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Anime Festival Asia Returns to Singapore as Physical Event on November 25-27
Convention returns as in-person event after 3 years
― Sozo Pte. Ltd. , the organizer of the Anime Festival Asia conventions, announced on Thursday that Anime Festival Asia will return as an in-person convention at the Suntec Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Centre on November 25 to 27. The previous in-person Anime Festival Asia event took place in 2019. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, ...
Otakon 2022 - Toshio Furukawa and Shino Kakinuma Seiyuu Q&A
The seiyū power couple has a whole room in their house dedicated to their 3,000 figurines.
― Seiyū power couple Toshio Furukawa and Shino Kakinuma's Otakon panel started at the early hour of 10:15 am on Friday, meaning that it got off to a slow start. The morning crowd slumped into the panel with faces that bore tired looks. But all of the coffee and protein must have kicked in by the time Furukawa a...
Fate/Grand Order Fes. 2022 in Pictures
Beat the heat (and crowds) and check out everything from life-size weapon replicas to recreated game environments from the massively popular mobile game Fate/Grand Order!
― Fate/Grand Order's convention was back in Japan this weekend after a two year COVID-related absence to celebrate the 7th Anniversary of the wildly successful mobile game and the Fate series in general. And just in case you weren't...
FINAL FANTASY anniversary concert coming soon in 46 cities!
CRYSTALLINE RESONANCE : FINAL FANTASY Piano Concert takes over with a brand-new program, revisiting all FINAL FANTASY games.
― It will be time to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the FINAL FANTASY series with a majestic piano performance in perfect sync with impressive HD game footage projected onto a giant screen! Following the acclaimed PIANO OPERA: music from FINAL FANTASY World Tour in 2015-2016...
The Rose of Versailles Celebrates 50 Years With Massive Art Exhibition
The Rose of Versailles will be celebrating its 50th anniversary with a new exhibition in Tokyo from September 17 to November 20, 2022, at the Tokyo City View (with a follow-up showing in Osaka from November 30 to December 12 at the Hankyu Umeda Gallery). The exhibition will be divided into five areas. The first area will feature an introduction to the characters and basic story of The Rose of Vers...
YOASOBI Duo's Ikura Diagnosed With COVID-19
Duo cancels Fuji Rock Festival appearance this Friday
― Japanese pop duo YOASOBI announced on Monday that the duo's singer-songwriter Ikura tested positive for COVID-19 last Friday after taking a PCR test. The duo canceled their appearance at the Fuji Rock Festival this Friday. In addition, the duo's appearance at the Rock in Japan Festival on August 6 will depend on whether Ikura has recovered and f...
Jujutsu Kaisen To Arrive at Universal Studios Japan with Special 4D Episode
In the entirely original 20 minute animation Yuji, Megumi, and Nobara have secretly infiltrate a new branch of the Jujutsu High School opening in Osaka
― Universal Studios Japan announced Monday that it would be incorporating the Jujutsu Kaisen anime into not one, but two attractions at the theme park this year. The first is "Jujutsu Kaisen the Real 4-D." This 4D cinema experience (with all the usual...
Macross Artist Hidetaka Tenjin Receives Comic-Con International's Inkpot Award
Hidetaka Tenjin's Artistry of Macross: From Flashback 2012 to Macross Frontier series of books launches on October 18
― Comic-Con International in San Diego awarded its Inkpot Award to illustrator Hidetaka Tenjin (Macross Frontier) on Saturday. Tenjin attended the event in person, where Udon Entertainment offered early copies of Tenjin's Artistry of Macross: From Flashback 2012 to Macross Frontier bo...
Wembley Performance of Dragon Ball Symphonic Adventure Cancelled
Performance would have been on August 7
― Anime UK News reports that the performance of the live "Dragon Ball Symphonic Adventure" orchestral concert event at the SSE Arena, Wembley in London, which was scheduled for on Sunday August 7, has been cancelled. The cancellation was confirmed on the Gigs and Tours website. According to Anime UK News, customers who have already bought tickets for the event ...
Junji Ito Wins Eisner Award for Lovesickness Manga
Eike Exner's Comics and the Origins of Manga: A Revisionist History also wins award
― The 2022 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards revealed its winners at the Comic Con International event on Friday. Junji Ito's Lovesickness: Junji Ito Story Collection (translated by Jocelyne Allen) manga won this year's Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia award. Ito said during a message read at the event...
Otakon 2022 Event Hosts Yoh Yoshinari, Hiromi Wakabayashi
Event scheduled for July 29-31 at Walter E. Washington Convention Center
― The staff of Otakon announced on Monday that director, illustrator, and character designer Yoh Yoshinari (Neon Genesis Evangelion, FLCL, Gurren Lagann, pictured right) and Studio Trigger's Hiromi Wakabayashi (design production for Gurren Lagann, co-creator of Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt) will attend Otakon 2022. Yoshinari...
Otakon 2022 Event Hosts My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU Staff, Author, More Guests
Toshio Furukawa, Wataru Watari, Masazumi Kato, Chado Horii, Motonobu Hori, more attend event taking place on July 29-31
― The staff of Otakon announced over the past week that the following guests will attend this year's event: Producer at Orange studio Yoshihiro Watanabe (BEASTARS, Godzilla Singular Point). He is currently working on the new Trigun Stampede anime. Producer Masazumi Kato (Soul Eater,...
