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Crunchyroll, Crypton Future Media Criticized After New Hatsune Miku Concerts Forgo Transparent Displays
Change.org petition with 6,200+ signatures asks for refunds
― Crunchyroll and Crypton Future Media have been facing criticism from Hatsune Miku fans after the "HATSUNE MIKU EXPO 2024 North America tour powered by Crunchyroll" concert tour started in Vancouver, Canada on April 4. According to fans who have attended the concerts so far, the concerts seem to be using a LED screen instead of the trademar...
Ghibli Art Director Youichi Nishikawa, Nihon Falcom President Toshihiro Kondo Attend Anime Expo
One Piece Symphony concert to also take place on July 6
― The staff of Anime Expo announced on Thursday that it will host Nihon Falcom president Toshihiro Kondo at this year's event. The convention will also host Studio Ghibli art director Youichi Nishikawa. The One Piece 25th Anniversary Symphony Orchestra will take place at the Shrine Auditorium on July 6 during the event as part of its North Ameri...
Hideaki Anno Leads Space Battleship Yamato Anime 50th Anniversary Project
Project to include book publications, screening event, exhibition
― Studio Khara announced on Saturday that Hideaki Anno will be planning and producing a 50th anniversary project for Yoshinobu Nishizaki and Leiji Matsumoto's Space Battleship Yamato space opera anime franchise. The project will include several book publications, as well as a screening event on October 6, which would mark 50 years exa...
Tokushima's Machi Asobi Event Planned for This Spring Canceled
Organizers plan for scaled-down event this fall
― The organizers of the Machi Asobi anime and game event announced on Wednesday that this spring's event, which would have been the 27th Machi Asobi, has been canceled because it was difficult for staff to coordinate guest appearances. The organizers plan to hold a scaled-down event this fall, and then plan to hold the event at its normal scale in sprin...
Saint Seiya Creator Masami Kurumada's June Exhibition Canceled
Kurumada's 1st major art exhibition canceled due to 'various circumstances'
― The official website for manga creator Masami Kurumada announced on Tuesday that the first major exhibition of his manga art, scheduled in June, has been canceled "due to various circumstances." Kurumada's staff reported that he is also saddened by the cancelation, and acknowledges the disappointment of fans around the worl...
Anime Boston 2024 Hosts Yuya Hirose, Yuki Watanabe as Guests of Honor
Event takes place on March 29-31
― The staff of Anime Boston announced on Friday that the 2024 event will host voice actor Yuya Hirose and Tsuburaya Productions' Yuki Watanabe as Guests of Honor in association with HIDIVE. Hirose portrays Yuki Wakura in Chained Soldier, Yuta Hibiki in SSSS.GRIDMAN, Alto Goldfield in Kinsō no Vermeil, and Isumi Haruka in IDOLiSH7. Watanabe has worked on the production...
FanimeCon 2024 Hosts Voice Actor Yuu Hayashi
FanimeCon's Board address recent accusations of harassment ahead of May 24-27 convention
― The staff of FanimeCon announced on March 7 that the 2024 event will host Japanese voice actor Yuu Hayashi as a Guest of Honor. This marks Hayashi's first event appearance out of Asia. He has portrayed characters such as Ryunosuke Tanaka in Haikyuu!!, Manjiro “Mikey” Sano in Tokyo Revengers, Michizo Tachihara i...
Anime Boston 2024 Hosts Voice Actress Yukana as Guest of Honor
Code Geass, Full Metal Panic! voice actress appears at event on March 29-31
― The staff of Anime Boston announced on Friday that the 2024 event will host Japanese voice actress Yukana as a Guest of Honor. She has portrayed characters such as C.C. in Code Geass, Teletha “Tessa” Testarossa in Full Metal Panic!, Ai Nanasaki in Amagami SS, Cecilia Alcott in Infinite Stratos. She has also voiced character...
Godzilla Minus One, The Boy and the Heron Win Japan Academy Film Prizes
Blue Giant, Nanoka Hara, Yuki Yamada, Tokyo Laboratory also win awards
― The Japan Academy Film Prize Association announced the winners of the 47th annual Japan Academy Film Prizes at an awards ceremony at the Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa in Tokyo on Friday. Godzilla Minus One, Takashi Yamazaki's new film in TOHO's Godzilla franchise, won Picture of the Year. Hayao Miyazaki's latest feature film T...
