Category: Anime || Manga

“#Demon Slayer TV Anime Helped Bring Kansai TV Back From the Red”   During the Kansai TV 3rd quarterly earnings call on January 26, the president of the TV station reported that Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba helped sell more sponsorships during rebroadcasts in late October onwards, bringing the company back from a loss to a…

“#Burning Kabaddi Anime Adds Three More Cast Members to the Team”   Ever since the initial announcement, cast additions have been trickling out for Burning Kabaddi (known in Japan as Shakunetsu Kabaddi), a TV anime adaptation of the hot-blooded sports manga by Hajime Musashino. Now we have three more on the team with the addition…

“#Koei Tecmo Boasts High Earnings in 3rd Quarter Thanks to Hyrule Warriors”   Japanese gaming studio Koei Tecmo released their 3rd quarterly report for 2020 yesterday and announced that the company has so far had one of the most profitable years in at least 4 years thanks to Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity. The Legend of Zelda:…

“#Akane Shimizu's Medical Manga Series Cells at Work! Ends Today”   Popular comedy biology manga series Cells at Work!, created by Akane Shimizu, ended its run in Kodansha's Monthly Shonen Sirius today with the release of the March 2021 issue. The final two-part story looked at the new coronavirus and its internal effects on the body from…

“#1,500th Episode of Megumi Hayashibara's TOKYO Boogie Night to be Live-streamed Worldwide on YouTube”     TBS Radio announced today that the memorial 1,500th episode of "Megumi Hayashibara's TOKYO Boogie Night," a long-running radio show hosted by voice actress Megumi Hayashibara (Ranma Saotome in Ranma 1/2, Rei Ayanami in Neon Genesis Evangelion), will be live-streamed worldwide on…

“#JUJUTSU KAISEN Manga Achieves 25 Million Copies Printed and Sold”   The official Twitter account JUJUTSU KAISEN announced today that the manga series has printed and sold over a whopping 25 million copies, including digital copies. This comes only two weeks after the same Twitter account announced over 20 million copies of the Gege Akutami…

“#Yui Ogura's New Song Revealed in Smartphone Game Blue Archive Anime PV”     The official website for voice actress Yui Ogura has announced that her 13th single "Clear Morning" is set to be released on March 31, 2021. The title song will be used as the theme song for Yostar's upcoming smartphone RPG Blue…

“#TOUKEN RANBU ONLINE Gets English Release in February 2021” ©2015 EXNOA LLC/Nitroplus The popular free-to-play video game TOUKEN RANBU will receive an English release on February 23, 2021 by Johren, a PC gaming platform. Pre-registration is now open on the official launch webpage with rewards for incoming players.  The turn-based collectible card browser game was…

“#Touken Ranbu Online to Make English Language Debut on February 23”   It's almost time to help raise the sword men of Touken Ranbu to greatness, as Touken Ranbu Online prepares to make its English language debut. The sword raising online simulation game will become available for the first time ever in English on February…

“#Japan's Book Sales in 2020 Up 5% from 2019 Thanks to Demon Slayer”     According to a January 25 article in the Nihon Keizai Shimbun, The Publishing Science Institute, which conducts research and surveys on the publishing industry, had announced that the estimated combined book sales of paper and digital editions in Japan in 2020…