ANIME

Popular manga **Yowamushi Pedal** serialized in the Weekly Shounen Champion magazine will be adapted into a TV drama series starting this August! The ...

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May 5th is a *huge* day in Japan: Children’s Day! Started as a national holiday in 1948, it’s meant for celebrating children’s happiness. It’s a major...

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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...

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New information about the new anime, Danganronpa 3: The End of Kibougamine Gakuen, has been revealed!

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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.

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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.

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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.

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The Ghibli universe is filled with incredible characters, and among them certainly men who will steal your heart away! (Although some might do that in a more literal sense…)

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Idols are all the rage now, as with live action adaptations. Today, THE IDOLM@STER franchise announced in celebration of its 10th anniversary that the idol game and anime franchise will now take a venture into the Korean drama world!

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As part of the PR activities leading up to this summer`s Pokemon movie, the first ever Pokemon Elections have been announced in which 720 Pokemon will be pitted against one another in the biggest popularity contest this year! Results will be announced later this year but we can`t wait, so we first checked out Japanese netizen`s Pokemon of choice!

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Manga first prize goes to “One Punch-Man”while “Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?” grasps light novel grand prixTokyo, Japan ---...

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Are you ready for yet another great season of anime?! As always, it feels like there are too many can’t-miss series, and goo Ranking is here to help you out with their list of the top 10 most anticipated series for the Spring 2016 season!

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Your Lie in April tugged at our heartstrings in a way few anime are able to do, and did so using more literal strings! If you’re like us and found yourself desperate for more of that beautiful music once more, relax and enjoy a few of these incredible covers by fellow fans!

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This year marks the 31st Sanrio Character Ranking, a fan-voted popularity contest pitting the most kawaii Sanrio characters against one another.

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We recently reported that a live-action adaptation of popular manga and anime Fullmetal Alchemist is in the works. The cast for main characters has been announced and the Japanese internet sphere is bubbling with debate over the casting decisions.

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At their most recent summer collection exhibition, Peach John unveiled their latest collaboration with Pokemon and the result was full of impact!

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March 30th is the birthday of Eren Yeager from Attack on Titan / Shingeki no Kyojin! Let us celebrate Eren with this collection of beautiful illustrations from Tokyo Otaku Mode's Special Creators!

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Popular manga and anime series Fullmetal Alchemist will return to fans in the form of a live action movie!

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As many anime/manga/game fans might know, cosplay is not allowed in public in Japan except in designated areas. As such, special occasions like conventions are always brimming with awesome cosplay!

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Anime Japan 2016, the largest anime event of the year, was held at Tokyo Big Sight this weekend. During the all out celebration for all things anime, many mini stage events were held at which major announcements were made for several different series. We've put together the biggest news from this weekend into one quick digest for your fangirl-ing/fanboy-ing pleasure!

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