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16 Mar 2017
Posted by Shoko Uno 
'Your Name' is the fourth highest grossing film in Japan of all time and is set to premier in Canada on April 7th. Photo courtesy: Funimation. Director Shinkai is famous for his beautiful animation with sophisticated scripts. The film is based on his own novel, published only a month before...
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19 Apr 2016
Posted by Matthew O'Mara 
Canadian Mike Flanagan, left, Kana, center, and Yaichi, right, show the everyday life of the LGBTQ community in Japanese culture. Otouto no Otto (My Brother's Husband) was first published in 2015 and the latest chapters were just released. The manga revolves around Yaichi, a single father, and his daughter...
Read more → 15 Jan 2016
Posted by Shohei Omata 
“When Marnie Was There” is up for an academy award for best animated film, but will face stiff competition. Photo courtesy: WMC This is the fifth time a Studio Ghibli film has been nominated in the category following The Wind Rises and The Tale of Princess Kaguya in 2013 and 2014 respectively. This...
Read more → 22 Dec 2015
Posted by Shohei Omata 
Boruto will be published in Shonen Jump on a monthly basis starting this spring. Image courtesy: WMC Masashi Kishimoto, who created the originally Naruto manga, and novelist Ukyo Kodachi will act supervisors on the new series with Mikio Ikemoto, who was Kishimoto's assistant and who also worked...
Read more → 16 Nov 2015
Posted by Matthew O'Mara Yo-Kai Watch has been called the next big thing in Japan, but now it's arrived in North America and almost unchanged from its Japanese version. Image courtesy: Level-5/Nintendo The game, developed by Level-5 and published by Nintendo, is dizzyingly popular in Japan with over 8 million units sold...
Read more → 20 Jul 2015
Posted by Matthew O'Mara 
Goku is back in 'Dragon Ball Super', a new series from Toei Animation and the first entry in the series in over 18 years. Image courtesy: DragonBallz.com Dragon Ball Super began airing on July 5, 2015 and it is a continuation of the series. It's an anime series that been a long time in coming;...
Read more → 30 Apr 2015
Posted by Matthew O'Mara 
"Today is a chance for Americans, especially our young people, to say thank you for all the things we love from Japan. Like karate and karaoke. Manga and anime. And, of course, emojis," President Obama at the meeting, as the two addressed the press, said. Emojis are symbols used online and in SMS messaging...
Read more → 08 Jan 2015
Posted by Matthew O'Mara 
Earlier this week, Variety reported that Lucy and Under the Skin star Scarlett Johansson will be taking on the lead role in DreamWorks' adaptation of Ghost in the Shell. In 2008, the studio acquired the rights to the live-action adaptation and went through two different screen writers before...
Read more → 05 Jan 2014
Posted by Matthew O'Mara 
By Matthew O'Mara Last night as I watched Hayao Miyazaki's Castle in the Sky for the first time, one eternal debate was all I could think about. Like Truth versus Lies, Pepsi versus Coke, and Tomato versus Tomato, Dubbed versus Subbed is an everlasting debate for anime lovers around the world. http://youtu.be/McM0_YHDm5A Is...
Read more → 22 Nov 2013
Posted by nikkeivoice 
Ghibli is returning to Toronto this holiday season. From December 13th to January 3rd, TIFF Cinematheque will be presenting a retrospective devoted to Japan's Studio Ghibli and its repertoire of films. Spirited Away: The Films of Studio Ghibli will show a total of 18 different films like favourite...
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