From anime and manga to video games and cute merchandise, Japan has a ton of hugely popular characters that people all over the world associate with the country! In fact, even prefectural and business mascots are becoming more well known overseas. Out of this huge pool of characters, which ones really stand out as being
Month: March 2018
Hozuki’s Coolheadedness will be working alongside Village Vanguard Cafe to bring fans a hellish new collaboration cafe to dine and shop at! The collab cafe will only be available at Lumine EST in Shinjuku from Mar. 6 to Apr. 15 with a menu of 19 different items. As well as the delicious food itself, fans
Air Gear’s Ogure Ito, known professionally as “Oh! great”, will adapt Nisio Isin’s popular light novel novel Bakemonogatari into a brand new manga set to begin serialization with Weekly Shonen Magazine 2018 vol. 15, to be released Mar. 14. The announcement was teased with a visual released in mid-February, which featured an illustration of the
SPOILER WARNING: The following article contains spoilers for director Rian Johnson’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi, in theaters now. Rian Johnson may have killed off Luke Skywalker in Star Wars: The Last Jedi, but that hasn’t deterred the man who played the character since 1977, Mark Hamill, from believing that the Jedi is still alive
It’s Sunday at Emerald City Comic Con in Seattle, and Marvel wrapped its convention programming with the “Next Big Thing” panel, featuring several of its high-profile creators filling in fans at the Washington State Convention Center on the latest in their books. On the panel: Creators Donny Cates, Charles Soule, Kris Anka, Ed Brisson, Matthew
Some new promo art has hit the Internet, and it might spoil which character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe has the Soul Stone after all. Reddit user Suprxeme posted the art online, which depicts several heroes superimposed over the Infinity Stones. The picture is from the movie tie-in novel, IncrediBuilds: Marvel: Infinity Gauntlet Deluxe Book and Model Set. Infinity
Speaking at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference in San Francisco, CBS CEO Les Moonves discussed Star Trek: Discovery, and the serialized approach to the latest TV Trek outing. Moonves insisted that the show wouldn’t be quite as serialized if it was on broadcast television. “Star Trek could have gone on CBS, it
Twenty-five years ago, it was Morphin Time for the first time, and BOOM! Studios will celebrate the quarter-century anniversary with June’s Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Anniversary Special one-shot, announced Saturday at Emerald City Comic Con in Seattle. CBR has details. The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Anniversary Special is set to commemorate 25 years since the
Finally, the long awaited Flashpoint movie has its director. Or in this case, directors. RELATED: REPORT: The Flash Film to Include Killer Frost, Captain Cold, Heatwave Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley have finally been confirmed as the folks who’ll be helming this Flash solo movie. First announced in 2014 as part of Warner Bros.’
Marvel took the stage at Emerald City Comic Con in Seattle on Saturday afternoon with the “Make Mine Marvel” panel, featuring some of the publisher’s current creative talent talking the latest at the House of Ideas. It’s Marvel publishing’s first major convention panel since some major developments at the company, including Brian Michael Bendis leaving
Talking all things Superman at his spotlight panel for Emerald City Comic Con, Eisner Award-winning writer Brian Michael Bendis offered a renewed approach to a classic Superman motto: Truth, Justice and the American Way. Bendis said he’s found new relevance in Superman’s “truth, justice and the American way” adage, which helped inspire him to take
The Walking Dead has been a pop-culture phenomenon since debuting in 2010. With Season 8 in full swing, despite fluctuating ratings, it still remains one of the most talked about shows on air. Now, it appears that AMC wants to keep the ball rolling regarding the zombie-apocalypse that Robert Kirkman first created for Image Comics by developing various spinoff
As part of its slew of announcements from Emerald City Comic Con, Dynamite Entertainment revealed plans to bring beloved crime-solver Nancy Drew to comics in a new series from the all-female creative team of writer Kelly Thompson (Jem and the Holograms, Hawkeye), artist Jenn St-Onge (Bingo Love, The Misfits), colorist Triona Farrell (Mighty Morphin’ Power
As fans patiently wait for the release of Avengers: Infinity War, some brand new posters shine the spotlight on Thanos’ Black Order. The Infinity War trailer did a great job of keeping the characters a secret, but after D23 revealed statues of the Black Order last July, we always knew that they would play a part.