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Trains Return to Los Angeles
Trains will run between Downtown Los Angeles, Santa Monica for limited time
― The official English Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Twitter account announced on Thursday that trains featuring the anime's characters will run between Downtown Los Angeles (DTLA) and Santa Monica "for a limited time only." The tweet did not specify the end date. For a limited time only, take a ride on the special Demon Sla...
Metal Band SiM Headlines Crunchyroll Expo Music Festival
Sevenn, James Landino, Young Bombs, Shihori also join music festival
― Crunchyroll announced on Tuesday that the band SiM will be a headlining act for the New Crunchy City Music Fest at this year's Crunchyroll Expo event. In addition, Crunchyroll also announced electronic music producer Sevenn, composer and DJ James Landino, pop singer-songwriter Shihori, and electronic music producer duo Young Bombs...
Live-Action Knights of the Zodiac Film Gets 'First Look' at Comic Con Int'l in San Diego
Film's cast, staff to host panel on July 23 that will feature behind-the-scenes footage
― Comic Con International: San Diego's website lists that it will show a "first look" of the live-action film of Masami Kurumada's Saint Seiya manga on July 23 at 5:30 p.m. PDT. Actors Madison Iseman and Diego Tinoco will be guests at the event alongside producer Yoshi Ikezawa, director Tomasz Baginski, fight chor...
Free Totoro Play Event on Zoom for Barbican Members on Thursday
Zoom event will feature the play's design team, only available to Barbican members and patrons
― There will be Zoom event on Thursday July 14 called My Neighbour Totoro Insight: Designing for the Stage at 6 p.m. The event is for Barbican members and patrons only, with tickets available here. The event is described as follows: "Hear from members of the My Neighbour Totoro design team as they talk abou...
The ANN Aftershow - The Anime Expo Debriefing!
We're discussing the major anime, game, and manga news that's come out of Anime Expo, how the con went overall, and what needs to change moving forward.
― Is The Anime Expo Debriefing! We're discussing the major anime, game, and manga news that's come out of Anime Expo, how the con went overall, and what needs to change moving forward. The ANN After Show streams live on Mondays at 6pm PDT/9pm EDT. Y...
Otakon 2022 Event Hosts Voice Actress Mariya Ise
Otakon 2022 is scheduled for July 29-31 in Washington D.C.
― Otakon announced on Saturday that voice actress Mariya Ise (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean, Hunter x Hunter) will attend this year's event. Ise made her voice acting debut in Aishiteruze Baby in 2004. She has most notably played the characters of F.F. in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean, Pao-Lin Huang/Dragon Kid in Tiger & Bunny...
Chennai's Spark Anime Festival Announces Schedule
Event takes place from July 2-24 at VR Mall, Chennai; hosts Ramayana anime film screening, cosplay parade, cosplay workshop, onitama & chess event, anime quiz
― Pop Circuit announced the schedule for its Spark Anime Festival event on Facebook on Saturday. The event is taking place from July 2-24 at VR Mall, Chennai. The event will host screenings of the 4K remaster of the Ramayana: The Legend of Prin...
Gundam: Witch from Mercury Prologue Anime Gets U.S. Premiere at Comic Con Int'l in San Diego
Anime premieres at event on July 21 at 12:30 p.m. PDT
― Comic Con International: San Diego's website lists that the Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury Prologue anime, a prequel for the first new Gundam television anime series in seven years titled Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury (Kidō Senshi Gundam: Suisei no Majo), will screen at the event on July 21 at 12:30 p.m. PDT. The screeni...
Crunchyroll Expo to Screen World Premiere of Mob Psycho 100 Anime's 3rd Season
August event hosts MAPPA's Manabu Ohtsuka, Makoto Kimura, BONES' Masahiko Minami
― Crunchyroll announced on Friday that this year's Crunchyroll Expo event will screen the world premiere of the first two episodes of Mob Psycho 100 III, the third season of the television anime of ONE's Mob Psycho 100 manga. Crunchyroll also announced that the event will host studio MAPPA's (Chainsaw Man) CEO Manabu Oht...
Anime Expo 2022 - The Irresponsible Management of This Year's Artist Alley
Artists reported lightheadness, nausea, and headaches amid CO2 levels that reached well into unhealthy zones amid poor to non-existent mask enforcement by AX volunteers and staff.
― This year's Anime Expo generated a lot of media buzz with its pre-pandemic crowd sizes, but one thing that's largely been swept under the rug is pervasive reports of unsafe conditions in one of its biggest attendee attrac...
Ai Yazawa Gets Art Exhibition This Month, But Says NANA Hiatus Will Continue
"It's been a long time since NANA went on hiatus. I am sorry that I still cannot restart the serialization."
― To promote her upcoming art exhibition in Tokyo this month, manga artist Ai Yazawa conducted an email interview with Kadokawa Media Factory's book and manga news magazine Da Vinci. In the interview, she thanked the fans for their support and apologized for NANA's continuing hiatus: "It's bee...
E3 Returns as In-Person Event in June 2023 with ReedPop as Producer
E3 returns in 2nd week of June 2023
― The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) announced on Thursday that it will partner with event production company ReedPop to bring back the in-person E3 event in the second week of June 2023. E3 2023 will welcome publishers, developers, journalists, content creators, manufacturers, buyers, and licensors. The event will feature digital showcases and in-person ...
