In the mid-1990s, the manga anthology Weekly Shonen Jump was at the zenith of its success in Japan, with a per-issue circulation of over 6 million. This astonishing prosperity came during a time when Dragon Ball was concluding—before Naruto and Bleach existed. Eiichiro Oda, who …Read more »
Shonen manga. Love it as you might, you’ve gotta admit the action-packed genre, aimed squarely at boys 10 to 18 but with an actual audience much larger than that, deals in a lot of what cynics might call “cliches” but fans might call, uh, “fixed …Read more »
Japanese polling site Goo, which often asks its readers anime and manga-related questions, just released the results of a recent poll asking, “which celebrities are you most surprised to learn have otaku hobbies?” Depending on how much attention you pay to Japanese pop culture, your …Read more »
Here's something you might not have expected to see this week: a short film that takes Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers and darkens it up without turning it into some ironic parody. POWER/RANGERS comes from director Joseph Kahn ( Torque , commercials) and producer Adi Shankar …Read more »
Shirobako 's Ema reacting to her paycheck. A newbie animator in Japan gets paid around 120 yen – that’s one, yes, one dollar – an hour. Kamimura (photo by Okki ) That’s the word from animator and character designer Sachiko Kamimura ( City Hunter , …Read more »
Diabolik Lovers is an anime adaptation of an otome visual novel franchise, and the way one approaches this title could have a real effect on how one ends up feeling about it. The main character Yui is a high school girl who goes to live …Read more »
Former Power Rangers actor Ricardo Medina, 36, was arrested February 1 for allegedly stabbing his roommate to death with a sword. Medina played Cole Evans, the Red Wild Force Ranger on Power Rangers Wild Force , the tenth season of the franchise, and the villain …Read more »
No more of this... 2012 saw the triumphant return of Cartoon Nework’s anime programming block, Toonami, resurrected as a late-night spot on Adult Swim featuring anime favorites like Cowboy Bebop and new shows like Attack on Titan . The block runs a glorious six-and-a-half hours …Read more »
Lists. Is there anything the internet collectively loves more? (Cats, maybe…) The latest list from Japanese ranking website Goo is a ranking of the 16 best idol anime series of all time, as decided by 500 anime fans. Idols, from Seiko Matsuda to AKB48 to …Read more »
Let’s face it: there’s a time for everything to come to an end, and that includes manga series. For all the shock and angst about Naruto coming to a finish after 15 years, for example, there was a definitely also a sense of relief. Japanese …Read more »
Transformation is a theme at the heart of Princess Jellyfish , the ongoing josei manga series about a jellyfish otaku who changes from a shy, world-shunning shut-in to a world-famous fashion designer with the help of her otaku flatmates and cross-dressing friend Kuranosuke. It’s appropriate …Read more »
We’ve reported previously on Attack on Titan The Real , an attraction opening this January at Universal Studios Japan. Now USJ has given us a glimpse at the attraction via a video on their official Twitter account. 【 #CM先行公開 】あなたは、ここで「進撃の巨人」の世界の恐怖や絶望までをも味わう ことになる…。来るか、来ないか、自分で選べ。「進撃の巨人・ザ・リアル」、1/23スタート。 https://t.co/GvqbxT6Sdn #USJ https://t.co/cyTOihry9w — …Read more »
Warning: contains spoilers for Naruto chapter 699. For many, saying goodbye to Naruto is akin to saying goodbye to childhood: a time where elementary school kids ran with their arms behind their backs, their foreheads slick with sweat as they echoed lines screamed by their …Read more »
Hayao Miyazaki isn't one for mincing words, and he recently got the opportunity to share more of his personal thoughts on otaku. He's had his share of things to say about otaku in the past , so an interviewer begged the question, "Aren't you, also, …Read more »
The 15th Midwest Furfest, a furry convention held in Rosemont, Illinois, was evacuated last weekend when the convention was apparently the target of a poison gas attack. Hazmat authorities cleared out a chlorine apparatus from the hotel’s ninth floor stairwell and evacuated the building. 19 …Read more »
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