Cosplay Expo 2015

• 10 years ago

Thanko, Japan’s premiere producer of bizarre products, is back with the “Chin Rest Arm.”

• 10 years ago

An "itamae" is a multi-talented artist who oversees the complex operation of the sushi bar.

• 10 years ago

Ho! Ho! Ho! I'm the Tokyo Otaku Mode Santa! The holiday season is getting close! It’s time to start thinking about presents!

• 10 years ago

*Sound! Euphonium* is a series from Kyoto Animation that became a massive topic of interest when a movie adaptation was greenlit.

• 10 years ago

Fathom Events, Eleven Arts and Viz Media to bring exciting new installment of the *Naruto* series to the big screen for a special event on Dec. 13 and 14.

• 10 years ago

Kinokuniya Bookstores (NY, San Francisco, Seattle) will host a special holiday in-store event featuring IA (dates shown below). The live footage from IA’s US debut concert held at Club Nokia - LA Live during Anime Expo on July 4, 2015 will be premiered at the event...

• 10 years ago

Yakushima feels as if it's suspended in time, eternally shrouded in mist and covered with craggy, moss-covered rocks and towering, ancient trees.

• 10 years ago

“Aruki Sumaho” is the Japanese colloquial term which describes browsing your smartphone while walking.

• 10 years ago

*Assassination Classroom* is the hit series from *Weekly Shonen Jump* (Shueisha) which has now sold over 18 million total copies.

• 10 years ago

Topic 1: Long-Awaited by Fans Worldwide, the 21st Volume of Popular Light Novel “The Familiar of Zero” to Be Released Next February

• 10 years ago

The miniature toy market is huge in Japan.

• 10 years ago

Sometimes it’s the smallest stars that become the biggest hits on popular photo-sharing site Instagram.

• 10 years ago

Even if you’ve never played the NES (known as Famicom in Japan), chances are you’ve heard music from NES games like *Super Mario Bros.* and *Dragon Quest*. Its distinctive sound is known as 8-bit...

• 10 years ago

Shigeru Mizuki, a mangaka mostly known for *GeGeGe no Kitaro*, has passed away at the age of 93.

• 10 years ago

Brats is a band led by Rei Kuromiya, a participant of Miss iD2015 and a member of LadyBaby, whose debut PV on YouTube reached more than 10 million views. Now, they’ve published their first music video under the title “14-sai Byo”...

• 10 years ago

Remember *Touken Ranbu*, that game where you turn historical Japanese swords into hot men?

• 10 years ago

The popular otome game, *La Storia della Arcana Famiglia*, will be adapted for the stage for the first time in January 2016.

• 10 years ago

Topic 1: Over 2 Billion Cards Sold! Dragon Ball Carddass Revived After 18 Years

• 10 years ago

The figure which is based on the DVD cover for the TV anime *Nisemonogatari* will be released as a limited edition through Aniplex’s direct sale website, Aniplex+.

• 10 years ago