Aug 19, 2021NewsL'Arc~en~Ciel streams 30th anniversary concert worldwide on August 22 Japanese rock band L'Arc~en~Ciel will be streaming their 30th anniversary concert on August 22, 2021 via Veeps.
Aug 18, 2021News'Slam Dunk', 'Fist of the North Star' animator-character designer Masami Suda passes away at 77Legendary Japanese animator-character designer Masami Suda (Slam Dunk, Fist of the North Star) has passed away due to cancer.
Aug 18, 2021News'Godfather of Sudoku' Maki Kaji passes away at 69According to a recent statement by his company, the man who popularized the popular numbers game, Sudoku, has died at the age of 69 years...
Aug 17, 2021NewsVA unit TrySail to release fourth album 'Re Bon Voyage' on September 15VA unit TrySail (comprising Momo Asakura, Sora Amamiya, and Shiina Natsukawa) has announced their 4th album Re Bon Voyage for September 15.
Aug 14, 2021NewsJapanese singer and VA 'Nao Tōyama' to perform Restaurant to Another World Season 2's ED theme songThe official Twitter for the TV anime adaptation of Junpei Inuzuka's "Restaurant to Another World (Isekai Shokudou)" light novel series ...
Aug 1, 2021Travel & LifestyleMeet the 2020 Tokyo Olympics’ “eye candy”, Ran Takahashi!Volleyball has never been this exciting and visually-satisfying! Meet Japan's volleyball prodigy, Ran Takahashi.
Jul 30, 2021News'The Way of the Househusband' anime gets live-action 'extra' short series starring Kenjiro TsudaAn 'extra' to the hit comedy anime series "The Way of the Househusband (Gokushufudō)" based on Kousuke Oono’s manga of the same title is...
Jul 29, 2021NewsJapanese actor 'Kento Hayashi' and actress-former AKB48 member 'Yuko Oshima' announce marriageJapanese actor Kento Hayashi, 30, and actress-former AKB48 member Yuko Oshima, 32, have announced on Thursday through a joint official st...
Jul 28, 2021NewsNishiya becomes Japan’s youngest to score a gold, Japan continues to reap medals at the OlympicsThe Tokyo Olympics 2021 has formally opened at the Olympic Stadium last July 23. During the women’s street skateboarding event on Monday...
Jul 26, 2021NewsAlice in Borderland's Kuina actress Aya Asahina, dancer-actor Kenjiro Yamashita announce marriageJapanese model and actress Aya Asahina, 27, announces on Monday her marriage to Japanese dancer and actor Kenjiro Yamashita, 36, through...
Jul 24, 2021NewsJapanese “horror master” Junji Ito bags awards at the 2021 Eisner AwardsJapanese author Junji Ito received commendations and awards for his literary work entitled ‘Remina (Hellstar Remina)’ during the 33rd Wi...
Jul 18, 2021NewsRemembering Japanese actor 'Haruma Miura' (1990-2020)July 18, 2020 - Japan mourns the passing of Japanese actor and singer Haruma Miura. Today marks his first death anniversary. The 30-year...
Jul 13, 2021News'The Misfit of Demon King Academy' manga adaptation artist Kayaharuka passes awaySquare Enix has announced on Tuesday that Kayaharuka, the manga artist of the manga adaptation of Shu's light novel series The Misfit of ...
Jul 10, 2021News‘Haikyuu’ stage actor Tsuwabuki Toshi ties the knot with stage actress and artist MomonaThe official Twitter and Instagram account of ‘Haikyuu’ stage actor Tsuwabuki Toshi has posted on Saturday a letter by the newly-wed coup...
Jul 9, 2021News‘Spirited Away’ live-action stage play announces cast, opens February 2022Studio Ghibli and Hayao Miyazaki’s award-winning ‘Spirited Away’ (Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi) has announced early this year that the ...
Jul 2, 2021NewsFruBa: The Final director Yoshihide Ibata sits for a talk on series making, an interview by ANN'Fruits Basket' has officially ended with the final episode release of the third and final season last Tuesday. Anime News Network reached..
Jul 2, 2021NewsJapanese voice actress ‘Kana Hanazawa’ announces label change, new single release on SeptemberThe official website of Japanese voice actress and singer-songwriter Kana Hanazawa has announced on Thursday the seiyu’s change of record...
Jun 24, 2021NewsJapanese singer-songwriter 'LiSA' celebrates 34th birthdayJapanese singer LiSA, known for the theme songs from Fate/Zero, Sword Art Online and Demon Slayer, posted a photo on her official Twitter...
Jun 22, 2021NewsJapanese voice actor ‘Yuki Ono’ celebrates 37th birthdayJapanese voice actor, narrator, singer-songwriter and MC Yuki Ono posted a photo of ‘Shigeshige Tokugawa’ action figure on his official ...
Jun 14, 2021NewsVeteran Japanese commercial and anime theme composer 'Asei Kobayashi' passes away at 88Asei Kobayashi, the veteran Japanese composer widely known for bringing life to anime and TV commercials in Japan through his music and s...