Anime Expo Returns on July 1-4, 2023 in L.A., Reveals AX Ontario Event in California in November
AX Ontario to be held on November 12-13
― The staff of Anime Expo revealed during the closing ceremony for Anime Expo 2022 that the event will return to Los Angeles on July 1-4, 2023. The staff also revealed a new Anime Expo Ontario event to be held on November 12-13 in Ontario, California. See you at anime expo at Ontario, California on November 12-13! 🙌 pic.twitter.com/9tT45LRMz6— Anime Expo (@Anim...
Otakon 2022 Event Hosts Anime Composers Yuki Hayashi, Kaoru Wada
Sun and Stars concert on July 31 will feature songs by composers
― Otakon announced on Tuesday that composers Yuki Hayashi (My Hero Academia) and Kaoru Wada (Inuyasha) will attend this year's event. Both of their works will be part of the Sun and Stars concert on July 31, with both a chamber orchestra and a rock band playing songs by the composers. Hayashi is a former rhythmic gymnast, and he started...
Anime Expo 2022
Get all the latest updates, from news headlines, interviews, and panel write-ups right here on Anime News Network.
Coverage is sponsored by Yen Press! ― July 1 – July 4, 2022 Friday, July 1 Panels and Premieres • Premiere Report: My Hero Academia Season 5 OAV • STUDIO COLORIDO: Live Drawing & Q&A • Sword Art Online 10th Anniversary Celebration • Studio TRIGGER Live Drawing and Q&A panel • Kaguya-sa...
Coverage is sponsored by Yen Press! ― July 1 – July 4, 2022 Friday, July 1 Panels and Premieres • Premiere Report: My Hero Academia Season 5 OAV • STUDIO COLORIDO: Live Drawing & Q&A • Sword Art Online 10th Anniversary Celebration • Studio TRIGGER Live Drawing and Q&A panel • Kaguya-sa...
Aniplex Hosts Aniplex Online Fest 2022 Event on September 24
Event to feature anime news, live performances
― Aniplex announced on Monday that it will host another Aniplex Online Fest event this year. Sony Music Entertainment will co-sponsor the event. The Aniplex Online Fest 2022 event will take place on September 24, and Aniplex plans to stream the event worldwide on YouTube. Voice actress and singer Sally Amaki narrates the below video. Bocchi the Rock char...
Anime Expo 2022 - Kaguya-sama: Love Is War -Ultra Romantic- Festival
Producer Tatsuya Ishikawa brushed up on English slang and came to the startling realization that he's a "boomer."
― Aniplex kicked off its triumphant return to Anime Expo with a fan centered event promoting the latest season of Kaguya-sama: Love Is War. Aoi Koga, Japanese voice actress of Kaguya Shinomiya, and producer Tatsuya Ishikawa arrived at a panel filled with booming applause. After a brief in...
Anime Expo 2022 - Studio TRIGGER Live Drawing and Q&A panel
The Trigger crew took on fans' burning questions. When will Muzzle appear in an anime? What's up with Sucy's design? Is there more Gridman on the horizon?
― Things were a little different this year for Trigger's live drawing panel. Shigeto Koyama, Yoh Yoshinari, and Hiromi Wakabayashi still brought their usual off-the-cuff energy and untucked energy, but the crowd was less...intense. In years past, a...
Anime Expo 2022 - STUDIO COLORIDO: Live Drawing & Q&A
Eager to see A Whisker Away's director and producer Tomotaka Shibayama and Kōji Yamamoto, dozens of people filled the Studio Colorido panel room at Anime Expo
― Eager to see A Whisker Away's director, Tomotaka Shibayama, dozens of people filled the Studio Colorido panel room at Anime Expo, excited to see his live drawing and to ask one of their favorite anime creators their burning questions. The sou...
Child of Kamiari Month Anime Film's Singer/Songwriter miwa Makes Surprise Appearance at Anime Expo
miwa performed film's theme song, wrote 3 songs for movie
― The Anime Expo panel for the Cretica Universal's Child of Kamiari Month (Kamiari no Kodomo) anime film project revealed a surprise in-person appearance by singer-songwriter miwa, who performed the film's theme song "Kanna" and wrote three songs for the movie. The film's director Toshinari Shinohe and producer Uko Oshia were guests of honor a...
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Jim Henson's Creature Shop Creating Life-Sized Totoro for London Play
The famed company creating Totoro and cat bus for the forthcoming play at London's Barbican Centre.
― The Deadline website reports that Jim Henson's Creature Shop will be supplying live-size puppets for the the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC)'s upcoming stage adaptation of Studio Ghibli's and Hayao Miyazaki's 1988 film My Neighbor Totoro at London's Barbican Centre. The company was founded by the lat...
Pop Circuit Hosts Spark Anime Festival from July 2-17
Pop Circuit announced on Thursday that it will host the Spark Anime Festival from July 2-17 at VR Mall, Chennai. The festival will take place "surrounding the release of Jujutsu Kaisen 0 and Ramayana: The Legend of Prince Rama." The Jujutsu Kaisen 0 anime film will open in India on June 30. The movie ended its run in Japanese theaters on May 29, after 157 days at the box office, selling 9.80 milli...
Special Class Lets Kids Remote-Control Life-Size Gundam Statue's Hand
Gundam Factory Yokohama holds robotics class while facility undergoes maintenance
― Gundam Factory Yokohama, the facility which houses a life-size, moving RX-78-2 Gundam statue, has been holding educational seminars aimed at elementary and middle schools students since November. On Tuesday, the facility held a "special" class for elementary school students focusing specifically on the mechanisms that...
