What did you eat yesterday? That’s the question behind the popular manga of the same name by Fumi Yoshinaga, about a gay couple in Tokyo who like to eat home-cooked meals. Now Yoshinaga’s manga is getting a live-action series on Japanese TV. The series, which …Read more »
Originally revealed as an April Fools’ joke in 2017, Just Because! eventually came to fruition as an original anime TV series by studio PINE JAM (Gamers!, Mahou Shoujo Nante Mouiide-sukara), director Atsushi Kobayashi, and The Pet Girl of Sakurasou creator Hajime Kamoshida. The results are …Read more »
In this reunion romance with a twist of awkward and a splash of drama, Naoto and Taichi were secret lovers in high school, but lust soon turned into animosity. Several years later, they’re reunited in college. Naoto is looking forward to making friends and kicking …Read more »
Humanity takes a back seat to something much grander in the mystifyingly beautiful The Ancient Magus’ Bride anime Chise Hatori is a human girl with nothing to lose. With a dark, lonely past constantly nipping at her heels, she decides to sell herself into slavery. …Read more »
Falling in love can make a smart person dumb and a dumb person dumber. This is the beating heart of just about every romantic comedy that’s ever existed, anime or otherwise. Gamers!—the 2017 summer light novel anime adaptation by Studio Pine Jam—is no exception. It …Read more »
What happens when you take two very different teenagers from what seem like two worlds that clash in a big way and throw them into a relationship? It might look a little something like the gorgeously animated Tsukigakirei. It’s an emotional and endearing tale that …Read more »
Back in 2017, we reported about a new service for otaku in Japan looking to tie the knot called ToraCon. Over the last year, the service has been doing well, apparently, because it’s now adding a range of new ways for potential otaku couples to …Read more »
The Ancient Magus’ Bride doesn’t have a very cheery beginning: Chise Hatori, our 15-year-old protagonist, has just allowed herself to be sold off at an underground auction. She’s expected to command a high price because she’s a Sleigh Beggy, a kind of magic user that …Read more »
your name. is an international phenomenon, joining the ranks of anime films from Spirited Away to Pokemon: The First Movie that managed to break into the American mainstream. The emotional journey of a boy and girl who find themselves switching bodies manages to avoid the …Read more »
If you had the chance to relive your high school days again, would you take it? What if you were forced to start the entire journey over to smooth over the mistakes you wound up making—just as you were graduating? That’s what happens to high …Read more »
You know how they say you should never meet your idols? Chiyo Sakura learned this lesson the hard way, unfortunately. All she wanted to do was confess to the tall and somber Umetaro Nozaki. Unfortunately, she stumbles and ends up saying she’s his “biggest fan.” …Read more »
The two main characters in Kaguya-Sama are both smart and accomplished, and both have the emotional intelligence of a doorknob. The main pleasure of the series is the deadlock Kaguya and Miyuki find themselves in, trapped by their belief in the adage that “the one …Read more »
After 10 years overseas, Leo Tachibana, the teenage heir to a fashion fortune, returns to Japan for high school … and revenge! His target: Tenma Tsuwabuki, a rich tomboy who once accidentally dunked him in a turtle pond, leaving him with bite marks on his …Read more »
The team behind the upcoming live-action Marmalade Boy film has gone to great lengths to stay true to Wataru Yoshizumi’s source material. A behind-the-scenes report recently went live on Natalie, revealing the full house they recreated just for the production. Marmalade Boy is set to …Read more »
The content producing machine known as Netflix cannot be stopped. The streaming giant is no stranger to live-action manga adaptations: they’ve already produced series such as Blazing Transfer Student and Erased. Now they’re back for more with Sora wo Kakeru Yodaka, based on the manga …Read more »
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