'Demon Slayer: The Stage' Play's Cast Attends Japan Parade in New York City on May 11
Cast members in attendance will include Shogo Sakamoto, Yugo Sato, Hiroshi Yazaki, Yoko Kadoyama, Kenta Hoshi, Masahide Tada
― The staff of the Japan Parade New York City announced on Wednesday that the cast of the stage play adaptation of Koyoharu Gotouge's Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba manga will attend the parade. The parade will take place on May 11, starting at Central Park West at West 81st St...
2nd Niigata Int'l Animation Film Festival Reveals Event Poster, Opening Film
Shigeyoshi Tsukahara, Twiflo's Kuramerukagari film opens this year's festival
― The Niigata International Animation Film Festival announced on Tuesday that Shigeyoshi Tsukahara and Twiflo's brand-new spinoff full-length anime film Kuramerukagari will premiere as the festival's opening film on March 15 at the Nippo Hall in Niigata. A talk by director Tsukahara will then follow after the screening. The...
YOASOBI Musical Duo Holds Concerts in L.A. on April 18, San Francisco on April 21
Duo to also perform at Crunchyroll Anime Awards on March 2, Coachella on April 12 & 19
― Crunchyroll announced on Wednesday that it will host music duo YOASOBI as musical guests for its Crunchyroll Anime Awards on March 2. The duo will also have concerts at the Shrine Auditorium & Expo Hall in Los Angeles on April 18, and The Warfield in San Francisco on April 21. The duo will also perform at the Coa...
Yoasobi, Hatsune Miku, Atarashii Gakkō! to Perform at Coachella
Hatsune Miku finally gets to perform at Coachella after the 2020 festival was canceled
― The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival announced its full lineup of performers on January 17, and three Japanese artists will perform this year in one of the world's most anticipated music festivals. Pop duo YOASOBI is slated to perform on April 12 and 19, renowned vocaloid icon Hatsune Miku will perform on...
The Boy and the Heron Anime Film Wins 2 Awards at Annie Awards
Star Wars: Visions Volume 2 also wins 2 awards; Suzume shut out
― The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood, announced the winners of its 51st Annual Annie Awards on Saturday, and Hayao Miyazaki's latest feature film The Boy and the Heron (Kimi-tachi wa Dō Ikiru ka) won two awards. Hayao Miyazaki won the award for Best Storyboarding for a feature film, and animation director Takeshi Ho...
Niigata Int'l Animation Film Festival Honors Kazuki Higashiji, Takeshi Honda, Others
maboroshi art director, The Boy and the Heron animation director, Lonely Castle in the Mirror scriptwriter win Kōji Fukiya award
― The Niigata International Animation Film Festival announced on February 16 the winners of the Kōji Fukiya and Hiroshi Okawa awards, which include maboroshi (Alice to Therese no Maboroshi Kōjō, pictured at right) film art director Kazuki Higashiji and The Boy and the Her...
Survive Said the Prophet Announces U.S. Tour Dates in April
Band performs in Seattle, Portland, Berkeley, Los Angeles, San Diego from April 2-9
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Rock ensemble Survive Said the Prophet announced the tour dates for its “MAKE / BREAK YOURSELF The West Coast Tour” on Friday. Tickets for the tour are currently on sale. The tour marks the first American tour for the band. The band will perform on the following dates: April 2, 2024 – NEUMO's, Seattle WA
April 3, 2...
Texas' A-Kon 33 Convention Postponed
Last event was held in June 2023
― The official Twitter account for the Texas-based anime convention A-Kon announced on Thursday that it is postponing its A-Kon 33 event. The staff noted that the ripple effects from the pandemic caused unexpected challenges, which compounded with A-Kon's own "unique challenges." The statement explained that during the pandemic, the con set up a Board of Investors to ...
