April 27th, 1992 marks a special day for gamers: the Japanese release of Kirby’s Dream Land on the Game Boy and the first appearance of that squishy pink character fans all over the world have come to know and love!
The second season for the TV anime **Arslan Senki** (The Heroic Legend of Arslan), **Arslan Senki: Fujin Ranbu** will air this July. New information w...
The reprise of the stage play adaptation of the popular volleyball manga, Haikyu!! titled Hyper Projection Play "Haikyu!!" A View of the Top, kicked off its debut in Tokyo on April 25th and will continue performing until Sunday, May 8th at AiiA 2.5 Theater Tokyo.
From Miku Hatsune’s holographic concerts to the widespread popularity of idol culture, Japanese pop music has brought massive changes and innovation to the pop music industry. In yet another demonstration of that innovation, GRAZIE4 and GRAZIE3 have released some of the first 360° music videos!
The Young Animator Training Project was launched in 2010 with the goal of training and supporting young animators. This project was started by the Jap...
After its popuar first run in Fall 2015, the Naruto stage play was announced to return in Summer 2016 with a 'power up' version that will include new ...
It was announced that the title for the **Death Note 2016** movie to be released on October 29 will be **Death Note Light up the NEW world**. Along with the announcement came the first key visual for the movie featuring the characters in a cool monochromic set.
Japan Week 2016 was held for three days from March 10–12, and Tokyo Otaku Mode was a partner of the event to help spread the recognition of Japanese culture.
As part of the promotions for the upcoming Marvel movie Captain America: Civil War, three major shounen manga titles have also revealed their own version of "civil war", illustrated by the respective manga artists themselves.
We often associate the pretty sakura or cherry blossom with cute girliness or the start of the school season. Spring after a harsh winter is often painted with a fresh start to the year. However, ten different TOM Special Creators have shown that even with the common subject of 'sakura', they can spin very different stories in each of their own worlds.
On April 1st, 2016, as the clock struck twelve, the anime and game industry in Japan began one of its hottest battle of the year - the showdown for the best April Fool's prank of the year. From odd collaborations to peculiar new products, the outlandish announcements that came one after another gave everyone a good laugh.
Thank goodness for YouTube and avid fans in Japan, there are countless cool covers of the Osomatsu-san opening songs and here are a few that we just can't stop watching!
Because of the love for sakura and the things that it symbolizes, sakura is a very popular theme when it comes to Japanese music. There are many amazing sakura-themed Vocaloid songs out there and here are some of our top picks!
Digimon fans around the world are in mourning: it was announced today that the singer of the iconic Digimon Adventure opening theme song Butter-fly, Wada Kouji, passed away about a week ago on April 3. He was 42.
**Rikuro Ojisan** is a famous bakery chain based in Osaka best known for their light, bouncy cheesecakes that have long been popular among the gourmet hunters to the Land of the Sun.
On Thursday April 14, 2016, a devastating magnitude 6.2 earthquake hit Kumamoto Prefecture’s Kumamoto City, which was then followed by several aftershocks and a magnitude 7.0 earthquake on the 16th. In response to this, a surge of support has been seen from every corner of the world. Needless to say, Japan’s manga artists are quick to join in the support!
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