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The official YouTube channel for Japanese brewers and distilling company Suntory has started streaming a new anime commercial for its gin brand "Sui." The protagonist character in the commercial titled "Sui to Utaeba" ("Singing with Sui") was designed by manga artist Tsubasa Yamaguchi , best known for her Blue Period manga series. Meanwhile, suis , the vocalist of Japanese pop unit Yorushika , provided a newly arranged version of "Haru" ("Sunny"), Yorushika's 2024 digital single song which was featured as the opening theme for the second cour of the TV anime Frieren: Beyond Journey's End . The video was directed by Yutaro Kubo , who also worked on the music video for Yorushika's 2023 digital single song "Shayo." The protagonist takes a sip of Suntory Gin “Sui” and the video depicts how the living room where she spends her daily life is transformed into a meadow with dancing water bubbles. Key visual Character reference sketches by Tsubasa...

Japanese karaoke company Daiichi Kosho conducted a karaoke ranking survey of songs sung via its karaoke on demand service, Dam (Daiichikosho Amusement Multimedia) and announced yearly rankings in 14 genres today. Taking the number one spot in the ranking of theme songs for TV anime and anime movies broadcast or released this year was Creepy Nuts ' “Bling-Bang-Bang-Born,” which was featured as the opening theme for the TV anime Mashle: Magic And Muscles The Divine Visionary Candidate Arc . The song also ranks No.1 the raking for songs released this year and No.2 in the overall song ranking, behind only Vaundy's "Kaiju no Hanauta" released in 2020. The band said, "We are very happy and very grateful that so many people enjoyed 'Bling-Bang-Bang-Born'! Thank you very much! We will continue our activities so that everyone can enjoy, and we hope you will sing it a lot at karaoke." Creepy Nuts Related :...

Billboard Japan announced its ranking charts for the first half of 2024 today on June 7. The number one song in its overall song charts, "Billboard Japan Hot 100," is Japanese hip-hop duo Creepy Nuts ' 14th digital single song, "Bling-Bang-Bang-Born," which was featured as the opening theme for the second season of the TV anime Mashle: Magic And Muscles . The song topped on 13 charts for the first time in Billboard Japan's history, including the "Global Japan Songs Excl. Japan" for Japanese songs that were a hit worldwide, and the " Billboard Japan Hot Animation" for theme songs for TV anime and movies and songs by anime voice actors. Here are the charts where " Bling-Bang-Bang-Born " reached #1: Billboard Japan Hot 100 Billboard Japan Hot Animation Billboard Japan Download Songs Billboard Japan Streaming Songs Billboard Japan Top User Generated Songs TikTok chart Global Japan Songs Excl. Japan Billboard Japan "Japan Songs (Singapore)" Billboard Japan "Japan Songs...

“The Journey to Ende Continues” as the first season of Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End ended earlier this month. This was, actually, the first week without Frieren since the short winter holiday break and fans are quite sad that one of the hit series of this season is not airing anymore, although a second season is – as we have written – more or less certain. But, although the series is on a break, the guys behind it are keeping the hype alive as additional material and news surface on a regular basis, so even now – we have some new Frieren materials for fans.

Namely, after the recently released “Special Memory Video”, which we have written about, Toho has released yet another special video, this time a “Special Music Video” featuring the series’ second opening, “Haru” by Yorushika. The video is a special music video for the full version of the song containing...

The power of friendship is just as strong between an anime hero and their creature companion as it is with their human friends. Dogs and cats tend to be the first things most people think of with the words “beloved pets,” and often they are important in anime as well. However, anything can be their loyal partner.

Sometimes, this creature is kept as a pet by the hero. Often, they’ll accompany and help them in their work or adventures. However, just as often the creature will be sentient, just as smart or even smarter than their human companions, and an invaluable member of the team. The best creature companions in anime are a varied bunch, but each perfectly fits the series and hero they belong to.

Haru - My Roommate Is A Cat

One of the best cat companions in anime is this scrappy little stray who meets her human Subaru by chance.

The 2023 Sundance Film Festival Asia officially opened at the Spot Huashan Cinema in Taipei City on August 18, 2023, and announced the winner of the Sundance Film Festival Asia Short Film Competition. The award went to “Tuo Tuo” directed by An Chu. Many Hollywood and local celebrities walked the red carpet including Justin Lin (Director of the “Fast and Furious” franchise), Todd Makurath (Executive Producer of “Everything Everywhere All At Once”), Joachim Zell (Color Scientist from “Blade Runner 2049”), Dan Lin (Producer of “The Lego Movie”), Tzi Ma (Actor from “Rush Hour” series), Caitlin Fang (Actress from “American Girl”), Patty Lee (Actress from “My Missing Valentine”), Ke-Xi Wu (Actress from “Nina Wu”), Allison Lin (Actress from “Haru”), Teresa Daley (Actress from “Days We Stared at the Sun”), Sonia Yuan (Actress from “Summer Desire”), Angela Yuen (Actress from “The Narrow Road”), James Wen (Actor from “The Fierce Wife”), Janet Hsieh (Host from “Fun...