. I am happy to say that under the direction of Tadayoshi Yamamuro, Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection ‘F’ takes these qualities of Akira …Read more »
“Is this the most bizarre craze ever?” asks UK tabloid the Daily Mail, shocked – shocked – that anyone would dress up as an anime character. The “craze” the Daily Mail has identified is women dressing up as Hestia from this season’s Is It Wrong …Read more »
Last week we posted a primer detailing many of the real-life counterparts to characters in Shirobako , the recently-finished very meta series about working in the anime industry. Some of those characters’ real-life inspirations were more obvious than others (Masahiko Inami/Masahiko Minami, for instance, was …Read more »
Shirobako has been one of the most pleasant surprises of the anime season: a delightful office comedy about the work of actually putting together anime. This is a very meta premise, with more than its share of industry in-jokes and not one but multiple shows-within-the-show. …Read more »
Assassination Classroom , the live-action film based on the manga of the same name, revolves around a fantasy that’s run through the head of every junior high school student at least once: killing their homeroom teacher. In Assassination Classroom , though, the teacher is a …Read more »
A friend of mine once described the 1998 anime classic Cowboy Bebop as an “anime for people who hate anime.” I suppose in many ways then, Samurai Champloo is an animated samurai film for those who can’t be bothered to check out jidaigeki or “period …Read more »
Not a week goes by, it feels, that we’re not reporting on some anime or manga that’s being turned into a live-action film. Though it’s not a particularly new phenomenon, the pace seems to be increasing as studios bank on nostalgia to drive ticket sales …Read more »
As Americans who dig Japanese animation, do you ever wonder what kind of American animation catches on in Japan? While Disney releases like Frozen and Big Hero 6 rule the big screen, lately the Cartoon Network series Adventure Time seems to be doing well with …Read more »
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