Today new promotional videos for the upcoming anime adaptation of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable hit screens across Japan. Three screens, that is. The videos debuted on large screens outside major train stations across the country, causing impromptu meetups for JoJo’s fans wanting to …Read more »
If you’ve been following our Japan coverage long enough, you know when a big new anime film comes out, there’s no consumer product they won’t team up with to promote the thing. This time around, the collaboration is between High☆Speed! - Free! Starting Days , …Read more »
Recently we got word from director Hideaki Anno himself that though Evangelion 4.0 is in the works, it probably won’t be coming out anytime soon. But that won’t stop the merchandising! The word this week is Schick, those razor guys, are teaming up with Evangelion …Read more »
We reported recently most of Japan’s local mascots, aimed at promoting prefectures and towns throughout the country, aren’t really worth their cost, causing the Ministry of Finance to make some serious cuts in mascot budgeting. One exception might be Kumamon, the lovable bear created to …Read more »
About a year ago, we reported on the somewhat baffling collaboration between Evangelion 3.0 and… Schick razors? Yes, we all recoiled in horror at the sight of Shinji’s dad with a beaming smile and no facial hair, but now there’s a new threat in 2014: …Read more »
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