CITY POP on VINYL 2021 from Sony: Enjoy the greatest city pop hits in this new collection
To celebrate City Pop, the loose but genre-crossing brand of Japanese pop music that grew popular across the globe in the 1970’s-1980’s, Sony Music’s analog…
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Nitto tea Touken Ranbu Online for cold brew tea packages
Japan’s Nitto Tea is once again collaborating with popular video game Touken Ranbu Online and releasing its 2nd edition original packages! They will be available…
Famed kuzumochi sweets shop Funabashiya teams with Demon Slayer on specially packaged sweets
Japanese traditional confectionary store Funabashiya is famous for its Kuzumochi dessert. Kuzumochi goes through a fermentation process which makes it known to be beneficial to…
Pokémon is celebrating its 25th anniversary with a colorful interactive exhibition
To celebrate 25 years of the wonderfully expansive world that started out from two 8-bit video games, an interactive exhibition called “Pokémon Colors” is set…
Tokyo Hotel offers collaboration rooms and plan for Makoto Shinkai’s “The Garden of Words”
Tokyo’s Hotel New Otani is collaborating with Makoto Shinkai’s hit animated film The Garden of Words, creating a special one day stay inspired by the…
Latest work by Maki Miyoshi, author of manga “My Boy in Blue,” released in new digital format
The latest work from Maki Miyoshi, known for the romantic shōjo manga series, My Boy in Blue (PとJK P to JK / lit. “the policeman and…
Spirited Away 20th anniversary special logo and memorial campaign details announced
Studio Ghibli’s iconic Spirited Away is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year since the release of the movie. They have announced the anniversary memorial logo…
Japan’s famous all-female musical review Takarazuka’s new project Takarazuka Live Next announces their first performance
The first show of Takarazuka Live Next will be starring Sho Ayanagi, a graduate from the renowned all-female musical group “Takarzuka”, celebrating her beginning of…
Studio Ghibli heroine ranking: Who came in first?
Studio Ghibli has numerous female protagonists, and when it comes to heroines, it is probably the best one out there! The animation film studio’s founding…
Kimura Takuya to make his first appearance in a global series, “The Swarm”!
The Japanese actor, Kimura Takuya 木村拓哉 (also known as キムタク KimuTaku), will be starring in the upcoming series, The Swarm, an international drama series based…
Demon Slayer goods delivered to your doorstep when you order pizza from Pizza-la
Starting June 17th, popular Japanese pizza chain Pizza-La is starting a new collaborative menu featuring original goods of the popular anime Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no…
Crypton reveals new licensing policy for users to monetize content with Hatsune Miku and other Vocaloid characters
As of June 1st, Japanese media company CRYTPON has released a new licensing system for profitable use of the content of their Vocaloid characters; “Hatsune…
Pursue the virtual Japanese boyfriend of your dreams via smartphone with “VR Boyfriend”
On June 24th, Japanese mobile network company IVR officially released “VR Kareshi” (boyfriend), a virtual dating service app available for Android/iOS, as previously introduced in…
Online tour offers sneak preview of Mamoru Hosoda’s Chizu Studio exhibition in Yokohama
With his latest film BELLE (in Japanese: 『竜とそばかすの姫』ryū to sobakasu no hime, which means “the dragon and the freckled princess”) scheduled to premiere in Japanese…
Nijisanji EN holds second Vtuber audition for both female and male characters
(Updated on March 4th, 2022: Please note that this article was written in June 2021 and refers to NIJISANJI EN auditions that have already concluded….