Pokemon GO now partially banned in Tokyo’s most popular park
Pokemon GO is undoubtedly the most popular game app on Earth right now, with millions of players playing around the world, going around to catch Pokemon. However, the game has become notorious for...
View ArticleWOW JAPAN OVERTIME EP 8: TOKYO TREAT!
In the season finale of WOW JAPAN OVERTIME, Michi and Miki of Natsuiro Party sit down for a treat- TOKYO TREAT that is! The team try out all the delicious and strange treats in the box, and answer...
View Article“Introduction to Japanese Subcultures Post-1970” Online Course being offered...
Keio University is one of Japan’s oldest and most respected institutions, and they are now offering free online courses. More interestingly it introduces Japan’s huge anime and manga subculture, which...
View ArticleAFASG16 I LOVE ANISONG ARTIST FULL LINE UP ANNOUNCED
AFA SG has always been the flagship event of the Anime Festival Asia and last week, we announced the first wave for this year’s I LOVE ANISONG lineup. The second wave of artistes coming for the...
View ArticleClariS is performing in Budoukan for the first time next year
The mysterious duo of Clara and Karen, who make up the duo ClariS, will be going to one of the most prestigious venues in Japanese music – the Nippon Budoukan. This was announced after their encore...
View ArticleHiromu Arakawa’s Silver Spoon manga is going back on hiatus
The 43rd issue of this year’s Weekly Shonen Sunday magazine has some sad news for Hiromu Arakawa fans, as it was announced that her Silver Spoon manga is going back on going back on hiatus beginning...
View ArticleFate/Extella: The Umbral Star gameplay videos introduce Medusa and Archimedes
Fate/Extella: The Umbral Star, Marvelous’s new Musuo-style game based on Type-Moon’s popular Fate series, has revealed two additional playable servants. And it great news for fans of the original...
View ArticleKentaro Miura’s Berserk is predictably going on hiatus… again
After the success of the new 2016 TV anime adaptation, Berserk is going to do what many fans have expected, and that is to go on yet another hiatus. According to an early look at the next issue of...
View ArticleShonen Jump is teasing a new Gintama anime
An early look at the 42nd issue of Weekly Shonen Jump magazine is teasing an announcement that is “more surprising than the live-action movie”. Gintama TV Anime Sequel Confirmation...
View ArticleDigimon Adventure tri. part 3 gets new ad
Before Digimon Adventure tri.’s third part, “Confession,” premiered, Toei Animation’s official YouTube channel has started streaming a brand new TV ad to tease fans about the new movie. Part 3...
View ArticleHollywood’s live-action Ghost in the Shell film previewed in 5 new videos
Paramount Pictures is adapting the Japanese classic, Ghost in the Shell, into a live-action Hollywood movie. Directed by Rupert Sanders, with Scarlett Johansson playing “The Major”, Paramount has...
View ArticleDanganronpa 3 to end with “Hope Arc” finale episode
The final episode of The Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope’s Peak High School: Despair Arc was aired in Japan, and as despair overran Hope’s Peak Academy, the light of hope shined as the episode announced...
View ArticleRumiko Takahashi’s Kyoukai no Rinne anime is getting a third season
An early look at the next issue of Weekly Shonen Sunday magazine has revealed that the lovable supernatural comedy anime, Kyoukai no Rinne, is getting itself a third season. The anime is based on the...
View ArticleNatsume’s Book of Friends Go gets a new PV
Natsume’s Book of Friends is returning for a fifth season formally titled Natsume’s Book of Friends Go. To keep the excitement alive, a new PV was released just a few weeks before the anime’s premiere...
View ArticleMakoto Shinkai’s your name. becomes first non-Ghibli/non-Miyazaki Japanese...
When people are touting renowned anime director, Makoto Shinkai, as the “Next Hayao Miyazaki”, they may have been onto something, as Shinkai’s latest animated feature film, your name., or Kimi no na...
View ArticleLove Live! moms and their all-star seiyuu cast
Love Live! has made stars out of previously unknown seiyuu, as the franchise has been known in casting relative newcomers and unknows in the lead roles. However, the same could not be said for the...
View ArticleThe Real Life locations featured in the cooking anime, “Sweetness and Lightning”
When the summer 2016 season started, many thought that cooking anime, Sweetness and Lightning (Amaama to Inazuma) would be getting overshadowed by a much more well known cooking anime in Food Wars:...
View ArticleFINALLY! One Punch Man Season 2 is Happening!
After a whole lot of waiting, One Punch Man fans can finally breathe a sigh of relief, as the lovable overpowered bald superhero is confirmed to be returning for a second season!...
View ArticleNana Mizuki to appear in her first stage musical in Japanese version of...
Nana Mizuki has done a lot in her career, which includes being a seiyuu who voices plenty of popular characters like the Nanoha series’ Fate Testarossa and Naruto’s Hinata Hyuuga Uzumaki. She’s a...
View ArticleTakara Tomy is teasing a new Zoids project
Zoids has been a huge part of the childhoods of many people worldwide, and many of the fans of old are still actively collecting and building the plastic models, including yours truly. Now, Takara Tomy...
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