Japan's Biggest Cosplay Event Returns After 5 Years
Osaka's Nippombashi Street Festa canceled in 2020-2023 due to COVID-19
― The organizers of Osaka's Nippombashi Street Festa, which they promote as "Japan's biggest cosplay event," announced on Tuesday that the event will return in 2024, for the first time in five years. The event will run on May 12. The event was canceled completely in 2020 due to concerns over the outbreak of COVID-19. It was then c...
Splatoon 3, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe World Championships Delayed to April 13-14
Nintendo previously canceled Japan events due to threats
― Nintendo of America announced on Twitter on Wednesday that it will host its "Splatoon World Championship 2024" tournament and "Mario Kart 8 Deluxe World Championship 2024" tournament on April 13 and April 14 in Japan. The company will announce livestream details on its Twitter account. Nintendo delayed the "Splatoon Koshien 2023 National Fina...
New Jersey's AnimeNEXT 2024 Event Canceled
Convention's parent company Universal Animation, Inc. faced circumstances that halted staff's planning
― The staff of New Jersey-based anime convention AnimeNEXT announced on Friday that it is canceling this year's event. Universal Animation, Inc., the convention's parent company, "recently faced circumstances" that halted the staff's planning for the 2024 event. As a result, the staff concluded tha...
Ghost in the Shell Sites 'Hacked' (Sort of) to Mark Laughing Man Incident's Date
Stand Alone Complex's Laughing Man strikes Production I.G, Kodansha, other companies
― The Laughing Man from Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex (popularly known as S.A.C.) struck the Production I.G and Kodansha homepages just in time for the in-story date of the event, February 3. But don't worry — unlike the apparently real hacking of the franchise's X (formerly Twitter) account, the websites' ...
Ghost in the Shell X/Twitter Account Apparently Hacked for Real Before Laughing Man Incident's Date
Reportedly hacked before real-life events marking the Laughing Man incident
― The ever-popular franchise Ghost in the Shell reaches a seminal date in its history on February 3. This is when the Laughing Man incident happens in the 2002 series Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex (popularly known as S.A.C.). The franchise's staff is marking the date with a free streaming and a Tokyo screening of Th...
Queen Bee Band Holds New York Concert on April 2
Band also performs at Anime Boston on March 29-31
― Sony Music Entertainment announced on Friday that rock band Queen Bee will hold a concert at the Sony Hall in New York City on April 2. The band formed in 2009, and has since performed theme songs for Dororo (TV 2019), Oshi no Ko, Raven of the Inner Palace, Tokyo Ghoul:re, Undead Unluck, and Chainsaw Man. The group has also performed theme songs for...
Re:Zero Characters Rem/Ram Get Snow Sculpture at Sapporo Snow Fest
Celebrate Re:zero -Starting Life in Another World- twins Rem/Ram's birthday with their statue at Sapporo Snow Festival 2024
― With less than a week until the start of the Sapporo Snow Festival 2024, the final announcements for the smaller statues are coming out. The official Twitter account for the Re:zero -Starting Life in Another World- series revealed on January 24 that a statue of the twins Rem a...
Shinya Komatsu's Afternoon Yawns, Henry Yoshitaka Kiyama's The Four Immigrants Manga, Moto Hagio Win Angoulême Awards
Festival held Master Classes, exhibitions by Moto Hagio, Hiroaki Samura
― The 51st Angoulême International Comics Festival has announced its winners as of Saturday. Henry Yoshitaka Kiyama's Four Japanese in San Francisco 1904-1924 (The Four Immigrants Manga) won the Heritage Selection category. Additionally, Shinya Komatsu's Afternoon Yawns (Gogo no Akubi, pictured right) volume 1 won a Special Jury ...
Koji Kondo Enters Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences Hall of Fame
27th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards ceremony to be held on February 15
― The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS) announced on Wednesday that they will honor Nintendo composer and sound director Koji Kondo as a Hall of Fame inductee at the 27th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards ceremony at the Aria Resort in Las Vegas on February 15. The ceremony will be livestreamed. Kondo began working for Nintendo in 1984. ...
