Introduction In June 2018, Japanese entertainment giant HoriPro Inc. announced the creation of HoriPro International, a new company wholly owned by HoriPro, with the goal…

Introduction In June 2018, Japanese entertainment giant HoriPro Inc. announced the creation of HoriPro International, a new company wholly owned by HoriPro, with the goal…

Hugtto! Precure As many anime fans know, Hugtto! Precure is the latest incarnation of the highly popular magical girl anime television franchise Pretty Cure. Created…

Hugtto! Precure As many anime fans know, Hugtto! Precure is the latest incarnation of the highly popular magical girl anime television franchise Pretty Cure. Created…

To anime fans, he probably needs no introduction. The Japanese-Australian YouTube personality Joey Bizinger, known throughout the anisphere as The Anime Man, is probably the…

Touko Nakamura Is Performing This Weekend at Re:animation 12, Japan’s Largest Outdoor Anime Song, Techno and House Music Festival We had the pleasure of interviewing…

Japanese fans were the first to notice that the exotic looking neon-green code scrolling down the black screen in the opening credits of the 1999…

Naoyuki Oi had a nice weekend at the World Pool Masters this weekend, but it’s his performance away from the pool table that seems to…

As a country with high suicide rates, overworked employees, and many other social issues at its core, it is often questioned if Japan — despite…

Different ideas and attitudes between different cultures is not exactly a groundbreaking idea, but perhaps one of the most challenging differences in Japanese culture to…