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Old favorites like Dragon Ball, Rurouni Kenshin, and Yu Yu Hakusho will make an appearance.
Chinese consumers have been buying up a certain brand of sake in staggering numbers due to an unexpected link with hit basketball anime Slam Dunk.
No magical powers required to create sweets, ice cubes, and juice snacks that look like the anime’s Silver Crystal and more.
Illustrations show that sharing your life with a feline is one of our world’s happiest heartbreaks.
The main characters in Makoto Shinkai’s anime film have a major blind spot, but not in this reimagining.
Food, art, and exclusive merch are part of love letter to one of the most popular anime of all time, and totally worth a six-hour wait for a table.
Mascot Kero-chan will even be on hand to greet fans as part of celebration of the anime magical girl’s return to TV.
Lucky bags always make January a great time to go shopping in Japan, but it’s the prime dojinshi-buying time for a very different reason.
Would it really be so great to have your all-female party instantly falling in love with you?
Managers in Japan often use the phrase “Imadoki no wakai mono ha…” to gripe about young people, but this time there’s a twist.
Theme park lets us know what kind of attraction it’ll be, when we can experience it, and what special Sailor Moon food we can look forward to.
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