Earlier this month, a total of five Kickstarter campaigns were launched for the collaboration anime between five anime studios and JETRO (the Japan External Trade Organization). All five campaigns end on February 13 at 12:00 p.m. JST.
The Kickstarter campaign for Ekura Animal’s Heike Monogatari Emaki cutout-style animation was launched on January […]
Netflix recently renewed the epic remake of the retro dark fantasy series, ‘Bastard!!’ whose first season received a surprisingly great response. Due to a positive reaction, the company decided to continue, much to our delight. If you are a veteran fan and have watched the original series, I’m[…]
Yamato recollects her memories of twenty years ago in episode 1048, titled “For the Future! Yamato and the Great Swordsmen’s Pledge!” The whole episode was a flashback. We saw the inspirations behind Yamato’s determination. We met three samurais who Kaido imprisoned as they went Rogue after[…]
Nio takes Raizo on a tour of Chinatown of Nagasaki and Dejima in episode 3 of Revengers, titled “Fortune is Fickle and Blind”. Raizo and Soji come to be roommates, much to Soji’s annoyance. Usui meets up with Isarizawa, a government official in the magistrate’s office, who gives him a job for […]
Mendo’s childhood friend Tobimaro in episode 14 of Urusei Yatsura, titled “That Mizunokoji Boy, Love Letter Trouble!!.” It was a hilarious and chaotic episode. Ryoko, Mendo’s sister, loves Tobimaro, and throughout the episode, she tries violent and strange ways to accept him and realize her[…]
2023 started, and so did Nitroplus and Shochiku’s original anime Revenger, which we had high hopes for. Safe to say that the show met our expectations, and now we can’t stop talking about it. However, there are still many people who have been missing out on this masterpiece, and they are, as[…]
The Pot of Ending gets stolen from Lead in episode 14 of Mairimashita! Iruma-kun season 3 is titled “Lead’s Troubles.” Lead faced trouble in this episode as he was fooled by Orobas, who disguised himself as Elizabetta and took away the pot. He uses his super concentration ability to find out[…]
Momonosuke finally turns into his dragon form in episode 1047, titled “Ascend to the Dawn! A Pink Dragon Gets Agitated!” It is finally here. Momo is a dragon now and will take Luffy to the top to fight Kaido again. Many battles were covered in the episode, and we got the whereabouts of all the[…]
On January 11, the film production company Toei Animation announced that its total box office earnings from January 1 to December 31, 2022 add up to 32,563,660,570 yen (about 246 million USD).
Toei’s earnings at the box office in 2022 was well above its previous record high of 17,980,254,340 yen in 2009. The company sold a total of 23,646,555 tickets in
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice is a famous action-adventure RPG soulsborne title. The game takes place in the Sengoku period of Japan and follows the story of a shinobi known as Wolf, attempting to take revenge on a samurai clan that imprisoned him and kidnapped his lord. FromSoftware, Sekiro’s develope…
The new original anime series starts off strong with episode 1, titled “Once upon a Time in Nagasaki”. Raizo Kurima, a samurai, kills another samurai named Hirata, who also happens to be his fiancé’s father, on his master Matsumine’s orders for supposedly betraying him and sullying his hands in […]
Ninja and Samurai have been among the most inspiring topics for manga and anime in some or the other way. It could be the entire plot, or simply a character in the anime. These warriors have been an important part of Japanese history. Several franchises like Naruto, Gintama, Demon Slayer, and even[…]