Who at software developer Type-Moon could’ve imagined back in 2004 that 13 years after the release of Fate/stay night , real-life actors would be suiting up for a stage play based on a Fate/ smartphone spinoff? That’s what’s about to happen, though, as a play …Read more »
Just as Lupin constantly evades capture, this one somehow slipped under our radar when first announced, but apparently a live-action TV show based on Lupin III ’s Inspector Zenigata is set to begin next month. Yesterday at a press event for the series a few …Read more »
That’s a wrap for day one of Comic Market 91. The long-running celebration of fan-made manga, games, animation and more that goes by Comiket for short is on in Tokyo, and we made our way there today to peruse, schmooze and, most importantly, snap some …Read more »
Back in August, it was announced shonen manga Bleach would be coming to theaters in the form of a live-action film starring Sota Fukushi ( Library Wars ). Now a few photos from the set have appeared showing Fukushi decked out as main character Ichigo …Read more »
Tokyo Game Show, one of the largest video game expos in the world, just wrapped up, and contributor Alexandria Hill has filed her impressions on the event with a healthy smattering of photos, including some awesome video game cosplay. This year I decided to treat …Read more »
With lots of Ghost in the Shell fans upset that a live-action version is even being created, let alone starring a non-Asian as main character Motoko Kusanagi, two guys who appear to be down with the project – at least enough to go visit the …Read more »
Well, folks, it looks like this thing really exists. In a bit of a cosmic coincidence, today the internet at large got not just the first look at the live-action Fullmetal Alchemist film, but the first on-set photos of the Scarlett Johansson Ghost in the …Read more »
The 2015 Naruto stage play was a hit, it seems, because the crew is back for more headbanded ninja action this summer. The 2016 version of Live Spectacle Naruto , which stars largely the same cast as last year, will add character Rock Lee, who …Read more »
Cosplay and photography are the clown fish and anemone of fandom. Cosplay is a swift, adaptable creature that can survive quite well on its own, but it needs the soft, protective tendrils of photography to truly flourish and preserve itself. Awkward metaphors aside, the fact …Read more »
I was having a conversation with a young Japanese friend of mine the other day when we hit on the works of manga artist Naoki Urasawa. My friend’s face immediately lit up, and we spent the next hour or so talking about our favorite Urasawa …Read more »
Over the past few months, teaser shots from the new Ghost in the Shell stage play, based on the Arise OVA series, have been trickling out, showing its principals, including lead Kaede Aono as Motoko Kusanagi, in costume. Now the play has premiered in Tokyo, …Read more »
Your favorite world powers are headed to the stage this December. Yes, Hetalia: Axis Powers , the webcomic-turned-manga-turned-anime is now being adapted into a musical, and today we got our first look at the cast. Photos of the nine powers Italy, Germany, Japan, America, England, …Read more »
Pixiv Zingaro, a anime and manga-centric gallery in Nakano, Tokyo, is this month the host of an exhibition of works by Yoshitoshi ABe, character designer and doujinshi artist responsible for anime like Serial Experiments Lain and Haibane Renmei . The exhibition marks 20 years since …Read more »
The first of two live-action Attack on Titan films opens August 1 in Japan, but some lucky fans in L.A. got an early glimpse at the film during its premiere at the Egyptian Theatre in Los Angeles July 14. In attendance at the premiere were …Read more »
Black Butler , the manga about revenge, lost souls and demonic butlers has been adapted into three anime series, a live-action film, and since 2009 has been the subject of not one but three musicals. Now last year’s show, "Licorice that Burns in the Ground," …Read more »
Matt Schley
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Alexandria Hill
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