The Japanese Cabinet gets involved into anime and pay wages! Also, Sailor Moon and Case Closed tasty treats at Universal Studios Japan, and the Shin Japan Heroes Universe project begins! Plus, premium sake with Yoshitaka Amano art, a shojo anime café opens, and Sunrise Animation is renamed? Meanwhile in Japan, TV-less TVs sell out, man busted using fake IDs to look […]
Posts Tagged ‘anime’
#533: Ryzen to the Occasion.
Magic: The Gathering collabs with Hatsune Miku?! Also, Monica Rial and Jamie Marchi release a podcast about Vic’s defamation case, and Attack on Titan drops the second half of it’s final season! Plus, anime legends appear on documentary on hand drawn animation, Netflix announces the English dub of Komi Can’t Communicate, and Pokémon releases a couple of soundtracks for non-commercial use, and that’s pretty […]
#532: It Needn’t Be That Cold Out Thank You.
Kizuna AI(official)‘s concert crowdfunded in record time, Cloudflare sued over manga piracy issues, and Attack on Titan is 2021’s most demanded anime! Also, Ghibli Park opens up, MANGA Plus releases all English chapter for free… But there’s a catch, and updated news about ComicMarket コミックマーケット 100! Meanwhile in Japan, Toast is blamed for decline of rice consumption, game company tells players not […]
Anime NYC 2021: The Best of an Interesting Time
I was thrilled to get the opportunity to cover AnimeNYC. The convention has grown rapidly over the course of its short run. It’s hard to believe that the event is just in its third year. AnimeNYC began with about 20,000 attendees in 2017. According to the convention. 53,000 attendees participated in 2021’s event. There’s always […]
Derpycon 2021: It’s Strange to Be Back…
Derpycon 2021 took place on Halloween weekend in New Brunswick, New Jersey’s Hyatt Regency. This was the first event I attended since conventions went on a two year hiatus as a result of the COVID pandemic. Conventions are in a transitional period, with more focus on health and safety through new policies. It certainly does […]