Touken Ranbu Teams Up With Traditional Japanese Theatre For Kabuki, Bunraku Performances
The historical sword Kogarasumaru—also a Touken Ranbu character—plays a key role in the "Momijigari" play
― The Japan Arts Council announced on Monday that the National Theatre in Tokyo and the National Bunraku Theatre in Osaka will hold traditional kabuki and bunraku performances based on the Touken Ranbu franchise. The theatres will perform the traditional "Momijigari" (Maple Viewing) play. In the ...
Laid-Back Camp Film Inspires Traveling Kitchen Car
Car will travel across Japan to sell drinks from June 19 to July 18
― The Eiga Yurukyan△ (Laid-Back Camp Movie) anime film is inspiring a kitchen car that will travel around Japan, from the northern reaches of Hokkaido to the southern island of Kyushu. The car will take to the roads from June 19 to July 18, selling collaboration drinks with the juice brand Why Juice. The traveling store will offer on...
Anime Expo Hosts Child of Kamiari Month Anime Staff as Guests of Honor
Event also hosts Ultraman anime screening featuring Kenji Kamiyama, Shinji Aramaki; premiere of Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun
― The staff of Anime Expo announced on Wednesday that the Child of Kamiari Month anime film project's director Toshinari Shinohe and producer Uko Oshia will attend this year's event as guests of honor. Shinohe and Oshia will make their appearance on July ...
The Blue Period. Exhibit Holds Art Workshop
Visitors can create oil paintings to "find their own blue"
― The art exhibit of Tsubasa Yamaguchi's The Blue Period. manga will hold weekend art workshops for visitors during its duration from June 18 to September 27. The PIGMENT TOKYO art materials lab will run the "Your Blue" workshop, where participants create oil paintings with blue colors, which they can take home. One painting will be selected ...
Burnout Syndromes Headline Crunchyroll Expo Music Festival
The Rising of the Shield Hero animation producer Kosuke Arai also joins event
― Crunchyroll announced on Thursday that the band Burnout Syndromes will headline the New Crunchy City Music Fest at this year's Crunchyroll Expo event. Burnout Syndromes performed the opening themes for three seasons of the Haikyu!! anime, the opening theme for Dr. STONE, and the ending theme for Gintama. The company also ...
Nodame Cantabile Music Manga Gets 20th Anniversary Exhibit, Concert
Exhibit scheduled for this fall; concert takes place in Tokyo's Suntory Hall on October 28
― Tomoko Ninomiya's Nodame Cantabile manga will celebrate its 20th anniversary with an art exhibit and a music concert. The exhibit will take place in Tokyo and Osaka this fall, while the concert will take place in Tokyo's Suntory Hall on October 28. Orchestral conductor Daisuke Mogi, who offered research assis...
Details Revealed for Gegege no Kitarō Creator Shigeru Mizuki's Large-Scale Exhibition in Tokyo
Further details about “The Yōkai of Shigeru Mizuki: Nightly Procession of Monsters ~This is How the Monsters were Born~", the first large-scale exhibition of Gegege no Kitarō creator Shigeru Mizuki's works, have been revealed, including information about the exhibition structure, highlights, and café event. The exhibition, which commemorates what would have been Mizuki's 100th birthday, will be he...
Annecy Streams Interviews With Koji Yamamura, Honami Yano, Atsushi Wada, Ryo Hirano
Directors' works screen in competition at Annecy film festival from June 13-18
― This official YouTube channel for the Annecy International Animation Film Festival began streaming interviews wih directors competing in this year's festival on Monday, including the following Japanese creators: Koji Yamamura The event is screening Koji Yamamura's Ikuta no Kita anime film in the Feature Films Contrechamp...
Pittsburgh's Tekko Convention Launches GoFundMe Campaign
Convention takes place from July 21-24 at David L. Lawrence Convention Center
― The official Facebook page for Pittsburgh's Tekko Japanese Pop Culture and Anime convention announced on Monday that the convention has launched a GoFundMe campaign for its July 2022 event. The campaign has raised US$35,000 out of its US$100,000 goal as of press time. Pittsburgh JCS (Pittsburgh Japanese Culture Society) I...
Kaguya-sama: Love is War Exhibition To Arrive in Tokyo this August
An exhibition for the Kaguya-sama: Love is War anime will be held from August 11 to 28 at the Sunshine City Bunka Kaikan Building in Tokyo. The exhibition, which opened in Osaka in April and subsequently in Fukuoka in May, will allow visitors to look back on the first and second seasons of the TV anime. Production materials such as scripts, keyframes, storyboards, and background art will be displa...
World Cosplay Summit to Hold Selection Event at Ghibli Park
Ghibli character cosplayers will parade inside the park on August 7, ahead of venue's official November 1 opening
― The World Cosplay Summit (WCS) event announced on Tuesday that it will hold a selection event for Ghibli anime cosplay inside the Ghibli Park on August 7, ahead of the park's official opening on November 1. Applications are open until June 30 for 10 groups of cosplayers to walk down the...
Video: Trailer For Totoro Stage Play at London's Barbican Centre
Stage version is exec produced by composer Joe Hisaishi, and will run from October 2022 to January 2023
― The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) has released a trailer for its upcoming stage adaptation of Studio Ghibli's and Hayao Miyazaki's 1988 film My Neighbor Totoro at London's Barbican Centre. Tickets are available at this link. The play is presented by the RSC and Hayao Miyazaki's longtime compos...