Sapporo Snow Festival 2024 Announces First Ever Gundam Sculpture
A franchise 1st appears at Sapporo Snow Festival
― On December 15, the Sapporo Snow Festival announced the lineup for the large snow statues at the Sapporo Snow Festival 2024. Since then, there has been a slow trickle of announcements for smaller statues. On January 15, the official Twitter account for the Gundam Seed anime announced the series would be participating in this year's winter festivities...
Haruhi, Lucky Star Casts Reunite for Live Stage Readings of Unanimated Stories
Aya Hirano, Kaori Fukuhara, Emiri Kato, Aya Endo, Minori Chihara, Yuko Goto reprise their roles
― In honor of the 20th anniversary of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya and Lucky Star franchises, the casts of both anime are reuniting for special live stage readings of stories that were never animated on March 10. The readings will be part of the "SOS☆Appreciation Festival" at the Tokorozawa Sakura Tow...
Maboroshi, Kurayukaba Films Compete at 2nd Niigata Int'l Animation Film Festival
Film festival takes place from March 15-20
― The Niigata International Animation Film Festival revealed its feature film competition lineup on Friday, which includes two Japanese films: Kurayukaba (pictured at right) and Maboroshi. Twelve total films will screen in competition at this year's festival. Netflix began streaming Mari Okada and MAPPA's original anime film Alice to Therese no Maboroshi Kōj...
Bilibili New Year's Dragon Ball Dance Show Surprises Fans with Special Guest Appearence
Chinese streaming platform Bilibili brought in 2024 with a New Year musical
― The New Year season is a time for TV to air special over-the-top programming. In Japan, there are 4-hour long broadcasts of SASUKE (known as Ninja Warrior abroad), comedy shows, the two-day long Hakone Ekiden, and the NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen, among many others. While streaming services are slowly catching up, the Chinese stre...
Crunchyroll Anime Awards Reveals 2024 Nominees
Megan Thee Stallion, Iman Vellani, LiSA, more present at ceremony in Tokyo on March 2
― Roll out the red carpets! Crunchyroll announced the nominees for its 2024 Anime Awards on Wednesday. The awards ceremony will take place in Tokyo on March 2, and there will be a global livestream. Fans can vote everyday starting today until January 27 at 2:59 p.m. EST on the Anime Awards website. Make your voice h...
A Real-Life (But Fake) Delicious in Dungeon Cafe to Open in Tokyo
See (but don't eat) some dungeon delicacies at the Shibuya shop next week
― In the realm of slice-of-life anime, there is a small subset of foodie series. We're talking your Cooking Papa, Oishinbo, and Wakako-zake, among many more. But, in recent years, foodie anime have slowly entered other genres as well. Take, for instance, Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma. While the series certainly revolves around...
Falcom jdk Band Cancels Saturday's Tokyo Concert Due to Bomb Threat
Concerts in Osaka, Nagoya still slated to go ahead as planned
― Game developer Nihon Falcom (Trails, Ys RPG series) announced on Thursday that it has canceled the planned Saturday concert for its in-house Falcom jdk Band music group due to Club Seata, the concert's planned venue, receiving a bomb threat. The concert tour's second venue at 246 Livehouse Gabu in Osaka also received a similar threat, an...
The Boy and the Heron, Godzilla Minus One, Suzume Confirmed Eligible for 2024 Oscars Best Picture
The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Gran Turismo, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, Yoshiki Under the Sky also eligible
― The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences revealed the full list of films eligible for nomination for Best Picture for the 2024 Oscars on Monday. The list is strictly a list of eligible films, and is not a shortlist, nor a nomination. Among the 265 listed films, the anime films, or...
Godzilla Minus One Wins Best International Film at Georgia Film Critics Association Awards
The Boy and the Heron wins runner up for Best Animated Film category
― The Georgia Film Critics Association awarded Godzilla Minus One, Takashi Yamazaki's new film in TOHO's Godzilla franchise, Best International Film in its 2023 awards. Hayao Miyazaki's The Boy and the Heron (Kimi-tachi wa Dō Ikiru ka, or literally How Do You Live?) film was the runner-up for the Best Animated Film category. Godzill...
