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2022 April Fools' Day Collection
Each year, April Fools' Day gives a chance for creators in the anime, manga, and video game industries—as well as fans of these industries—to showcase their creativity. With the popularity of social media in recent years, many of these expressions of creativity go viral. Below is...
2021 April Fools' Day Collection
Each year, April Fools' Day gives a chance for creators in the anime, manga, and video game industries—as well as fans of these industries—to showcase their creativity. With the popularity of social media in recent years, many of these expressions of creativity go viral. Below is...
2020 April Fools' Day Collection
Each year, April Fools' Day gives a chance for creators in the anime, manga, and video game industries to showcase their creativity. With the popularity of social media in recent years, many of these expressions of creativity go viral. Below is a selection of this year's official...
'Summer Wars' Celebrates 10th Anniversary With 4DX Re-release
Mamoru Hosoda's anime film Summer Wars is getting 4DX re-release in Japanese theaters on January 17, 2020 to commemorate the film's 10th anniversary. A new key visual (pictured) and promotional video for the 4DX edition were also revealed. Synopsis OZ, a virtual world connected t...
2019 April Fools' Day Collection
Each year, April Fools' Day gives a chance for creators in the anime, manga, and games industry to showcase their creativity. With the popularity of social media in recent years, many of these expressions of creativity become viral easily. Below is a selection of this year's offi...
Japan Considers Revising Scope of Law on Downloading Pirated Content
Japan's Agency for Cultural Affairs, the government body promoting Japanese arts and culture, is considering a proposal by print publishers to revise the national copyright law. The proposal seeks to broaden the scope of online downloading activities that are considered illegal t...
In Nationwide Effort, Animation Feature Films Come of Age in China
When organizers of the Annecy International Animated Film Festival selected China as a guest country for the 2017 edition, the world's biggest animation festival used their brand to champion a new crop of Chinese studios producing original animation features. Among the festival'...
2018 April Fools' Day Collection
Each year, April Fools' Day gives a chance for creators in the anime, manga, and games industry to showcase their creativity. With the popularity of social media in recent years, many of these expressions of creativity become viral easily. Below is a selection of this year's offi...
NHK Announces Favorite Character Ranking
To continue commemorating one hundred years of Japanese anime history, NHK has released a ranking for people's favorite anime characters as a part of Anime 100 celebration on Sunday at NHK BS Premium. The ranking was based from votes conducted from October 20 to November 19 last...
'Macross' Franchise to Hold 35th Anniversary Concert
This year marks the 35th anniversary of the long-running mecha franchise Macross and the tenth death anniversary of the series' composer, Kentarou Haneda. In addition to the previously announced anime adaptation for 2018 and the upcoming anime movie, an orchestra concert of musi...
'One Piece' Manga Commemorates 20th Anniversary
Eiichiro Oda's long-running adventure manga One Piece celebrates its 20th anniversary this week in Shueisha's Weekly Shounen Jump magazine. The series began publishing on July 22, 1997. The people involved in the series, as well as fans and other industry personalities around th...
NHK Announces Best 100 Anime
To commemorate one hundred years of Japanese anime history, NHK has announced a list of 100 Best Anime on Wednesday at NHK BS Premium. The list is based on the audience's votes regarding their best anime that aired until September 2016; which was held between January 8 to March...
2017 April Fools' Day Collection
Each year, April Fools' Day gives a chance for creators in the anime, manga, and games industry to showcase their creativity. With the popularity of social media in recent years, many of these expressions of creativity become viral easily. Below is a selection of this year's offi...
'Love Live! School Idol Project' Group μ's Gets Politician's Attention
According to a report, ex-wrestler who attended 1984 Summer Olympics and politician Hiroshi Hase attended μ's' final concert Love Live! μ's Final LoveLive! ~μ'sic Forever♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪~ on March 31 and April 1 with Takaaki Kidani, the Bushiroad president and New Japan Pro-Wrestling o...
2016 April Fools' Day Collection
Each year, April Fools' Day gives a chance for creators in the anime, manga, and games industry to showcase their creativity. With the popularity of social media in recent years, many of these expressions of creativity become viral easily. We shared some of our favorites on our T...
Tokyo Otaku Mode Interviews MyAnimeList Founder Xinil
Tokyo Otaku Mode has posted an interview with Xinil, the founder of MyAnimeList. In it, Xinil discusses the website's origins and how it has previously faced challenges in growth. MyAnimeList formally opened in 2006 with 228 members and receives up to 120 million monthly page vie...
Oricon Editorial Addresses Current State of the Seiyuu Industry
Many people are interested in entering the seiyuu industry because of successful seiyuu artists like Nana Mizuki, so there are many schools for voice lessons (both dubbing and singing) and guarantee from these schools for debuting. Unfortunately, according to a producer of a TV a...
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