Jenya: A Russian Voice Actor in Japan
Jenya was born in Novosibirsk, Russia, but lives and works in Japan as a voice actor. How did she get into this field when Japanese is not her native language? What has she focused on in developing t…
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Anime & Manga — page 2
Browse anime & manga in the Akihabara archive.
My Thoughts on the Autumn 2019 Anime Season
If there’s any word that can describe my thoughts so far on Autumn 2019, it’s “meh”. “Meh” to this year’s most uninspiring anime season. Although both the Gen Urobuchi-penned first sea…
Amazon Japan's manga-centric Kindle is all about storage
Japanese comics, called manga, are hugely popular. Although you probably knew that, you probably don't know the extent of it. In 2015, Japan's bestselling manga series, One Piece, sold more…
New pikachu anime trailer
In a forest somewhere in the Kanto Region, there was a Pichu who was all alone. When this Pichu was still just a young child, it met someone, but then they parted ways. This happened a short while be…
Legendary Horror Manga Writer Junji Ito's Most Chilling Works Will Become an Anime Anthology
If you’re familiar with Japanese horror, you’ve probably heard about the work of Junji Ito—the author behind viral horror stories like The Enigma of Amigara Fault and Uzumaki. Now, some of his m…
Bandai Namco reveals launch date for Dragon Ball Z: Karakot
In January earlier this year, Bandai Namco announced that it was working on yet another game in the Dragon Ball Z universe, under the working title Dragon Ball Game – Project Z. Dragon Ball Z: K…
Tokyo Game Show 9/14～9/15
Today is the first press day for this year’s Tokyo Game Show (the four-day expo won’t be open to the public until Saturday).
Dream Job: Studio Ghibli Is Looking For People To Work In Japan
if you're good at Japanese and 2D animation, the Studio has just published a job offer for a digital artist. The skills required are quite classic for this type of post: you should be aged over …
Avengers Endgame Characters Rendered in Ukiyo-e Style by Illustrator Takumi
Avengers Endgame, the culmination of the 22-film story, is hitting theaters in the U.S. this week and anticipation among fans is high. One of those fans happens to be Japanese illustrator Takumi…
5 Romance Anime to Fill the Current ‘Your Name’ Void
Fans worldwide are going into anime withdrawal, itching for their next Makoto Shinkai fix. While Shinkai teased in a vague tweet that his next film is set to release sometime in 2019, not much more i…