3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (94+ words) I really enjoy streaming shows on Netflix. After, I can’t wait for the next season to arrive. To express my expectation in Japanese, I would say: "Tsugi no seezun ga machidooshii desu” which means “I can’t wait for the next…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (832+ words) Tokyo Gap-Financing Market selects 24 projects for 2026, including eight from Japan, five animations and a new Frontières genre showcase. The Tokyo Gap-Financing Market (TGFM) has announced the 24 feature projects selected for its seventh edition, which will take place from October 28 to…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (407+ words) TOMORROW X TOGETHER member Beomgyu is expanding his activities in Japan beyond music to include broadcasting, digital content and fashion, raising his local profile. TOMORROW X TOGETHER (Soobin, Yeonjun, Beomgyu, Taehyun, Hueningkai) proved their strong local popularity by topping major…...

5+ day, 13+ hour ago   (390+ words) VENICE, Sept 7 (Reuters) – Acclaimed Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda said a chance encounter with a manga about friendship, ambition and loss inspired him to make “Look Back”, the first live-action adaptation of a ​work by bestselling author Tatsuki Fujimoto. Premiering at…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (248+ words) OWIS has turned into a cute nectar. OWIS (Owis, Serin, Haru, Summer, Soy, and Uni) released a music video for Juicy, a song from their debut album "MUSEUM" (museum), on their official YouTube channel at 6 p.m. on the 7th. The music video…...

5+ day, 11+ hour ago   (338+ words) New Yorker cartoonist and graphic biographer Ken Krimstein has sold world all-language rights to an as-yet-untitled graphic biography of Yoko Ono. "The book traces key moments of Ono's life—from escaping fire-bombed Tokyo in a donkey cart and going to…...

5+ day, 14+ hour ago   (134+ words) anitrendz.net An anime adaptation of the You Are A Four Leaf (Kimi wa Yotsuba no Clover) manga has been announced. Created by Koshi and serialized in Akita Shoten’s Weekly Shonen Champion, You Are A Four Leaf is a “love…...

5+ day, 19+ hour ago   (576+ words) KADOKAWA has launched the second edition of its international manga competition, offering creators worldwide cash prizes, editorial support and a potential pathway toward professional manga serialization in Japan. KADOKAWA World Manga Contest returns for its second edition with submissions open…...

1+ week, 5+ hour ago   (211+ words) It takes special skill for a crime writer to keep a reader engaged despite revealing the perpetrator of the crime halfway through the book. This is the case with Twilight in Musashino. Then again, the author Seicho Matsumoto is no…...

1+ week, 16+ hour ago   (563+ words) Hayato Date reveals that he prioritized making Naruto successful in Japan rather than changing the anime to satisfy international audience preferences. Team 7 appears in the original Naruto anime directed by Hayato Date (Image via Studio Pierrot) Naruto director Hayato Date…...