On Oct. 21, 76-year-old animator Keiichiro Kimura began a new project using the American crowdfunding site Kickstarter.

• 11 years ago

Elastic hugging the skin. And the plumpness of the thigh that gently overflows. It’s called *zettai ryoiki* or “absolute zone,” and men’s fascination with it is unceasing. Zettai ryoiki created by knee-high socks are a common staple in anime, and it is already becoming a standard for moe icons as well.

• 11 years ago

Hey there, nice to meet you! I’m K, responsible for animations here at KADOKAWA. These production reports will bring you the latest scoop on all the behind-the-scenes action and battles being fought at the frontlines of production, as well as exclusive, first-hand information.

• 11 years ago

Introducing star-shaped music boxes from the “Moonlight Memory Series.”

• 11 years ago

Nowadays, Japanese manga have a wide audience even outside of Japan. However, surprisingly little is known about the translators who are responsible for supporting the spread of manga. The Manga Translation Battle is the first official translation contest to bring these people into the spotlight.

• 11 years ago

This is Part 2 of a "public awareness" project by “STOP! Bootlegs MAG Project,” which grapples with creating even better quality work and protecting Japanese manga and anime throughout the world.

• 11 years ago

A new page in the history of Hatsune Miku has been created.

• 11 years ago

The full-length anime *Expelled from Paradise* will release countrywide in Japan on Nov. 15.

• 11 years ago

It has been announced that the *K-On!* Blu-ray box set (37,000 JPY, tax not included) to release on Nov. 19 will include collaborative bonus items between “Cup no Fuchiko” and the familiar Kitan Club called “Tea Time no K-On!”

• 11 years ago

Jim Lee, a masterful American comic artist who has worked on the *Batman* series, which turns 75 this year, is coming to Japan! A discussion, live painting, signing, and other events are planned.

• 11 years ago

A song that ties in with the currently airing TV anime *Psycho-Pass 2*! The jacket was created by redjuice!

• 11 years ago

Following the OP song “Extra Magic Hour” by AKINO with bless4, Flying Dog has also posted a short version MV for “Elementalio de Aimashou!” (See You a...

• 11 years ago

Yusei Matsui’s popular manga *Assassination Classroom* is becoming an anime the TV broadcast to which will begin in January 2015.

• 11 years ago

Nogizaka46 may have been formed with the intention of being “the official rival of AKB48″ but recently, relations between the two factions have been g...

• 11 years ago

the start of production on the newest TV anime in the franchise, *Macross Delta*, was revealed.

• 11 years ago

The hugely popular manga *Assassination Classroom* serialized in *Weekly Shonen Jump* (Shueisha) is becoming a live-action movie.

• 11 years ago

It’s been announced Nijigen Cospa will begin sales of a hoodie in February 2015 designed after Homura Akemi as seen in *Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie: Rebellion.*

• 11 years ago

A new song to be included on *Shirushi*, the seventh single for artist LiSA who has rapidly grown since her debut in 2011, has been revealed.

• 11 years ago

It appears that *Ninja Slayer from Animation*, the talked-about anime adaptation of a unique novel that began on Twitter, will show itself in spring 2015.

• 11 years ago

The two *Rurouni Kenshin* movies released this year are dominating the movie industry in Japan and still continue to break huge records.

• 11 years ago