Newspapers: Go Nagai Museum Burns Down After Earthquake
Mazinger Z/Devilman creator is currently in Tokyo, while his studio refrains from commenting until later
― The Hokkoku Shimbun newspaper reported on Tuesday that the Go Nagai Wonderland Museum in Wajima City has burned down after a 7.6-magnitude earthquake struck Ishikawa Prefecture on Monday. Kazushige Kobayashi, a photographer for the Asahi Shimbun newspaper, visited the Asaichi Street location of ...
Anime NYC Wins Japanese Consul General Award
Japanese Ambassador Mikio Mori presented Anime NYC's founder Peter Tatara, Event Director MK Goodwin with award on December 13
― ComicsBeat reported on Monday that the Japanese Ambassador Mikio Mori has presented Anime NYC the award of Consul General for promoting Japanese culture in the U.S. Mori invited Anime NYC's founder Peter Tatara and Anime NYC's Event Director MK Goodwin to his official resid...
Sapporo Snow Festival 2024 Reveals Four Massive Anime Sculptures
Japan's biggest winter festival reveals sculptures based on The Idolm@ster Cinderella Girls, Golden Kamuy, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Miku
― Every year in early February, people travel to Sapporo in Hokkaido for the annual Sapporo Snow Festival. Considered by many to be one of the three great winter festivals (along with the Quebec Winter Carnival and the Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival), the Sa...
Comic Market 103 Draws 270,000 Attendees Across 2 Days
Event sees 10,000 more attendees than Comiket 102 in August
― The Comic Market (Comiket) 103 event in Tokyo drew about 270,000 people across Saturday and Sunday. The event had about 140,000 attendees on Saturday and 130,000 attendees on Sunday. Comiket 102 in August drew 260,000 across two days — 130,000 each day. The organizers limited the number of attendees due to COVID-19 restrictions in the last...
Anime Boston 2024 Hosts Band Queen Bee
Band have performed theme songs for Oshi no Ko, Undead Unluck, more
― The staff of Anime Boston announced on Friday that the 2024 event will host Japanese band Queen Bee. The band formed in 2009, and have performed theme songs for Dororo (TV 2019), Oshi no Ko, Raven of the Inner Palace, Tokyo Ghoul:re, Undead Unluck, and Chainsaw Man. The group have also performed theme songs for the Sadako live-acti...
The Tragic Tale of the Pokémon Van Gogh Saga
Drama unfolds around Pokémon card at Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam
― Vincent van Gogh is arguably one of the greatest Post-Impressionist painters. Having created many notable paintings such as The Starry Night or his Sunflowers series, his works still inspire artists around the world. Thanks to the dedicated work of curators and archivists, people can appreciate his life's work at the Van Gogh Museum ...
Blue Archive, VTubers, Uma Musume Rule Next Comic Market
Event adds 4,781 more tables from Comiket 102 in August
― The Comic Market (Comiket) organizing committee revealed on November 10 the complete list of circles (collaborative creative groups) participating in the upcoming Comiket 103 event. Once again, VTubers have dominated the doujinshi circles with a whopping 1,592 participating circles, up 492 since Comiket 101. But it's the mobile game Blue Arch...
Japan Red Cross Gives Medal to Comic Market for Long-Running Blood Drive
Comic Market receives prestigious award for service through Japan Red Cross blood drives
― Since 1997, Comic Market (Comiket) has teamed up with the Japanese Red Cross Society to do blood drives at the biannual event. The commitment by the Comiket planning committee to these drives is wonderful to say the least as many event goers donate their blood for a good cause. The partnership between the organ...
Pokémon and Nippon Ski Resort Development Collab for Kids Program
Get your ski on with some Pokémon with the Nippon Ski Resort Development Kids Program.
― The winter sports season is upon us and for many that means hitting the slopes for some skiing or snowboarding. But getting those lift passes can be a bit expensive. Thankfully, Nippon Ski Resort Development (NSD) has just the program for children: the NSD Kids Program. And this year kids will want to sign up fo...
