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Kodansha and Marvel team up for a special manga award
Marvel is big in Japan, and in their latest team-up, Kodansha and Marvel Comics are creating a special award to gauge the creativity of Japanese artists in using characters who already exist. For this,...
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New Year feasts get a Poketwist with new Pokemon New Year Osechi
New Year is a very special occasion in Japan, even more special than the rest of the world. The holiday is usually celebrated with feasts known as Osechi, which are meals usually cooked by the...
View ArticleLive-action Saki project releases new TV ad
Ritz Kobayashi’s hit mahjong manga, Saki, has gotten itself a live-action project, and now, we are getting a better look at it thanks to a new TV ad, which is currently being aired back in Japan. The...
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Kiniro Mosaic itasha taxis to start service in Tokyo
Tokyo-based taxi service, Condor Taxi, has teamed up with hit moe anime, Kiniro Mosaic, for a collaboration, which will feature the characters from the anime in several taxis. These itasha taxis also...
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NHK TV Special: Hayao Miyazaki is working on a proposed feature-length film...
Hayao Miyazaki retired from making feature-length films back in 2013, however, the NHK TV special which focuses on the acclaimed anime director suggests that he may be making a comeback. According to...
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Several countries, including Singapore, to vote for which AQOURS member would...
Love Live! has a huge global appeal, and that is why the official Love Live! Sunshine!! website’s English page has announced that nine countries will get to decide which AQOURS member is the best one...
View ArticleLive-action Ghost in the Shell film’s full trailer is here
Dreamworks Pictures and Paramount Pictures’ live-action adaptation of the classic Japanese anime film, Ghost in the Shell, is off and running, as the film’s full trailer has finally been revealed. They...
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AFASG16: Sword Art Online: Ordinal Scale
Sword Art Online: Ordinal Scale “Sword Art Online: Ordinal Scale,” is the next installment to the Sword Art Online anime series. It is premiering in Japan on 18 February 2017, with a returning...
View ArticleMakoto Shinkai talks about his next film’s possible schedule and comparisons...
your name. is possibly Japan’s biggest hit for 2016, and its director, Makoto Shinkai, is getting awards, recognition, and accolades left and right, including Nikkei Entertainment magazine’s “Hit Maker...
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Girls und Panzer gets new Nissin Cup Ramen, to come with fake tank ammo shell
Girls und Panzer is teaming up with Nissin Cup Ramen once again for a two special packs of cup ramen, and one might be very special for all you tank fans as it will come with a special fake tank ammo...
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Kensho Ono reprises role as Kuroko in 2nd live-action Kuroko’s Basketball...
Kensho Ono is Kuroko Tetsuya, and Kuroko Tetsuya is Kensho Ono, and that much is confirmed as the seiyuu once again reprises his role as the “Phantom Member of the Generation of Miracles” for not only...
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Which job makes the most money in the anime industry? New video weighs in
The anime industry is a curious one, as some big-name seiyuu would get a ton of money just to appear in one episode, while the lowly animator just gets a fraction of what the big name seiyuu gets… for...
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Bubblegum Crisis director marries popular GunPla modeler 27 years younger...
Age is just a number, and that much has been proven as popular cosplayer Otogi Nekomu, and her Oh My Goddess mangaka husband, Kousuke Fujishima, have proven recently as the couple had gotten married...
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Here’s Orange -Mirai- film’s first full trailer
The TOHO animation YouTube channel has started streaming the very first full trailer for the upcoming sequel film to last season’s hit shoujo anime, Orange, which is titled Orange -Mirai-, and it...
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Himouto! Umaru-chan is back as series gets new OAD
She’s baaaaaaaaaaack! Everyone’s favorite slob of a sister, Umaru, is back, as the advance look at the 9th volume of Sankaku Head’s hilarious sibling manga, Himouto! Umaru-chan, and Vol. 1 of its...
View ArticleLive-action Full Metal Alchemist film teaser trailer finally revealed
Finally, after much teasing and waiting, we finally get to see the very first video of the upcoming live-action Full Metal Alchemist film, which teases Ryousuke Yamada in costume as Edward Elric and...
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Kana Hanazawa’s official figure for seiyuu’s official VISA credit card...
Remember Sumitomo Mitsui’s official Kana Hanazawa credit card? One of the benefits for signing up for that credit card is actually getting the chance to win one of only 15 limited edition figures of...
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Persona 5 delayed again
In Sony’s official PlayStation blog, Atlus has revealed that their most anticipated game for 2017, Persona 5, is getting delayed… AGAIN. Originally set for release back in 2015, Atlus announced that...
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Assassination Classroom spin-off manga, Koro Teacher Quest, is getting an...
The upcoming 51st issue of Weekly Shonen Jump magazine is revealing that Jou Aoto and Kizuku Watanabe’s Koro-sensei Q! (Koro Teacher Quest!) is getting itself an anime series. The manga, as well as its...
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World Trigger mangaka Daisuke Ashihara in “poor health”, manga going on...
The upcoming 51st issue of Shueisha’s Shonen Jump magazine will be revealing that Daisuke Ashihara’s popular action manga, World Trigger, will be going on hiatus “for a while,” as the mangaka is...
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