Kadokawa was one of the major sponsors for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics (which actually occurred in 2021 because of the COVID pandemic). However, there were soon accusations that some people at Kadokawa bribed their way into being sponsors. And Toshiyuki Yoshihara, an executive at Kadokawa, …Read more »
The Tokyo Olympics bribing scandal continues to grow. Previously, Otaku USA reported on Kadokawa having its offices raided and some employees being arrested. The Kadokawa company responded by apologizing publicly and creating a Corporate Governance Inspection Committee. But Kadokawa is not the only company embroiled …Read more »
On October 5, the company Kadokawa held a press conference in the midst of a scandal involving an alleged bribery to get Kadokawa in as an official sponsor for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Chairman Tsuguhiko Kadokawa, whose father founded the company, ex-Kadokawa executive Toshiyuki Yoshihara …Read more »
It’s being reported by the Japanese news outlet Mainichi Shimbun that Kadokawa chairman Tsuguhiko Kadokawa, whom police believe illegally bribed an ex-member of the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics organizing committee, plans to put in his resignation. The Mainichi Shimbun said it got this information from …Read more »
Japan got in its share of otakudom for the Tokyo Olympics, like their video game music opening, their watching Gundam (not Transformer), and their concluding Demon Slayer song. But sometimes the athletes brought in the otakudom, like Greece’s Miltiadis Tentoglou and America’s Payton Otterdahl. And …Read more »
The Tokyo Olympics have officially concluded, and the Paralympics are set to begin on August 24. While Japan didn’t get as much otaku-related tourism as it wanted, there were still quite a few otaku moments, like the video game music of the opening ceremony and …Read more »
Japan might not have gotten all the otaku-oriented tourism it wanted during the Tokyo Olympics, but some of its otaku sites are still making their way into the news. That includes the RX-0 Unicorn Gundam statue, which is just under 65 feet tall and located …Read more »
The original proposed plans to have Akira and Super Mario in the Olympics opening ceremony may have been scrapped, but Japan is finding other ways to share its otakudom during the Games. Music often plays in the background of the sports, and otaku will recognize …Read more »
Athletes taking part in the Tokyo Olympics triathlon were treated to the view of the huge RX-0 Unicorn Gundam as they cycled. Japan’s hopes for tourism during the Olympics has been quashed with COVID, but they did incidentally get a big plug for future tourists …Read more »
The Tokyo Olympics have officially started, and if you caught the opening ceremony, you might have thought the music sounded familiar. During the Parade of Nations a medley of music from Japanese video games was played. Here’s what you heard: “ Overture: Loto’s Theme” …Read more »
With the Tokyo Olympics kicking off, we can expect a lot of TV anime to be making way for the broadcast across various networks in Japan. One of them is Shaman King, which is taking a two week break during the event. While quite a …Read more »
Last week Ghost in the Shell Arise and Appleseed: Ex Machina composer Keigo Oyamada was tapped do the music for the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. Oyamada, who also uses the stage name Cornelius, then faced criticism for bullying back in his …Read more »
When anime character ambassador for the Tokyo Olympics Sailor Moon cheered on Japanese athletes and the Olympics recently, it generally didn’t go over well with fans. Fans who didn’t like it typically either felt Sailor Moon was being partisan or that it’s too dangerous to …Read more »
Sailor Moon is an anime character ambassador for the Tokyo Olympics, and over the weekend she was part of an official tweet from the Japanese Olympic Committee that said, “I hope to see medals shining beautifully like the full moon on everyone’s chest. Go Japan!” …Read more »
What’s a way to celebrate the upcoming Tokyo Olympics that merges both Japanese history and modern Japanese pop culture, while also working to bring countries together and educate people about them? If you said, “Personify country flags as anime samurai characters,” you got it. “World …Read more »
Danica Davidson
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