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2013 J-Pop Summit Festival and SF Japan Film Festival Dates Announced
by Marlan Moore | staff editor The annual J-Pop Summit Festival held in the Japantown district of San Francisco will be returning for its fifth consecutive year during the weekend of July 27-28, 2013....
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Yotsuba’s Cute Robo-Box Danbō Advertises Universal Classics
by Marlan Moore | staff editor Green, clover-haired girl Yotsuba’s frenemy Danbō from the manga Yotsuba&! has been popping up all over the place thanks to an action figure of the cute cardboard...
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The Sweet Scent of ‘Kuroko’s Basketball’ Gets Bottled as Perfume
by Marlan Moore | staff editor Smell that? That’s the smell of success, both on the court and off. That’s the smell of Kuroko’s Basketball. Nescre, the company which previously created scents based on...
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Japanese Remake of ‘Unforgiven’ Gets Trailer, Stars Ken Watanabe [Video]
by Marlan Moore | staff editor Ken Watanabe will be starring in a Japanese remake of classic Clint Eastwood western Unforgiven, entitled Yurusarezaru mono. Check out the trailer below. The original...
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Naruto, Dragon Ball and One Piece Featured in Upcoming Theme Park
by Marlan Moore | staff editor Next summer, Bandai Namco Group will be opening an indoor Shonen Jump theme park based around Weekly Shonen Jump‘s many manga characters and locations. The theme park...
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‘Beat’ Takeshi Kitano Meets Doraemon in Latest Toyota Commercial
by Marlan Moore | staff editor Actor/Director “Beat” Takeshi Kitano (Battle Royale, Zatōichi) has been starring in a series of Toyota commercials in Japan as the reincarnation of Sengoku-era warlord...
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Madoka Magica’s Mami Tomoe Gets School Uniform Version Figma
by Elie Byun | staff writer Max Factory will be releasing a figma version of Puella Magi Madoka Magica‘s Mami Tomoe in her school uniform. Though her magical girl form has been released already, her...
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Light Up with the Studio Ghibli Zippo Collection
by Marlan Moore | staff editor TokyoZippo.com and other retailers are selling zippo lighters featuring characters from popular Studio Ghibli films, including My Neighbor Totoro, Ponyo, Princess...
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Sate Your Appetite with Kuroko’s Basketball Chocolate Bars
by Marlan Moore | staff editor Characters from Kuroko’s Basketball, the popular high school basketball-based anime, are getting the Wheaties treatment with their very own lines of flavored chocolate...
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NEW PEOPLE Travel: A Cool Site for Cool People
by Darren Lignowski | staff writer Have you ever wanted to get inside the heads of some of Japan’s prominent directors and animators (hopefully not in a literal sense that could lead to criminal...
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Recovery Continues Two Years After the Great East Japan Earthquake
by Darren Lignowski | staff writer The significance of the March 11, 2011 Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan hasn’t declined in the slightest, even two years later. Not only is it one of the most...
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Shonen Jump Theme Park to Open in Tokyo
by Darren Lignowski | staff writer On July 11th, Shonen Jump will use their respectable amount of intellectual property the way it was always meant to be used: By opening a theme park celebrating...
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J-World Tokyo: The Heaven of Anime?
by Lindo Korchi | staff writer In December 2012, Bandai Namco Group announced that it would be opening the world’s first indoor theme park dedicated to Shuiesha’s Weekly Shonen Jump by next summer....
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Universal Studios Japan: Recreating The World of One Piece
by Lindo Korchi | staff writer The Mugiwara crew — in real life! Fans of One Piece were already thrilled to hear the announcement of there being a Shonen Jump theme park, but what they didn’t...
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Help Vocaloid Tohoku Zunko Sing!
by Marlan Moore | staff editor Anipipo has launched a new crowdfunding project for earthquake relief character Tohoku Zunko. Tohoku Zunko was created to help cheer up victims of the 2011 Tohoku region...
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Pocky + Star Wars = Official Giant Pocky Lightsabers
by Marlan Moore | staff editor Pocky’s parent company Glico has teamed up with LucasArts to bring a flurry of Star Wars-branded snack food, including Giant Pocky Lightsabers. Each box of Giant Pocky:...
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Anime Expo 2013: Taiko Drumming Workshop
by Elizabeth Chan | staff writer Anime Expo is a wonderful place to indulge in the latest in Japanese entertainment, but also has a number of workshops that focus more on the educational side of our...
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Teenager Set to Shake Up the Manga Scene
by Jeremiah Fajardo | staff writer What were you doing at the formative age of fourteen? In all likelihood being a published, budding mangaka is not one of your answers. Sato Ito, a ninth grader from...
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Inside AX Interview: Danny Choo Talks Japanese Culture, His Early...
by Lindo Korchi | staff writer During Anime Expo 2013, I had the privilege of interviewing an individual who is widely known in the Japanese community. He’s helped spread awareness of Japanese...
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