Comic Market to Drop COVID-19 Vaccination & Test Rules, Keep Masking Rule
Attendees will also receive temperature checks at entry
― The organizers of the Comic Market (Comiket) event announced on Friday that the Comic Market 100 event will drop the requirements for attendees to have proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test, because "given recent stabilization, current government guidelines forgo such checks." The event will still implement "proper infection prevent...
Voice Actors Natsuki Hanae, Aoi Koga to Attend Anime Expo
Anime producers Tatsuya Ishikawa, Yuma Takahashi; FGO 2nd section director Kanou Yoshiki to also attend event
― Aniplex of America announced on Wednesday its panels for the Anime Expo event. Additionally, Anime Expo announced this week that it will also host a Production I.G. USA industry panel and host manga artist Shindo L. as a Guest of Honor at the event. Aniplex of America's panels will take pla...
Annecy Screens Summer Ghost, Girl from the Other Side, Sing a Bit of Harmony Films Out of Competition
Largest animation film festival in France to be held from June 13-18
― This year's Annecy International Animation Film Festival has announced that it will screen loundraw's Summer Ghost film and Wit Studio's The Girl from the Other Side: Siúil, a Rún film outside of competition as part of the "Midnight Screenings" program. Summer Ghost will screen on June 15 and 17, and The Girl from the Other Side: ...
Crunchyroll Expo 2022 Hosts The Rising of the Shield Hero's Performers MADKID, Composer Kevin Penkin, Music Producer Hiromitsu Iijima
Event takes place from August 5-7
― Crunchyroll announced on Friday that this year's Crunchyroll Expo will host The Rising of the Shield Hero anime's theme song performers MADKID (pictured right), composer Kevin Penkin, and music director Hiromitsu Iijima (or "Jima"). Penkin and Iijima have also worked on music for the Made in Abyss and Tower of God anime. Crunchyroll Expo 2022 is scheduled to take p...
Anime Expo 2022 Reinstates Proof of COVID-19 Vaccination or Negative Test Requirement
Event's Health & Safety update states "requirements,, guidelines are final"
― Following yesterday's announcement that attendees at the Anime Expo 2022 event would no longer be required to show proof of vaccination for COVID-19 or a negative COVID-19 test, staff updated the event's Health & Safety guidelines on Thursday stating proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test will in fact be required....
Sailor Moon 30th Anniversary Museum Unveils 3 More Visuals By Naoko Takeuchi
Exhibit will run from July 1 to December 30 in Tokyo's Roppongi Museum
― The Sailor Moon franchise's 30th anniversary museum revealed three new visuals by manga creator Naoko Takeuchi on Thursday. The exhibit's main visual is shown below: The museum will run from July 1 to December 30 in Tokyo's Roppongi Museum. It will have have three phases: volume 1 (July 1 - September 4), volume 2 (September 10 -...
Milky Holmes Voice Actor Unit Reunites For Bushiroad's 15th Anniversary Concert
November 13 concert will also feature units involved with Revue Starlight, BanG Dream!, Love Live!, more
― Bushiroad announced at a press conference on Monday that it will hold a 15th anniversary concert in Saitama's Belluna Dome on November 13. The event will feature performances from units involved with the Assault Lily, Shōjo Kageki Revue Starlight, D4DJ, BanG Dream!, Argonavis from BanG Dream!, M...
Otakon 2022 Event Hosts Game Composer Harumi Fujita
Mega Man 3 composer also attended Otakon 2021
― Otakon announced on Monday that game music composer Harumi Fujita will attend this year's event. The convention shared a video by Fujita: Fujita joined SNK in 1983 and composed for the game Mad Crasher. She soon began working for Capcom and composed music for franchises such as Ghosts 'n Goblins, Bionic Commander, Chip 'n Dale, Final Fight, and Mega Man...
Montreal's Fantasia Fest to Screen Shin Ultraman, 'Goodbye, Don Glees!' Films
Festival takes place from July 14 - August 3
― Montreal's 26th Fantasia International Film Festival announced on Wednesday it will host the North American premiere of Studio Khara's new Shin Ultraman (New Ultraman) film and the Canadian premiere of Atsuko Ishizuka and Madhouse's Goodbye, Don Glees original anime film. The festival will take place from July 14 - August 3. Shin Ultraman opened in Japan...
Hidetaka Tenjin to Attend Comic-Con, Enters Publishing Collaboration with Udon Entertainment
Udon Ent. will reveal details of collaboration during panel July 20-24 event
― Udon Entertainment announced an upcoming publishing collaboration with illustrator Hidetaka Tenjin on Friday. The company stated that it will reveal the details of said collaboration during its panel at Comic-Con International in San Diego taking place from July 20-24. Tenjin will attend the event in person. Tenjin comment...
Universal Studios Hollywood Previews Mario Kart Attraction For Early 2023 Opening
Super Nintendo World's interactive augmented reality ride debuted in Universal Studios Japan
― Universal Studios Hollywood began streaming a video previewing the "Mario Kart: Bowser's Challenge" attraction for its Super Nintendo World area on Thursday. The area will open in early 2023. The interactive augmented reality ride is identical to the "Mario Kart: Koopa's Challenge" attraction at Universal S...
Anime Tourism Association Opens Online Survey for Noteworthy Pilgrimage Sites for 2023
Web survey will be available until September 30, physical voting available in select locations in Japan
― The Anime Tourism Association opened its annual online survey on Wednesday for its list of noteworthy anime pilgrimage sites. Popular user-submitted entries will be taken into consideration for the final list. The web survey will be online until September 30, and will be available in Japanese, En...
