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Anime left out – Your Name fails to secure Academy Award Nomination
Sometimes it seems like everyone in the world loves Makoto Shinkai’s hit anime, but the Academy is apparently not so impressed. Despite having its initial Japanese release back in August, anime...
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Magical senzu beans from Dragon Ball now available in chocolate form!
Now Dragon Ball fans can have fun saying, “Here, have a senzu bean!” while giving out pieces of chocolate! With Valentine’s Day approaching, there’s currently a huge amount of chocolate-related news...
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Hit anime movie Your Name dazzles its way into the fashion world with jewelry...
You could engrave your name on this Your Name jewelry. Money speaks volumes, especially when it comes to popularity, and the numbers are staggering for Your Name. With a North American release date...
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Sailor Moon Crystal is set to continue as fourth season is announced
Anime reboot wrapped up its third arc in 2016, but it’s still got stories to tell. While it’d be unfairly harsh to call Sailor Moon Crystal a failure, many fans of anime’s most famous magical girl...
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Sailor Moon’s 25th anniversary means it’s time to play Sailor Monster Moon...
In the name of the moon, we did not see this coming! Capcom’s Monster Hunter, like Pokémon, is a video game series that releases new iterations quite regularly to a massive amount of adoring fans....
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Japanese fashion fans and fan artists go gaga for sexy “virgin-killing sweater”
Ultra-revealing sweater may not be all that warm, but it sure is hot, as is the anime-style artwork it’s inspiring. After the boob turtleneck and side-boob sweater became fashion darlings of the...
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Edible Magikarp returns, with new flavor, to Japanese taiyaki sweets chain!
Weakest, most delicious Pokémon returns for encore appearance in Tokyo and Yokohama. Ordinarily, it’s not possible to start feeling nostalgic about something in just one month. Fond remembrances of...
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Fight against evil panties in the new Panty Party mobile game【Video】
“Step forward! Warrior of Love, it’s time to show your love of panties!” As far as weird games go, Panty Party has to be right up there with the best of them. And panties flying around in high-speed...
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Anime Your Name’s English subtitles struggle to show difference between “I”...
You think the anime movie’s body-swapping teens have it rough? Its translators are the ones in a real jam. It’s been said that dying is easy, but comedy is hard. For a joke or gag to work, it has to...
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One Piece and Ed, Edd n Eddy is the crossover we never knew we wanted until...
Will the Eds manage to become king of the… cul-de-sac? American cartoons and Japanese anime are often seen as rivals. Fans of Japanese anime often see it as the superior of the two, calling it...
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Studio Ghibli’s Toshio Suzuki talks about chance of Your Name become...
Ghibli co-founder explains how he’d feel if Makoto Shinkai’s film passed his studio’s Spirited Away. Few people in the anime industry have had a career anywhere near as successful as Toshio Suzuki....
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Japanese band Radwimps’ Shonen Jump music video is a moving love song to...
Sometimes anime and manga are just fun entertainment, but sometimes they mean much, much more, reminds song from the creators of Your Name’s soundtrack. Aside from its breathtaking visuals and...
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Japanese Twitter artist recreates awesome fighting video game scenes in...
Street Fighter, The King of Fighters, and Dragon Ball Z all serve as inspiration for blocky coolness. Fighting games are all about punching, kicking, or otherwise pummeling your opponent into...
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Snowboarding anime fans hit the slopes while cosplaying as Gundam mecha【Video】
They’re called “mobile suits,” and snowboarding is a form of mobility, after all. It’s hard to imagine now, but when the original Mobile Suit Gundam premiered on Japanese TV in 1979, it struggled to...
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Add colour to digital artworks instantly with new free web service
Artists in Japan and around the world are raving about this handy new tool. The world of digital editing and design can be a difficult one to navigate for beginners more used to working with...
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The best part-time job in Japan? Get paid $440 per day to take naps!
Celebrate the upcoming release of anime film Hirune Hime (“Napping Princess“) by winning the job of a nap. Japan, like the rest of the world, has its share of both awesome and terrible part-time jobs....
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2020 Tokyo Olympics introduces its official ambassadors in new video, anime...
Some of the most famous faces of anime are ready to welcome you to the 2020 Games! There are still three years until the much-anticipated 2020 Olympic Games takes place in Tokyo, but already it’s all...
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The Sanrio Boys, the guys who love Hello Kitty and Co., are getting their own...
Sanrio’s marketing comes full circle, then keeps on going. This probably won’t come as a shock to anyone, but Sanrio is really, really good at marketing. Hello Kitty’s parent company more or less...
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Japanese novel stars boy reincarnated as hot spring that beautiful women want...
The main character is shown on the cover, but it’s not the girl. Light novels, Japan’s equivalent to young adult fiction, have an interesting symbiotic relationship with the anime industry. A huge...
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New cast photos from Gintama live-action movie show off model Nanao as...
Upcoming film looks poised to buck the trend of mediocre adaptations of anime and manga. Japan is in the middle of a live-action anime and manga adaptation boom, producing more movies and TV series...
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