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Following recommendations made by the Cool Japan Human Resources Development Study Meeting which convened in March of 2017, the Japanese government is looking into easing residency regulations in order to allow foreign students in vocational training programs – such as…
Hit light novel series Sword Art Online‘s fourth arc “Alicization” is set to receive a TV anime adaptation! Accompanying the big news was a striking teaser visual by abec, the original series’ illustrator. Featured in the center are Kirito and…
The anime fandom is in mourning today after the loss of a vetted Japanese voice actor. According to new reports, Ryuji Saikachi passed on September 29 from congestive heart failure. The actor was 89-years-old. If you are not familiar with…
My Hero Academia concludes its second season this weekend with episode 38/25, “Encounter.” But… It’s fine now. Why? Because All Might is here! Or, well, there’s there’s a third season in development! An early look at next week’s issue 44 of Shonen Jump confirms…
The official Twitter account of the Animate store in Machida in Tokyo posted an image on Friday featuring the cover of the upcoming 12th volume of Kugane Maruyama’s Overlord novel series (cover pictured at right). The wraparound jacket band on…
Your Name, which is not only a very good movie but also the highest-grossing anime feature of all time, is being given the live-action treatment by J.J. Abrams’ Hollywood studio. As Screen Daily report, Paramount Pictures and Bad Robot are behind the project,…
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The Cowboy Bebop creator/director’s short for Blade Runner has officially released! The short is a roughly 15 minute long anime, called Blade Runner Black Out 2022, that helps bridge the game between what happened in the original Blade Runner and the…
Product’s claims to make breasts five times bigger prove to be every bit as dramatic as they say. When it comes to cosplaying as your favourite female character from the world of Japanese anime, manga and video games, chances are you’ll be…
Not quite like Clark Kent going into a phone booth and coming out Superman, the One-Punch Man anime left season one with Shingo Natsume directing at Madhouse and heads into season two with Chikara Sakurai (Naruto animation supervisor) helming a J.C. Staff production. Chikashi Kubota…
After just a few weeks in theaters, It has become the highest grossing R-rated horror film of all-time (not accounting for inflation), passing The Exorcist and making its mark as the premier adaptation of Stephen King‘s killer clown story. Fans of the 1990 miniseries, starring Tim…
For six months, something felt just a little off in Tokyo. After years of drawing travelers to the capital’s Odaiba neighborhood, last March the full-scale statue of iconic anime robot Gundam was disassembled, and while the dismantling was handled in an awesome way, for half a year…
Fans are still waiting for One Punch Man to announce its next season’s premiere date, but that isn’t the new they got today. Instead, the fandom was rocked by some creative changes that are more than a little controversial. Earlier today, news broke…
After all those memes, promises, and heartbreaks, A Certain Magical Index is finally having its long-awaited second season. The Animax talk show, Anime Culture Club, will be hosting A Certain Magical Index producer, Kohei Kawase, and A Certain Magical Index light…
Japan is known for its love for anime. And when it came to showcasing Canada in a new tourism campaign, it combined that love with some of our most popular local landmarks. A Japanese anime Canadian tourism ad was released…
With today’s release of Weekly Shōnen Sunday, the manga magazine’s site has announced that Shinobu Ohtaka’s 2009 fantasy action manga Magi will be ending in four chapters. Volume 35 was released in Japan on September 1st, with volume 36 coming October 18th. Viz will be releasing the…
