An anime adaptation of Haruka Kawachi's popular manga "Natsuyuki Rendezvous" has been green-lit and will air on Fuji TV's popular "Noitamina" block, which has launched several hit animes. The series will begin on July 5th and air every Thursday from 25:15 pm. ...

"Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo" is slated to hit theaters this autumn, and excitement is steadily building up towards its release. Corresponding events are popping up all over the place, with a few being quite unique. One such project is the large-scale c...

The highest-grossing Japanese film in 2011, Ghibli's "From up on Poppy Hill" is scheduled to be released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc on June 20th. It's been announced that Atsuko Maeda will be starring in the commercial announcing the release. Miss Maeda, a Ghibli...

The TV anime "Tiger & Bunny" caused a sensation when it debuted in 2011, and even after the show ended it remained so popular that production of two feature-length films was announced. The first film, "The Beginning", is slated to be released in theaters on Se...

Based on a manga by Kiichi Hotta that was serialized in "Monthly Shonen Gangan" and other Square Enix-related magazines from 2003, the anime "Kimi to Boku. 2" began airing on TV Tokyo from April. The opening theme song, "Zutto (literal translation: 'Always')"...

Disney and its characters are loved the world over by people of all ages, and in a bold move the company will be opening a new-generation shop in Tokyo with women as their target market. The shop opens on May 22nd and is called "Tokyo Skytree Town Solamachi Di...

"Fairy Tail the Movie: The Phoenix Priestess" is slated to be released in theaters on August 18th, and is based on the popular manga by Hiro Mashima that is serialized in "Weekly Shonen Magazine" (Kodansha). A hit series, the manga was adapted into a TV anime...

For the third consecutive year, the anime "Sengoku Basara" will be collaborating with the Date Masamune Festival and the Oni-Kojyuro Festival. Two of the main characters from "Sengoku Basara" are Date Masamune, a warlord, and his vassal Kojyuro Katakura, both ...

With several more weeks left till the release of "Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo" this fall, it's been announced that the 13th volume of the manga series created by Khara and Gainax, and illustrated by the original artist and character creator Yoshiyuki Sa...

"Rurouni Kenshin", the world-famous series that sold over 54 million copies in total, takes a new shape in 2012. Shueisha has started a new series titled "Rurouni Kenshin: Cinema Version", with the first chapter being published in the 6th issue of "Jump Square...

An exhibition of the artwork from "From up on Poppy Hill" will be held in Yokohama, the place where the film is set. Close to the port, Building number 1 of the Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse is the ideal location for an exhibition of the nostalgic film. The ex...

Crypton Future Media's Hatsune Miku will be teaming up with Cartoon Network's The Powerpuff Girls, some of America's most popular girl characters, for a collaboration. On April 20th, Cartoon Network opened the website, "The Powerpuff Girls and Hatsune Miku". I...

Kiddy Land Co.,Ltd. has announced that the Kiddy Land Harajuku store would have a grand reopening on July 1st, 2012. The building was closed at the end of August 2010 for reconstruction, and after a one year and ten month hiatus, is now ready to reopen its doo...

Studio Ghibli has recently been remastering its classics into Blu-ray Disc format, and this summer they will be releasing the long-awaited BD of "My neighbor Totoro" and "Grave of the Fireflies". Handled by Walt Disney Studio Japan, the two films are the lates...

Shueisha recently released a limited-time free app, "Challenge! Tenkaichi Budokai", which provides users with a "Dragon Ball" phone theme and standby screen. The app is compatible with Docomo and AU Android smartphones and feature phones. To get the free cont...

"A letter to Momo", one of the biggest Golden Week films this year, opened in theaters on April 21st. Close on its heels came the announcement that the film would also be released in U.S. theaters. Distribution rights went to GKIDS, an American film distributi...

The feature-length CG animation film, "Biohazard: Damnation", is set to open in nationwide theaters on October 27th, and will be distributed by Sony Pictures Entertainment. The CG movie is based on Capcom's hit series, "Biohazard", which sold over 4.7 million ...

Director Miike has adapted the 70's manga classic by Kajiwara Ikki and Takumi Nagayasu, "Ai to Makoto", into a live-action film. The story follows the relationship between notorious delinquent, Makoto Taiga, and Ai Saotome, a high society girl who falls in lov...

"Utakoi", a manga based on the lives and loves of the Hyakunin Isshu authors, is a unique manga by Kei Sugita, a regular contributor to Nico Nico Douga, whose work never fails to gather over 100,000 views. A tankobon of the manga was published by Media Factor...

The event "6th Tamayura Hitotose screening in Tougeki" was held in Tokyo on March 25th, and is based on the TV anime, "Tamayura Hitotose", which aired from October 2011 to December 2011. This month marks the sixth since the anime first aired. After a talk show...