Manga Artist Gengoroh Tagame To Speak at Spanish Embassy For LGBTQ+ Event
SOMOS: Diversity and LGBTQ+ Cultural Narratives exhibit will display My Brother's Husband manga until June 8
― Manga artist Gengoroh Tagame will participate in a talk show event at the Embassy of Spain in Tokyo on June 6. His involvement is part of the SOMOS: Diversity and LGBTQ+ Cultural Narratives exhibit, which will run until June 8. Tagame will speak about his experiences related to his My Brothe...
Exploring the Wonderful “Junk” of the Anime Boston Swap Meet
Need a rare Danganronpa Monomi plushie from Comiket or some '90s Gundam fanzines from Denver Anime International? You can find it at the Anime Boston Swap Meet — and it can be yours if you have something worth trading in turn.
― Need a rare Danganronpa Monomi plushie from Comiket or a custom-made extra large kimono? How about some '90s Gundam fanzines from Denver Anime International or a copy of Mari...
Anime Boston Cosplay Gallery
Check out the costumes from Anime Boston for everything from Pokémon to the internet's current favorite anime girl, Yor from SPY x FAMILY!
― Freelancer Reuben Baron (AndalusianDoge) headed to Anime Boston on May 27-29 and snapped photos of all the amazing cosplay. Check out the costumes below for everything from Pokemon to the internet's current favorite anime girl, Yor from Spy x Family! IMG animebo...
2025 World Expo Osaka Will Feature "Gundam Pavilion"
Expo 2025 is scheduled to take place from April 13 to October 13, 2025
― Bandai Namco Holdings announced in a press release on Monday that it will display the tentatively named "Gundam Pavilion" at the 2025 World Expo in Osaka. The company also unveiled a key visual, shown below: The company aims to use the Gundam Pavilion to demonstrate the brand's future aspirations, encourage collaborative creatio...
Interview: Sword Art Online: Alicization Singer ASCA
Now in her fifth year performing, ASCA spoke with Anime News Network about her career, working with T.M. Revolution, and who she'd like to collaborate with next.
― ASCA, also known as Asuka Okura, has performed songs from anime including Fate/Apocrypha, Sword Art Online: Alicization, and The Irregular at Magic High School. She's been waiting over two years to bring her high-energy live performance in...
Promare's Inferno Volcano Margherita Megamax Pizza Turns Real
Select HUB pubs sell pizzas, hot dogs, drinks for film's 3rd anniversary
― The Inferno Volcano Margherita Megamax Pizza depicted in Trigger and XFLAG's Promare anime film is coming to British-style pubs in Japan. The HUB chain will serve the iconic pizzas in select stores in Akihabara, Sendai, Nagoya, Osaka, and Fukuoka from May 28 to June 30. Other menu items include an Inferno Volcano Hot Dog and d...
Anime Events at MCM London Comic Con from Friday to Sunday
The event includes appearances by four English-dub actors from My Hero Academia
― The MCM London Comic Con will take place from Friday May 27 to Sunday May 29. The event is at London's ExCel Centre. The guests include several My Hero Academia dub actors (pictured right): Justin Briner (Izuku Midoriya), Clifford Chapin (Katsugi Bakugo), Kristen McGuire (Tatami Nakagame), Trina Nishimura (Kyoka Jiro), ...
SPY×FAMILY Café Includes Anya's Apology Omurice
Collab with Shibuya Modi's Chugai Grace Cafe will run from June 2 to 19
― Like many a popular anime, SPY×FAMILY has inspired a collaboration café with some quirky dish choices. A sneak peak at the menu of Chugai Grace Cafe's upcoming SPY×FAMILY promotion reveals some clever story references, including omurice with the word "Sorry" on it—a reference to Anya's fumbling attempts at apology to Damian in ...
Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger's Ryota Ozawa to Attend Power Morphicon 2022 Event
Event will take place from August 26-28 at Pasadena Convention Center in California
― The staff of Power Morphicon announced on Monday that actor Ryota Ozawa (Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger) will travel from Japan to attend the event as a guest. The seventh iteration of the event will take place from August 26-28 at the Pasadena Convention Center in California. Ryota Ozawa portrayed Gokai Red (Captain Marve...
The Executioner and Her Way of Life Finds the Perfect Ramen Partner
"My Way of Life" ramen store announces collab ramen
― The Executioner and Her Way of Life anime has found its perfect partner in crime: a ramen chain named "Ore no Ikiru Michi" (My Way of Life). The store will launch a collaboration food item, cheekily called "Execution Large Serving: Pure Concept (Noodles)" after the concepts depicted in the anime, from May 27 to June 4. Not only do the names of the...
Mamoru Oshii Judges New International Animation Festival in Niigata in 2023
Festival takes place on March 17-22, 2023
― Mamoru Oshii (Ghost in the Shell, Angel's Egg, Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade, Blood: The Last Vampire, Vladlove) revealed in a press conference on Monday that he will be the judging committee chairman at the new Niigata International Animation Film Festival on March 17-22, 2023. Kadokawa advisor and former representative director and chief anime officer Shinich...
Wit Studio Streams 10th Anniversary Video (Updated)
Studio holds 10th anniversary exhibit at Ikebukuro's Parco department store from May 27 to June 20
― Update 2: Wit Studio has reuploaded the video. Animation production company Wit Studio streamed a 10th anniversary promotional video on Saturday highlighting the studio's creative works from Attack on Titan to SPY×FAMILY. The studio is also holding a 10th anniversary exhibit at Ikebukuro's Parco depar...
