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Nov 10, 2024 · Specifically, Sanrio is crossing over with Yes!PreCure 5 GoGo!, the second season of Yes!PreCure 5, the fifth PreCure anime TV series arc, which aired in 2008.. With its bright and shiny optimism, Precure is often at the opposite end of the tonal spectrum from the edgy and macabre Jujustu Kaisen, but both Sanrio collaborations work in a similar way, with one Sanrio character teaming up with ...

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6 days ago · Monthly. Japan’s deadliest food claims more victims, but why do people keep eating it for New Year’s? Anime Industry Report shows overseas anime market is bigger than Japanese one, but is this a cultural tipping point?

Jan 3, 2025 · Meet the hottest anime, manga, and mobile and video game characters in Japan right now! Comic Market 105 was held at Tokyo Big Sight on 29-30 December, and according to the preparatory committee, this was the largest iteration ever, with approximately 14,500 stalls on site due to a major expansion following a complete review of the layout.. Our reporter Tasuku Egawa was on the scene to check ...

Oct 17, 2024 · Compared to Nakajima’s late-installment work, new Ranma 1/2 character designer Hiromi Taniguchi’s style is much, much closer to the Takahashi’s artwork from the corresponding early chapters that the new TV series has covered so far, but with a dash of additional modern-trend softness that makes the characters look less like the manga originals than they did in the early episodes of the ...

Oct 25, 2024 · Japan’s eastern Kanto region has had three life-size Gundams to date, two in Tokyo and one in Yokohama, and the southwestern island of Kyushu has one as well.This is the first time for the central Kansai region to be Gundam-graced, however, and rather than wait until Expo 2025 opens to assemble the mecha or keep it under wraps, Bandai Namco has decided to finish its 1:1-scale Gunpla build ...

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Jan 3, 2025 · Monthly. Japan’s deadliest food claims more victims, but why do people keep eating it for New Year’s? Anime Industry Report shows overseas anime market is bigger than Japanese one, but is this a cultural tipping point?

Nov 22, 2024 · Collection includes limited-edition Stanley cups and a rhinestone tumbler with an eye-watering price tag. Starbucks likes to give us twice the amount of joy every festive season, by releasing not one but two holiday-themed products, covering drinks as well as limited-edition goods.. After spending all our hard-earned yen on the first range of holiday goods it’s time for us to reach into our ...