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A recent online questionnaire administered by Anime! Anime! asked some 1500 fans to vote for the 2015 anime TV series that they felt most represented the concept of “subarashii”, meaning “splendid” or “magnificent”. The polling took place from December…
There was a suspicious countdown on a website affiliated with Weekly Shonen Jump that had something to do with Naruto. In particular, this site was titled “countdown to the next generation.” We didn’t know what it meant when it was…
Weekly Shonen Jump has launched an online “countdown to the next generation” of Naruto. The countdown’s website features the Naruto logo, as well as several silhouettes of characters from the franchise. The countdown is set to end at the conclusion of…
1 When you watch anime, you are used to seeing anime characters living and breathing in animated worlds. Let’s change that. According to Japanese Twitter user Kibaichi, All Nationz, and My Game News Flash, folks over on 4chan have been…
These are the most powerful anime heroes as chosen by fans outside of Japan. Who will claim the top spot and does your favorite make the list? Heroes are the kind of people you’d want on your side in a…
Hi everyone! ^^* So, here’s my “Top 10 tragic and sad manga”! This is my first time ever doing a “top” something, so hope you like it! It was really hard to decide which manga to put on this list…
We asked Japanese people to tell us the things foreigners say or think about Japan that really gets their goat—and they were happy to oblige! How many of these faux pas are you guilty of? We expats living in Japan tend…
Charapedia was back to the subject of anison for their latest 10,000 reader poll, asking fans what songs get them “ageage,” excited and wanting to move! Responses came from a pool that was 52.5% male to 47.5% female, with an interesting split in…
The Japan Manga Alliance – a group composed of Kadokawa, Kodansha, Shueisha, Shogakukan, and the Animate retail chain – has announced plans to expand into overseas markets. The 5 companies are pooling their resources into a joint venture that…
Charapedia more or less eschewed intellectual debate with their latest 10,000 reader poll, asking fans to name anime’s most charming busty lady. Unsurprisingly, while the gender splits on most of their polls are close to 50-50, this got 67.4% of its…
Which popular anime characters look best in a swimsuit? Thousands of fans came together to answer that question. Otamart—a popular Japanese app that specializes in anime, manga and idol products—have recently announced the results of a survey asking fans which…
Comiket 88, the world’s largest dojinshi fair, is now underway at the Tokyo Big Sight exhibition centre. And while thousands of people are already rushing to buy some of the best and rarest anime, manga and video game merch money…
There is something about the beautiful stories and animated works by Hayao Miyazakithat keeps inspiring animators around the world to continually show their appreciation for the famous Japanese filmmaker. With the recent announcement that Miyazaki was hard at work on a…
In a recent poll, 300 Japanese netizens were asked to rate the video games that they considered to be “too scary”, and some of the results were surprising. In reverse order of least “too scary” to most “too scary”, the…
We are so used to seeing the finished cosplay photo, that we sometimes take for granted how much work goes on behind the scenes. Sometimes, cosplayers have to use some creative techniques to get the shot that they want. A…