Universal Studios Japan's New My Hero Academia 4D Attraction Features Original Story
Quirks go beyond in attraction from March 1-August 14
― Universal Studios Japan (USJ) revealed on Thursday that the previously announced collaboration attraction for Kōhei Horikoshi's My Hero Academia series will be a 4D experience titled "My Hero Academia the Real 4D." The 4D attraction will be presented like a theatrical show featuring 3D visuals and special effects such as seat rumbles and splashe...
ESA Permanently Cancels E3 Event
E3 had been canceled this year
― The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) announced on Tuesday that it is canceling the E3 (Electronic Entertainment Expo) video game event permanently. In a message on Twitter, the ESA stated, "After more than two decades of E3, each one bigger than the last, the time has come to say goodbye. Thanks for the memories. GGWP (good game, well played)." In September, G...
The Boy and the Heron, The First Slam Dunk, 3 More Anime Films Confirmed Eligible for 2024 Oscars
Blue Giant, Lonely Castle in the Mirror, The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Suzume are also eligible; Godzilla Minus One is eligible for Visual Effects
― Entertainment news website Variety reported on Thursday that The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has notified the staff of the films eligible for consideration for the 2024 Oscars in the Visual Effects category. The Academy also revealed the f...
Universal Studios Japan's Cool Japan Gets 1st Collab with My Hero Academia
Go Plus Ultra in the upcoming My Hero Academia and Universal Studio Japan collaboration event
― Go Plus Ultra in the upcoming My Hero Academia and Universal Studio Japan collaboration event. With the recent announcement of the return of the Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba XR ride to Universal Studio Japan (USJ), the theme park had one more surprise announcement. An event with the popular anime and man...
Singer Ado Announces 'Wish' World Tour Dates for U.S., Europe
Tour includes 8 different cities including Paris, New York, Los Angeles
― Crunchyroll announced on Thursday it is bringing Ado's "Wish" tour to eight different cities in the United States and Europe in March and April. Tour stops include:Mar 9 - Brussels, Belgium - ING Arena
Mar 11 - Paris, France - Zénith Paris - La Villette
Mar 13 - London, England - Troxy
Mar 16 - Dusseldorf, Germany - Mitsubishi ...
Splatoon Tournament Delayed, Nintendo Live 2024 Tokyo Canceled Due to Threats
Threats targeted Nintendo's employees, tournament's staff, spectators
― Nintendo announced on Thursday that it has delayed the "Splatoon Koshien 2023 National Finals" tournament and canceled the "Nintendo Live 2024 Tokyo" event due to threats that have been made targeting the company's employees, as well as recent threats towards the tournament staff and spectators. The Splatoon Koshien 2023 National...
Is Gundam 0080 a Christmas Anime? Sunrise Says Yes with Xmas Screening
The Greatest Christmas Gundam debate that never was, also now settled with 1/144 Santa figure
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The greatest Chirstmas Gundam debate that never was ... is now settled by Sunrise and the Emotion label. In a live-stream on November 17 on the EMOTION Label Channel Youtube channel, Haruka Mori, Mukai Tenshin, Mafia Kajida, and Ryusuke Hikawa announced that for Emotion's 40th anniversary the six-part OVA...
2023 Saturn Awards Nominate The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Suzume, Chainsaw Man Anime (Updated)
Awards ceremony takes place on February 4
― Update on February 4: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse won Best Animated Film and Star Wars: The Bad Batch won Best Animated Television Series or Special. Source: Steven Weintraub The Saturn Awards, the awards that honor the best science fiction, horror, and fantasy movies and television programs of the year, announced the nominations for the 51st annual...
Los Angeles Rams Host a One Piece Game Day
Rams won 36-19 against Cleveland Browns while videos of One Piece played on big screen
― The Los Angeles Rams foobtall team hosted "The Los Angeles Rams and One Piece Game Collaboration Day" at the SoFi Stadium on December 3. The Rams won 36-19 against the Cleveland Browns while videos of the One Piece anime played on the big screen and the stadium's 360° double-sided Infinity Screen. Several fans go...
