First Impressions – Gekkan Mousou Kagaku

Sleeper day continues with Delusional Monthly Magazine, an original from the director of Gintama, Miyawaki Chizuru.  This is produced at OLM, but she and much of the staff and cast are carryovers from Diomedea’s Binan Koukou Chikyuu Bouei-bu Love!, which I modestly enjoyed and which became a pretty successful franchise.  I had a vibe this …

Yohane the Parhelion -NUMAZU in the MIRAGE- To Launch Worldwide Next Month on Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 5 with Playable Demo Available on Nintendo eShop in Japan

Yohane the Parhelion -NUMAZU in the MIRAGE-, a video game based upon the Yohane the Parhelion anime series which is a spin-off of Love Live! Sunshine! franchise, will be making its worldwide debut on 22nd February 2024 for the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 5, with a playable demo also available on the Nintendo eShop in …

Ask John: Who Will Influence the Future of Anime Development?

Question: In light of the recent losses of influential manga artists such as Kentaro Miura, Kazuki Takahashi, Buichi Terasawa, Takao Saito, Kazuhiko Kato, and Kazuo Koike, which current artists do believe will influence the anime medium in the future? This is prominent as pioneers such as Hayao Miyazaki, Rumiko Takahashi, Goh Nagai, and Yoshiyuki Okumura …