After being stuck in developmental hell for years, Sony has officially slated its reboot of The Crow for a 2019 release. RELATED: The Crow: Jason Momoa Teases Start of Production on Reboot Sony announced a slew of release dates today, including the release date for its forthcoming reboot of The Crow starring Jason Momoa. The
Hot Toys today revealed a new Avengers: Infinity War tie-in figure, the 1/6th scale Iron Man Collectible Figure. The figure presents the best, most detailed look at Iron Man’s new suit from the upcoming ensemble film that pits the might of the Avengers against Thanos, Earth’s would-be conqueror. The figure includes an interchangeable helmeted head,
At an Emerald City Comic Con spotlight panel for revered author Brian Michael Bendis, the Jessica Jones co-creator shed some light on the timeline between exiting Marvel and landing the role scripting an X-Men-based movie — thought to be starring Ktty Pryde — for Fox. “I have a very cool Fox gig, and it is
DC Animated Universe alum Mark Hamill has officially joined the call for a Justice League Unlimited animated reunion. Hamill, who voiced The Joker, Solomon Grundy and Trickster in the animated Justice League series and its follow-up Justice League Unlimited, voiced his support for a potential animated cast reunion on Twitter. You know where to reach me Susan. 😍- mh — Mark Hamill
Lucas Sinclair’s scene-stealing, syrup-loving little sister will return for the third season of Netflix’s Stranger Things, with an expanded role. Variety reports that Priah Ferguson, who guest starred in Season 2 as the sass-talking Erica, will be thrust into the middle of the action in the upcoming season as she and her own group of
The leaked photos of Captain Marvel star Brie Larson in costume left some fans upset, because it wasn’t the familiar blue-and-red suit from the comic books. However, Marvel Studios concept artist Andy Park insist they’ll be pleased with what they see in the film. Those images, which surfaced in early January, depicted Carol Danvers in
In Japan, March 3 is “Hinamatsuri”, a special occasion also known as “Doll’s Day” or “Girl’s Day”! The celebrations feature tiered stands covered with red material and decorated with beautifully crafted traditional dolls of the Emperor, Empress, attendants and musicians placed on each of the levels. Most families display the dolls throughout February and take
Sailor Moon has teamed up with Bandai’s cosmetics division Miracle Romance for a beautiful accessory inspired Sailor Moon’s iconic Crisis Moon Compact. Inspired by its appearance in the Sailor Moon SuperS anime, the Crisis Moon Compact case comes filled with blush. Designed in pretty pink with gold highlights, the compact is the perfect evocation of
Maehara Koei Shoten is high-class umbrella manufacturer which has been in business for 70 years, and they’re drawing on that experience for an amazing Neon Genesis Evangelion collaboration! Inspired by the Evangelion keyword “hope”, the artisans have created six different designs based on the Evangelion units themselves, as well as Rei and Asuka versions. Third
The 20th episode of TV anime Garo: Vanishing Line, titled “Utopia”, airs on March 3 and marks a very special occasion: the reunion of the Elric brothers from Fullmetal Alchemist! Kugimiya Rie (well-known as Al in Fullmetal Alchemist) has a leading role as Sophie Hennes in Vanishing Line. In the upcoming episode, Sophie’s missing older
Mulan fans aren’t going to be able to see their favorite hero until 2020 thanks to a shift in Disney’s film schedule. According to Variety, Disney has announced that the live-action version of the popular 1998 animated film will be released in theaters on March 27, 2020 instead of its initial release date of Nov.
DC Comics is now offering five free digital comics from Brian Michael Bendis‘ Jinxworld line. As part of the writer’s exclusivity deal with the publisher, Bendis’ line of creator-owned comics are now available on DC’s digital platform. To celebrate, the first issue of each series is being offered for free as digital releases. DC is likely also hoping that
Recent The Punisher casting news teased the possibility that the Netflix show’s second season might take up Garth Ennis’ “The Slavers” storyline, but some new information has cast doubt on that assessment. Apparently, the show is also casting for a group of small-town cops, leading some to theorize that the show might actually draw from
This year’s Emerald City Comic Con has arrived, and DC Comics is set to kick off its ECCC programming slate with a DC Universe panel — spanning its wide array of superhero offerings — happening Thursday afternoon at the Washington State Convention Center. In attendance: creators Justin Jordan, Marguerite Bennett, Julie Benson, Shawna Benson, Mitch
In only a few short weeks, Marvel’s Black Panther has already become one of the most beloved superhero films of all time. Some of its many fans recently received a chance to record a message for its star, Chadwick Boseman, to express what the film means to them. But as it turned out, Boseman was actually
Terry Pratchett’s acclaimed Discworld novels are being brought to life as a television miniseries. Deadline reports that BBC Studios is developing a six-episode series based on the popular fantasy series, which ran from 1983 until Pratchett’s death in 2015. Strike Back and The Musketeers writer Simon Allen will pen the adaptation under the working title of