NHK Posts Human Rights Guidelines for Kōhaku Song Contest
Another "first" for this year's program
― The streak of odd firsts for NHK's 74th Kōhaku Uta Gassen ("Red and White Song Contest") — Japan's most-watched music television program — continues, as the program posted "guidelines for respecting human rights for performers" on its website for the first time. On November 13, NHK revealed the lineup of artists for this year's program, and the list did not i...
Jump Festa '24 Event to Stream Globally With Some English Interpretation
Event to take place in Chiba on December 16-17
― Shueisha announced on Friday that it will livestream the Jump Festa '24 event on December 16-17 outside of Japan. The company will stream the "Jump Super Stage RED," "Jump Super Stage BLUE," and "Jump Studio" stage presentations by live stream. The "Jump Super Stage RED" and "Jump Super Stage BLUE" stage presentations will be the two main stages for th...
7-Meter Spear of Longinus Embedded in Evangelion Creator's Hometown
Also, Angel muffin sandwich, Angel noodles, Eva Unit-01 chilled spaghetti salad
― Neon Genesis Evangelion's Third Impact may not be that far off now that a real-life Lance
of Longinus has been erected for the Ube City Evangelion Collaboration event. これまで色々な #ロンギヌスの槍 が #エヴァ とのコラボ企画の中で生まれたそうですが、触れる！くぐれる！のは宇部の槍だけ！！是非お越しくださいませ！#まちエヴァ pic.twitter.com/zVEDWZCp9o— 【公式】宇部まちエヴァ (@UBEmachieva) October 7, 2023 ...
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba XR Ride Returns to Universal Studio Japan
Relive the excitement of the Mugen Train Arc
― Relive the excitement of the Mugen Train Arc at Universal Studios Japan! In October 2022, the anime film Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train opened to great acclaim. In October 2021 the movie was combined with the Entertainment District Arc for Season 2 of the anime series. Now in February 2024, Universal Studio Japan is gearing up fo...
Luffy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Debut Meets Disaster
Luffy made his Macy's Thanksgiving Parade debut on Thursday, but the Shonen Jump hero's big moment was felled by a innocuous tree branch. Watch below. One Piece Fans! Luffy's straw hat wasn't able to bounce back after a tree tore a hole in it at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade 😱 pic.twitter.com/Ooy0QSRtZI— ANN Events (@ann_events) November 23, 2023 Video (and commentary) by Mr.AJCosplay The gia...
Luffy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Debut Meets Disaster
Luffy made his Macy's Thanksgiving Parade debut on Thursday, but the straw hat hero's big moment was felled by an unfortunate puncture event. Watch the video of it happening.
― Luffy made his Macy's Thanksgiving Parade debut on Thursday, but the Shonen Jump hero's big moment was felled by a innocuous tree branch. Watch below. One Piece Fans! Luffy's straw hat wasn't able to bounce back after a tree t...
Free Comic Book Day 2024 Lineup Includes Pokémon Adventures, One Piece, Initial D, Gannibal
Also available: Splatoon 3: Splatlands, Kaina of the Great Snow Sea, Gatchaman
― Diamond Comic Distributors announced last Wednesday the full lineup of titles for Free Comic Book Day 2024. The Gold Sponsor titles include Viz Media's preview of Hidenori Kusaka and Satoshi Yamamoto's Pokémon Adventures: Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire and Sankichi Hinodeya's Splatoon 3: Splatlands manga. Kodansha's Silver...
From the U.S. to Japan, You Can Control the Life-Size Moving Gundam from the Comfort of Your Own Home
Gundam Fan e-Festival 2023 gives fans a chance to "hack the moving Gundam"
― Can't come to Japan to see the moving life-size RX-78F00 Gundam statue? How about you just stay at home and try to "control" the Gundam statue? The Gundam Fan e-Festival 2023, or GFeF2023, will happen on November 23 until December 10. With the theme "Made for the fans," the event is packed with a variety of content for all t...
Embark on an Actual Spy x Family Cruise
The Spy x Family characters take over a cruise ship — and you can join them
― The Spy x Family characters take over a cruise ship — and you can experience the thrill of riding with them! The fifth and sixth episode of Spy x Family season 2 found the characters entangled in a plot involving a cruise ship. And like clockwork, fans of the series can enjoy a Spy x Family themed Tokyo Bay cruise. The crui...
