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Ghibli casts its 1st film with 2 female leads & all-English theme song
16-year-old actress Sara Takatsuki (Black President, Otomen, GTO, Daily Lives of High School Boys, Haganai) and 21-year-old actress Kasumi Arimura (Amachan, Hagane no Onna, Clover, Judge) will star in...
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Visit Kiki’s Bakery at a unique fairytale village in Japan
In Kyushu, Japan, there’s a tiny little village that’s drawing in visitors from across the world. Part Ghibli fantasy, part English Cotswolds, the town houses an Alice in Wonderland store, a Peter...
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With the stuffed characters of the Moomin Café, you’ll never dine alone!
Theme restaurants can be a lot of fun. Whether you’re munching on Final Fantasy desserts or knocking back a cocktail while surrounded by witches and monsters, a little break with reality can be just...
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Advice from Japanese women on dealing with your boyfriend’s anime girlfriend
Early on in a couple’s romantic relationship, there’s still a lot the two individuals don’t know about each other. Each date is another step in the gradual process of discovering things about your...
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Attack on Lotteria! Get your burger with a side of Levi and Eren
Do you love burgers and enormous, skinless giants? How about sexy studs Eren and Levi from the super popular Attack on Titan? If you answered yes to any–or all–of those questions, then you better get...
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Patlabor’s giant robot gets taken out to the ballgame, keeps the peace in...
In planning any large-scale sporting event, organizers have to take security needs into consideration. Any time you combine thousands of people in a confined space with heightened emotions and flowing...
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The Whimsy Bomb! College Humor splices Studio Ghibli movies with other...
Throughout his long career as an animator and manga artist, Hayao Miyazaki has created a particular style and theme throughout his works that have inspired an untold number of younger artists....
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What do Japanese people think of when they hear the word “otaku?”
Like with any language, the meanings of certain Japanese words change over time. Take the word “otaku,” which is originally a polite way of saying “you.” It’s so polite that overusing it can make a...
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“A Cyberpunk Adventure: Harry Potter The 1980s Anime” just made our day
Ever wondered what J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter would have looked like if it had been an anime made in the 1980s? Neither had we, but now that we’ve seen it we think it’s the <hyperbole but for good...
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Pirates, poems, and cows all appear on Japanese parents’ top 10 manga picks...
The common logic is that children shouldn’t waste their time reading comic books, but it’s a little hard for parents to lay down that blanket rule when mom and dad used to be, or maybe still are, avid...
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Sailor Moon team is ready to keep your legs warm, nose dry with tights and...
It’s hard to find a universally hated member of the central cast of hit anime Sailor Moon. Even the titular character herself, for all her whiny and lazy tendencies, is so loyal to her friends that...
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Lupin III springs into action in trailer for live-action movie 【Video】
Earlier this month, producers shared the first photos of the cast of the upcoming live-action Lupin III film. Fans were excited to see the band of rouges from the hit anime and manga in the flesh, and...
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New Sailor Moon anime’s character artwork and voice cast revealed – Guess...
Even with the scheduled premiere of Sailor Moon Crystal just a few months away, the producers of the upcoming anime have been extremely guarded with information regarding the newest version of Japan’s...
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Take a tour of Tokyo-3 on an Evangelion bus
In 2012, Odakyu Hakone Highway Bus Company, which operates bus service to the mountain town Hakone, ran a Neon Genesis Evangelion-themed bus. Hakone corresponds to the anime series’ Tokyo-3, a new...
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Worldwide debut date and time set for Sailor Moon Crystal
It’s never too early to start planning some fun summer activities, like getting a group of friends together for a barbeque. If any of your pals have even a passing interest in anime, though, don’t...
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No new Hayao Miyazaki film this year, but his first movie is returning to...
As a very young kid, I remember going to the arcade with my brother and pumping quarters into a game called Cliff Hanger. Like the classic Dragon’s Lair, its gameplay consisted of snippets of...
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Ghost in the Shell animation team coming to AniRevo convention in Vancouver
Eras come and go with amazing speed in the heavily youth-oriented anime and manga industries. The year 1989 saw the start of a number of comic serials with lavish artwork and intriguing premises. But...
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New Laputa amulet actually responds when you incant the anime’s magic spells
Castle of Cagliostro was the first film anime legend Hayao Miyazaki ever directed, and Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind the first he wrote on his own, but Castle in the Sky Laputa was the first...
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Fishermen in Hokkaido hope their shrimpy anime mascot will convince you to...
When you’re in charge of marketing for an organization with a name as bland as Kitarumoi Fishery Cooperative Association, we can see how you’d come to the conclusion that your employer could use a...
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Every weekend is an itasha car show at Akihabara’s UDX parking garage
A friend of mine has a theory about Japanese pop idol performances. In his opinion, the real show isn’t the performers on stage, but the fans in the audience putting their unabashed passion on display...
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