Later this month, we’ll get to see Bubble: Studio WIT’s parkour-full anime film set in a ruined Tokyo. The gravity-bending flick introduces a boy named Hibiki to Uta, a mysterious girl whose presence could change the entire world. If you haven’t heard about it yet, you …Read more »
Death Note artist Takeshi Obata is working on a new manga, but this time around he’s not doing it with his usual partner in crime, Tsugumi Ohba. Instead, the manga will be written by novelist Akinari Asakura, who is the author of Rokunin no Uso-tsuki-na …Read more »
As gripping as the stories may be, series like Death Note and Bakuman. just wouldn’t be the same without the incredible art of Takeshi Obata. That art is going on display at the creator’s first art exhibit—Artist Activity 20th Anniversary Takeshi Obata Exhibition NEVER COMPLETE—which is set to run …Read more »
High school student Mirai has nothing left to live for: abused by his stepparents, depressed more than life can bear, he jumps off the roof of a skyscraper. Miraculously, he’s rescued by his guardian angel, Nasse, a cute girl with big feathery wings. To make …Read more »
Blanc et Noir: Takeshi Obata Illustrations is a beautiful, limited edition hardcover book of Obata’s art. Only 10,000 copies are being made, and it also comes with several posters (there are more foldout pages in the book that could work as posters, if you’re willing …Read more »
Residents of the Big Apple are about to get hit with a triple punch of Japanese pop culture. First off, playing Madison Square Garden on October 11, it’s X Japan, one of Japan’s biggest and most successful visual kei bands. The legendary group, who have …Read more »
It can be kind of jarring when the time comes to celebrate a notable anniversary for something that still seems relatively fresh. Such is the case with Takeshi Obata and Tsugumi Ohba's Death Note manga, which is set to celebrate its 10th anniversary this year, …Read more »
The perils of budding mangaka have been illustrated in Weekly Shonen Jump since August 11, 2008 in the pages of Bakuman , the latest series from Death Note writer/artist team Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata. Now, as was surely destined from the start, the manga …Read more »
Consider this a brisk breeze of News From Late Last Week, but it bears repeating, for those that missed it, as we drive full force into May. Warner Bros. has picked up the rights to Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata's Death Note manga, and are …Read more »
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