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The Wall Street Journal has an interesting article on the prevelance of high-tech bidet toilets in Japan.

To refresh your memory or introduce you to an interesting opening animation sequence, I offer the fun fifth opening of the 1981 Urusei Yatsura TV series. The opening

Question: I have noticed recently a trend that has been showing up in DC and Marvel animated films. It is the cut to the cheek during a fight,

Publisher ASCII Media Works has announced an anime adaptation of Hikaru Sugii’s mystery light novel series Kami-sama no Memo-cho (God’s Notebook). The ongoing novel series stars “NEET detective

In addition to Kami-sama no Memo-cho, ASCII Media Works has also announced an anime adaptation of Sagu Aoyama’s sports comedy light novel series Ro-Kyu-Bu! The ongoing novel series

In addition to anime adaptations of Ro-Kyu-Bu! and Kami-sama no Memo-cho, ASCII Media Works has also announced an anime adaptation of Minoru Kawakami’s sci-fi light novel series Kyokaisen-jou

The March issue of Newtype Magazine that goes on sale in Japan this week will formally announce an anime TV series adaptation of Broccoli’s 2010 PSP romance game

Shogakukan has announced that anime studio Shaft’s anime adaptation of Koji Kumeta’s 1998 gag manga Katteni Kaizo will be an OVA released on April 27. Source: Moon Phase

Tokyo based event organizer Elegirl Label will host the “Tokyo Anime AMEN” music party on March 27th at the Shibuya O-Floor. The event will feature DJs including Kindhearted-OBAKE,

CG anime studio IDA, the studio behind Cat Shit One: The Animation, has released an original teaser for the tentative alien invasion monster anime Gomera. The teaser is

To refresh your memory or introduce you to an interesting opening animation sequence, I offer the nicely animated opening of the 1989 Madou Ou Granzort TV series. The

Question: This September will represent 5 years since Beet the Vandel Buster went into a hiatus when Koji Inada became sick. What is Koji Inada sick or injured

Last summer the Japan Animation Creators Association (JAniCA) reported that it would sponsor anime studios Ascension, Telecom, P.A. Works, and Production I.G for the development of original 23

The TV Tokyo network has announced an April 4 premier for its Sengoku Otome ~Momoiro Paradox~ (Warring-States Era Maidens ~Pink Paradox~) anime television series. The show is based

A four-episode live action television series adaptation of Miyoko Motomura’s 1969 shoujo manga Okusama wa 18-sai (My Wife Is 18 Years Old) will air on the Fuji TV