For more than a century, Japan’s Takarazuka Revue has put on lavish stage musicals with all-female casts. From historical dramas to romances to anime-inspired stories in recent years, they’re always stunning. And, just as their shows sometimes include anime-inspired titles, anime tips its hat to …Read more »
Any anime fan knows, or at least learns quickly, that Osamu Tezuka was instrumental in creating anime as we know it today. His early creations drew from both Eastern and Western sources, combining into the art form we know and love. And fans who want …Read more »
RetroCrush is adding more anime to its roster this June, including several Osamu Tezuka titles. Today Puppet Princess, Galaxy Angel, and Galaxy Angel Z all become available and can be watched either dubbed or subbed. Then we get to the Tezuka titles. On June 11 …Read more »
Anime and manga have inspired countless works of art and merchandise, but there aren’t many as pricey as some of the items on display at The World’s Only Jewelry Art Exhibition, which will be held in Tokyo’s Ginza district this weekend. Among the 80 works …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 »
Anime has a long and proud history of gender-bending and stereotype challenging, be it for comedic purposes or awkward romantic entanglements. But there is a through-line of three girls in particular who don’t just mirror each other, but directly inspired each other’s creation. One was …Read more »
Nozomi Entertainment is getting ready to unleash a remastered version of the Princess Knight anime—adapted from Osamu Tezuka's manga of the same name, which is available in English from Vertical, Inc.—and they've got a trailer showing off the release. The first dub-only DVD set ships …Read more »
File Vertical Inc. Osamu Tezuka releases under "things I can't get enough of." I'm sure the same can be said for many of you readers out there, and Vertical knows this well. Hence the addition of Tezuka's 1953-1956 shoujo series Princess Knight to their ever-expanding …Read more »
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