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Video documentary explores the Essence of Humanity in the film works of Hayao...
Hayao Miyazaki film buffs will appreciate the popular video documentary “Hayao Miyazaki – The Essence of Humanity” created by Lewis Bond, an English film maker. The 16-minute video, featuring a...
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Enjoy the anniversary of the Evangelion Store with great new clothes and...
The Evangelion Store Tokyo-01 is celebrating four years this November as the one-stop-shop for everything Evangelion. The store has sold a number of snazzy clothes, fashion accessories, and of course,...
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Anime meets traditional Japanese porcelain in this beautiful Gundam themed...
Kutani porcelain ware, which has its origins in Ishikawa Prefecture in central Japan, is a craft with a history of nearly four centuries. In recent years, we’ve seen makers of the traditional ware...
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Who needs anime? One-Punch Man scene moves better in still-frame manga than...
The currently airing anime TV series One-Punch Man is winning fans for two reasons. First is the way it turns the idea of a handsome, hot-blooded action hero on its head with protagonist Saitama, a...
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New magazine features behind the scenes stories of manga stars’ careers, DVDs...
Japanese publisher Shueisha puts out a number of manga anthologies, but by far the jewel in the publisher’s crown, and really the entire Japanese comics industry, is Weekly Shonen Jump. For decades,...
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Need a date for Christmas Eve? VR headset lets you share cake with an anime...
Last week we took a look at a new brand of instant curry on sale in Japan that includes a DVD of a sexy model who pretends to be your girlfriend as you eat it. Now, who’s ready for some dessert? In...
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Dragon Ball Z English voice actors dish about their early days dubbing at...
Love it or hate, there’s no doubt that many Dragon Ball Z fans growing up in the United States and other English-speaking countries got their start by watching Funimation’s English dub of the series....
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From Totoro to Sailor Moon: Macarons get delicious anime makeovers
When you’re looking for cute inspiration, you don’t have to look much further than Japan. As the birthplace of the world’s beloved wide-eyed, chubby-faced anime characters, the nation is full to...
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Anime studio’s new Tokyo office building has the ultimate amenity: a natural...
There aren’t a lot of cushy jobs in the anime industry. Aside from the pressure of having to please fickle fans and meet strict deadlines, most animators in Japan earn a pitiful salary. Still, almost...
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Red Bull kills Gundam as it dumps anime’s most famous mecha into Kobe’s...
Most of the events and promotions organized by energy drink maker Red Bull are thoroughly in the “XTREME” category. As a matter of fact, sometimes the names of the events are so intense that we have...
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Fans criticize Softbank’s anime character live-action phone ads as...
Last month, SoftBank‘s series of commercials depicting several classic anime characters all grown up premiered. The ads star Kyoko Koizumi (Tokyo Sonata, Hanging Garden) as Usagi Tsukino (Sailor Moon),...
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We track down the stunning Ghibli-like waterfall made famous online — just...
There are many well-known areas of beauty all around Japan, but sometimes you stumble upon something off the beaten path that simply takes your breath away. That’s what happened to one person in...
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Japan Post gets moe fever with 2016 anime-fied New Year’s postcards
If you thought having to send a couple of Christmas cards to close friends and far-flung cousins during the holidays was annoying, wait til you get a load of the nengajo (New Year’s card) tradition...
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The Ghibli that no one knows: former animator’s book offers inside look into...
Studio Ghibli’s animated works have won acclaim around the world, and we’re sure many of our readers are familiar with their hit films like Spirited Away and Castle in the Sky. But have you ever...
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Gintama anime entering the critically acclaimed Assassination Arc this December
Anime based on a successful manga series sometimes run into an awkward situation where they have to use “filler episodes” in order to give the manga time to add more story. These episodes are...
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Now you can buy colorful and adorable shoes inspired by the anime idols of...
It’s perfectly natural in Japan for a popular and well-loved anime to pair up with a clothing brand to create a sublime line of products that people will want to wear while out and about. Whether it’s...
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Nations-as-pretty-boys anime Hetalia’s live-action cast appears in costume...
Next month, Hetalia, the anime and manga franchise featuring anthropomorphized nations and a hefty amount of homoerotic subtext, is getting its very own live-action musical adaptation, and the play’s...
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Love Live!’s popularity continues to soar, anime appears in Qatar Airways...
Following their conquest of Japan, the high school idols of hit anime Love Live! have their eyes set on the rest of the world, with an international release for their first theatrical feature. But...
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500 Type Eva Cafe releases exclusive lineup of Evangelion-themed meals,...
November 7 means two things to Evangelion fans in Japan: the awesome Eva-themed bullet train makes its highly-anticipated inaugural run from Osaka to Fukuoka on the Sanyō Shinkansen line; and the...
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Subway-riding Pikachu displays terrifying Pokémon power/hidden limb
This is why the Pokémon Company won’t sell you a full-size Pikachu costume. Every summer, there’s a huge Pokémon event in Yokohama where the city gets overrun with Pikachus. OK, they’re actually...
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