A new facility aimed at preserving cels and other anime production materials will open in October in Ikebukuro, Tokyo. The facility, called Anime Tokyo Station or just Anime Tokyo, will “promote the recognition of anime culture and industry,” reports Comic Natalie. Aside from archiving historical …Read more »
Yuriko Koike, the governor of Tokyo best known by some anime fans for her cosplay skills, has won reelection. Koike, who first took the governorship in 2016, easily won reelection July 5, earning some 3.6 million votes. The second place candidate, Kenji Utsunomiya, received about …Read more »
This past weekend, an anime tourism event was held in otaku mecca Akihabara, and some special guests were on hand to join in the fun. One of those guests was Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike, who is a self-professed fan of anime and cosplay. She was …Read more »
It’s-a-me, Shinzo! With the 2016 Olympic Games wrapping up in Rio, the next time the summer games happen in 2020, they’ll be held in Tokyo. To receive the metaphorical baton, Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike and prime minister Shinzo Abe both showed up in Rio, the …Read more »
Tokyo, Japan’s capital and home to more than 13 million people, held a gubernatorial election Sunday, and it’s being reported the winner is Yuriko Koike, making her the first female governor in the city’s history. This is notable for otaku, in part, because Koike campaigned …Read more »
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