Studio Chizu Films Get Orchestral Concert in August
Performers include Masakatsu Takagi, Hanako Oku, Ann Sally
― The works of Studio Chizu, the production company behind Mamoru Hosoda films like Mirai and BELLE, are inspiring their first orchestral concert in the Tokyo International Forum on August 14 to commemorate the first anniversary of BELLE's release. The concert will feature performances by Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra. Masakatsu Takagi (Wolf C...
'Shin Japan Heroes Universe' Project Unveils Amusement Attractions in Bandai Namco Stores
Crossover project assembles Hideaki Anno's Shin Godzilla, Evangelion, Ultraman, Kamen Rider films for events, merch
― The Shin Japan Heroes Universe collaboration project between the Shin Godzilla, Evangelion: 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon A Time (Shin Evangelion Gekijō-ban :||), Shin Ultraman, and Shin Kamen Rider films announced the "Shin Japan Heroes Amusement World" mini-theme park space, which will open ...
Anime Central 2022 to Require Masks in Certain Areas, Events
Masks required at guest/panelist events, dances, exhibit hall
― The staff for the Anime Central (ACen) event confirmed on Wednesday which areas and events would require masks at this year's event: All guest and panelist events Dances Exhibit Hall Artist Alley Gaming and Entertainment Hall Staff will be enforcing masks in these areas. The convention is still strongly recommending that its attendees we...
Manga Artist Eldo Yoshimizu Will Have Signing at London's Forbidden Planet on June 11
Yoshimizu's manga include Hen Kai Pan, Ryuko and Gamma Draconis
― The manga artist Eldo Yoshimizu will be at a signing at London's Forbidden Planet shop on Saturday June 11, from 1 p.m. to 3p.m. Yoshimizu's manga include the ecology-themed Hen Kai Pan; Ryuko, about a vengeful Yakuza woman; and Gamma Draconis, about an occult researcher facing dark forces. From the Forbidden Planet website: "Eldo Yosh...
Public Booking for My Neighbor Totoro London Stage Play Begins on Thursday Morning
Public booking will start at 10 a.m. on Thursday, and the play will run from October until the following January
― Tickets for The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC)'s stage adaptation of Studio Ghibli's and Hayao Miyazaki's 1988 film My Neighbor Totoro at London's Barbican Centre will be available for public booking on Thursday May 19 at 10 a.m. Tickets will be available at this link; they are already ...
Barbican Will Screen Japanese Silent Animation With Live Music on June 5
Screening will include eight early films with live electro-acoustic music
― On Saturday June 5, the Barbican in London will present a screening at 3 p.m. called "Early Japanese Animation." This will include several short Japanese animated films from the 1920s and 1930s, set to live electro-acoustic music by the Guildhall School's Electronic and Produced Music Studio, and narration by a benshi (narrat...
Live Ghibliotheque Event in Manchester on Wednesday
The Z-A of Studio Ghibli will be presented by podcast co-hosts at Manchester's HOME cinema
― Tickets are still available for a live event in Manchester on Wednesday May 18 related to the British Ghibliotheque podcast, presented by the podcast's co-hosts, Michael Leader and Jake Cunningham. Entitled The Z-A of Studio Ghibli, the event is described as "a guided tour into the world of Studio Ghibli... E...
Anime Central 2022 Reverses Mask Policy, No Longer Requires COVID-19 Vaccination or Negative Test
Convention takes place this weekend
― The staff for the Anime Central (ACen) event announced that this year's convention will no longer require masks, COVID-19 vaccination, or negative COVID-19 tests. Staff claimed that its policies are "based on current CDC Guidelines and align with the requirements of the Donald E. Stephens Conventions Center and state and local health authorities regarding large i...
One Piece Inspires Fitness Gym in Tokyo in 2023
A fitness gym inspired by the world of One Piece, called the "ONE PIECE FITNESS BragMen," will open in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward in early 2023. The establishment is a reference to an adventure tale that appears in the manga's 13th compiled volume. The gym's training room will have One Piece theming, and the trainers will be dressed as naval officers. It will also implement a point system to encourage f...
Man With a Mission Bassist Stable After Sustaining Injury During Concert
Bassist Kamikaze Boy sustained injury during Metropolitan Rock Festival concert on Sunday
― The Metropolitan Rock Festival concert's Twitter account announced on Sunday that the Man With a Mission band's bassist and background vocalist Kamikaze Boy sustained an injury during the Osaka leg of the concert and was rushed to the hospital, but is currently stable and fully conscious. Man with a Mission pr...
Tickets Available for Barbican Centre Summer Outdoor Screening of Princess Mononoke on August 27
Hayao Miyazaki's 1997 film will be screened in the Barbican Centre's Sculpture Court
― Tickets are available for a summer outdoor screening of Hayao Miyazaki's 1997 fantasy Princess Mononoke on Saturday August 27. The screening will take place at 8.30 p.m. in the Barbican Centre's Sculpture Court. The film is described on the website as follows: "An epic battle between animals and humans is the backd...
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― Anime News Network is looking for freelance event reporters for the upcoming convention season. You can find listings for the upcoming cons here and can submit a short application by clicking the "I volunteer" link. Please note that applicants are asked to provide 1-2 links to past convention coverage [b...
