A ton of anime was once again broadcast in 2015. And there were even countless films too. Among them there were many male characters and *ikemen* (hunky guys) who appeared.
The Japan release of the first movie in the *Kizumonogatari* trilogy, *Kizumonogatari Part 1: Tekketsu-hen* (Blood and Iron), is just around the corner on Jan. 8.
Tongue-in-cheek comic and anime hit One-Punch Man might feature the most powerful character ever, but that doesn’t preclude it from having the funniest character ever too.
Full-time butlers are pretty hard to come by these days, so when we had the chance to meet one such professional in Japan, we leapt on the chance to ask him a bunch of questions to ask about his role—like how come they don’t wear coattails anymore?
From Cospa’s Cospatio brand comes a maid outfit based on that of main character Shirley Madison of the series *Shirley* supervised by series author Kaoru Mori that will be released in late March 2016.
Japan switched from the Chinese lunisolar calendar to the Gregorian calendar in 1873, but the country still retains quite a few Chinese traditions for celebrating the New Year, including giving children pocket money, or otoshidama.
Overlap, makers of anime, games, light novels, and more, will be launching a digital BL (Boys Love) comic magazine titled *LiQulle* on Friday, Jan. 29, 2016.
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