Attack on Titan: The Official Concert -Beyond The Walls- World Tour Announced for 2025

Prepare for the rumbling as the music of Attack on Titan will be going on a colossal world tour, as the Attack on Titan: The Official Concert -Beyond The Walls- World Tour has been announced for next year. This tour will see a live orchestra performing at various locations across the world, with the tour …

New Trailer Released for Daft Punk & Leiji Matsumoto’s Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem Global Cinematic Event with Tickets On Sale Now

A new trailer for the 4K remastered version of Daft Punk and Leiji Matsumoto’s 2003 anime film Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem has recently been released on YouTube, with it giving fans a glimpse at what to expect from the one night only event on 12th December 2024. In addition, tickets for this cinematic event …

Raise wa Tanin ga Ii (Yakuza Fiancé) – 06

We’re at the halfway point of Yakuza Fiancé, and that’s always a pretty serious fish or cut bait marker. It’s interesting, even compelling at times in a dark way. I’m somewhat taken by the strangely detached tone it takes towards what’s often pretty intense material. But there’s a circuit that just isn’t closing there for …

LiA Bespoke Project – Truth in Advertising: The Japanese Konbini

Longtime LiA supporter Casey W. asked me to write a little bit about the convenience store and its place in Japanese life (and anime). As usual with these projects it’s actually a pretty big topic. Konbini (sometimes romanized as “conbini”) are another of those American institutions that take on a remarkably different form in this …