Fantasia Fest to Screen Inu-Oh, The Girl from the Other Side, The Mole Song: Final, Anime Supremacy!, Kappei Films
This year's in-person festival will be held from July 14 to August 3
― Montreal's 26th Fantasia International Film Festival announced on Wednesday it will screen the Canadian premiere the feature-length anime for Nagabe's The Girl From the Other Side: Siúil, a Rún manga. The festival will also screen the Quebec premiere of Masaaki Yuasa's Inu-Oh, the musical anime feature film of Hideo Furukawa's Hei...
Koji Yamamura's Ikuta no Kita Anime Film Competes at Annecy This Year
Naoko Yamada's "Garden of Remembrance" also screens as Work in Progress
― This year's Annecy International Animation Film Festival announced on Tuesday that Koji Yamamura's Ikuta no Kita anime film will screen in competition at this year's event in the Feature Films Contrechamp in Competition category. In addition, Naoko Yamada's "Garden of Remembrance" anime short will screen as part of the Work in ...
Violet Evergarden's Flowers Adorn Kyoto's Garden Museum Hiei
The anime's characters will stand with their namesake flowers
― The Garden Museum Hiei in Kyoto announced a collaboration campaign on Thursday with Kyoto Animation's Violet Evergarden anime, which will run from May 3 to July 10. According to the outdoor leisure facility, the collaboration came about because the beautiful natural scenery in the garden matches the picturesque landscapes depicted in the...
STU48 Idols' Concert Canceled After 13 Members Diagnosed With COVID-19
5th anniversary concert was slated for Tuesday
― The official website for AKB48 sister group STU48 announced on Sunday that the group is canceling its fifth anniversary concert on Tuesday in Hiroshima after 13 of the group's members were diagnosed with COVID-19. All the idols are receiving medical care according to health care professionals. The idols who contracted COVID-19 include: Mitsuki Imamura,...
Sailor Moon 30th Anniversary Museum Unveils Naoko Takeuchi's Key Visual
Exhibit will run from July 1 to December 30 in Tokyo's Roppongi Museum
― A special program commemorating the 30th anniversary of the Sailor Moon anime revealed on Thursday that the Sailor Moon franchise's 30th anniversary museum will run from July 1 to December 30 in Tokyo's Roppongi Museum. The museum also unveiled its key visual by manga creator Naoko Takeuchi. The museum will have have three phase...
Wit Studio Announces 10th Anniversary Exhibit
Wit Studio, Cloverworks also announce SPY×FAMILY anime merch store
― Animation production company Wit Studio (Attack on Titan, SPY×FAMILY, Ranking of Kings) announced a 10th anniversary exhibit at Ikebukuro's Parco department store from May 27 to June 20. The exhibit unveiled a key visual, shown below: The exhibit's subtitle "Aim Higher" indicates the studio's fertile ambitions. In addition, the exhi...
Crayon Shin-chan Celebrates 30 Years of Films With Tokyo Tower Event
The main deck of the Tokyo Tower will exhibit a life-sized panel of Hiroshi's iconic smelly socks.
― The Crayon Shin-chan series is celebrating 30 years of animated films with a new event at Tokyo Tower, which will run from April 28 to May 8. It will center around Eiga Crayon Shin-chan Mononoke Ninja Chinpūden, which is also the series' 30th film. The main deck of the Tokyo Tower will exhibit a life-...
Totoro Stage Play Will Debut at London's Barbican Centre in October (Updated)
Original composer Joe Hisaishi serves as executive producer
― The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) announced that the first stage adaptation of Studio Ghibli's and Hayao Miyazaki's 1988 film My Neighbor Totoro will premiere at London's Barbican Centre on October 8. The play is presented by the RSC and Hayao Miyazaki's longtime composer Joe Hisaishi, who created the music for the original film and serv...
Art School Students Draw Blue Period Exhibit Key Visuals
Students recreate 1st six volume covers with charcoal, pencil, oil painting
― Tsubasa Yamaguchi's The Blue Period. manga is inspiring its own art exhibit. Fittingly for a manga that's set in an art school, the exhibit will show off the talents of 34 real-life art school students across Japan. The students have replicated the manga's first six volume covers with various art techniques, including charc...
Ace Attorney 20th Anniversary Online Concert Streams on May 7
Stream will be available from May 7-15 on Zaiko
― Live Nation Japan and Promax Inc. announced on Monday that the "Ace Attorney 20th Anniversary Online Concert" will stream worldwide (excluding some areas) from May 7 to May 15 on Zaiko. The concert will take place at the Bunkamura Orchard Hall in Tokyo on May 7 and will feature a talk-session with Takayuki Kondo, KENN, and Eiji Takemoto. The tickets f...
Anime Boston 2022 to Host Singer ASCA
This year's scheduled for May 27-29
― The organizers of the Anime Boston convention announced on Thursday that the 2022 event will host singer ASCA as a musical guest. ASCA, also known as Asuka Okura, has performed theme songs for Sword Art Online: Alicization, Fate/Apocrypha, Lord El-Melloi II's Case Files: Rail Zeppelin Grace note, Record of Grancrest War, and The World Ends with You the Animation....
Sailor Moon Holds 30th Anniversary Livestream on April 28
Guest lineup includes Kotono Mitsuishi, Shizuka Itou, Shoko Nakagawa, Hyadain
― Naoko Takeuchi's Sailor Moon manga will stream a 30th anniversary YouTube livestream on April 28 to look back on the series' history. The guest lineup includes Usagi Tsukino/Sailor Moon voice actress Kotono Mitsuishi, Minako Aino/Sailor Venus voice actress Shizuka Itou, singer Shoko Nakagawa, and musician Hyadain. The ser...
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