The Marines & FBI Will Be Exhibiting at Anime NYC
And the U.S. Army, too
― “From the hall of artist alley to the shores of Hall 3E. We will watch all the series at Anime NYC.” should be what the U.S. Marine Corps sings during Anime NYC 2023. The annual Anime NYC convention is just around to corner, and all the official exhibitors are set. Lots of anime-related companies and familiar faces like Aniplex of America, Bandai Namco Amusement, Bushiroad U...
Anime NYC Moves to August in 2024 With Expanded Javits Presence
Convention changes next year's dates to August 23-25, takes over entire Javits Center
― The staff of Anime NYC announced on Thursday that the event will move next year's convention date to August 23-25, and that the event will take over the full main building of the Javits Center for the first time. With the change of dates, ticket sales for next year's Anime NYC will start on December 5. This year'...
Celebrate 25 Years of ANN with us at Anime NYC
We'll be doing the ANN Panel with some cool giveaways and an Otaku Journalism Panel with no giveaways, but free advice.
― Join Anime News Network at Anime NYC and help us celebrate our 25th Anniversary. We will be running two panels: ANIME NEWS NETWORK PANEL: 25 YEARS OF ANIME JOURNALISM
Friday, November 17
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Panel Room 3 - Room 1E16
Join ANN's staff Anime NYC. Learn what it's like to...
Kōhaku Song Contest Reveals 2023 Lineup With No Former Johnny's Artists for the 1st Time in 44 Years
Ado, singing voice of Uta from One Piece Film Red, debuts on the program as herself
― NHK revealed the lineup for the 74th Kōhaku Uta Gassen ("Red and White Song Contest"), Japan's most-watched music television program, on Monday. This year's show goes for a different first, as no former Johnny's (now Smile Up) artists will perform on the show. A first in 44 years since 1979. NHK previously stated in...
Square Enix's Final Fantasy XVI, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Games Win at Golden Joystick Awards 2023
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Resident Evil 4 also win awards
― The Golden Joystick Awards 2023 ceremony announced this year's winners on Friday, and Square Enix's Final Fantasy XVI and Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth role-playing games won the Best Audio and Most Wanted Game awards, respectively. Ben Starr also won the Best Lead Performer award for his role as Clive Rosfield in Final Fantasy XV...
Comic Market 104 Slated for August 11-12
The official Twitter account for the Comic Market (Comiket) event announced on Friday that Comiket 104, the next summer iteration, will take place at the Tokyo Big Sight venue on August 11-12, 2024. Comiket 103, the next winter iteration, will take place at the same venue on December 30-31. Comiket 102 was held at Tokyo Big Sight on August 12 to 13. The event drew about 130,000 people in each of i...
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off Anime Screens at Manga Barcelona Festival
Festival runs from December 7-10 with concerts from anime theme song artists
― The Manga Barcelona Festival revealed on Monday it will host two screenings and exclusive presentations for Scott Pilgrim Takes Off — Netflix, Universal Studio Group's Universal Content Productions' (UCP), and Science Saru's anime series of Bryan Lee O'Malley's Scott Pilgrim graphic novel series — from December 7-10 at Fi...
The Shibuya Ward Mayor All But Banned Halloween This Year, But Did It Work?
Due to events in other areas and the holiday being on a weekday, less people showed up in costume in Shibuya
― The Shibuya Ward mayor tried to keep the Halloween 2023 party out of his ward. But
was he successful? All signs point to “maybe?” Halloween time in the greater Tokyo Metropolitan area can get hectic. From the
Ikebukuro Halloween Cosplay Fes, the Yoaki "Ki" Halloween in Asakusa, to the all to...
Makoto Shinkai to Attend Pop-Up Retrospective Event for His Films in Los Angeles on November 19
Event features artwork/materials for Suzume, your name., more
― Entertainment news website Deadline reported on Friday that Crunchyroll will open a special one-day private pop-up event titled "Makoto Shinkai: A Journey from Voices of a Distant Star through Suzume" at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles on November 19. Director Shinkai will be in attendance at the event. The event wil...
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