The girls of Japanese rock band SCANDAL are marking their 15th anniversary as a group, and they’re doing so in style this year. The band revealed plans for a North American summer concert tour, which kicks off in Toronto on July 9 and also coincides …Read more »
A former video game world champion from Japan has turned to burglary. Tomoyuki Inui, 33, better known to the gaming world as Katsuninken, has been arrested for breaking into the residence of a 84-year-old woman and stealing 2.6 million yen, says Tokyo Reporter. Upon questioning, …Read more »
Ufotable, the anime studio behind properties like Fate/stay night and Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, is being investigated for tax evasion by the Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau, it was reported today. Investigations are currently underway at Ufotable’s cafes in Koenji and Tokushima in addition to …Read more »
In 2017, we reported that Park Jung-hyun, the former editor of Attack on Titan, had been arrested in connection with the death of his wife. At the opening day of his trial this week, the former editor pleaded innocent, stating “I did not kill my …Read more »
Fans looking forward to any TV airings of the live-action Rurouni Kenshin films in the near future might be better off grabbing the DVD. The scandal involving Rurouni Kenshin author Nobuhiko Watsuki, who is facing charges for possession of child pornography, has stopped the serialization …Read more »
Moo. It has been reported anime studio Asahi Productions have been farming out employees of their branch in Miyagi, Tohoku to… farms. The workers dispatched to farms were hired with funds from a government-sponsored post-2011 Great East Japan earthquake job creation project. From November 2012 …Read more »
It’s been a tough few months for Emi Nitta. The anime voice actress, best known for her role as Love Live! protagonist Honoka Kosaka, has left her role as Tokoha Anjo on the series Cardfight!! Vanguard G , her agency announced this weekend. The news …Read more »
You might remember this story from about a year ago: Mt. Gox, one of the world’s largest depositories of the digital currency Bitcoin based in Tokyo, was allegedly hacked, losing $450 million worth of the currency in the process. Now after more than a year …Read more »
Japanese rock band SCANDAL is getting ready to kick off a world tour in support of latest album, Hello World , which features the band's 20th single, "image." Included in the plans are a set of North American concerts, bringing SCANDAL to Chicago, Los Angeles, …Read more »
Looks like Aska isn’t the only J-pop artist in trouble for drug use. Kosuke Oba, a composer who has worked with idol groups like AKB48 and on anime like Prince of Tennis and Steins;Gate , was recently arrested for using stimulant drugs. Police were clued …Read more »
About a year ago, Shin Megami Tensei and Etrian Odyssey developer Atlus faced something of a predicament when their parent company, Index Corporation, filed for bankruptcy and had its stock delisted. Atlus survived the implosion and was eventually acquired by Sega, but Index Corporation’s founders …Read more »
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