The government of Japan appointed voice actress and singer Aya Hirano as a Cool Japan ambassador on Sunday. Hirano shared the news on her Twitter account that she is the first entertainer and pop culture personality to be appointed as a Cool Japan ambassador. この度クールジャパンアンバサダーに就任致しました。ポップカルチャーの分野からエンターテインメントに属する者がアンバサダーに任命されるのは"日本初"ということで、責任を持って積極的に文化の普及に取り組みたいと思います。宜しくお願い致します。#クールジャパンアンバサダー #平野綾 pic.twitter.com/A08JI8UQXX — 平野綾オフィシャルインフォ (@Hysteric_Barbie) September 9, 2019 Hirano is the...
The official website for the Goblin Slayer anime franchise began streaming the first promotional video on Monday for the Goblin Slayer: Goblin’s Crown theatrical anime episode. The video reveals that the anime will open in theaters on February 1, 2020. The below video features English narration. The television anime series premiered in Japan on October...
The official website for the television anime of the My Hero Academia manga unveiled a new visual for the anime’s upcoming fourth season on Saturday. The new season covers the manga’s Hero Intern arc that began in the 14th volume. The season will premiere on October 12, and will air on YTV and NTV on Saturdays at...
Manga creator Eiichiro Oda reported in a YouTube video posted on Friday that he “wants to end [the One Piece story] in five years.” Oda spoke during a video visit to his home by popular YouTubers Fischer’s. The video commemorates the release of the One Piece Stampede film. Fischer’s member Ndaho asked Oda, “About how long will One Piece’s [entire story] keep going?” Oda...
Amazon and other retailers are listing the 42nd compiled book volume of Haruichi Furudate’s Haikyu!! manga with a DVD bundle that includes a stop-motion anime. The manga’s first stop-motion anime will have 10 short episodes featuring the Karasuno team as puppets, directed by Tomoyasu Murata (Mr. Children’s “Hero” music video). Taku Kishimoto, the script...
Hitoshi Uchida left his job to follow his dream: meet Goku voice actress Masako Nozawa. Nozawa is a voice acting superstar and Uchida is hoping to just get a few moments in the limelight with her by amassing the largest Dragon Ball merchandise collection in the world. “She’s helped me out throughout my...
The official website for the rock band Longman announced on August 21 that the group will perform the new ending theme song “Wish On” for the Boruto: Naruto Next Generations anime. The single for the song, which ships on November 6, will serve as the three-member band’s major debut single. The new...
Earlier this month, the Japanese Pokémon Center website launched a personality quiz that assigned participants a Pokémon and gave insight into what type of worker they are (resident Dragonite here). The franchise has a new quiz out to help promote DeNA’s Pokémon Masterssmartphone game that will assign you a trainer and lead Pokémon. The questions offer two choices and are random. Most are fairly...
The official website for the Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna anime film revealed on Tuesday the titles of five animated shorts that are planned for the Digimon Adventure Memorial Story Project, celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Digimon Adventure anime. The shorts include a prequel of the upcoming film and side stories about the daily lives of...
Google announced on Monday during its Stadia Connect presentation that KOEI Tecmo Games and Omega Force’s Attack on Titan 2: Final Battle game will come to Google’s upcoming Stadia game platform. The official YouTube channel for Stadia began streaming an announcement trailer: The game launched for PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch in Japan on July 4, and then launched for PS4, Switch, Xbox...
The Asahi Shimbun is reporting that the 39th Doraemon’s film’s South Korean premiere is delayed indefinitely due to the ongoing battle over trade agreements between Japan and its Asian neighbor. Eiga Doraemon no Nobita no Getsumen Tansaki topped box offices in Japan and was the first movie in the current...
The World Cosplay Summit announced in a Facebook post on Sunday that Australia took first place in this year’s competition. The second and third places went to the USA and France respectively. The finals took place in Nagoya. K, one of the two winning cosplayers, posted photos from the event and a notice about her team’s victory...
This year’s combined 36th and 37th issues of Shueisha‘s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine teased on Monday that Kaiu Shirai and Posuka Demizu‘s The Promised Neverland manga has entered the “climax” of the final arc. Shirai and Demizu launched The Promised Neverland manga in Shueisha‘s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine in August 2016, and the series has entered its final arc as of September. Shirai had...
There isn’t an otaku out there who doesn’t recognize Naruto the instant they get a glimpse of the titular character’s spiky blond hair. The manga sky-rocketed to success after it was first serialized in Shonen Jump in 1999. When the anime adaptation was released in 2002, fans were given even more Naruto goodness to look forward to. In total, the series...
There are four main comedy anime categories. First, we have the classic fish out of the water, where an extraordinary entity is forced to deal with our mundane world, which is full of normal humans making the usually stupid decisions. The second category, out of this world, comes with a...
Even non-anime fans know about popular titles like Attack on Titan, Dragon Ball Z, Naruto Shippuden. However, there are a few series that, unfortunately, don’t receive the same amount of attention. This doesn’t mean they are bad. With so many anime titles available for our consumption, it isn’t surprising when a few good ones slip...
Ever wonder why so many adults find those weird Japanese cartoons appealing? It’s not just you. “Normal” adults in Japan think it’s weird, too. However, anime otaku (people who are totally obsessed with something – in this case – anime) tend to be highly satisfied in life, and I think it has...
You may need a cosplay costume not only for Halloween. You can wear a cosplay costume in completely different situations! Festival, party, shooting a video clip … and even a date. It depends on you! We present the 6 most popular anime costumes of early 2019. Choose your costume from...
