So somehow the promise of Evangelion , Attack on Titan and Resident Evil theme park rides hasn’t quite convinced you to get on that plane to Japan. Fine. Maybe you’re more of a One Piece person? In that case, we’ve got the place for you. …Read more »
Aside from visiting local shrines and eating boxed meals called osechi, one of Japan’s biggest New Year’s traditions is gathering around the TV on New Year’s Eve to catch Kohaku Uta Gassen, an annual music show where the year’s most notable pop stars break into …Read more »
Boy, it ain’t a bad time to be an anime fan in America. It wasn’t too long ago it took years – yeah, years plural – for new anime films to make their way to the States. Heck, even the 2012 Naruto movie Road to …Read more »
Fans of director Mamoru Hosoda ( Summer Wars , Wolf Children ), will be jumping for joy with the news his next film has been announced. It’s called The Boy and The Beast ( Bakemono no Ko ) and is set to be released in …Read more »
Apparently Universal Studios Japan, Tokyo Disneyland’s rival down in Osaka, is not content to simply put on a first-of-its-kind, 4D Evangelion event – they’ve also announced "Attack on Titan The Real," an attraction set to feature two life-size Titans. Visitors will be able to see …Read more »
It's a bit of a Dragon Ball Z movie news day, with some information on next year’s film and clips from last year’s. Don’t get ‘em mixed up, okay? Firstly, the director for next year’s DBZ film, which does not yet have a title, has …Read more »
Gundam Unicorn ’s 7th and final episode came out a few weeks ago, which means Bandai’s kicking the marketing machine into high gear with a 90 second promo for the next big thing aimed at old-school Universal Century Gundam purists -- the anime adaptation of …Read more »
Next year will mark the tenth anniversary of Noitamina, Fuji TV's late-night anime block devoted to anime that reaches beyond the anime mainstream. Leading up to that significant date, Noitamina's been publishing weekly interviews on their site with creators who've worked on some of the …Read more »
Whoa, in the midst of reporting lots of other Attack on Titan news, this one somehow slipped by us. Anyway, it was announced at the beginning of April that the anime series Attack on Titan (you guys might’ve maybe heard of this, right?) will be …Read more »
Ever since 2010, the Japanese Government’s Agency for Cultural Affairs has chipped in money (about $2 million annually) to the Japanese Animation Creators Association (JAniCA), who then go on to distribute that money to studios as part of what they call the Young Animator Training …Read more »
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